Preeti Nigam Joshi

Preeti Nigam Joshi

Organic Chemistry Division

About Me

My focus areas include: 

  • Designing of nano-vectors and their functionalization for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs
  • Oligonucleotides and peptide based drug release systems
  • Nanoparticles  based photodynamic therapy and bioimaging of cancer cells
  • Electrochemical biosensors for cancer markers
  • Green synthesis of nanoparticles





Professional Experience

1.     2012- current: INSPIRE Faculty, National Chemical Laboratory,                                                Pune, India


2.     2006-2011: Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of                                         Technology (BHU), Varanasi 

Selected Publications

  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Graphene Quantum Dots based On-Chip Electrochemical DNA Hybridization Sensor for Pancreatic Cancer, Reports in Electrochemistry., , (2016).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi*, Subir Kundu, Sunil K Sanghi And D Sarkar, Graphene quantum dots: Emergence to Applications(Book Chapter), Smart functional Materials., , (2016).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Cells and organ on chip- A revolutionary platform for biomedicine (Book Chapter), Lab on a chip., , (2016).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Editorial Article (in Press) Green chemistry in Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Future Challenges, Research and Reviews: Journal of Chemistry., , (2016).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Carboxymethyl cellulose based multifunctional targeted drug delivery platform for pancreatic cancer: Nanotheranostic potential and biocompatibility analysis, World J Phrama Sci., , (2015).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi And Vrushali jadhav, Synthesis of (±) debenzoyl analogs of norsampsones as potential anticancer agents, Tetrahedran., , (2015).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Multifunctional silica nanoparticles for pancreatic cancer specific drug delivery and bioimaging, Journal of Chemistry and Biochemistry., , (2015).
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi And Shobha waghmode, Green synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Plant Purple Acid Phosphatase, Journal of experimental Nanoscience., , (2015).
  • Preeti Nigam* , S. Waghmode, M. Louis, S. Wangnoo, P. Chavan And D. Sarkar, Graphene quantum dots conjugated albumin nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery and imaging of pancreatic cancer, Journal of Materials Chemistry., , (2014), DOI:DOI:10.1039/C4TB00015C.
  • Preeti Nigam Joshi, Aptamer functionalized multifunctional fluorescent nanotheranostic platform for pancreatic cancer, J Nanopharm Drug Deliv., , (2014).
  • Preeti Nigam, Swati Mohan, Subir Kundu And Rajiv Prakash, A label-free genosensor for early breast cancer detection based on Impedance spectroscopy, Analyst., 135, 2883 - 2887 (2010).
  • Preeti Nigam And Harish Joshi, On-chip electrochemical determination of Cefepime, Instrument Science and Technology., 38, 376 - 383 (2010).
  • Preeti Joshi, Harish Joshi, Sunil K Sanghi And Subir Kundu, Immobilization of Monoamine oxidase on eggshell membrane and its application in designing an amperometric biosensor for dopamine, Microchimica Acta., 169, 383 - 388 (2010).
  • Preeti Nigam And Harish Joshi, Application of Nanotechnology for detection and decontamination of organophosphorus pesticides and warfare agents, Nanotrends., 8, 1 - 17 (2010).
  • Preeti Nigam, Swati Mohan, Subir Kundu And Rajiv Prakash, Trace Analysis of Cefotaxime at Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Novel Schiff base Zn(II) Complex, Talanta., 77, 1426 - 1431 (2009).
  • Sushma Lamba, Arti Pandit, Sunil kumar Sanghi, Anktia Tiwari, Vishal Baderia And Preeti Nigam, Determination of aliphatic amines by high performance liquid chromatography –amperometric detection after derivatization with naphthalene-2, 3-dicarboxaldehyde, Analytica Chimica Acta., 614, 190 - 196 (2008).

Research Interest

  • Materials Chemistry including Nanomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Nanoscience & Technology
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Applied research in nanomaterials/ Process Development/Engineering
  • Drug Design and Virtual Screening
  • Controlled Drug Delivery Systems

Contact Details

Dr. Preeti Nigam Joshi
INSPIRE Faculty
Combichem Bioresource Centre
National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune-411008 India
Phone +91-2590-2443
Email: ph.joshi@ncl.res.in