Sasmita Nayak

Associate Professor

Dr. Sasmita Nayak was awarded with M.B.B.S degree in the year 1995 and completed her internship in the year 1996 from S.C.B Medical College Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha, India. After moving to USA for higher studies, she was E.C.F.M.G certified in the year 1999. She worked as a visiting physician at the Department of Paediatrics, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady, NY, USA (2000-2003) and at the Department of Neurology, Albany Medical Centre, Albany, NY, USA (2004-2005). Her research career began as a research assistant at the Centre for Immunology and Microbial Diseases, Albany medical Centre, Albany, NY, USA (2006-2008). She earned her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA in the year 2012. Currently she is working as Assistant Professor at KIIT School of Biotechnology and as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences(KIMS), KIIT Deemed to be University(KIIT-DU), Bhubaneswar.

Educational Qualification

M.B.B.S, PhD

Course Expertise

Research Interests

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Program Head: M.Sc. Biotechnology/ M.Sc. Applied Microbiology (2022 and 2023 admitted batch)
  • Coordinator (Academic), Final semester, M.Sc. Applied Microbiology, KSBT Member, R&D Cell, KSBT
  • Faculty Mentor , IMTH 9th semester, KSBT
  • Member, School level mentor counselling committee
  • Member, Institute Biosafety Committee

Awards and Achievements

  • Top 10 Best Women Leaders in Energy 2023 (April 2023, Women entrepreneur India Magazine)

Projects & Collaborations

  • On-going International and Industrial Projects
  1. Use of probiotics to manage drug-resistant infections-A broad spectrum therapeutic approach, Funded by DD Innovation Inc. (2023-2025)
  2. Development of innovative and robust process of antimicrobial coating on Aluminium substrates, Funded by NALCO Ltd. (2021-2023)
  3. Food grade and antifungal testing of coated materials, Funded by Tata Steel Jamshedpur (2022-2023)
  • Finished Projects
  1. Indo-US Joint Center on Nanostructure Genomics: Designing Functionality of 2-Dimensional Nanostructures and Nano-Bio Interfaces, Funded by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) (2014-2017)
  2. Testing antibacterial activities of graphene on various surfaces (steel, iron, nickel, zinc), Funded by Tata Steel Jamshedpur (2014-2017)
  3. Testing and understanding of antimicrobial activity of graphene oxide containing composite substrates, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur (2019-2021)
  4. Elemental Mapping and its use in regulation of mycobacterial SufB splicing by metals and its possible use as metal sensor. UGC-DAE CSR (2015-2018, extended 2019-2022)