Dr. Priyanka Das

Personal Profile :

Date of Birth : 01/08/1992, Marital status : Unmarried
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Female
Hobbies : Swimming, Gardening

Research Interest:

Photonics, Nano-photonics, Smartphone-based Sensing, Opto-electronics

Employment History :

November 2023 – till date	Assistant Professor-I, Department of Physics, Salbari College, Salbari., Assam, India
October 2022 – May 2023	Assistant Professor (Contractual), Sibsagar College, Joysagar (Autonomous), Assam India.
August 2017 – June 2018	Assistant Professor (Contractual), Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat, Assam India.
August 2015 – August 2017	Assistant Professor (Contractual), Devi Charan Baruah Girls’ College, Jorhat, Assam India.

Education :

Degree	Institution	Year of Passing
Ph.D.	, Tezpur University, Assam, India	2018 – 2023	Thesis title: Development of compact, user-friendly smartphone sensing for detection and analysis of different environmental and agricultural parameters. Supervisor: Prof. Pabitra Nath.
M.Sc. Physics, specialization: Electronics	Tezpur University	2013 – 2015	—
B.SC. Physics (Honours)	Dibrugarh University, Assam, India	2010 – 2013	—
Intermediate +2 (Science)	Assam Higher Secondary Education Council, India	2008 – 2010	—
Matriculation	Secondary Education Board of Assam, India	2008	—

Awards and Achievements :

2011	Anundoram Borooah Merit Award, Government of Assam.
2021	Best Poster Presentation Award at National Conference Emerging Trends in Physics (NCETP), Dept. of Physics, Tezpur University.
2022	Best Oral Presentation Award at inSCIgnis-One Day National Symposium, Dept. of Physics, Tezpur University.
2024	Promising Young Female Scientist a Fourth International Conference on Material Science (ICMS-2024), Dept. of Physics, Tripura University.

Skills :

Languages	Reading, writing and speaking competencies for English, Assamese, Hindi.
Coding	C, C++, LATEX
Misc.	Academic research, teaching, LATEX typesetting

Workshops & Conferences Attended :

2021	Poster presentation entitled “Smartphone based colorimetric analyzer for detection of phosphate in water.” at International conference on Trends in Modern Physics (TiMP), Assam Don Bosco University, India. (online)
2021	Poster presentation entitled “Smartphone based photometric sensor for detection of nitrite level in water” at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Physics (NCETP), Dept. of Physics, Tezpur University. (Best poster presentation award)
2021	Poster presentation entitled “Applications of Smartphone Camera-based Sensing Platform for Environmental Monitoring.” At International Conference on Advances in Physics and its Applications (APA),Duliajan College, Assam. (online)
2022	Oral presentation entitled “Carbon Nanodot-Based Photometric Estimation of Trace Nitrite in Water using Smartphone” at inSCIgnis-One Day National Symposium, Dept. of Physics, Tezpur University. (Best oral presentation award).
2022	Oral presentation entitled “Smartphone-Based Sensing Platform for Quantitative Estimation of Trace Nitrite Using Fluorescent Carbon Nano-dots.” at National Conference on Emerging Trends in Material Science (NCETMS),Dept. of Physics, Tezpur University.
2024	Poster presentation entitled “Advanced Innovative Smartphone-based Sensing Tools for Environmental Monitoring” at Fourth International Conference on Material Science (ICMS-2024), Dept. of Physics, Tripura University. (Promising Young Female Scientist Award).

Teaching Experience :

Assisted in guiding 3 M.Sc. students in their thesis work. Teaching
experience in the following courses at different institutions:

1. Physics major courses for B.Sc. students.
2. Electronics special paper for M.Sc. students.
3. Introductory Physics Lab for B.Tech and B.Sc. students.
4. Thermodynamics for B.Tech. students.

Research Publications :

• Accepted/Published Journal Articles
  1. Dutta, S., Saikia, G. P., Sarma, D. J., Gupta, K., Das, P., & Nath, P.Protein, enzyme and carbohydrate quantification using smartphone through colorimetric digitization technique. Journal of biophotonics, 10(5), 623-633, 2017.
  2. Das, P., Paul, S., Bhattacharya, S. S., & Nath, P. Smartphone-based spectrometric analyzer for accurate estimation of pH value in soil. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(3): 2839-2845, 2020.
  3. Das, P., Chetry, B., Paul, S., Bhattacharya, S. S., & Nath, P. Detection and quantification of phosphate in water and soil using a smartphone. Microchemical Journal, 172: 106949, 2021.
  4. Das, P., Biswas, S., Bhattacharya, S. S., & Nath, P. Carbon Nanodot–Neutral Red-Based Photometric and Fluorescence Sensing for Trace Detection of Nitrite in Water and Soil Using Smartphone. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(3): 3265-3274, 2022.
  5. Rabha, D., Biswas, S., Hatiboruah, D., Das, P., Rather, M. A. and Mandal, M., & Nath, P. An affordable, handheld multimodal microscopic system with onboard cell morphology and counting features on a mobile device. Analyst, 2022.
  6. Das, P., Pegu, R., Bhattacharya, S. S., & Nath, P. Fluorescence based sensing for accurate estimation of chlorophyll in tea leaves using a smartphone. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(13): 14864 – 14871, 2023.

Conference Proceedings :

1. Das, P., Chetry B., & Nath, P. Smartphone-Based Colorimetric Analyzer for Detection of Phosphate in Water. Selected Progresses in Modern Physics, Springer, 327-335, 2021.
2. Das, P., & Nath, P. Smartphone-Based Photometric Detection of Nitrite Level in Water. 2022 Workshop on Recent Advances in Photonics (WRAP), IEEE, 1-2, 2022.

Book Chapters :

1. Das, P. & Nath, P. UV-Visible Spectroscopy and its Application in Quantitative Analysis. Frontiers in Basics Physics and Applications, 2: 26-31, ISBN: 978-81-948719-3-4.
2. Das, P., Hatibaruah, D., & Nath, P. Applications of Smartphone Camera-based Sensing Platform for Environmental Monitoring. Advances in Physics and its Applications, 2: 73- 79, ISBN: 978-93-91953-55-3.

Declaration :

I hereby declare that the information in this curriculum vitae and additional particulars furnished is correct and true to the best of my knowledge.