Priyanka Dey

Priyanka Dey is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, affiliated with the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the Institute of Life Sciences and Healthcare. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from Australia and has conducted research at LMU Munich, ICN2 Barcelona, and the University of Exeter. Her work focuses on developing novel technologies for early disease diagnosis using nanomaterials and Raman spectroscopy, particularly in cancer imaging and biosensing.

Research interests include non-invasive cancer imaging, biosensing via liquid biopsies, and plasmonic biosensors utilizing gold nanostructures. Her projects aim to track cancer in vivo and monitor disease progression through advanced optical techniques. Dey is actively involved in mentoring PhD students and postdocs in these areas.

Key contributions span over 27 peer-reviewed articles, including advancements in SERS (Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy), spatially offset Raman techniques for deep tissue analysis, and gold nanostructure-based theranostics. She leads initiatives in early cancer detection and molecular mechanism studies, with collaborations across global institutions.

Priyanka Dey’s labs are part of the Zeiss Global Centre and the Institute of Life Sciences and Healthcare, emphasizing translational research. She accepts self-funded PhD students interested in projects such as liquid biopsy diagnostics, gold nanomaterial development, and in vivo cancer tracking.