Avijit Maity
Indore, Madhya Pradesh| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships |
| Project Title: | Impact of Lipid Corona Composition on Nanoparticle Uptake by the Cell |
| Field of Study: | Chemistry |
| Home Institution: | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
| Host Institution: | University of Massachusetts , Amherst, MA |
| Grant Start Month: | August 2023 |
| Duration of Grant: | Nine months |
Brief Bio:
Mr. Avijit Maity is a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore. His current area of research focuses on physical insight into novel lipid corona formation and its impact on protein corona formation. His research on the underlying mechanism of lipid corona formation on amino acid functionalized gold nanoparticles has been published in several peer-reviewed international journals. He also won the best oral presentation award in the CHEM-In-house Symposium held at IIT Indore, India.
Mr. Maity earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal and his master’s degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore . He was a recipient of the merit cum means scholarship from the Government of West Bengal and IIT Indore during his bachelor’s and master’s degree respectively. In his leisure time, he enjoys spending time with his friends and loves to arrange cultural programs.
As a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research fellow, Mr. Maity is exploring the impact of lipid corona composition on nanoparticle uptake by the cell. The aim of his project is to investigate the extent of the cellular uptake quantitatively when different surface charged lipid and hard-soft lipid corona is present around the nanoparticles. As the research on the lipid corona field is emerging day by day, his advanced research in this topic will provide a new outlook to Nanoscience community.