Publications

1. Umrao S.*, Naru A., Gandavadi D., Zheng M., Lanka S., Cho H., Minh C., Zhang J., Fang Y., Wang X. (2026), “Ultrasensitive Detection of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Infections Using Multivalent DNA Nanostructure-Enabled Lateral Flow Assay”, Advanced Healthcare Materials. e04037, https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202504037, *Co-corresponding Author, Link

2. Tibbs J., Umrao S., Song T., Anirudhan V., Shepherd S., Wolhaupter K., Zheng M., Wiggins S., Rong L., Hisey C.L., Demirci U., Wang X., Cunningham B. T. (2026), “Selective Capture and Digital Counting of Intact HIV Pseudovirus Using Designer DNA Nets, Tethered Motion, and Photonic Resonator Interferometric Scattering Microscopy”, APL Bioengineering. 10 (2): 026101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0289982, Link

3.  Bhaskar S., Umrao S., Lee H. K., Tibbs J., Bacon A., Shepherd S., Ayupova T., Ciloglu F. U., Liu L., Tan A., Chen W., Nguyen M. T. T., Scannell M. G., Aygun U., Parlatan U., Zhang C., Kohli M., Adami G. R., Badar W., Gaba R. C., Mansfield A., Schwartz J., Xing W., Demirci U., Cunningham B. T. (2026), “Critical Review: Point of Care Molecular Cancer Diagnostics”, Lab on a Chip. DOI: 10.1039/D5LC01014D. Link

4. Umrao S.#, Dwivedy A.#, Haak L. P., Gandavadi D., Rund L. A., Chen C., Mareddy V., Zhou L., Duan J., Fang Y., Steelman A. J., Wang X. (2025), “Programmable DNA-Peptide Hybrid Nanostructures for Potent Neutralization of Multiple Influenza A Virus Subtypes”, Advanced Functional Materials. e17361, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202517361. Link

5. Umrao S.*,#, Dwivedy A.#, Gandavadi D.#, Chen C., Zhou L., Duan J., Mareddy V., Fang Y., Wang X. (2026), “DNA Nanostructure-Templated Multivalency Enables Broad-Spectrum Virus Inhibition”, Advanced Science. 13(14): e13710, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202513710. (*Co-corresponding Author). Link

6. Gandavadi D., Talbot H., Dwivedy A., Umrao S., Rodriguez A., Hyeongjun C., Zheng M., Chandrasekaran A., Wang X. (2025), “DNA Nanostructure Self-Assembly in an Aqueous Ionic Liquid Solution with Enhanced Stability and Target Binding Affinity”, Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(46):42635-42646, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c13969. Link

7. Bhaskar S., Wang W., Lee H., Liu L., Umrao S., Akin L., Ayupova T., Tibbs J., Wang X., Demirci U., Cunningham B. T. (2025), “Photonic Crystal Grating Resonance and Interfaces for Health Diagnostic Technologies”, Chemical Reviews.125(14):6435-6540, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00653. Link

8. Liu L., Ayupova T., Umrao S., Akin L., Lee H., Tibbs J., Wang X., Demirci U., Cunningham B. T. (2025), “A Biosensor-Integrated Filtration Device for Nanoparticle Isolation and Label-Free Imaging”, Lab on a Chip. 25(8):2073-2084, DOI: 10.1039/D5LC00089K. Link

9. Zhou L., Xiong Y., Dwivedy A., Zheng M., Song T., Rong L., Wang T., Wei H., Umrao S., Cunningham B. T., Wang X. (2024), “Bioinspired Designer DNA NanoGripper for Virus Sensing and Potential Inhibition”, Science Robotics. 9(96): eadi2084, DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi2084. Link

10. Umrao S., Zheng M., Jin X., Yao S., Wang X. (2024), “Net-Shaped DNA Nanostructure-based Lateral Flow Assays for Rapid and Sensitive SARS-CoV-2 Detection”, Analytical Chemistry. 96(8):3291-3299, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03698. Link *Selected as a cover story * PCT filed

11. Bandaru S., Arora D., Ganesh K. M., Umrao S., Thomas S., Bhaskar S., Chakrabortty S. (2024), “Recent Advances in Research from Nanoparticle to Nano-Assembly: A Review”, Nanomaterials. 14(17):1387, DOI: 10.3390/nano14171387. Link

12. Fang Z., Wu Z., Wu X., Chen S., Wang X., Umrao S.*, Dwivedy A. (2024), “APIPred: An XGBoost-Based Method for Predicting Aptamer-Protein Interactions”, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 64(7):2290-2301, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00713. (*Co-corresponding Author). Link

13. Bacon A., Wang W., Lee H., Umrao S., Sinawang P. D., Akin D., Tan A., Hirshfield S., Demirci U., Wang X., Cunningham B. T. (2023), “Review of HIV-Self Testing Technologies and Promising Approaches for the Next Generation”, Biosensors. 13(2):298, DOI: 10.3390/bios13020298. Link

14. Maurya S., Rai V. H., Upasani A., Umrao S., Parwana D., Roy R. (2022), “Single-molecule Diffusion and Assembly on Polymer-crowded Lipid Membranes”, Journal of Visualized Experiments. 185: e64243, DOI: 10.3791/64243. Link

15. Umrao S., Anusha S., Jain V., Chakraborty B., Roy R. (2019), “Smartphone-based Kanamycin Sensing with Ratiometric FRET”, RSC Advances. 9(11):6143-6151, DOI: 10.1039/C8RA10035G. Link

16. Umrao S., Jain V., Anusha, Chakraborty B., Roy R. (2018), “Protein-induced Fluorescence Enhancement as Aptamer Sensing Mechanism for Thrombin Detection”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 267:294-301, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.039. Link

17. Zhang C., He J., Gandavadi D., Hoang C., Cho H., Son M., Wang X.*, Dwivedy A.*,  Umrao S.* (2026), “APIPred Web 1.0: A Web Platform to Predict Potential Aptamer Sequences for Protein targets,” DOI: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.31.697194. (*Co-corresponding Author). Link

18. Umrao S., Zheng M., Demirci U., Rong L., Cunningham B.T., Wang X. (2025) “Broad-Spectrum HIV Detection and Neutralization via Designer DNA Nanostructures,” DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.21.677611, Link

1. Wang X., and Umrao S., “DNA Nanostructure-Enabled Rapid and Sensitive Testing Methods for Detection of Viral Infections,” PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US2025/013139, January 27, 2025, Pending, Link

1.  Umrao S., Dwivedy A., Wang X., "Nanomaterial for Viral Diagnostics", 2024, Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-443-21691-6. Link