Biophysical Characterization of Ligand-Macromolecular Interaction, Drug Design, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Biosensor design for agrochemical detection

Teaching Interest: Bio-physical Techniques, Principle of NMR spectroscopy, Advanced Biomedical Engineering

UG Level: Biomedical Instrumentation, Fluid Dynamics, Basics and Application of Medical Imaging

Academic Experience:

• Teaching Experience:
  • Teaching Associate, DCRUST MURTHAL, Aug, 2013-Nov 2013
  • Visiting Faculty, DCRUST MURTHAL, Jan 2014-April 2014
  • Teaching Assistant at IIT Jodhpur, July 2014-January 2020

• Research Experience: PhD Scholar, IIT Jodhpur (2014-2020)

DST INSPIRE -2014

MHRD JRF-2014

MHRD SRF-2016

M.Tech. Gold Medalist

1. Vandana Dahiya, Bibin G. Anand, Karunakar Kar, Samanwita Pal; “Analyzing organophosphate pesticide-serum albumin binding interaction: A combined STD NMR and molecular docking study” Biomolecular structure and Dynamics (March 2020 Accepted). 
2. Vandana Dahiya, Bibin G. Anand, Karunakar Kar, Samanwita Pal; “In Vitro interaction of organophosphate metabolites with bovine serum albumin: a comparative 1H NMR, fluorescence and molecular docking analysis” Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology (October 2019 accepted). (cited by: 3)
3. Vandana, Samanwita Pal; “The Effect of Paracetamol on 5-Fluorouracil and Bovine Serum Albumin Interaction: A Biophysical Study” AIP Conference Proceedings, 1953, 140012 (2018). (cited by: 3)
4. Vandana Dahiya, Bhawna Chaubey, Ashok K. Dhaharwal, Samanwita Pal. “Solvent-dependent binding interactions of the organophosphate pesticide, chlorpyrifos (CPF), and its metabolite, 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy), with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA): A comparative fluorescence quenching analysis” Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology (2017). (Cited By: 11)
5. Vandana, Geeta Singh, Ashok Kumar. “Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Review on Current Diagnosis Methods and Challenges” IJERSTE, ISSN: 2319-7463, Vol. 3 Issue 7, July-2014. 
6. Salian, S. R., Nayak, G., Kumari, S., Patel, S., Gowda, S., Shenoy, Y., Sugunan, S., GK, R., Managuli, R., Mutalik. S., Dahiya, V, Pal, S., Adiga, S. & amp; K. Guruprasad. “Supplementation of biotin to sperm preparation medium enhances fertilizing ability of spermatozoa and improves pre implantation embryo development” Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. ISSN: 1058-0468, 2019.