Srabani Kar

Aradhana Singh

Inspire Faculty

Department of Physics, IISER Tirupati

Email: srabanik(at)iisertirupati(dot)ac(dot)in, srkar09(at)gmail(dot)com

Phone: +91 877 2500 948





Research Interests:

  • Terahertz spectroscopy, Contactless conductivity measurement of nano-materials, Time resolved pump-probe techniques, Ultrafast carrier relaxation of 1D and 2D condensed matter systems, Ultrafast light-matter interactions at nanoscale, Plasmonics and applications, Bio-Physical applications of ultrafast hot carriers for biomedical Research.

 

Experience and Education:
  1. Oct 2022 - present, Inspire Faculty, Indian Institute of Science and Education (IISER) Tirupati, India
  2. Sep 2021- July 2022, Postdoctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  3. Sep 2018- Sep 2021, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Cambridge, UK
  4. Aug 2011- Jun 2018, PhD in Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India
  5. 2009-2011, Master of Science (M.Sc) in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur), Department of Physics & Meterology, West Bengal, India.

 

Honours and Awards:

  1. DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship 2022.
  2. Weikfield Malhotra Foundation Nano Science Fellowship Award for the year 2016 for the outstanding research work in the field of nanoscience.
  3. Best poster award.  DAE-BRNS Theme Meeting on Ultrafast Science, UFS-2015 (19th-22th Nov, 2015) Kolkata, India.
  4. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, Chandigarh, India (ICONST, 3-5th March, 2014), selected within top 100 abstracts.
  5. The best conference paper award. The 9th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS-2014), 13th-16th April 2014, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, USA.
  6. Scientific Art Drawing selected for Front Cover Page in the Journal Analyst, volume 146, number 15, pages 4713-4974, 7th August 2021.

 

Publications:
  1. L. Chen, S. Adeyemo, H. A. Fonseka, H. Liu, Srabani Kar, H. Yang, A. Velichko, D. Mowbray, Z. Cheng, A. Sanchez, H. Joyce, Y. Zhang, Long-Term Stability and Optoelectronic Performance Enhancement of InAsP Nanowires with an Ultra-Thin InP Passivation Layer, Nano Letters, 22, 8, 3433–3439, 2022,  I.F. – 12.262
  2. Srabani Kar*, J. Lake, S. O. Adeyemo, T. S. Santra, H. J. Joyce, The Physics of Terahertz Negative Photoconductivity in Low-Dimensional Materials, Materials Today Physics, 23, 100631, 2022. I.F. – 11.021
  3. M. K P, Srabani Kar, A. Kumar, V. S. M. Dharmaraj, R. Narayanan and A. K. Sood, Dirac Surface Plasmons in Photoexcited Bismuth Telluride Nanowires: Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy, Nanoscale, 13, 8283-8292, 2021. I.F. – 8.307
  4. Srabani Kar, A. K. Sood, Ultrafast terahertz photo response of single and double-walled carbon nanotubes: Optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy,  Carbon, 144, 731-736, 2019. I.F.-11.307
  5. Srabani Kar, V. L. Nguyen, D. Mohapatra, Y. H. Lee, A. K. Sood, Ultrafast spectral photo-response of bilayer graphene: Optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy, ACS nano, 12, 1785-1792, 2018.   I.F. – 18.03
  6. Srabani Kar, D. R. Mohapatra, A. K. Sood, Tunable terahertz photoconductivity of Hydrogen functionalized graphene using optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy,  Nanoscale, 10, 14321-14330, 2018.    I.F. – 8.307
  7. Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, A. K. Sood, Probing photo-excited carriers in a few layer MoS2 laminate by time resolved optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy,  ACS Nano, 9, 12004–12010, 2015. I.F. – 18.03
  8. Srabani Kar, S. Jayanthi, E. Freysz, A. K. Sood, Time resolved terahertz spectroscopy of low frequency electronic resonances and optical pump-induced terahertz photoconductivity in reduced graphene oxide membrane. Carbon, 80, 762-770, 2014. I.F.- 11.307
  9. Srabani Kar, D. R. Mohapatra, E. Freysz, A. K. Sood, Tuning photoinduced terahertz conductivity in monolayer graphene: optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy,  Physical Review B, 90, 165420, 2014. I.F.-3.908
  10. C. Ciccarelli, H. Joyce, J. Robinson, F. N Kholid, D Hamara, Srabani Kar, K.-R. Jeon, Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy,  Scientific Video Protocols, 1, 1-4, 2020.
  11. R.Gayathri, Srabani Kar, M.Nagai, F.-G.Tseng, P.S.Mahapatra, T.S.Santra, Single-cell patterning: a new frontier in bioengineering, Materials Today Chemistry, 26, 101021, 2022. I.F. – 7.613
  12. K. Illath, Srabani Kar, P. Gupta, A. Shinde, S. Wankhar, F.-G. Tseng, K.-T. Lime, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, A review on microfluidic nanomaterials: From synthesis to biomedical applications, Biomaterials,  121247, 2021. I.F. – 15.3
  13. P. Gupta, A. Shinde, K. Illath, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, T. S. Santra, Microfluidic platforms for single neuron analysis, Materials Today Bio, 13, 100222, 2022. I.F. – 10.16
  14. P. Chakrabarty, P. Gupta, K. Illath, Srabani Kar, M. Nagai, F.-G. Tseng, T. S. Santra, Microfluidic mechanoporation for cellular delivery and analysis, Materials Today Bio, 13, 100193, 2022. I.F. – 10.16
  15. L. Mohan*, Srabani Kar*, M. Nagai and T. S. Santra, Electrochemical Fabrication of TiO2 microflower for intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation, Materials Chemistry and Physics,267, 124604, 2021. I. F. – 4.778. *Equal Contribution
  16. P. Gupta, Srabani Kar, A. Kumar, F.-G. Tseng, S. Pradhan, P. S. Mahapatra and T. S. Santra, Pulsed Laser Assisted High-Throughput Intracellular Delivery in Hanging Drop Based Three-Dimensional Cancer Spheroids, Analyst, 146, 4756-4766, 2021. I.F. – 5.227
  17. L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, M. I.-Teshima, P. Bera, S. Roy, T. S. Santra, T. Shibata, M. Nagai, Can Titanium Oxide Nanotubes Facilitate Intracellular Delivery by Laser-Assisted Photoporation? Applied Surface Science, 148815, 2021. I. F. – 7.392
  18. T.S. Santra,* Srabani Kar,* T.-C. Chen, C.-W. Chen, J. Borana, M.-C. Lee, F.-G. Tseng, Near infrared nanosecond pulse laser activated highly efficient intracellular delivery mediated by nano-corrugated mushroom shape gold coated polystyrene nanoparticles, Nanoscale, 12, 12057-12067, 2020.  I.F. – 8.307. * Equal Contribution
  19. T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, H.-Y. Chang and F.-G. Tseng, Nano-Localized Single-Cell Nano-Electroporation, Lab on a Chip, 20, 4194-4204, 2020. I. F. – 7.517
  20. P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, L. Mohan, H.-Y. Chang, F.-G. Tseng, M. Nagai, and T. S. Santra, Infrared Pulse Laser Activated Highly Efficient Intracellular Delivery Using Titanium Micro-Dish Device, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 6, 5645-5652, 2020. I.F. – 5.395
  21. L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, P. S. Mahapatra, M. Nagai, and T. S. Santra, Fabrication of TiO2 microspikes for highly efficient intracellular delivery by pulse laser-assisted photoporation, RSC Advances, 11, 9336-9348, 2021. I. F. – 4.036
  22. L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, B. Nandhini, S. Sundar, D. Kumar, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Formation of Nanostructures on Magnesium alloy by Anodization for Potential Biomedical Applications, Materials Today Communication, 25, 101403, 2020. I.F. – 3.662
  23. Srabani Kar, M Loganathan, K Dey, P Shinde, HY Chang, M Nagai, T. S. Santra. Single-cell electroporation: current trends, applications and future prospects, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28, 123002, 2018. I.F. - 2.282
  24. T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, J. Borana, P.C. Wang, F.G. Tseng, Nanolocalized single-cell-membrane nanoelectroporation: for higher efficiency with high cell viability, IEEE Nanotechnology Magazine, 8, 30-34, 2014.

 

Patents:
  1. P. Gupta, Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra “Carbon Nanotubes reinforced chitosan scaffolds assisted Intracellular delivery using nanosecond laser pulse” Patent Application No. 202141048832, Dated 26.10.2021. IDF 2199, 12.07.21. (Announcement completed)
  2. P. Gupta, Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra “Graphene nanoplatelets reinforced chitosan scaffolds, method for production thereof  and its assisted intracellular genetic material delivery” Indian Patent Application No. 202141054844, Dated: 26.11.2021,  IDF 2235, 7.09.2021.
  3. T. S. Santra, P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, Massively Parallel High Throughput Single-Cell Optoporation, US patent application no. PCT/IN2021/050706 dated 21.07.2021.
  4. P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra, Massively Parallel High Throughput Single-cell Printing Technology and Their Use Off, Indian Patent application no. 202041031463, date 23.07.2020
  5. L.Mohan, Srabani Kar, T. S. Santra, Fabrication of TiO2 micro-flower for intracellular delivery, Indian Patent application no. 202041022348, Date 28.05.2020.
  6. P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra, Nano-second pulse laser-activated intracellular delivery using titanium micro-dish, Indian Patent application no. 202041010258, Date 10.03.2020.
  7. P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra, 2D substrate protein micropatterning process for cell alignment, Indian Patent Application No. 202041008565, Date 28.02.2020.

 

Book Chapters:
  1. Ashwini Shinde*, Srabani Kar*, Moeto Nagai, Tuhin Subhra Santra, Chapter: Light-Induced Cellular Delivery and Analysis, in book entitled “Handbook of Single-Cell Technologies Publisher” by publisher Springer Nature. ISBN 9811089523, 2021.* Equal Contribution
  2. Srabani Kar, P. Shinde, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Chapter: Optical manipulation of cells, in Book entitled “Microfluidics and Bio-MEMS: Devices and Applications” by Jenny Stanford Publisher Pte. Ltd. ISBN 978-981-4800-85-3 (Hardcover), 978-1-003-01493-5 (eBook), 2020.
  3. K. Dey*, Srabani Kar*, P. Shinde, L. Mohan, S. K. Vajpai, T. S. Santra, Chapter: Microfluidic electroporation and applications, in Book entitled “Microfluidics and Bio-MEMS: Devices and Applications” by Jenny Stanford Publisher Pte. Ltd. ISBN 978-981-4800-85-3 (Hardcover), 978-1-003-01493-5 (eBook), 2020. * Equal Contribution
  4. P. Shinde, A. Kumar, K. Illath, K. Dey, L. Mohan, Srabani Kar, T. K. Barik, J.S-Rad, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra, Chapter: Physical Approaches for Drug Delivery: An Overview, in Book entitled “Delivery of Drug,” by Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-12-817776-1, 2020.

 

Proceedings:
  1. K. Illath, Srabani Kar, S. Wankhar; M. Nagai; F.-G. Tseng, T.S.Santra, “Gold-Polystyrene Core-Shell Hybrid Nanoparticles Mediated Highly Efficient Intracellular Delivery Using Light Pulses” IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2021), 25-29 Jan. 2021, Gainesville, FL, USA, pp-302-305, 2021, doi: 10.1109/MEMS51782.2021.9375300.
  2. P.Shinde,  K. Illath,  Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra “Nanosecond Pulsed Laser Activated Massively Parallel Single-cell Intracellular Delivery Using Ti Micro-Dish” The 15th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS 2020), September 2020, The Westin San Diego, CA, USA, pp-320-324, 2020, doi: 10.1109/NEMS50311.2020.9265624.
  3. Srabani Kar, S.O. Adeyemo, A. K. Sood, H. J. Joyce, “Terahertz spectroscopy to unveil intraband scattering in photoexcited graphene,” IRMMW-THz 2019, 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 1-6  September 2019, Paris, France.
  4. Hannah J Joyce, Srabani Kar, S. O Adeyemo, C. Uswachoke, S. A Howe, N. Jian, J. L Boland, D. A Damry, M. B Johnston, J. Wong-Leung, H Hoe Tan, C Jagadish, “Towards ultrafast and highly efficient optoelectronic devices based on III–V nanowires,” NANO-M&D 2019, Paestum, 4 th - 8 th June, 2019.
  5. S.O. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, Y. Zhang, H. Liu and H. J. Joyce, “Enhanced performance of InAsP nanowires with ultra-thin passivation layer," IRMMW-THz 2019, 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 1-6 September 2019, Paris, France.
  6. T. S. Santra, Srabani Kar, F-G Tseng, “Nanofocused electric field for nanolocalized single cell electroporation using ITO nanoelectrode chip,” µ-TAS-2019,  The 23rd  International conference on Miniaturized systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 27-31st Oct., 2019, Basel, Switzerland.
  7. L.Mohan, Srabani Kar, B.Nandhini, P.Gupta, P.Shinde, P.S.Mahapatra, T.S.Santra “Fabrication of TiO2 Micro-Spikes and Micro-Flowers for Massively Parallel Intracellular Delivery,” µ-TAS-2019,  The 23rd  International conference on Miniaturized systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 27-31st Oct., 2019, Basel, Switzerland.
  8. H. J. Joyce, C. Uswachoke, S. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, D. A. Damry, K. Peng, M. B. Johnston, J. W.-Leung, H. H. Tan, and C. Jagadish “Engineering III–V Nanowires for Optoelectronics: From Visible to Terahertz” OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (AP) 2019 (IPR, Networks, NOMA, SPPCom, PVLED), OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2019), paper NoTh3B.1.

 

Conferences, Symposium and Workshop:
  1. P.Shinde, Srabani Kar, T.S.Santra, Massively parallel single-cell photothermal intracellular delivery, 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC-2020) at Valletta, Malta, 24-26 February 2020.
  2. Srabani Kar, V. L. Nguyen, D. Mohapatra, Y. H. Lee, A. K. Sood, Hannah Joyce, Dominance of short-range scattering in Bilayer Graphene. The 8th International Conference on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2019) at Santa Fe, New Maxico, arranged by Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA. 10-16th March 2019. (Presented a Talk).
  3. S. O. Adeyemo, Srabani Kar, H. Joyce, Photoexcited Carrier Dynamics of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite by Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy. The 8th International Conference on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2019) at Santa Fe, New Maxico, arranged by Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA. 10-16th March 2019. (Presented Poster).
  4. K. Dey, Sarbani Kar, A. Pavithran, T. S. Santra, Multi-Parametric Analysis of a Newly Designed Single-Cell Electroporation Chip, Third IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT 2019) at Coimbatore, 20-22 Feb 2019.
  5. P. Shinde, Srabani Kar, M. Loganathan, H. Gupta, N. Iwasaki, S. Shin, M. Nagai, T. S. Santra. Micro contact protein printing for cell patterning. International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering,Technology and Sciences ICRAETS 2019, Pune, India. 3rd February 2019.
  6. K.Dey, Srabani Kar, P.Shinde, L.Mohan, S.K.Bajpai, T.S.Santra, Massively Parallel High Throughput Single Cell Electroporation Chip, International Conference on Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip, Mumbai, India, 12~13 September, 2019.
  7. L.Mohan, Srabani Kar, B.Nandhini, P.Gupta, P.S.Mahapatra, T.S.Santra, Nanosecond pulse laser mediated high efficient intracellular delivery using TiO2 micro-spike, International Conference on Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip, Mumbai, India, 12~13 September, 2019.
  8. P.Shinde, Srabani Kar, M.Ngai, T.S.Santra, Massibvely parallel single cell intracellular delivery using light pulses, International Conference on Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip, Mumbai, India, 12~13 September, 2019.
  9. Shinde P, Srabani Kar, Mohan L, Aparna N, Tuhin S. Nanosecond pulse laser activated highly efficient intracellular drug delivery mediated by titanium micro-dish. 5th International conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) 2019, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 28-30th January 2019.
  10. Srabani Kar, V. L. Nguyen, D. Mohapatra, Y. H. Lee, A. K. Sood, Hannah Joyce, Understanding photoinduced terahertz conductivity in bilayer graphene. Workshop at University of Warwick. 10-11th December 2018. (Presented a poster)
  11. Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, and A. K. Sood: Time-Resolved Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy of a few layer MoS2. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2016) February 29 – March 2. 2016. (Presented poster).
  12. Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, and A. K. Sood: Time-Resolved Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy of a few layer MoS2. Bangalore India Nano 2016, March 3-4. (Presented poster).
  13. Srabani Kar, Van Luan Nguyen, Young Hee Lee and A. K. Sood: Carrier Dynamic in Twisted Bilayer Graphene Probed by Time Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy. In-house symposium 2016 in Physics Department in Indian Institute of Science. (Presented a poster)
  14. Srabani Kar, and A. K. Sood: Probing carrier dynamics in monolayer graphene, reduced graphene oxide and graphene laminate using optical pump-terahertz probe time domain spectroscopy. DAE-BRNS theme meeting on Ultrafast Science (UFS 2015) November 19 - 22, 2015. (Presented poster).
  15. Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, and A. K. Sood: Probing Photoexcited Carriers in a few layers MoS2 Laminate by Time-Resolved Optical Pump-Terahertz Probe Spectroscopy. In-house symposium 2015 in Physics Department in Indian Institute of Science. (Presented a poster)
  16. Srabani Kar, D. Mohapatra, E. Freysz, and A. K. Sood: Probing Graphene Membrane Using THz Spectroscopy: Probing carrier dynamics in graphene by using terahertz spectroscopy. International Conference on Nanotechnology (ICNT 2015) February 19 - 22, 2015. (Presented talk).
  17. Srabani Kar, G. Prakash, J. Swetha, E. Freysz, and A. K. Sood: Probing graphene membrane using THz spectroscopy: low frequency compression modes & pump induced conductivity. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2016) March 03 - 05, 2014. (Presented poster)
  18. Srabani Kar, Y. Su, R. R. Nair, and A. K. Sood: Probing carrier dynamics in graphene by using terahertz spectroscopy. In-house symposium 2014 in Physics Department in Indian Institute of Science. (Presented a talk)

 

Journal Editor:
  • Served as “Guest Associate Editor” in The Frontier journal “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” with impact factor 5.890 on the topic entitled “Micro/Nano Optical Devices for Biosensing and Cellular Analysis.”

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