Jyotiprakash Behera
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
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About
Jyotiprakash Behera is pioneering the frontier of medical microrobotics, with a focused expertise in the design and control of magnetic nanorobots for operation in complex biological environments. His major contributions lie in overcoming two of the field’s most daunting challenges: maintaining stable propulsion in crowded media and achieving selective, individual control over multiple nanobots. In his highly cited 2025 work (5 citations), Behera developed superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle (SPION)-functionalized nanorobots that demonstrate remarkable stability and steerability, proving their therapeutic functionality in biologically relevant, crowded environments. This breakthrough directly addresses the critical bottleneck of nanorobot performance in real tissue. Complementing this, his second key paper (2 citations) introduces an innovative strategy using externally controlled intermittent randomization to enable complex, multi-agent navigation—a feat previously considered impossible at the sub-micrometer scale where global fields cannot differentiate individual agents. By solving the problem of selective actuation in swarms, Behera is laying the groundwork for sophisticated, cooperative nanorobot teams capable of executing intricate medical tasks, from targeted drug delivery to microsurgery.
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