• Ph.D. (2001) in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
• M.Phil. (1997) in Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India
• M.Sc. (1996) in Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India
• B.Sc. (1994) in Chemistry (Hons) with Physics and Mathematics, Government College
• Bhawanipatna, Sambalpur University, Orissa, India

2019 - present : Professor, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon

2013 - 2019 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon

2013 July-Aug: Visiting Scholar, Abo Academi University, Turku, Finland

2007 - 2013 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon

2010 : Alexander von Humboldt Renewed Research Fellow Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

2006 - 2007 : Visiting Lecturer, Department of Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

2005 - 2006 : Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

2004 - 2005  :JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

2003 : (visiting) Europe Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

2002-2004:  Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow Institute of Biological Information Processing – 1 Forschungszentrum, Juelich, Germany

2001-2002 :  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2001 :  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

• Among World’s Top 2% Scientists – Stanford University Releases List - 2020
• Arab American Frontier Fellow, Year: 2015
• Long term Research Grant awarded by URB, AUB, Year:2013-14
• Junior Faculty Research Leave, AUB, Year: 2010-11
• Alexander von Humboldt Renewed Research Fellowship, Germany, Year: 2010-11
• Long term Research Grant, awarded by URB, AUB, Year: 2009-10
• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan, Year: 2004-06
• Europe Research Fellow, AvH Foundation, Germany, Year: 2003
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Germany, Year: 2002-04
• Fellow, International Congress of Chemistry & Environment (FICCE), Year: 2001
• Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India, Year: 2001
• Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, Year: 2000
•  Best poster award in national conference (ISRAP), Mumbai, India, Year: 1999
• Qualified National Efficiency Test, CSIR/UGC, India, Year: 1998
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering, India, Year: 1997
• First class first position in M.Sc., Sambalpur University, India, Year: 1996
• Junior merit scholarship, India, Year: 1989

Chairperson, Chemistry Department 2020-

Chairman, Undergraduate Admission Committee, FAS, AUB 2013- 2016

Chairman, The Senate University Library Committee, AUB 2015- 2017

Associate Editor, Chemistry Africa, Publisher: Springer 2017- till date

Member, Editorial Board, Research Journal of Chemistry & Environment, 2005-till date

Member, Editorial Board, Current Nanomaterials, 2017- till date

Member, Editorial Board, Karbala International Journal of Modern Science, 2019-

• Associate Editor, Chemistry Africa, Publisher: Springer, 2017- till date
•  Member, Editorial Board, Research Journal of Chemistry & Environment, 2005-tilldate
•  Member, Editorial Board, Current Nanomaterials, 2017- till date
•  Member, Editorial Board, Karbala International Journal of Modern Science, 2019-
• Fellow, International Congress of Chemistry & Environment – till date
• Member, Asia-Pacific Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society,
• 2016-till date
• Member of Biophysical Society, USA, 2005 – 2007
• Member of Biophysical Society, Japan, 2005 – 2006
• AvH Member (invited) of German Chemical Society (GDCh), 2002 – 2003
• Member of Indian Science Congress, India, 2001
• Member of Research journal of Chemistry & Environment, 2001 -2002

1. Principal Investigator: Simple Synthesis of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Enhanced Stability and Photophysical Properties, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2021 – June 2023
2. Principal Investigator: Curcumin Mediated Cupper Nanoparticles for Nano-catalysis and Biomedical Application, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2019 – June 2021
3. Principal Investigator: Tuning Gold Nanoparticles with Supramolecular Host Molecules for a Label Free Fluorescence Nano-sensing Scheme, K. Shair-CRSL endowed Research Fund, July 2018 – June 2019
4. Principal Investigator 2: (PI1: Samir Mustapha; PI: Digambara Patra; coPI: Ali Tehrani; coPI: Mohamad S. Harb) Nanoparticle Reinforced Epoxy Composite with Enhanced Mechanical and Thermal Properties, Collaborative Research Stimulus Grant, AUB, April 2018 – March 2020
5. Principal Investigator: Curcumin Mediated Polymer Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2017 – June 2019
6. Principal Investigator: Curcumin Mediated Solid State Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles for Catalytic Reduction Reaction, K. Shair-CRSL endowed Research Fund, July, 2017 – June 2018
7.  Principal Investigator: Quick assessment of petroleum products for water treatment and potential oil exploration, Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources Grant, September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2019
8. Principal Investigator: Development of curcumin integrated carbon nanotubes based sensing scheme for environmental contaminants, Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) Grant, June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018 (Student: Lucia Youssef)
9. Principal Investigator: One pot green synthesis of novel metal nanoparticles using curcumin for biomedical applications, Lebanese National Council of Scientific Research (LNCSR), Lebanon, November 2016 – 2019
10. Principal Investigator: Tuning selectivity and sensitivity of fluorophore for biomedical application, K. Shair-CRSL endowed Research Fund, July, 2016 – June 2017
11.  Co-principal investigator: Locally resonant nanophononic metamaterials for high efficiency thermoelectric energy conversion, Munib and Angela Masri Institute of Energy and Natural Resources Grant, September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2018
12.  Principal Investigator: Investigating Photo-acid and Photo-stability of Curcumin in Different Solvent Environments, Liposomes and Nano-aggregates, Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) Grant, June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017 (Student: Hassan Baalbaki)
13. Principal Investigator: Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging and Analysis of Curcumin in Polymeric and Liposome Systems, Alexander von Humboldt-Stifung Foundation, Equipment Subsidy (sCMOS camera), Germany, 2015 -2016
14. Co-principal investigator: Effect of silver nanoparticles on membrane permeability and anti-foulinh for wastewater treatment, Lebanese Council of Scientific Research (LNCSR), Lebanon, 2015-2016
15. Co-principal investigator: Encapsulation of curcumin in metal oxide aerogels, K. Shair- CRSL endowed Research Fund, July, 2015 – June 2016
16. Principal Investigator: Green Synthesis of Silver and Gold Nanoparticles using Curcumin for Optical Sensing, K. Shair-CRSL endowed Research Fund, July, 2015 – June 2016
17. Principal Investigator: Synthesis of Novel Zn(curcumin)O Nanoparticles for Biomedical Application, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2014 – June 2017
18. Co-Principal investigator: Synthesis of Thymine-substituted Naphthalene-1,4,5,8- Tetra- carboxylic acid Diimide Derivatives, Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) Grant, June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016 (Student: Mahamad Marar)
19.  Principal Investigator: Synthesis of curcumin conjugated nanoparticles for photoluminescence and analytical applications, K. Shair CRSL endowed Research Fund, July, 2014 – June 2015
20. Co-investigator: Investigate the effect of curcumin encapsulated in liposomes and incorporated in packaging material on the inhibition of Salmonella spp, E coli, Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, Principal Investigator, Zeina Kassaify, CO- Investigators: Mohamad Abiad, Digambara Patra, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2013 – June 2014
21. Principal Investigator: Synthesis of nanoparticle- assembled microcapsules for potential drug delivery system, University Research Board (URB), AUB, July 2012 – June 2014
22. Principal Investigator: Synthesis of nanoparticle assembled novel microcapsule and its nanotechnological application as sensor for industrial effluents, Lebanese Council of Scientific Research (LNCSR), Lebanon, Oct 2011 – Dec 2013
23. Principal Investigator: Interaction of Curcumin with phospholipids and albumins, University Research Board (URB), AUB, Oct 2010 – June 2012
24. Principal Investigator: Spectroscopic evaluation of curcumin in studying complex microheterogeneous and biophysical systems, University Research Board (URB), AUB, Oct 2009 – Sept 2010
25. Principal Investigator: A novel strategy for efficient monitoring of diabetic nephropathy disease and hypoalbuminemia by cooperative binding of a fluorescent probe in a supra- biomolecular host–protein assembly, Lebanese Council of Scientific Research (LNCSR), May 2008 – April 2010
26. Principal Investigator: Investigation into nanoaggregates in solution and its application in mimicking biological membrane, University Research Board (URB), AUB, Oct 2008– Sept 2009
27. Principal Investigator: Development of advanced physical methods for nanoscopic investigations on surfactants and micelles, University Research Board (URB), AUB, Seed grant, Jan. 1st – Sept 30th, 2008
28. Fellow: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan, Year: 2004-2006
29. Fellow: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Bonn, Germany, Year: 2002-2004
30. Fellow: Senior Research Fellowship, New Delhi, India, Year: 2001

(*Corresponding author)
A. In Referred Journal

1. Alaa K. Othman, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Outstanding Enhancement of Curcumin Fluorescence in PDDA and Silica Nanoparticles Coated DMPC Liposomes Based Nanocapsules: Application for Selective Estimation of ATP, ChemistrySelect, 6 (25), 6324- 6332 (2021)
2. 123. Digambara Patra*, Riham El Kurdi, Curcumin as a novel and stabilizing agent for the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews, 14 (3), 474- 487 (2021)
3. Celine Arab, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Efficient Removal of Congo Red using Curcumin Conjugated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles As New Adsorbent Complex, Chemospehere, 276, 130158 (2021)
4. All Al Moubarak, Manal El Joumaa, Layal Slika, Digambara Patra, Jamilac Borjac*, Curcumin-Polyallyhydrocarbon Nanocapsules Potently Suppress 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine- Induced Colorectal Cancer in Mice Inhibition Wnt/?-Catenin Pathway, BioNanoScience, 11 (2), 518-525 (2021)
5. Yasmine N. Baghdadi, Lucia Youssef, Kamal Bouhadir, Mohammad Harb, Samir Mustapha*, Digambara Patra, Ali R. Tehrani-Bagha, Thermal and MechanicalProperties of Epoxy Resin Reinforced with Modified Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 138 (23), 50533 (2021)
6. Celine Arab, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Chitosan Coated Zinc Curcumin Oxide Nanoparticles for the Determination of Ascorbic Acid, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 328, 115504 (2021)
7. Maria Estephan, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Interaction of Curcumin with Diarachidonyl Phosphatidyl Choline (DAPC) Liposomes: Chitosan Protects DAPC Liposomes without Changing Phase Transition Temperature but Impacting Membrane Permeability, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 199, 111546 (2021)
8. Shehab Al Shehab, Digambara Patra*, Binding of Metal Ions to the Curcumin Mediated Methoxy Polyethylene Glycol Thiol Conjugated Greenly Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles: A Fluorescence Spectroscopic, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 407, 113083 (2021)
9. Layal Slika, Digambara Patra*, Traditional Uses, Therapeutic Effects and Recent Advances of Curcumin: A Mini-review, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 20 (12), 1072- 1082 (2020)
10. Riham El Kurdi, Keshav Kumar, Digambara Patra*, Introducing Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) Assisted EEMF Spectroscopic Based Novel Analytical Approach for the Discrimination of Commercial Gasoline Fuels, Journal of Fluorescence, 30, 1583 – 1589 (2020)
11. Linda Bechnak, Christian Khalil, Riham El Kurdi, Rony Khnayzer*, Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Encapsulated Colloidal Amphiphilic Block Co-polymeric Nanocapsules: Colloidal Nanocapsules Enhance Photodynamic and Anticancer Activities of Curcumin, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 19 (8), 1088-1098 (2020)
12. Mayada Qasem, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Glutathione-capped CuO Nanoparticles for the Determination of Cystine using Resonance Rayleigh Scattering Spectroscopy, Microchimica Acta, 187(6), 364 (2020)
13. Mayada Qasem, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Preparation of Curcubit[6]uril Funcationalized CuO Nanoparticles: A News Nanosensing Scheme Based on Fluorescence Recovery after FRET for the Label Free Determination of Dopamine, ChemistrySELECT, 5(15), 4642 – 4649 (2020)
14. N. Baghdadi, Lucia Youssef, Kamal Bouhadir, Mohammad Harb, Samir Mustapha, Digambara Patra, Ali R. Tehrani-Bagha, The Effects of Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on the Mechanical/Thermal Properties Epoxy Resin, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137 (43), 49330 (2020)
15. Linda Bachnak, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Fluorescence Sensing of Nucleic Acid by Curcumin Encapsulated Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Block-Poly(Propylene Oxide)-Block- Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Based Nanocapsules, Journal of Fluorescence, 30 (3), 547 – 556 (2020)
16. Mayada Qasem, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, F108 stabilized CuO nanoparticles for highly selective and sensitive determination of mercury using resonance Rayleigh scattering spectroscopy, Analytical Methods, 12, 1631-1638 (2020)
17. Bassem Aboudiab, Ali R. Tehrani-Bagha*, Digambara Patra, Curcumin degradation kinetics micellar solutions: Enhanced stability in the presence of cationic surfactants, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Engg. Aspects, 592, 124602 (2020)
18. Mayada Qasem, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Selective resonance Rayleigh scattering spectroscopic determination of persulfate using cetyl trimethylammonium bromide capped CuO nanograins, Microchemical Journal, 155, 104701 (2020)
19. Mayada Qasem, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Green synthesis of curcumin conjugated CuO nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of methylene blue, ChemistrySELECT, 5(5), 1694 – 1704 (2020)
20. Lucia Youssef, Digambara Patra*, Interaction of carbon nanotubes with curcumin: Effect of temperature and pH in simultaneous static and dynamic fluorescence quenching of curcumin using carbon nanotubes, Luminescence, 35 (5), 659-666 (2020)
21. Layal Slika, Alss Moubarak, Jamilah Borjac, Elias Baydoun, Digambara Patra*, Preparation of curcumin-poly (allyl amine) hydrochloride based nanocapsules: Piperine in nanocapsules accelerates encapsulation and release of curcumin and effectiveness against colon cancer cells, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 109, 110550 (2020)
22. Layal Slika, Digambara Patra*, A short review on chemical properties, stability and nano-technological advances for curcumin delivery, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 17(1), 61-75 (2020)
23. Shehab Al Shehab, Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Mediated PEG Thiol acid Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for the Determination of Melamine, Microchemical Journal, 153, 104382 (2020)
24. Mahmoud Elcheikh Mahmoud, Zeinab Moussa, Thirumurugan Prakasam, Liang Li, Mohamad G. Abiad, Digambara Patra*, Mohamad Hmadeh *, Lanthanides based metal organic frameworks for luminescence sensing of toxic metal ions, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 281, 121031 (2020)
25. Naim Saad, Maya Chaaban, Digambara Patra, Aline Ghanem, Houssam El-Rassy*, Molecularly Imprinted Phenyl-functionalized Silica Aerogels: Selective Adsorbents for Methylxanthines and PAHs, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 292, 109759 (2020)
26. Dina Sadeq Al-Namil, Elsy El Khoury, Digambara Patra*, Solid-State Green Synthesis of Ag NPs: Higher Temperature Harvests Larger Ag NPs but Smaller Size Has Better Catalytic Reduction Reaction, Scientific Rep., 9, 15212 (2019)
27. Linda Bechnak, Digambara Patra*, Salt and Bile Salt Accelerate Self-Assembly Behavior of Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-block-Poly(Propylene Oxide)-block-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Probed by Curcumin Fluorescence, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Engg. Aspects, 583, 123955 (2019)
28. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Gold and silver nanoparticles in resonance Rayleigh scattering techniques for chemical sensing and biosensing: a review, Microchimica Acta, 186 (3), 667:1-8 (2019)
29. Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Tarek G. El-Assaad, William A. Smith, Sean M. Ryno, Felix Hermerschmidt, Jeffrey Lyons, Digambara Patra, Brigitte Wex, Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil, Chad Risko, Stephen Barlow, Seth R. Marder, Bis(tercarbazole) pyrene and tetrahydropyrene derivatives: photophysical and electrochemical properties, theoretical modeling, and OLEDs, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7 (17), 5009 - 5018 (2019)
30. Digambara Patra*, Nadine Al Homsi, Sara Jaafar, Zeina Neouchy, Jomana Elaridi, Ali Koubeissi, Kamal H. Bouhadir*, Spectroscopic evaluation of novel adenine/thymine- conjugated naphthalenediimides: Preference of adenine-adenine over thymine-thymine intermolecular hydrogen bonding in adenine- and thymine-functionalized naphthalenediimides, Journal of Fluorescence, 29, 307-318 (2019)
31. Dina Sadeq Al-Namil, Digambara Patra*, Green solid-state based curcumin mediated rhamnolipids stabilized silver nanoparticles: Interaction of silver nanoparticles with cystine and albumins towards fluorescence sensing, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 173, 647-653 (2019)
32. Nadine Wehbe, Digambara Patra*, Roula M. Abdel-Massih, Elias Baydoun*, Modulation of membrane properties by silver nanoparticles probed by curcumin embedded in 1,2- Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposomes, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 173, 94-100 (2019)
33. Oussama Nasrallah, Riham El Kurdi, Mai Mouslmani, Digambara Patra*, Doping of ZnO nanoparticles with curcumin: pH dependent release and DPPH scavenging activity of curcumin in the nanocomposites, Current Nanomaterials, 3(3), 147-152 (2018)
34. Abdelmoneim Mars*, Maroua Hamami, Linda Bechnak, Digambara Patra, Noureddine Raouafi, Curcumin-graphene quantum dots for dual mode sensing platform: Electrochemical and fluorescence detection of APO e4, responsible for Alzheimer’s disease, Analytica Chimica Acta, 185 (3), 349:1-8 (2018)
35. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Nanosensing of ATP by fluorescence recovery after surface energy transfer between rhodamine B and curcubit[7]uril-capped gold nanoparticles, Microchimica Acta, 185 (3), 349:1-8 (2018)
36. Riham El Kurdi, Keshav Kumar, Digambara Patra*, Random initialization of the excited- emission fluorescence spectral variables in constrain fashion for subsequent multivariate curve resolution alternating least square analysis on a peculiarly designed calibration set: Simultaneous sensing of nine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water samples, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 204, 354 – 361 (2018)
37. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Capping of supramolecular Curcubit[7]uril facilitates formation of Au nanorods during pre-reduction by curcumin, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Engg. Aspects, 553, 97 – 104 (2018)
38. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Tuning Surface of Au Nanoparticles by Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(propylene glycol)-block-poly(ethylene glycol): An Enzyme Free and Label Free Sugar Sensing in Serum Samples using Resonance Rayleigh Scattering Spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 9616 – 9629 (2018)
39. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Gold nanoparticles functionalized with Pluronic are viable optical probes for the determination of uric acid, Microchimica Acta, 185 (3), 185:1-8 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-2725-6
40. Zeinab Moussa, Mazhar Chebl, Digambara Patra*, Fluorescence of tautomeric forms of curcumin in different pH and biosurfactant rhamnolipids systems: Application towards on-off ratiometric fluorescence temperature sensing, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 173, 307-317 (2017)
41. Digambara Patra*, Reducing energy cost for wastewater treatment in the Middle East: a physio-chemical prospective, in Water. Energy & Food Sustainability in the Middle East, The Sustainability Triangle, Adnan Badran Chief Editor, Sohail Murad, Elias Baydoun, Nuhad Daghir Editors, Publisher: Springer, Switzerland, 223-244 (2017)
42. Mazhar Chebl, Zeinab Moussa, Markus Peurla, Digambara Patra*, Polyelectrolyte mediated nano hybrid particle as a nano-sensor with outstandingly amplified specificity and sensitivity for enzyme free estimation of cholesterol, Talanta, 169, 104-114 (2017)
43. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Amplification of resonance Rayleigh scattering of gold nanoparticles by tweaking into nanowires: Bio-sensing of a-tocopherol by enhanced resonance Rayleigh scattering of curcumin capped gold nanowires through non-covalent interaction, Talanta, 168, 82 – 90 (2017)
44. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Role of OH- in the formation of highly selective gold nanowires at extreme pH: Multi-fold enhancement in rate of catalytic reduction reaction by gold nanowires, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 19, 5077 – 5090 (2017)
45. Zeinab Moussa, Mazhar Chebl, Digambara Patra*, Interaction of curcumin with 1,2- dioctadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposomes: Intercalation of rhamnolipids enhances membrane fluidity, permeability and stability of drug molecule, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 149, 30-37 (2017)
46. Digambara Patra*, Didem ?en Karaman, Diti Desai, Elsy El Khoury, Jessica M. Rosenholm*, Preparation of curcumin loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles: Determining polarizability inside the mesopores, Materials Research Bulletin, 84, 267-272 (2016)
47. Zeinab Moussa, Mohamad Hmadeh*, Mohamad G. Abiad, Omar H. Dib, Digambara Patra*, Encapsulation of curcumin in cyclodextrin-metal organic frameworks: Dissociation of loaded CD-MOFs enhances stability of curcumin, Food Chemistry, 212, 485 - 494 (2016) (Among the most downloaded paper)
48. Mazhar Chebl, Mohamad G. Abiad, Zeinab Moussa, Digambara Patra*, Two modes of associations of curcumin with pre- and nano-aggregated chitosan oligosaccharide lactate: Ionic strength and hydrophobic bile salt modulate partition of drug and self-assembly process, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120 (20), 11210-11224 (2016)
49. Rasha N. Moussawi, Digambara Patra*, Nanoparticle self-assembled grain like curcumin conjugated ZnO: curcumin conjugation enhances removal of perylene, fluoranthene, and chrysene by ZnO, Scientific Reports, 6, 24565 doi: 10.1038/srep24565 (2016)
50. Elsy El Khoury, Digambara Patra*, Length of Hydrocarbon Chain Influences Location of Curcumin in Liposomes: Curcumin as a Molecular Probe to Study Ethanol Induced Interdigitation of Liposomes, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B: Biology, 158, 49- 54 (2016)
51. Rasha N. Moussawi, Digambara Patra*, Modification of nanostructured ZnO surfaces with curcumin: A fluorescence-based sensing for arsenic and improving arsenic removal by ZnO, RSC Advances, 6, 17256-17268 (2016)
52. Nader Al Danaf, Racha Abi Melhem, Khaleel I. Assaf, Werner M. Nau, Digambara Patra*, Photophysical properties of neutral and dissociated forms of rosmarinic acid, Journal of Luminescence, 175, 50-56 (2016)
53. Digambara Patra*, Ahmad H. Chaaban, Shaza Darwish, Huda A. Saad, Ali S. Nehme, Tarek H. Ghaddar*, Time resolved study of three ruthenium (II) complexes at micellar surfaces: A new long lifetime probe for determining critical micelle concentration of surfactant nano- aggregates, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 138, 32-40 (2016)
54. Tarek H. El-Assaad, Manuel Auer, Raul Castañeda, Kassem M. Hallal, Fadi M. Jradi, Lorenzo Mosca, Rony S. Khnayzer, Digambara Patra, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Jean-Luc Brédas, Emil J. W. List-Kratochvil, Brigitte Wex*, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Tetraaryl Pyrenes: Photophysical Properties, Computational Studies, Crystal Structures, and Application in OLEDs, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, 3041-3058 (2016) [Correction: J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 3059 (2016)]
55. Teresa A. Palazzo, Digambara Patra, Joung S. Yang, Elsy El Khoury, Mackenzie G. Appleton, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Dean J. Tantillo*, Mark J. Kurth*, Dibenzonaphthyridinones: Heterocycle-to-Heterocycle Synthetic Strategies and Photophysical Studies, Organic Letters, 17, 5732-5735 (2015)
56. Rasha N. Moussawi, Digambara Patra*, Synthesis of Au Nanorods through Pre-reduction with Curcumin: Preferential Enhancement of Au Nanorods Formation Prepared from CTAB Capped over Citrate Capped Au Seeds, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 19458-19468 (2015)
57. Elsy El Khoury, Mohamad Abiad, Zeina G. Kassaify, Digambara Patra*, Green synthesis of curcumin conjugated nanosilver for the applications in nucleic acid sensing and anti- bacterial activity, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 127, 274 - 280 (2015)
58. Mai Mouslmani, Jessica M. Rosenholm, Neeraj Prabhakar, Markus Peurla, Elias Baydoun, Digambara Patra*, Curcumin associated poly(allylamine hydrochloride)-phosphate self- assembled hierarchically ordered nanocapsules: size dependent investigation on release and DPPH scavenging activity of curcumin, RSC Advances, 5, 18740 – 18750 (2015)
59. Mai Mouslmani, Kamal H. Bouhadir, Digambara Patra*, Poly (9-(2- diallylaminoethyl)adenine HCl-co-sulfur dioxide) deposited on silica nanoparticles constructs hierarchically ordered nanocapsules: curcumin conjugated nanocapsules as a novel strategy to amplify guanine selectivity among nucleobases, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 68, 181-188 (2015)
60. Mai Mouslmani, Digambara Patra*, Modifying emission of ZnO nanoparticles in ZnO interceded polymer based hierarchical ordered nanocapsules, Materials Letters, 143, 135-139 (2015)
61. Digambara Patra*, Teresa A. Palazzo, Nagham N. Malaeb, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Dean J. Tantillo*, Mark J. Kurth*, Cyclic Azacyanines: Experimental and computational studies on spectroscopic properties and unique reactivity, Journal of Fluorescence, 24, 1285 – 1296 (2014)
62. Mai Mouslmani, Digambara Patra*, Revoking excited state intra-molecular hydrogen transfer by size dependent tailored made hierarchically ordered nanocapsules, RSC Advances, 4, 8317 – 8320 (2014)
63. Digambara Patra*, Fatima Sleem, Acridine orange and silica nanoparticles facilitated novel robust fluorescent hollow microcapsules towards DNA bio-sensor, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Engg. Aspects, 443, 320 – 325 (2014)
64. Digambara Patra*, Fatima Sleem, A new method for pH triggered curcumin release by applying poly (L-lysine) mediated nanoparticle-congregation, Analytica Chimica Acta, 795, 60 - 68 (2013)
65. Elsy El Khoury, Digambara Patra*, Ionic liquid expedites partition of curcumin into solid gel but discourages into liquid crystalline phases of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine liposome, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 9699 - 9708 (2013)
66. Ala’a O. El-Ballouli, Rony S. Khnayzer, Jihane C, Khalife, Alexandr Fonari, Kassem M. Hallal, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Digambara Patra, Felix N. Castellano, Brigitte Wex*, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Diarylpyrene vs. diaryltetrahydropyrenes: crystal structures, fluorescence, and upconversion photochemistry, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 272, 49-57 (2013)
67. Digambara Patra*, Diana Ahmadieh, Riwa Aridi, Study on interaction of bile salts with curcumin and curcumin embedded in dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposome, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 110, 296 - 304 (2013)
68. Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Ala’a O. El-Ballouli, Raman Trattnig, Alexandr Fonari, Stefan Sax, Brigitte Wex, Chad Risko, Rony S. Khnayzer, Stephen Barlow, Digambara Patra, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Emil J. W. List, Jean-Luc Brédas, Seth R. Marder, Bis (carbazolyl) derivatives of pyrene and tetrahydropyrene: synthesis, structure, optical properties, electrochemistry, and electroluminescence, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 1, 1638 - 1650 (2013)
69. Digambara Patra*, Riwa Aridi, Kamal Bouhadir, Fluorometric sensing of DNA using curcumin encapsulated nanoparticles assembled microcapsules from poly(diallylammonium chloride-co-sulfur dioxide), Microchimica Acta, 180, 59 – 64 (2013)
70. Christelle Barakat, Digambara Patra*, Combining time-resolved fluorescence technique with synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy to study bovine serum albumin-curcumin complex during unfolding and refolding processes, Luminescence, 28, 149 – 155 (2013)
71. Janane Rahbani, Niveen N. Khashab, Digambara Patra, Mazen Al-Ghoul*, Kinetics and mechanism of ionic intercalation/de-intercalation during the formation of a-cobalt hydroxide and its polymorphic transition to b-cobalt hydroxide: reaction-diffusion framework, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 16361 – 16369 (2012)
    AUB: Assistant Professor Cycle
72.  Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Rana M. Tafech, Study on effect of lipophilic curcumin on sub-domain IIA site of human serum albumin during unfolded and refolded states: A synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 94, 354 – 361 (2012)
73. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Time-resolved fluorescence study during denaturation and renaturation of curcumin-myoglobin complex, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 50, 885 - 890 (2012)
74. Digambara Patra*, Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Journal of Nanophotonics,6, 060301: 1-4 (2012) (invited Commentary)
75. Digambara Patra*, Elsy El Khoury, Diana Ahmadieh, Shaza Darwish, Rana M. Tafech, Effect of Curcumin on Liposome: Curcumin as a Molecular Probe for Monitoring Interaction of Ionic Liquids with 1,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine Liposome, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 88, 317 - 327 (2012)
76. Arlin Jose Amali, Nandini Rangaraj, Digambara Patra, Rohit Kumar Rana*, Pyranine-3 in Poly(L-Lysine)-Mediated Nanoparticle–Assembled Microcapsules: Its pH Sensitive Release While Acting as a Ratiometric Optical pH Sensor, Chemical Communications (ChemComm), 48, 856 – 858 (2012)
77. Digambara Patra*, Nagham N. Malaeb, Makhluf J. Haddadin, Mark J. Kurth, Influence of Substituent and Solvent on the Radiative Process of Singlet Excited States of Novel Cyclic Azacyanine Derivatives, Journal of Fluorescence, 22, 707-717 (2012)
78. Arlin Jose Amali, Nour H. Awwad, Rohit Kumar Rana*, Digambara Patra*, Nanoparticle Assembled Microcapsules for Application as pH and Ammonia Sensor, Analytica Chimica Acta, 708, 75 - 83 (2011) Highlighted: Ammonia Sensor http://www.nature.com/nindia/2011/111029/full/nindia.2011.154.html
79. Digambara Patra*, Nagham N. Malaeb, Fluorescence Modulation of 1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3- methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione by Ag Nanoparticles and its Possible Analytical Application, Luminescence, 27, 11 – 15 (2012)
80. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Unique role of ionic liquid [bmin][BF4] during curcumin–surfactant association and micellization of cationic, anionic and non-ionic surfactant solutionsSynchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study of solvatochromic curcumin dye, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 79, 1823 – 1828 (2011)
81. Digambara Patra*, Christelle Barakat, Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study of solvatochromic curcumin dye, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 79, 1034 – 1041 (2011)
82. Christelle Barakat, Digambara Patra*, Polarity sensitive synchronous fluorescence wavelength maximum of curcumin can estimate critical micellar concentration, Kalahandi Renaissance, V, 77 – 86 (2010) (invited)
83. Brigitte Wex*, Fadi M. Jradi, Digambara Patra, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, End-capping of conjugates thiophene aromatic systems, Tetrahedran, 66, 8778 – 8784 (2010)
84. Digambara Patra*, Synchronous fluorescence based biosensor for albumin determination by cooperative binding of fluorescence probe in a supra-biomolecular host–protein assembly, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 25, 1149–1154 (2010)
85. Digambara Patra*, Arlin Jose Amali, Rohit Kumar Rana*, Preparation and photophysics of HPTS based nanoparticle-assempled microcapsules, Journal of Material Chemistry, 19, 4017- 4021 (2009)
86. Jad A. Degheili, Rasha M. Moustafa, Digambara Patra*, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Effect of chain length on photophysical properties of pyrene based molecules substituted with extended chains, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A,113, 1244 – 1249 (2009)
87. Rasha M. Moustafa, Jad A. Degheili, Digambara Patra*, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Synthesis and detailed photophysical studies of pyrene based molecules substituted with extended chains, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113, 1235 – 1243 (2009)
88. Digambara Patra*, Tarek H. Ghaddar*, Application of synchronous fluorescence scan spectroscopy for size dependent simultaneous analysis of CdTe nanocrystals and their mixtures, Talanta,77, 1549 – 1554 (2009)
89. Digambara Patra*, Single molecule studies in chemical biology and nanosciences, Current Chemical Biology, 2 (3), 267 - 277 (2008) (Review article)
90. Digambara Patra*, Application and developments in fluorescence spectroscopic techniques in studying individual molecules, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 43, 389 - 415 (2008) (Review article)
91. Digambara Patra*, Distinguishing motor oils at higher concentration range by evaluating total fluorescence quantum yield as a novel sensing tool, Sensors and Actuators B, 129, 632 – 638 (2008).
92. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Chemical and biochemical fluorescence sensors, Encyclopedia of Sensors, Edited by C. A. Grimes, E. C. Dickey, M. V. Pishko, American Scientific Publishers, California, USA, Vol 2, 139 - 156 (2006).
93. Uwe Pischel, Digambara Patra, Apurba L. Koner, Werner M. Nau*, Investigation of Polar and Stereoelectronic Effects on Pure Excited-State Hydrogen Atom Abstractions from Phenols and Alkylbenzenes, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 82 (1), 310 – 317 (2006).
94. Digambara Patra*, Learning Chemistry: One molecule at a time, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, March 1, 1 (2006) (invited Editorial)
95. Digambara Patra, Ingo Gregor, Jörg Enderlein*, Markus Sauer, Defocused imaging of quantum dot angular distribution of radiation, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 101103 (2005).
96. Jörg Enderlein*, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Thomas Dertinger, Benjamin U. Kaupp, Performance of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy for measuring diffusion and concentration, ChemPhysChem, 6, 2324 – 2336 (2005).
97. Jörg Enderlein*, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Fitter, Statistical Analysis of Diffusion Coefficient Determination by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Journal of Fluorescence, 15 (3), 415 – 422 (2005).
98. Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Enderlein*, Optical saturation in fluorescence correlation spectroscopy under continuous-wave and pulsed excitation, ChemPhysChem, 6 (1), 164 – 170 (2005)
99. Jörg Enderlein*, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Thomas Dertinger, Art and Artefacts of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5699, 167-174 (2005)
100. Wouter Schroeyers, Renaud Vallee, Digambara Patra, Johan Hofkens, Satoshi Habuchi, Tom Vosch, Mircea Cotlet, Klaus Muellen, Jörg Enderlein*, Frans C. De Schryver*, Fluorescence lifetimes and emission patterns probe the 3D orientation of the emitting chromophore in a multichromophoric system, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126 (44), 14310 - 14311 (2004)
101. Digambara Patra, Ingo Gregor, Jörg Enderlein*, Image analysis of defocused single- molecule images for three-dimensional molecule orientation studies, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108 (33), 6836 – 6841 (2004)
102. Digambara Patra*, Polarized fluorescence of diphenylhexatriene-incorporated poly (styrene) film at room temperature, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 71 (3), 307-311 (2004)
103. Digambara Patra*, Challenges and progress in the analysis of polycyclic aromatic compounds, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 379 (3), 355-357 (2004) (invited article)
104. Jörg Enderlein*, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Fitter, Art and Artefacts of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 5 (2), 155-161 (2004)
105. Digambara Patra*, Simple luminescence method for estimation of benzo[a]pyrene in a complex mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons without a pre-separation procedure, Luminescence, 18 (2), 97 - 102 (2003)
106. Digambara Patra*, Applications and new developments in fluorescence spectroscopic techniques for analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 38 (2), 155 – 185 (2003)
107. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Total synchronous fluorescence scan spectra of petroleum products, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 374 (4-5), 304 - 309 (2002)
108. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, A novel disposable sensor head for fiber optic spectrofluorimeter, Instrumentation Science and Technology, 30 (1), 31 - 41 (2002)
109. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Recent developments in multi-component synchronous fluorescence scan analysis, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 21 (12), 787 - 798 (2002)
110. Digambara Patra*, Single molecular fluorescence in biosciences: Principle and applications, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 6 (3), 73 - 79 (2002)
111. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Study of diesel fuel contamination by excitation emission matrix spectral subtraction fluorescence, Analytica Chimica Acta, 454 (2), 209 - 215 (2002)
112. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Total fluorescence quantum yield and red shift of total fluorescence maximum as parameters to investigate polycyclic aromatic compounds present in diesel, Spectroscopy Letters, 35(1), 125 - 136 (2002)
113. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Selective fluorescence quenching of alternant versus nonalternant polcyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by carbon tetrachloride, Applied Spectroscopy, 55 (12), 1725 - 1729 (2001).
114. Digambara Patra*, Determination of benzo[a]pyrene in cigarette smoke by synchronous fluorescence scan, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 5 (3), 7 - 12 (2001)
115. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Fluorescence quenching of benzo[k]fluoranthnene in poly (vinyl alcohol) film: A possible chemical sensor for nitro aromatic compounds, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 80 (3), 278 - 282 (2001)
116. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Investigation on simultaneous analysis of multicomponent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a complex mixture of water sample: a simple synchronous fluorimetric method, Talanta, 55 (1), 143 - 153 (2001)
117. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Excitation dependent fluorescence quantum yield in hydrocarbon fuels containing polycyclic aromatic compounds, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 18 (4), 381 - 396 (2001)
118. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Determination of quenching inhibition factor and selective fluorescence quenching study of perylene, pyrene and fluoranthene in micelle by cetyl pyridinium chloride as a hydrophobic quencher molecule, Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 18 (4), 367 - 380 (2001)
119. Digambara Patra, K. Lakshmi Sireesha and A. K. Mishra*, Characterization and investigation of polycyclic aromatic compounds present in petrol, diesel, kerosene and 2T oil using excitation emission matrix fluorescence, Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section A, 40A, 374 - 379 (2001)
120. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Excitation emission matrix spectral subtraction fluorescence to check adulteration of petrol by kerosene, Applied Spectroscopy, 55 (3), 338 - 342 (2001)
121. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Concentration dependent red shift: Qualitative and quantitative investigation of motor oils by synchronous fluorescence scan, Talanta, 53 (4), 783 - 790 (2001)
122. Digambara Patra, K. Lakshmi Sireesha, A. K. Mishra*, Determination of synchronous fluorescence scan parameters of certain petroleum products, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 59, 300 - 305 (2000)
123. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra*, Multivariate fluorimetric determination of mixture of pyrene, perylene and triphenylene in water sample, Analytical Letters, 33 (11), 2293 - 2304 (2000)
124. Digambara Patra and A. K. Mishra*, Effect of sample geometry on synchronous fluorimetric analysis of petrol, diesel, kerosene and their mixtures at higher concentration, Analyst, 125 (8), 1383 - 1386 (2000)

B. Patent

1. A. K. Mishra*, Digambara Patra, ‘A fluorimetric device for in situ estimation of adulteration in liquid petroleum products‘ Patent (Indian), No 200561, Awarded on 24th May 2005.

C. In Conference and Abstracts

1. Digambara Patra*, Nano Hybrid Materials For Developing Novel Optical Biosensing Schemes, Keynote Lecture, 2nd International Webinar on Biosensor and Bioelectronics, 12-13, July, 2021.
2. Digambara Patra*, Curcumin as a Novel Reducing and Stabilizing agent for the Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles for their Catalytic Applications, Keynote Lecture, Webinar on Biocatalysis and Green Chemistry, June 24-25, 2021.
3. Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Based Nano Materials and Their Applications, National Conference On Frontiers in Chemical Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India, 29-30, March, 2021.
4. Digambara Patra*, Molecular Interaction of Curcumin and Curcumin Conjugated Nanomaterials for Applications in Physical Chemistry, Plenary Lecture, International Symposium on The Physical Chemistry of Molecular Interactions, Gangadhar Meher University, Odisha, India, 12th to 13th Dec, 2020.
5. Digambara Patra*, Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles Using Curcumin for Biomedical Applications, Virtual International Conference on Chemical Sciences in Sustainable Technology and Development (IC2S2TD-2020), S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India in association with Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, 1st to 3rd Dec, 2020.
6. Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Based Nanoparticles for Sensing and Environmental Applications, 3rd International Symposium on Materials, Electrochemistry & Environment (CIMMEE20), Beirut, Lebanon, 17th to 18th Sept., 2020.
7. Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Based Nan Hybrid Materials for Biomedical Applications, Virtual International Conference on Surface Chemistry (SUCH 2020), Annamalai University, Annamali Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India, 27th to 28th Aug., 2020.
8. Digambara Patra*, Exploring Curcumin as a Molecular Probe and Drug to Understand Biomolecular Dynamics and Kinetics, An International Webinar Series on Biomolecular Dynamics and Kinetics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India, 23th to 27th Aug., 2020.
9. Digambara Patra*, Riham El Kurdi, Tuning Curcumin Mediated Gold Nanoparticles/ Nanorods for Biomedical Applications, 4th International Mediterranean Science and Engineering Congress (IMSEC 2019), Alanya, Antalya, Turkey, 25th to 27th April 2019.
10. Digambara Patra*, Dina Sadek Al-Namil, Elsy El Khoury, Effect of Temperature during Solid-State Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using Curcumin for Catalytic Reduction Reaction, 4th International Mediterranean Science and Engineering Congress (IMSEC 2019), Alanya, Antalya, Turkey, 25th to 27th April 2019.
11. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Label Free Nano-sensing of ATP by Fluorescence Recovery after Resonance Energy Transfer between Rhodamine B and Curcubit[7]uril Capped Gold Nanoparticles, 28th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors, Biosensors 2018, Miami, Florida, USA, June 12-16, 2018.
12. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Functionalization of Curcumin Mediated Au Nanoparticles and Au Nanorods for Biomedical Applications, 1st National Workshop on Innovation Materials & Application, American University of Beirut, May 4-5, 2018.
13. Digambara Patra*, Polymeric Nanocapsules and Metal Nanoparticles for Application in Optical Sensing and Catalysis, 1st National Workshop on Innovation Materials & Application, American University of Beirut, May 4-5, 2018.
14. Linda Bechnak, Rony S. Khnayzer, Digambara Patra*, Curcumin Encapsulated Nano Hybrid Particles Enhances Photo-therapy Efficiency of Curcumin, Eighth Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, March 3, 2018.
15. Riham El Kurdi, Digambara Patra*, Functionalization of Curcumin Mediated Au Nanoparticles and Au Nanorods for Biomedical Applications, Eighth Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, March 3, 2018.
16. Digambara Patra*, Riham El Kurdi, Curcumin Mediated F-108 Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Optical Sensing, International Conference on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials (ICNAM), Johannesburg, South Africa on 29-30, December 2017.
17. Tarek El-Assaad, Digambara Patra, Brigitte Wex, Bilal Kaafarani, Photophysical studies, electronic properties, amd computational modeling of 6,6’-diarylsubstituted insoindigo compounds, 254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Washington, DC, USA, Aug 20 -24, 2017.
18. Digambara Patra*, Mazhar Chebl, Non-enzymatic cholesterol nanosensor by self-assemble polyelectrolyte on SiO2 nanoparticles, International Conference on Nanomaterials and their Applications-nanoMat2017, Hammamet, Tunisia, April 29-May 1, 2017.
19. Digambara Patra*, Mazhar Chebl, Tuning Selectivity and Sensitivity of Fluorescence Probe by Nano Hybrid Particles for Non-Enzymatic Sensing of Cholesterol, International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering-ICCCE 2016, Porto, Portugal, Aug 14-16, 2016
20. Zeinab Moussa, Digambara Patra*, Modulation of Liposomes Properties by Rhamnolipids: Curcumin as Membrane Probe to Study Phase Transition Temperature, 5th KAS CRSL Research Conference, April 8, 2016
21. Mazhar Chebl, Digambara Patra*, Tuning Selectivity and Sensitivity of Fluorescence Probe by Nanocapsules for Non-Enzymatic Determination of Cholesterol, 5th KAS CRSL Research Conference, April 8, 2016
22. Zeinab Moussa, Digambara Patra*, Curcumin as Molecular Probe to Study Influence of Rhamnolipids on Liposomes, 6th Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, Feb 27, 2016 34. Mazhar Chebl, Digambara Patra*, Non-enzymatic Determination of Cholestrol: Improving Selectivity and Sensitivity of Fluorescence Probe by Nanocapsules, 6th Annual AUB Biomedical Research Day, Feb 27, 2016
23. 33. Digambara Patra*, Development of Fluorescence based Nanocapsules and Nanomaterials for Biosensing Applications, Frotiners of Sensor Science Symposium, Third Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, U.S. National Academy of Sciences-KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Dec 5-7, 2015 (invited)
24. Digambara Patra*, Rasha N. Moussawi, Preparation of Curcumin Conjugated Gold Nanoparticles for Nucleic Acid Sensing, IEEE NANO 2015, 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Rome, Italy, July 27-30, 2015 (Proceeding Paper)
25. Digambara Patra*, Rasha N. Moussawi, Photoluminescence Studies of Curcumin doped ZnO Nanoparticles, IEEE NANO 2015, 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology, Rome, Italy, July 27-30, 2015 (Proceeding Paper)
26. Digambara Patra*, Mai Mouslmani, Tuning Excited State Intra-molecular Hydrogen Transfer and pH Triggered Drug Release of Curcumin by Nanotehnology, 13th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India, Dec 14-18, 2014
27. Digambara Patra*, Rasha Moussawi, Fluorescence Studies and Application of Curcumin conjugated ZnO Nanoparticles, 13th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India, Dec 14-18, 2014
28. Digambara Patra*, Elsy D. El Khoury, Fluorescence Properties of Curcumin in Phospholipid Liposomes: Establishment of Curcumin as Membrane Probe, 20th LAAS International Conference, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon, March 27-29, 2014
29. Mai Mouslmani, Digambara Patra*, Poly (allylamine hydrochloride) based nanocapsules for drug delivery and optical sensing applications, 20th LAAS International Conference, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, Lebanon, March 27-29, 2014
30. Digambara Patra*, Elsy D. El Khoury, Fluorescence Properties of Curcumin in Phospholipid Liposomes: Establishment of Curcumin as Membrane Probe, Trombay Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (TSRP-2014), BARC Training School, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, India, January 6-9, 2014. (Proceeding Paper)
31. Digambara Patra*, Rasha Moussawi, A Novel Zn(curcumin)O Nanoparticles for Degradation of Carcinogenic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Water, International Conference on Water-Energy Nexus and Waste Treatment for a Sustainable Arab World, Beirut, Lebanon, December 6-7, 2013.
32. .Tarek E. El-Assad, Kassem H. Hallal, Digambara Patra, Brigitte Wex, Rabih O. Al-Kaysi, Bilal R. Kaafarani*, Tetraryl Substituted Pyrenes: Optoelectronic Properties and Nanorods, 246th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, Sept 8 -12, 2013
33. Digambara Patra*, Riwa Aridi, Kamal Bouhadir, Fabrication and Application of Poly(Diallyl Ammonium Chloride) Mediated Nanoparticle Assembly Microcapsules, Nano 2012 XI International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rodos Palace Convention Center, Rhodes, Greece, Aug 26-31, 2012
34. Digambara Patra*, Fatima Sleem, Nanoparticle self-assembled microcapsules for controlled release of curcumin, Nano 2012 XI International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rodos Palace Convention Center, Rhodes, Greece, Aug 26-31, 2012
35. B. R. Kaafarani*, A. O. El-Ballouli, R. Trattnig, A. Fonari, S. Sax, B. Wex, R. S. Khnayzer, C. Risko, S. Barlow, D. Patra, T. V. Timofeeva, E. J. List, J-C. Bredas, S. R. Marder, R. Seth, Carbazole-based materials as hole-transport materials in OLEDS, 244th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Aug 19-23, 2012
36. B. Wex, A. O. El-Ballouli, J. C. Khalife, R. S. Khnayzer, T. V. Timofeeva, D. Patra, B. R. Kaafarani, Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of 2,7-disubstitutedpyrene and tetrahydropyrene derivatives, 242nd Amercian Chemical Society Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, Aug 28 – Sept 1, 2011.
37. Digambara Patra*, Elsy El Khoury, Diana Ahmadieh, Rana M. Tafech, Modulating Phospholipids Membrane Properties by Bioactive Anti-Oxidant Curcumin: Fluorescent Molecular Probe Study, International Conference on Membranes: Environmental and Biological Applications (ICM-2011), Kottayam, Kerala, India, Sept 16-19, 2011.
38. Digambara Patra*, Exploitation of Fluorescence Based Techniques in Understanding Biophysical Processes, Comprehending Photonics of Nanomaterials and Developing Optical Sensors, 2nd KAS CRSL Research Conference, AUB, May 14, 2011.
39.  E. El Khoury, R. M. Tafech, D. Patra, Curcumin as a sensitive fluorescent molecular probe for investigating DPPC and DMPC bilayer membrane properties, 2nd KAS CRSL Research Conference, AUB, May 14, 2011.
40. D. Patra*, E. El Khoury, C. Barakat, R. M. Tafech, N. N. Malaeb, Green chemistry in fluorescence probing: Food spice curcumin in monitoring physiological properties, Proceeding in the National Conference on Green Chemistry, Gaziabad, India, 16-17 Sept (2010) 11. (Proceeding Paper)
41. Digambara Patra*, Controlling rotary F1-ATPase with external force at single molecule level to ascertain the motor mechanism, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, Sambalpur University, Feb 19-21, 2010
42. B. Wex, R. M. Moustafa, J. A. Degheili, L. Lucas, S. Leng, B. R. Kaafarani, D. Patra, D. M. DeLongchamp, G. E. Jabbour, S. Z. D. Cheng, Design, Synthesis, and Investigation of an Array of Novel Pyrene Discoids in Electronic Applications, GDCh Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2009, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Aug 30–Sep 2, (2009)
43. B. R. Kaafarani, R. M. Moustafa, F. M. Jradi, J. A. Degheili, F. S. Raad, A. O. El-Ballouli, L. Lucas, S. Leng, T. A. Zeidan, B. Wex, D. Patra, M. H. Al-Sayah, D. M. DeLongchamp, G. E. Jabbour, S. Z. D. Cheng, Novel Pyrene-Based Discoids Exploited: Discovering Materials For Sensors, Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices”, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, Aug 16–20, (2009)
44. Digambara Patra, H. Itoh, K. Adachi, M. Yoshida, K. Kinosita Jr, Nucleotide Dependency in Mechanical Rotation of F1-ATPase, Poster presentation in Biophysical Meeting, Baltimore, USA, March 2-7, 2007
45. Digambara Patra, Hiroyasu Itoh, Kazuhiko Kinosita,’Optimaization of ADP and Pi concentrations during mechanically driven ATP synthesis by F1-ATPase’, Poster presented in The Biophysical Society of Japan, Nov. 23 – 25 (2005), Sandia, Hokkaido, Japan
46. Digambara Patra, “Light meets Life: Molecular Dance at Single Molecule Level” National Symposium on Photochemical science of the millennium (NASPHOM)” at Sambalpur University, India, Feb 17 – 19, 2005 9. Jörg Enderlein, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, ‘Art and Artefacts of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy’, Oral talk presented in The 7th International Carl Zeiss sponsored Workshop on FCS and Related Methods, October 5th - 6th 2004, Dresden, Germany
47. Jörg Enderlein, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Fitter, ‘The electrodynamics of fluorescing molecules in solution and on surfaces: from basics to applications’Presented in 10th International Workshop on 'Single Molecule Detection and Ultrasensitive Analysis in Life Sciences, Organised by PicoQuant, Spetember, 2004, at WISTA campus, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
48. Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Fitter, Jörg Enderlein, ‘Art and Artefacts of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy‘, Poster presented in Minerva-Gentner Symposium on Optical Spectroscopy on Biomolecular Dynamics, March 15-25, 2004, In the baroque Benedictinr- Cloister Banz, located in Franconian Bavaria, Germany
49. Jörg Enderlein, Ingo Gregor, Digambara Patra, Jörg Fitter, ‘Art and Artefacts of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy‘, Oral presented in Minerva-Gentner Symposium on Optical Spectroscopy on Biomolecular Dynamics, March 15-25, 2004, In the baroque Benedictinr- Cloister Banz, located in Franconian Bavaria, Germany
50. Jörg Enderlein, Digambara Patra, ‘Imaging the angular distribution of radiation of single fluorescing molecules‘, Oral presented in the conference on ‘Single Molecule Techniques in Biophysics and Drug Discovery‘ in VI. Annual Linz Winter Workshop January 30th – February 2nd, 2004, Linz, Austria
51. Digambara Patra, Ingo Gregor, Jörg Enderlein, 'Comparison of fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and light scattering measurements on fluorescent nanoparticles', Poster presented in 9th International Workshop on 'Single Molecule Detection and Ultrasensitive Analysis in Life Sciences, Organised by PicoQuant, Spetember 24-26, 2003, at WISTA campus, Berlin- Adlershof, Germany.
52. Digambara Patra, K. S. Viswanathan, A. K. Mishra, 'Fiber optic fluorescence sensor: Fluorescent probe incorporated polymer films as disposable sensors for monitoring PAHs and NACs in solutions', Poster presented in 8th National Seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors, Feb 27 - Mar. 1 (2001), IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India
53. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra, 'Development of fluorescence based analytical methods for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons', Oral presented in Symposium On Recent Trends in Photochemical Sciences, Jan. 8 - 10 (2001), Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum, India.
54. Digambara Patra, A. K. Mishra, 'Analysis of PAH mixture in solution by synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy', Poster presented in National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (NASRAP), Feb. 15 - 17 (1999), Sambalpur University, India.