Dr.V. Manikandan Joined as an Assistant professor in the Medical Biotechnology department in December 2022. He completed his under graduation in Biotechnology at Vysya College, affiliated with Periyar University in Salem, Tamil Nadu, in 2016. His post-graduation on Master's in Biotechnology at the Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, in 2018. He has done his PhD at the Department of Biotechnology, College of Science and Humanities, SRM institute of science and technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. His doctoral research focused on screening the bioactive properties of peptides in In-Vitro and In-Vivo models (zebrafish embryos). He has published 19 papers in various national and international journals, a total Cumulative Impact factor of 84.655, Citations: 173 &   H index:7. Experience (Teaching and Research): 3.5 years, and his research area focused on the characterization of Peptides properties, Toxicity. Bioactive molecules from various sources and their Anti-oxidant & Anti-cancer activity.

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Dr. Ieshita Pan has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering since April 2018 till present. She has been an academician for the past eight years. Dr. Ieshita completed her B.Sc.(Hons) and M.Sc. in Microbiology with First class and distinction. She started her journey as a Lecturer in Microbiology in Boston College for Professional Studies, Jiwaji University, Gwalior from September 2006. At the end of January 2007 to May 2008 she was working as a Technical supervisor in R&D Biotech of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Gujrat where her primary research was focused on synthetic media formulation for the growth of bacteria, Nano gold conjugate production and fastest HIV detection kit formulation. She completed her Ph.D in 2013 from Department of Botany, Visva Bharati, a Central University of West Bengal in the field of Agricultural Microbiology (Composting) as an UGC (project) JRF and SRF. Soon after her Ph.D she was selected as a Post Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where her primary research was focused on protein misfolding and its secretion from the eukaryotic system via exosome or exosome like vesicle. Throughout her career she has published 8 International and 2 National Publications with cumulative impact factor of 25.262 and participated in various national and international conferences.

Experience (Teaching and Research) : 9 years

Research Interest: Microbial enzymes and their diverse applications, Exosome based protein secretion

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Dr. Sathya A B is currently working as an Associate professor in the Department of Medical Biotechnology. She is an innovative researcher, mentor, and educator who has a persistent zeal for exploring beyond the limits of academics. She was a Post Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana. She holds PhD degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala. Her research interest covers production of biodegradable polymers, analysing their degradation behavior using vermicomposts and developing electrospun polymeric nanofibers for controlled drug delivery. She was formerly a research associate and worked on synthesis of phytochemicals and enhancing their anticancer activity by loading biopolymeric nanoparticles. Also she is well experienced in statistical modeling and simulation tools like RSM, ANN etc.  She has published 14 international, 4 national journals and 9 book chapters over her career.

Experience (Teaching and Research) : 5 years

Research Interest: Microbial enzymes and their diverse applications, Exosome based protein secretion

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Dr. Ashley George Thomas is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology in Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai. He obtained his Doctorate Degree from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 2021 in the area of Biomaterials and completed his master’s degree in Nanotechnology from Karunya University, Coimbatore. He has participated in and presented at several national and international conferences. He has published papers in various peer-reviewed international journals. His areas of interest include biomaterials, bioceramics, and bone tissue engineering. 

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Dr. Moogambigai Sugumar is an Assistant Professor in the Medical Biotechnology department since December 2022. She has a doctoral degree in Science and Humanities from the College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai. Her doctoral research was focused on the phenomenon of exploring Microbial Fuel cells in terms of wastewater treatment, electricity generation, and optimization of operational parameters using statistical analysis. She is a recipient of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). She also holds an MSc Bioinformatics and Clinical Trial Management (Non-Medical) degree (Gold medal) from Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women affiliated with the University of Madras, Chennai, and a BSc degree in Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She has published 8 journal articles with a cumulative impact factor of 47.841 and has also presented at various national and international conferences and forums. She has also co-authored one book chapter.

Experience (Teaching and Research): 5 Years

Research Interests: Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Fuel Cells, Material science, Environmental science, Nanotechnology, Polymer Science, Bioprocess and Microbiology.

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Dr. R. Vijayalakshmi is currently working as an Assistant Professor (SG) in the Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology in Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Chennai.  She obtained her doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University, Chennai in 2022. Her research area focused on Wastewater treatment, Green Chemistry, Nanotechnology and Photocatalytic CO2 reduction. She has published 7 papers and 6 book chapters in various National and International Journals over her career. She also published 10 patents and 1 design grant. She has participated and presented in National and International conferences. 

Experience (Teaching): 3.5 years

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Dr. B. Ravindran currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Energy & System Engineering, South korea. He is an active Researcher and works extensively in the areas of Waste Management, Composting, Vermicomposting, Enzymes and energy recovery from agricultural and industrial waste, and Wastewater treatment. Currently working on projects based on Biochar amendments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the livestock waste composting process. Aerobic and anaerobic digestion of different kinds of domestic and industrial waste.

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Dr Nibedita Dey has been working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Medical Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Saveetha school of Engineering since June 2019 till present. She has been an academician for the past five years. She has completed her undergraduate in B.Tech Industrial Biotechnology, where she worked on the isolation and identification of AmpC beta-lactamase genes from resistant gram-negative strains. By the time she completed her undergraduate, she had qualified for GATE 2012 in biotechnology. For master's, she bagged a meritorious seat in the center for nanoscience and technology, at Anna University, Chennai. Here she was exposed to nanomaterials fabrication and was quite interested in bioelectrode herself. She started her journey in research in January 2015 as an Anna centenary research fellow and later switched to DST- Inspire Fellow around October 2015. She has completed her Ph.D from ACT campus Anna University in the field of Bionanotechnology (Biosensor materials). She has also cracked Tamil Nadu-State Eligibility Test 2016 for life sciences. Throughout her career, she has published 54 Publications and has participated in various national and international conferences.

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Dr. T. Suganiya currently working as an Assistant professor, Department of Microbiology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore. She works extensively in the areas of Microbiology, Metagenomics, Next Generation Sequencing, and Molecular biology.

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Dr. S. Amreetha currently working as an Assistant professor, Nonlinear Optical Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024, India. She works extensively in the areas of Graphene/ Metal Oxides Hybrids for Energy Storage and Photocatalytic Applications.

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