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Suraj Paudyal

Miami,FLORIDA

Summary

PhD candidate with expected graduation by end of Aug 2024 from University of Miami, Department of Chemistry. Undergraduate major in Pharmaceutical chemistry, having thorough knowledge about pharmaceutical lab setup and procedures.

Experience in research related to surface chemistry, physical chemistry, , enzymes as biosensors and chemistry data analysis, having skills for operating and maintaining chemistry laboratory.

Experienced in pharmaceutical company R&D section having knowledge about various formulations.

Google scholar profile:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r4nSU9wAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Graduate Student Researcher

University of Miami- Department of Chemistry
Miami, FLORIDA
08.2017 - Current
  • Gained experience in teaching undergraduate chemistry courses: General chemistry, Physical chemistry, Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry
  • Gained experience in handling Chemistry laboratories: General and Chemistry

Publications

1. Paudyal, S.; Sharma, S. K.; da Silva, R. L. C. G.; Mintz, K. J.; Liyanage, P. Y.; Al-Youbi, A. O.; Bashammakh, A. S.; El-Shahawi, M. S.; Leblanc, R. M., Tyrosinase enzyme Langmuir monolayer: Surface chemistry and spectroscopic study. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 2020, 564, 254-263.

2. Paudyal, S., Sigdel, G., Shah, S.K., Sharma, S.K., Grubb, J.D., Micic, M., Caseli, L. and Leblanc, R.M., 2022. Interfacial behavior of Proteinase K enzyme at air-saline subphase. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

3. Paudyal, S., Frederic Anthony, Mintz, K. J, Cilingir EK, Yiqun ZhouLeblanc RM . DFMO carbon dots for treatment of Neuroblastoma and bioimaging

4. Sharma, S. K., Micic, M., Li, S., Hoar, B., Paudyal, S., Zahran, E. M., & Leblanc, R. M., Conjugation of carbon dots with β-galactosidase enzyme: surface chemistry and use in biosensing. Molecules. 2019, 24(18), 3275.

5 da Silva, R. L. C. G.; Sharma, S. K.; Paudyal, S.; Mintz, K. J.; Caseli, L.; Leblanc, R. M., Surface chemistry and spectroscopic studies of the native phenylalanine dehydrogenase Langmuir monolayer at the air/aqueous NaCl interface. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 2020, 560, 458-466.

6. Mintz KJ, Bartoli M, Rovere M, Zhou Y, Hettiarachchi SD, Paudyal S, Chen J, Domena JB, Liyanage PY, Sampson R, Khadka D. A deep investigation into the structure of carbon dots. Carbon. 2021;173:433-47.

7. Ferreira M, Sharma SK, Paudyal S, Leblanc RM. Interfacial behavior of Lactate Oxidase at Air-Subphase interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2021 May 1;589:173-8.

8. Hettiarachchi SD, Cilingir EK, Maklouf H, Seven ES, Paudyal S, Vanni S, Graham RM, Leblanc RM. pH and redox triggered doxorubicin release from covalently linked carbon dots conjugates. Nanoscale. 2021;13(10):5507-18.

9. Mintz, Keenan J., Emel Kirbas Cilingir, Giacomo Nagaro, Suraj Paudyal, Yiqun Zhou, Durga Khadka, Sunxiang Huang, Regina M. Graham, and Roger M. Leblanc. "Development of Red-Emissive Carbon Dots for Bioimaging through a Building Block Approach: Fundamental and Applied Studies." Bioconjugate chemistry (2021).

10. da Silva, R.L.C.G., Sharma, S.K., Paudyal, S., Mintz, K.J., Leblanc, R.M. and Caseli, L., 2021. Surface Chemistry Studies on the Formation of Mixed Stearic Acid/Phenylalanine Dehydrogenase Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett Films. Langmuir, 37(25), pp.7771-7779.

Education

Ph.D. - Chemistry (Aug 2017-Present)

University of Miami
Miami, FL

Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tribhuvan University
Nepal
04.2014

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Spectroscopy: Experienced with operation and maintenance of instruments
  • UV-vis Spectroscopy
  • Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • Atomic Force Microscopy
  • Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy
  • Gel electrophoresis
  • High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/GC) coupled with UV-vis and fluorescence detectors
  • Laboratory skills: Synthesis and purification of chemicals inorganic and organic compounds
  • Development of various dosage forms ranging from oral to topical such as creams, lotion, ointment, liniment
  • Tissue culture: Familiar with cell growth and tissue culture especially for cancer cell lines
  • Manuscript Editing

Teaching Skills

  • Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Lab and Discussion classes
  • Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry Lab and Discussion classes
  • Teaching Assistant, Instrumental Analysis Lab

Activities and Honors

Sam and Clara Schreiber Chemistry Research Fellowship: University of Miami (2020)

Vice President of Chemistry Graduate Association: University of Miami (2020)

President of Nepalese Student Association: (Present) 

Timeline

Graduate Student Researcher

University of Miami- Department of Chemistry
08.2017 - Current

Ph.D. - Chemistry (Aug 2017-Present)

University of Miami

Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tribhuvan University
Suraj Paudyal