Dr. Himanshu Bansal

National Postdoctoral Fellow | Center for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Computational Optogenetics • Neuro-Imaging • Multi-photon Microscopy • Biophotonics

Experience

Nov 2025 - Present

National Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for Neuroscience, IISc, Bengaluru

June 2024 - Nov 2025

Research Associate

Neurodynamics Laboratory, Center for Neuroscience, IISc, Bengaluru

Project: Evaluation of Clinically Relevant Treatment Regimes on Cognition Studied on Human Patients and Animal Models of Breast Cancer (ICMR Funded Project).

Objective: Building a two-photon optogenetic excitation and imaging system for controlling and recording neural activity in behaving mice models to probe subcellular changes in Chemo-Brain.

Education

2017 - 2023

Ph.D. in Physics | Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
Thesis: Computational Modeling of Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Signaling
Supervisor: Prof. Sukhdev Roy

2015 - 2017

M.Sc. in Physics (82.8%) | Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
Dissertation: Study of photodynamic inactivation of pathogenic fungi using Henna leaves extract & laser radiation

2012 - 2015

B.Sc. (68.8%) | Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra

Patents & Intellectual Property

New Protein Constructs for Low-power Sustained High-fidelity Optogenetic Excitation of Neural Spiking
Inventors: Bansal H., Pyari G., & Roy S.

Status: Published (Filed on 30-12-2022)

Application No: Indian Application 202211077093

Selected Publications & Book Chapters

High-Impact Journal Articles

Communications Biology (Nature)
Theoretical Analysis of Low-power Deep Synergistic Sono-Optogenetic Excitation of Neurons...
S. Roy, G. Pyari, H. Bansal (2025)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 5.2
Scientific Reports (Nature)
Broadband Ambient Light Optogenetic Vision Restoration with ChRmine
H. Bansal, G. Pyari, S. Roy (2024)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 4.6
Pflügers Archiv (Springer)
Large Volume Optogenetic Control of Human Ventricular Cardiomyocytes for Effective Cardioversion...
G. Pyari, H. Bansal, S. Roy (2023)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 4.5
Photonics (MDPI)
Optogenetic Generation of Neural Firing Patterns with Temporal Shaping of Light Pulses
H. Bansal, G. Pyari, S. Roy (2023)
Invited Paper | IF: 2.4
The Journal of Physiology (Wiley)
Ultra-low power deep sustained optogenetic excitation of human ventricular cardiomyocytes...
G. Pyari, H. Bansal, S. Roy (2022)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 5.5
Journal of Neural Engineering (IOP)
Theoretical Analysis of Optogenetic Spiking with ChRmine, bReaChES and CsChrimson...
H. Bansal, N. Gupta, S. Roy (2021)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 4.0
Neuroscience (Elsevier)
Theoretical analysis of low-power bidirectional optogenetic control of high-frequency neural codes...
H. Bansal, N. Gupta, S. Roy (2020)
Q2 Scopus, SCI, IF: 3.3
Neurophotonics (SPIE)
Theoretical optimization of high-frequency optogenetic spiking of red-shifted very fast-Chrimson...
N. Gupta, H. Bansal, S. Roy (2019)
Q1 Scopus, SCI, IF: 5.3

Invited Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Medical and Surgical Retina (IntechOpen)
Recent Advances in Optogenetic Retinal Prostheses
H. Bansal, S. Roy (2023)

Awards, Fellowships & Recognitions

Honors

Professional Roles & Reviewer

Selected Conference Presentations (from 25+ events)

Certifications & Social Activities

Mentorship

Jan 2025 - Present

Teaching Assistant

NPTEL Course: Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy

2017 - 2023

Ph.D. Scholar & Lab Instructor

Photonics Laboratory, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), Agra

Thesis Focus: Computational Modeling of Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Signaling (Funded by DST-INSPIRE). Also served as a lab instructor for Optoelectronics (M.Sc.), Optics (B.Sc.), and Physics (B.Voc.) during 2017-2022.

Teaching

Jan 2025 - Present

Teaching Assistant

NPTEL Course: Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy

2017 - 2023

Ph.D. Scholar & Lab Instructor

Photonics Laboratory, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), Agra

Thesis Focus: Computational Modeling of Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Signaling (Funded by DST-INSPIRE). Also served as a lab instructor for Optoelectronics (M.Sc.), Optics (B.Sc.), and Physics (B.Voc.) during 2017-2022.