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
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.
Technical Skills
Teaching Skills
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)