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Shivendra Sahi

Professor

Shivendra Sahi

Department

Office

McNeil Science and Technology Center, Room 342

Phone

610-660-3329
215-596-7417
Contact

Sahi's research interest is in the area of biological fabrication of nanomaterials (nano-biotechnology) and its potential application. He is also evaluating toxic effects of environmental nanomaterials such as titanium, gold, and silver (nano-toxicology) and its potential impact.

    • PhD, North Carolina State University
    • MSc, Laurentian University, Canada
    • BSc, Gorakhpur University, India
    • Cox A**, P. Venkatachalam, S. V. Sahi, N. Sharma. "Silver and Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticle Toxicity in Plants: A Review of Current Research." Plant Physiol Biochem 110, 33-49 (2017)
    • Venkatachalam P., M. Jayaraj, R. Manikandan, N. Geetha, Eldon Rene, N. Sharma, S.V. Sahi. "Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles (ZnONPs) Alleviate Heavy Metal-induced Toxicity In Leucaena Leucocephala seedlings: A Physiochemical Analysis." Plant Physiol Biochem 110, 59-69 (2017)
    • Venkatachalam, P., N. Jayalakshmi, N. Geetha, S.V. Sahi, N.C. Sharma, E. R. Rene, S. K. Sarkar, P.J.C. Favas. "Accumulation Efficiency, Genotoxicity and Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms of Medicinal Plant Acalypha Indica L. Under Lead Stress." Chemosphere 171, 544-553 (2017)
    • Tripathi, Durgesh, R.K Mishra, S. Singh, S. Singh, K. Vishwakarma, S. Sharma, V. P. Singh, P. K. Singh, S.M. Prasad, N. K. Dubey, A. C. Pandey, S. Sahi, D. K. Chauhan. "Nitric Oxide Ameliorates Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Phytotoxicity in Wheat Seedlings: Implication of the Ascorbate-glutathione Cycle." Front Plant Sci 8:1, (2017)
    • Sujima Anbu A, S.V. Sahi and P. Venkatachalam. "Synthesis of Bioactive Chemicals Cross-linked Sodium Tripolyphosphate (TPP) - Chitosan Nanoparticles for Enhanced Cytotoxic Activity against Human Ovarian Cancer cell Line (PA-1)." J Nanomed Nanotechnol 7:6, (2016)
    • Tiwari, M., Krishnamurthy S., Shukla D., Kiiskila** J., Jain A., Datta R., Sharma N., Sahi S. "Comparative Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis to Reveal the Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles in Arabidopsis." Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 6, 21733 (2016)
    • Jinu, U., N. Jayalakshmi, A.S. Anbu, D. Mahendran, S. Sahi, P. Venkatachalam. "Biofabrication of Cubic Phase Silver Nanoparticles Loaded with Phytochemicals from Solanum Nigrum Leaf Extract for Potential Antobaterial, Antibiofilm and Antioxidant Activities Against MDR Human Pathogens." J Clust Sci (2016).
    • Prasannaraj, G., Sahi, S.V., Ravikumar, S and Venkatachalam P. "Enhanced Cytotoxicity of Biomolecules Loaded Metallic Silver Nanoparticles Against Human Liver (HepG2) and Prostate (PC3) Cancer Cell Lines." J Nanosci Nanotechnol 16, 4948–4959 (2016).
    • Venkatachalam P., N. Geetha, A. Thulaseedharan, S. V. Sahi. "Molecular Cloning and Characterization of an Intronless Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase (FDP) Gene from Indian Rubber Clone (Hevea Brasiliensis Muell. Arg. RRII105): A Gene Involved in Isoprenoid Biosynthesis." Gene Reports, 4, 153-161 (2016).
    • Shukla, D., S. Krishnamurthy, S. Sahi. "Microarray Analysis of Arabidopsis Under Gold Exposure to Identify Putative Genes Involved in the Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs)." Genomics Data 3, 100-102 (2015).
    • Venkatachalam, P., Sangeetha, P., Geetha, N. and Sahi, S.V. 2015. "Phytofabrication of Bioactive Molecules Encapsulated Metallic Silver Nanoparticles from Cucumis sativus L. and its Enhanced Wound Healing Potential in Rat Model." Journal of Nanomaterials, 16 (2015).
    *undergraduate and **graduate students