Research fellows
BioRobotics Institute
Anas Saifi
Bio
Anas received his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Biotechnology from G. B. Pant Engineering College, Pauri, India. He completed his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Biomedical Engineering at Delhi Technological University, India, with a focus on the development of paper-based electrochemical biosensors under the guidance of Prof. B. D. Malhotra. He obtained his Ph.D. from AcSIR–Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), India, under the supervision of Dr. Kamlesh Kumar in September 2023. During his doctoral studies, he worked on developing hydrogel-based visible-light and multiresponsive soft actuators.
His research experience also includes serving as a Junior Research Fellow in two Government of India-funded projects at AIIMS, New Delhi, and CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh. Following his Ph.D., Anas worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, where he gained experience in 4D printing of hydrogels and elastomers.
He was selected as a recipient of the Freiburg Rising Star Academy at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he collaborated with Prof. Jürgen Rühe at livMatS and focused on 3D-printed ink formulations of molecularly engineered liquid crystal elastomers.
Anas is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at The BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. His research interests include Smart Materials, Soft Robotics, 4D Printing, and Biomedical Applications.
Anas is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at The BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. His research interests include Smart Materials, Soft Robotics, 4D Printing, and Biomedical Applications.
Research
Currently engaged in developing Implantable microroBOT (I-BOT) aimed at advancing biomedical applications. His research activity lies at the intersection of materials science, additive manufacturing and biomedical engineering. He is exploring 3D printing of magnetic shape memory polymer for the development of microrobots and study their controlled response to magnetic stimulus intended to perform medical functions.
Publications
RESEARCH ARTICLE
1. Anas Saifi, Smruti Parimita, Amit Kumar, Pijush Ghosh. Programmable 4D-Printed Soft Actuators: Harnessing Bending Strain Distribution for Embedded Topological Functionality. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, (2025), 3 (6), 1745–1758. DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00225
2. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Atul Pratap Singh, Kamlesh Kumar. Visible Light Responsive Soft Actuator Based on PVA-DR1. ChemistrySelect, (2023), 8 (39), e202301628. DOI: 10.1002/slct.202301628
3. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Kamlesh Kumar. Visible light responsive soft actuator based on functional anthracene dye. European Polymer Journal, (2022), 171, 111176. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111176
4. Prateek Singh, Rajat Ujjainiya, Satyartha Prakash,... Anas Saifi, A machine learning-based approach to determine infection status in recipients of BBV152 (Covaxin) whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for serological surveys. Computers in Biology and Medicine, (2022), 146. DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105419
5. Anas Saifi, Jojo P. Joseph, Atul Pratap Singh, Asish Pal, and Kamlesh Kumar. Complexation of an azo dye by cyclodextrins: a potential strategy for water purification. ACS Omega, (2021), 85, 875-884. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.0c05684
6. Salwa Naushin, Viren Sardana, Rajat Ujjainiya,... Anas Saifi and Shantanu Sengupta. Insights from a Pan India seroepidemiological survey (phenome-India cohort) for SARS-CoV2. eLife, (2021), 10, e66537. DOI:10.7554/eLife.66537
7. Saurabh Kumar, Mohammad Umar, Anas Saifi, Suveen Kumar, Shine Augustine, Saurabh Srivastava, Bansi D Malhotra. Electrochemical paper based cancer biosensor using iron oxide nanoparticles decorated PEDOT: PSS. Analytica Chimica Acta, (2019), 1056, 135-145. DOI:10.1016/j.aca.2018.12.053
• REVIEW ARTICLE
1. Arushi Gupta, Anu Kumari, Neha Kaushal, Anas Saifi, Girish Mohanta, Abhay Sachdev, Kamlesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Avishek Saha. Recent advances in the applications of carbon nanostructures on optical sensing of emerging aquatic pollutants. ChemNanoMat, (2022), 8(6), e202200011. DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202200011
2. Anas Saifi, Ratan Kumar Chaudhary, Saurabh Srivastava. Prospects of Paper-Based Microfluidics in Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Nanomaterials. Sensor Letters, (2019),17 (1), 25-40. DOI: 10.1166/sl.2019.4044
• BOOK CHAPTER
1. Anas Saifi, Kamal Arora, Charu Negi, Vikas Chaudhary, Saurabh Srivastava. The potential of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials as biosensors for clinical biomarker detection. Zero-dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Fundamentals and applications, 6-1-6-37, (2022), IOP Science. DOI:10.1088/978-0-7503-4048-9ch6
2. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Atul Pratap Singh, Kamlesh Kumar. Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials: Introduction, Design and Properties. Liquid and Crystal Nanomaterials for Water Pollutants Remediation, 1-18, (2022), CRC Press. DOI:10.1201/9781003091486-1
1. Anas Saifi, Smruti Parimita, Amit Kumar, Pijush Ghosh. Programmable 4D-Printed Soft Actuators: Harnessing Bending Strain Distribution for Embedded Topological Functionality. ACS Applied Engineering Materials, (2025), 3 (6), 1745–1758. DOI: 10.1021/acsaenm.5c00225
2. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Atul Pratap Singh, Kamlesh Kumar. Visible Light Responsive Soft Actuator Based on PVA-DR1. ChemistrySelect, (2023), 8 (39), e202301628. DOI: 10.1002/slct.202301628
3. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Kamlesh Kumar. Visible light responsive soft actuator based on functional anthracene dye. European Polymer Journal, (2022), 171, 111176. DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111176
4. Prateek Singh, Rajat Ujjainiya, Satyartha Prakash,... Anas Saifi, A machine learning-based approach to determine infection status in recipients of BBV152 (Covaxin) whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for serological surveys. Computers in Biology and Medicine, (2022), 146. DOI:10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105419
5. Anas Saifi, Jojo P. Joseph, Atul Pratap Singh, Asish Pal, and Kamlesh Kumar. Complexation of an azo dye by cyclodextrins: a potential strategy for water purification. ACS Omega, (2021), 85, 875-884. DOI:10.1021/acsomega.0c05684
6. Salwa Naushin, Viren Sardana, Rajat Ujjainiya,... Anas Saifi and Shantanu Sengupta. Insights from a Pan India seroepidemiological survey (phenome-India cohort) for SARS-CoV2. eLife, (2021), 10, e66537. DOI:10.7554/eLife.66537
7. Saurabh Kumar, Mohammad Umar, Anas Saifi, Suveen Kumar, Shine Augustine, Saurabh Srivastava, Bansi D Malhotra. Electrochemical paper based cancer biosensor using iron oxide nanoparticles decorated PEDOT: PSS. Analytica Chimica Acta, (2019), 1056, 135-145. DOI:10.1016/j.aca.2018.12.053
• REVIEW ARTICLE
1. Arushi Gupta, Anu Kumari, Neha Kaushal, Anas Saifi, Girish Mohanta, Abhay Sachdev, Kamlesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Avishek Saha. Recent advances in the applications of carbon nanostructures on optical sensing of emerging aquatic pollutants. ChemNanoMat, (2022), 8(6), e202200011. DOI: 10.1002/cnma.202200011
2. Anas Saifi, Ratan Kumar Chaudhary, Saurabh Srivastava. Prospects of Paper-Based Microfluidics in Heavy Metal Ion Detection Using Nanomaterials. Sensor Letters, (2019),17 (1), 25-40. DOI: 10.1166/sl.2019.4044
• BOOK CHAPTER
1. Anas Saifi, Kamal Arora, Charu Negi, Vikas Chaudhary, Saurabh Srivastava. The potential of zero-dimensional carbon nanomaterials as biosensors for clinical biomarker detection. Zero-dimensional Carbon Nanomaterials: Fundamentals and applications, 6-1-6-37, (2022), IOP Science. DOI:10.1088/978-0-7503-4048-9ch6
2. Anas Saifi, Charu Negi, Atul Pratap Singh, Kamlesh Kumar. Liquid-Crystal Nanomaterials: Introduction, Design and Properties. Liquid and Crystal Nanomaterials for Water Pollutants Remediation, 1-18, (2022), CRC Press. DOI:10.1201/9781003091486-1