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Dr. Gorthala Guruprasad

Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering , School of Engineering, Chennai

Qualification: B. Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D

Bio

Dr. Gorthala Guruprasad is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai. He recently completed his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay, and earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad.

His research is highly interdisciplinary, with contributions to nanomaterials synthesis, characterization, first-principles simulations, and development of chemiresistive gas sensors for environmental and health monitoring. He has published in top-tier journals like IEEE Sensors Journal, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, and Applied Surface Science, and has also filed a patent in the field of gas sensing.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Tetrazine-Based Polymer for an Inverse Electron Demand Diels–Alder Reaction and Room-Temperature NO2 Sensing

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Aswani Raj K, Rajeswara Rao Malakalapalli, Ruma Ghosh, Multifunctional Two-Dimensional Tetrazine-Based Polymer for an Inverse Electron Demand Diels–Alder Reaction and Room-Temperature NO2 Sensing, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c03814

Publisher : American Chemical Society (ACS)

Year : 2024

Room Temperature Detection of H2S by Two Dimensional WS2 based Chemiresistive Sensors

Cite this Research Publication : Shubhranil Kundu, Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Room Temperature Detection of H2S by Two Dimensional WS2 based Chemiresistive Sensors, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Elsevier BV, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2024.136018

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

Room Temperature H2S Sensing by rGO-MoS2 Composite

Cite this Research Publication : Shubhranil Kundu, Gorthala Guruprasad, Ruma Ghosh, Room Temperature H2S Sensing by rGO-MoS2 Composite, IEEE Sensors Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/lsens.2024.3373237

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2024

Detection of NO₂ and 2-Nitrotoluene by MoS₂–ZnO Composite

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Saraswati Kulkarni, Ruma Ghosh, Detection of NO₂ and 2-Nitrotoluene by MoS₂–ZnO Composite, IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2024.3453272

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2024

Impact of gas flowrate on performance of chemiresistive NO2 sensors

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Impact of gas flowrate on performance of chemiresistive NO2 sensors, Applied Surface Science, Elsevier BV, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160597

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Year : 2024

Atomically thin-layered WS2 based resistive sensors for detection of CO and NO2 at room temperature

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Atomically thin-layered WS2 based resistive sensors for detection of CO and NO2 at room temperature, Nanotechnology, IOP Publishing, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ad5e88

Publisher : IOP Publishing

Year : 2023

Resistive Sensors for Continuous Monitoring of Air Pollution

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Saraswati Kulkarni, Ruma Ghosh, Resistive Sensors for Continuous Monitoring of Air Pollution, Organic and Inorganic Materials Based Sensors, Wiley, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527834266.ch41

Publisher : Wiley

Year : 2023

Mo2C-rGO Composite-Based Chemiresistive Sensor for Room Temperature NO2 Detection

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Mo2C-rGO Composite-Based Chemiresistive Sensor for Room Temperature NO2 Detection, IEEE Sensors Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/lsens.2023.3328611

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2023

Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes Synthesized Using a Facile Method for 2-Nitrotoluene Sensing at Room Temperature

Cite this Research Publication : Gorthala Guruprasad, Ruma Ghosh, Molybdenum Carbide Nanoflakes Synthesized Using a Facile Method for 2-Nitrotoluene Sensing at Room Temperature, IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2023.3241939

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2022

CuO Nanoflake-Based Sensors for Detecting Linalool, Hexanal, and Methyl Salicylate

Cite this Research Publication : Saraswati Kulkarni, Srividya Kummara, Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, CuO Nanoflake-Based Sensors for Detecting Linalool, Hexanal, and Methyl Salicylate, ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2022, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.2c00245

Publisher : American Chemical Society (ACS)

Year : 2022

Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Electronic Sensors for Rapid and Label-Free Detection of CEA and CYFRA 21-1

Cite this Research Publication : Sowmya Joshi, Gorthala Guruprasad, Saraswati Kulkarni, Ruma Ghosh, Reduced Graphene Oxide Based Electronic Sensors for Rapid and Label-Free Detection of CEA and CYFRA 21-1, IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2021.3132637

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Year : 2022

Tetrazine-based 1D polymers for the selective chemiresistive sensing of nitrogen dioxide via the interplay between hydrogen bonding and n-heteroatom interactions

Cite this Research Publication : Aswani Raj K, Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Rajeswara Rao Malakalapalli, Tetrazine-based 1D polymers for the selective chemiresistive sensing of nitrogen dioxide via the interplay between hydrogen bonding and n-heteroatom interactions, Polymer Journal, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-022-00667-3

Publisher : Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Year : 2022

Ultra-Fast NO2 Detection by MoS2 Nanoflakes at Room Temperature

Cite this Research Publication : Guruprasad Gorthala, Ruma Ghosh, Ultra-Fast NO2 Detection by MoS2 Nanoflakes at Room Temperature, IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2022.3187445

Publisher : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Qualifications
  • Ph.D. in Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, IIT Dharwad.
  • M. Tech. – Digital Electronics and Communication Systems, JNTU Anantapur.
  • B.Tech. – Electronics and Communication Engineering, Narayana Engineering College, Gudur.
Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Chennai (May 2025 – Present).
  • Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Bombay (Nov 2024 – May 2025).
  • Senior Project Officer, IIT Bombay (Sep 2024 – Nov 2024).
  • Executive Technical Assistant, IIT Dharwad (Sep 2019 – Dec 2019).
  • Project Engineer, IIIT SriCity (Aug 2016 – Aug 2019).
  • Technical Support Engineer, Scientech Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Jul 2012 – Aug 2016).
  • Assistant Professor, MJR College of Engineering and Technology (Jul 2011 – Jun 2012).
Patent

M. R. Rao, R. Ghosh, Aswani, G. Guruprasad, “A TWO-DIMENSIONAL TETRAZINE BASED POLYMER AND ITS APPLICATION IN CHEMIRESISTIVE SENSING OF GASES”, Application No. 202341070442 A, Filed on 24/11/2023.

Courses Taught
  • VLSI Technology
  • Digital Circuits
  • Electronic Devices
  • Analog Circuits
Research Interest
  • Nanomaterials for Chemiresistive Gas Sensors
  • Environmental and Health Monitoring Technologies
  • DFT-Based First-Principles Modeling (Quantum ESPRESSO, Gaussian)
  • Nanomaterials for Photodetectors and Optical VOC Sensors
  • Prototyping of Sensing Devices and Instrumentation Boards
  • EEG Signal Analysis and Vedic Sound Studies
Conference Paper Submitted

Guruprasad G, Venkata R Itte, “Adsorption Studies of Air Pollutants on TaS2 nanomaterial: First Principles Studies,” submitted to ICAMGT 2025.

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