Gargi Joshi
I am a materials scientist with specific interest in the self-assembly of liquid crystalline biomaterials. Organisms have advanced hierarchical structures organized over dimensional length-scales, their main component quite often being polysaccharides. By manipulating the liquid crystalline state of polysaccharide aqueous solution and subsequently controlling their self-assembly, I aspire to unravel their structure-functional facet.
Presently, I am elucidating the chitin-protein-water interactions within the arthropod cuticle from molecular scale and how it ultimately contributes towards modulating the material strength.
Qualifications
| 2016 - 2019 | Ph.D Materials Science (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
| 2014 – 2016 | M.Sc. Materials Science (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) |
| 2013 - 2016 | M.Tech. Chemical Synthesis and Process Technologies (Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi) |
| 2010 - 2013 | B.Sc. Analytical Chemistry
(University of Delhi) |
Fellowships
| Maria Reiche Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2023 – 2025 |
| Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship | 2021 – 2023 |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences Fellowship
(KAKEHNI Grant JP18J11881) |
2018 – 2020 |
| POSCO Asia Fellowship | 2012 - 2013 |
2024
Alisha Debas, Maninder Singh, Gargi Joshi, Maiko K. Okajima, Robin Rajan, Kazuaki Matsumura, Tatsuo Kaneko Enhancing gelatine hydrogel robustness with sacran-aldehyde: a natural crosslinker approach. Polysaccharides 5 (2024) 320-331
2023
Maninder Singh#, Gargi Joshi#, Hang Qiang, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Facile design of antibacterial sheets of sacran and nanocellulose. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications 5 (2023) 100280 #equal contribution
Maninder Singh#, Gargi Joshi#, Hang Qiang, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Datasets of Sac/CNF-Ag nanocomposites for antibacterial applications. Data-in-Brief 48 (2023) 109093 #equal contribution
2022
Robert Lemanis, Kian Tadayon, Elke Reich, Gargi Joshi, Richard J. Best, Kevin Stevens, Igor Zlotnikov Wet shells and dry tales: the evolutionary ‘Just-so’ stories behind the structure function of biomaterials. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 19 (2022) 20220336
2021
Gargi Joshi, Kosuke Okeyoshi, Fitri A. A. Yusof, Tetsu Mitsumata, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Interfacial self-assembly of polysaccharide rods and platelets bridging over capillary lengths, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 591 (2021) 483-489
Kosuke Okeyoshi, Miki Yamashita, Kulisara Budpud, Gargi Joshi, Tatsuo Kaneko Convective meniscus splitting of polysaccharide microparticles on various surfaces, Scientific Reports 11 (2021) 767-773
2020
Gargi Joshi, Kittima Amornwachirabodee, Kosuke Okeyoshi, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Oriented polysaccharide bigels from interfacial crosslinking Chemistry Letters 49 (2020) 1484-1486
2019
Gargi Joshi, Kosuke Okeyoshi, Fitri A. A. Yusof, Tetsu Mitsumata, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Micro-deposition control of polysaccharides on evaporative air-LC interface to design quickly swelling hydrogels, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 546 (2019) 184-191
Kosuke Okeyoshi, Miki Yamashita, Tadashi Sakaguchi, Kulisara Budpud, Gargi Joshi, Tatsuo Kaneko Effect of evaporation rate on meniscus splitting with formation of vertical polysaccharide membranes, Advanced Materials Interfaces 6 (2019) 1900855
2018
Kosuke Okeyoshi, Gargi Joshi, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Formation of polysaccharide membranes by splitting of evaporative air-LC interface, Advanced Materials Interfaces 5 (2018) 1701219
Kosuke Okeyoshi, Takeshi Shinhama, Kulisara Budpud, Gargi Joshi, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Micelle-mediated self-assembly of microfibers bridging millimeter-scale gap to form 3D-ordered polysaccharide membranes, Langmuir 34 (2018) 13965 – 13970
2017
Kosuke Okeyoshi, Gargi Joshi, Tatsuo Kaneko et al. Drying-induced self-similar assembly of megamolecular polysaccharides through nano and submicron layering, Langmuir 33 (2017) 4954 - 4959
2016
Gargi Joshi, Kosuke Okeyoshi, Maiko K. Okajima, Tatsuo Kaneko Directional control of diffusion and swelling in megamolecular polysaccharide hydrogels, Soft Matter 12 (2016) 5515 - 5518