Vartika Dhyani

E-mail: bmz138604@iitd.ac.in

Vartika hails from Rishikesh, Uttarakhand. Her entire schooling was completed in this hilly and ethereal town. She did her graduation and Masters (Chemistry) from Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal . She qualified NET (Dec 2011) and GATE 2012. She is currently pursuing her PhD at IIT Delhi. Vartika’s hobbies include dancing (Kathak, a form of classical Indian dance), reading fiction and listening to music.

Scholarships: UGC NET-2011 and GATE 2012

Research Interest: Chemical Strategies for manipulation of Material's Biological Property

PUBLICATIONS

1. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. "Self-Patterning Silk Films for Cellular Coculture" (Manuscript Accepted ACS Applied Bio Materials)

2. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. "Modifications of silk film for dual delivery." Biomedical Materials, 2017, 12 (4), 045017, DOI: 10.1088/1748-605X/aa71bb.

3. Dhyani V.; Singh, N.; “Controlling the Cell Adhesion Property of Silk Films by Graft Polymerization.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2014, 6 (7), 5005-5011. DOI: 10.1021/am4060595.

PATENT

1. Dhyani, V. and Singh, N.; ‘Bio Active Silk Films’ Provisional filing number: 1334DEL2013-05-23.

CONFERENCES

1. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Modifications of silk film for enhanced biological applications” Poster, “Regenerative Biology and Applications: Cell Differentiation, Tissue Organization and Biomedical Engineering (T3)’’ at University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong,15^th to 19^th October, 2017.

2. Dhyani, V.; Patil, S.; Singh, N. “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” Poster at Open House , at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 22^nd April,2017.

3. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Chemical modifications of silk film for enhanced biological applications” Poster, GRC- Bioinspired Materials at Les Diablerets Conference Center, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 5^th-10^th June 2016.

4. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Nanoparticle based modifications of silk film for dual delivery” Poster, International Conference on Biomaterials, Biodiagnostics, Tissue Engineering, drug delivery and Regenerative Medicine presentation at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 14^th-17^th April 2016

5. Dhyani, V.; Patil, S.; Singh, N. “Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine” Poster at Open House , at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 18^th April,2015.

6. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Tunable Bio-Activity of Silk Films Introduced by Graft Polymerization” Poster, National Science Day Poster presentation at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 25-28^th February, 2014

7. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Tunable Bio-Activity of Silk Films Introduced by Graft Polymerization.” Oral at National Conference on Challenges in Biomaterials Research, at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 23^rd -24^th December, 2013.

8. Dhyani, V.; Singh, N. “Tunable Bio-Activity of Silk Films Introduced by Graft Polymerization.” Poster at National Conference on Challenges in Biomaterials Research, at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, 23^rd -24^th December, 2013. (Selected as top 10 posters).

OUTREACH

1. Founder and Convenor of "Mélange’ – Women in Science at NCL", a forum by and for NCL women researchers.