Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Chemical/bio-sensors, microfluidics, high-throughput analysis, hydrogels, sample preparation, acoustics, dielectrophoresis, computational fluid dynamics
Research activity per year
My research is in study of analytical tools/techniques, and spans from fundamental science through engineering to translational activities.
Research in my group can be divided into three themes, which are described below.
Dr Gupta attended Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for her undergraduate studies on a prestigious SIA-NOL scholarship and subsequently received an IEEE Reliability/CPMT/ED Chapter (Singapore) book prize. She completed her MASc at McMaster University (Canada) where she developed the basic components of generic and programmable microfluidics. This project bridged chemical, biological and computational sciences, and resulted in the award of first runner-up of the Brian L. Barge Award of Excellence in Microsystems Integration. Her MASc thesis won Radisav Stevanoic Book prize.
Her PhD at the University of Manchester (UK) was funded by Syngenta and focused on developing electroseparation methods for sample preparation and analysis of self-digesting bagasse reliably to produce biofuels from waste (rather than food crops). Her PhD research received cash prizes from the RSC including the Electroseparations Group, and the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).
Dr Gupta’s research as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and later as a Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Enterprise Fellow developed optical chemial-/bio-sensors, studied mechanisms of light propagation in hydrogels, as well as investigated their applications.
She was a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at University of Hull between 2014 and 2016 before joining University of Birmingham in 2017.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, Analysis of cellulose degrading enzymes in genetically modified sugarcane juice using capillary electrophoretic techniques, University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Dec 2011
Master in Science, Microfluidic logic devices, McMaster University
Award Date: 31 Aug 2007
Bachelor of Engineering, Titanium dioxide thin films with photoinduced antimicrobial activities, Nanyang Technological University
Award Date: 30 Jun 2005
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gupta, R. (Principal Investigator)
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY TRUST FUND
1/07/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
Grant, M. (Co-Investigator), Gupta, R. (Principal Investigator) & Wiench, M. (Co-Investigator)
1/06/24 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
Gupta, R. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Other Government Departments
Gupta, R. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/23 → 31/07/25
Project: Research Councils
Gupta, R. (Host)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
Gupta, R. (Host)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
Gupta, R. (Host)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
Gupta, R. (Host)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Guest lecture or Invited talk
Gupta, R. (Chair)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Gupta, R. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Gupta, R. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Gupta, R. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
22/03/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
22/03/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
14/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
12/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media