Dr. Swathi Sudhakar

Assistant Professor

Office: Office MSB221, Mechanical Science Block, Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, India

Email: swathi.s@iitm.ac.in

Tel: 044 2257 4087

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT-Madras (2022 – Present)
Post Doctorate, Imperial College London (2021–2022)
Courses Taught:
- Statistics for Biomedical Engineers (2023)
- Biomaterials (2023–2024)
- Engineering Mechanics (2024)

Education

Ph.D. in Biology – Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany (2017–2021) – 100%
Post Doctorate in Biophysics – Imperial College London (2021–2022)
M.Tech in Biotechnology – Anna University, Chennai (2015–2017) – 99.8%
B.Tech in Biotechnology – Anna University, Chennai (2011–2015) – 90%

Awards, Fellowships, & Recognitions

Gold Medalist in M.Tech Biotechnology – 2017
Reinhold und Maria Teufel-Stiftung Doctoral Award – 2021 (€5000)
European Biophysical Society Association Bursary Award – 2021
Summa Cum Laude in Ph.D. Thesis – 2021
Best Poster – S3IC, Spain – 2021
Best Presenter – Light-matter Workshop, France – 2020
Centre for Physics and Biological Function Fellowship Award – 2021
Member of:
- BIS Standards MHD 14 Committee – 2023
- International Electrotechnical Commission, WG 40 – 2024
Expert Member – Tuberculosis Technical Committee, MoHFW – 2024
Drug Delivery Fellowship Award, Trialect Programme – Germany, 2024
Finalist – FABA Young Innovator Grant
DST-nominated member – BRICS Young Scientist Forum, Russia
Honorary Lecture Fellowship – Yonsei University, Korea – 2024
Short-term Alexander von Humboldt Grant – 2024
IP Recognition Award – IIT Madras, 2025 (for max patents filed)
Young Scientist Award – The Academy of Sciences, Chennai – 2025

Publications & Patents

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Recent Achievements

Dr. Swathi gets selected as the short-term grantee by the Humboldt Centre for International Excellence, University of Bayreuth.

Dr. Swathi receives the IC&SR Award for Maximum Patents Filed (2024–2025)

at the World IP Day Celebration 2025 at IIT Madras

Dr. Swathi is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award and the Saraswathy Srinivasan Prize, awarded by the Academy of Sciences, Chennai, in recognition of her research contributions to Biological Sciences.

Dr. Swathi was the DST nominated member to the BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa,] Young Scientist forum meeting at Sochi, Russia.