Dr. Ravikumar Govindan, PhD, MSCA Fellow

Postdoctoral Researcher | IISc | IISER Pune

Ravikumar Govindan born in Salem, Tamilnadu. He has completed, Bachelor Degree in Chemistry from Government Arts and Science College, Salem. He moved to Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai for his Master Degree in Chemistry and cleared entrance exams such as CSIR/JRF/NET-2012 (JRF-AIR-48) and GATE in 2012. He also worked in SRF, Chennai for few months. In 2013, he moved to Indian Institute of Sciecnce Education and Reserach (IISER), Pune for PhD programme in the Department of Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Harinath Chakrapani. Alongside he has worked as Teaching Associate for Medicinal Chemistry course, NPTEL at Science Media Center, IISER Pune. Next he moved to Gonçalo Bernardes group for his Postdoctoral Research. He has received the prestigious Marie-curie individual fellowship for his research in 2020. His passion for teaching led him join temporarily as a Guest lecturer at Govt Arts and Science College, Palacode, Tamilnadu (Jan 2023 - Oct 2023). Currently he is a postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Amit Singh lab, IISc Bangalore and a visiting scientist at IISER, Pune.

EDUCATION

Jan 2013 - Nov 2018: Ph.D. ChemistryPh.D. Chemistry, First class, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India, (Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Harinath Chakrapani; Thesis Title: Real-time Monitoring of Nitric oxide Release in Cells, RAC Members: Prof. Manickam Jayakannan, Chair, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune; Prof. Srinivasa Reddy, Director of IICT Hyderabad. PhD Thesis Defense External examiner: Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh, Department of Chemistry, IITKGP). (Score: CGPA: 8.5/10).
June 2010 - Apr 2012: Master Degree in ChemistryMaster Degree in Chemistry with First Class, Department of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. (Project Supervisor: Dr. R. Ranjith Kumar; Project Title: An Atom Economic Stereoselective Synthesis of Novel Dispiro Heterocycles). (Score: CGPA: 7.4/10).
June 2007 - Apr 2010: Bachelor Degree in ChemistryBachelor Degree in Chemistry with First Class (Second Rank), Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India. (Score: 87%).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Oct 2023 – Present: Postdotoral ResearcherPostdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (Research Advisor: Prof. Amit Singh; Project Title: Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Fluoroquinolone Prodrugs for Mtb).Jan 2023 – Oct 2023: Guest Lecturer Guest Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Bharat Ratna Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. MGR Govt. Arts and Science College, Palacode, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu, India. Apr 2020 - Apr 2022: MSCA Postdotoral ResearcherMarie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Research Advisor: Prof. Gonçalo Bernardes; Project Title: Ligand Directed NIR-based Theranostic Prodrugs for Prostate Cancer).June 2019 - Mar 2020: Postdotoral ResearcherFCT Postdoctoral Researcher, Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM), Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Research Advisor: Prof. Gonçalo Bernardes; Project Title: Cancer Targeted Delivery of Cytotoxic Agents).Oct 2018 - Feb 2019: Teaching AssociateTeaching Associate (part-time) for the NPTEL-India online course at Science Media Centre, IISER, Pune, India (Course: Medicinal Chemistry, Coordinator: Prof. Harinath Chakrapani).Dec 2018 - Apr 2019: Project FellowProject Fellow, IISER, Pune (Supervisor: Prof. Harinath Chakrapani; Project Title: Design, synthesis & evaluation of small molecule based Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Generators).July 2012 - Oct 2012: Research TraineeResearch Trainee, Research and Development, SRF company, Chennai, India, Project: Synthesis of Fluorinated Compounds.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2025: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.2024: SERB, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India.2020: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019), Portugal.2019: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Portugal.2018: Department of Science & Technology (DST), Project Fellowship, IISER Pune, India.2018: Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Travel award, India (for attending ACS national meeting held at New Orleans, LA, USA, Mar 2018).2018: Infosys Foundation, Travel award, IISER Pune, India (for attending ACS national meeting held at New Orleans, LA, USA, Mar 2018).2015: Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.2012: Qualified CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship (All India Rank: 48) exam conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, June 2012.2012: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering-2012 (GATE) exam conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, March 2012.2012: Qualified State Level Proficiency Test (SLPT-2012 with 92.73 %) exam conducted by Prof. Ramasubbu Jeyaraman Science Foundation, Chennai, India, Jan 2012.2011: First prize in the chemistry quiz competition event of International Year of Chemistry Celebrations (IYCC-2011) held at Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram on 15th Oct 2011.2011: First prize in the chemistry quiz competition event of Resonance 2011, an intercollegiate meet held at Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram on 23rd Feb 2011.2010: B.Sc. chemistry, Second Rank holder in the semester examinations, Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Salem, Tamilnadu, India.

RESEARCH FELLOWHIPS & GRANTS

2021: Research team of application PTDC/MED-QUI/4160/2021 to the call 'Concurso de Projetos IC&DT em Todos os Domínios Científicos', entitled 'Rapid mapping of glycoRNA using click chemistry and sequencing approaches', with the Principal Investigator Bruno Luís Pinto de Oliveira, March 2021.2020: Research team of the application PTDC/MED-QUI/1947/2020, to the Call 'Call for SR&TD Project Grants - 2020', entitled 'Reversible Covalently Binding PROTACs Technology for Protein Degradation in Cancer Therapy' with The Principal Investigator Gonçalo Bernardes, April 2020.2020: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019), “Ligand Directed NIR-based Theranostic Prodrugs for Prostate Cancer”, Portugal, (April 2020 to March 2022).2019: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), “LISBOA-01- 0145-FEDER-02833 - Drug delivery of bioactive agents through selective decaging (TzDD)”. Portugal, 2019.

RESEARCH WORKSHOPS & TRAINING COURSES

Attended work shop on "Effective Teaching and learning sessions" organized by MS-DEED foundation, IISER Pune, 28th Dec 2024.
Attended India Science Festival 2024 organized by FAST INDIA at IISER PUNE India, 20-21th Jan 2024.
Attended Faculty Development Program organized by BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts and Science College, Palacode, Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu, India, 2023.
Attended and presented research work to the undergraduate community to start their PhD in science at LisbonBioMed PhD Programme organized by iMM Lisboa, Feb 2022.
Attended “Laboratory Animal Science practical course for Functions A+D, for mouse/rat, CONGENTO-harmonized program” organized by iMM Lisboa, 12th May 2021.
Attended online theoretical course on “Laboratory Animal Science for Functions A+D (Performing procedures + euthanasia in animals), for mouse/rat” organized by iMM Lisboa, via google classroom, 03rd-16th Nov 2020.
Attended online course on “Leadership and Management Skills Course for Postdocs” conducted by hfp consulting: supporting leadership in science, Germany, supported by iMM Postdoc community, Lisbon, 11th Jan to 28th Jan 2021.
Participated in the Two-Day Intensive Workshop on Confocal Microscopy held at Venture Center, Pune, India, Feb 2016
Participated in the Two-Day Workshop on Flow Cytometry-Learn and Perform The Right Way held at Venture Center, Pune, India, Nov 2015
Participated in the Three-Days Workshop on Molecular Biology / Genetic Engineering Application held at Venture Center, Pune, India, Aug 2014

RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Attended Chemsymphoria-2024 In-house Chemistry Symposium organized by Chemphilic Club, Department of Chemistry, IISER PUNE, 2 – 3rd Dec 2024.
Attended BIOCONCLAVE-24, In-house Biology Symposium organized by Department of Biology, IISER Pune, India, 1st-2nd Feb 2024.
Attended ACS Mini-Symposium on Molecules at Chemistry-Biology Interface organized by Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India, 1st Feb 2024.
Attended Chemsymphoria-2023 In-house Chemistry Symposium organized by Chemphilic Club, Department of Chemistry, IISER PUNE, 18th - 20th Dec 2023.
Attended the “ACORN Summer School and Thematic Workshop” held at Praia Verde, Algarve, Portugal, 13-15 October 2021, presented oral talk on “Coumarin based NIR theranostic tools for cancer imaging and targeted drug delivery”
Attended the “ACORN Summer School and Thematic Workshop” held at Praia Verde, Algarve, Portugal, 19-22 October 2020, presented oral talk on “Cancer Targeted Drug Delivery with a Fluorescence Reporter”
Attended the Lisbon Area Postdoc Meeting-2019 held at Caparica, Portugal, Nov 2019.
Attended the 255th ACS National Meeting held at New Orleans, LA, USA, Mar 2018, presented poster on “Cancer Targeted Nitric Oxide Delivery with a Fluorescence Reporter”
Attended the IISER-WIS conference on chemical biology held at IISER Pune, India, Jan 2018, Presented poster on “Stimuli Responsive Turn-ON Fluorescence, Turn-ON NO Donors”
Attended Chemsymphoria-2017 organized by IISER PUNE, 18th - 19th July 2017, delivered oral talk on “FLUORO/NO: A Nitric Oxide Donor with a Fluorescence Reporter”
Attended the full agenda of ACS on Campus held at IISER Pune, India, Jan 2017.
Attended the International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS21), organized by IIT Bombay, India, Dec 2016, Presented poster on “Stimuli Responsive Turn-ON Fluorescence, Turn-ON NO Donors”
Attended the International Symposium on Bioorganic Chemistry (ISBOC-10), organized by IISER Pune, India, Jan 2015, Presented poster on “An Esterase Sensitive Fluorescence Reporter for Nitric Oxide Release in Cells”
Participated in the National Science Day, organized by IISER Pune, India, Feb 2014, Presented poster on “Hydrogen Peroxide Inducible Nitric Oxide Donors”
Participated in the International Year of Chemistry Celebrations-2011 organized by the School of chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Dec 2011
Participated in the State Level Seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemistry” organized by Chemistry Department, Government Arts college, Salem, India, Mar 2011

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Chemical Society (ACS) Member (Member Number: 32381533)
Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Member (Indian Chapter, Portugal-Spain Chapter)
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Pune, Alumni Member

RESEARCH ID’s / ORCID ID / CIÊNCIA ID

Web of Science Researcher ID: AAP-5450-2021
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6973-8076
CIÊNCIA ID: 7310-6F35-EE0D

REVIEWER

Chemical Biology & Drug Design (ISSN: 1747-0285; 2021-Current) - Wiley
Theranostics (ISSN: 1838-7640; 2021-Current) - Ivyspring International Publisher
Antioxidants and Redox Signaling (ISSN: 1523-0864; 2020-Current) - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (United States)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES & OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Chemistry Orientation Program, Presenter and organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 24th Sep 2023
Drawing Competition, Organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 14th Aug 2023
Chemistry Quiz Competition, Organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 6th July 2023
Photo Competition, Organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 4th July 2023
National Science Day, organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 28th Feb 2023
Orientation program: Passport to Earning, Skill Development Online Course, offered by govt. of India and UNICEF, organizer, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 24th Feb 2023
Virtual Trip: International Summer Internship to undergraduates, organizer, Department of Chemistry, BRPT Dr. MGR Govt. Arts & Science college, Palacode, 9th Feb 2023
Chemsymphoria-2016, Committee Member, IISER Pune (21-06-2016 to 22-06-2016)
Chemistry Department-New Year Celebration, Committee Member, IISER Pune 30th Dec 2016
Chemistry Departmental Excursion, Committee Member, IISER Pune, 03rd March 2017

HANDLED INSTRUMENT TECHNIQUES

Chemistry: UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Fluorescence spectrometry, High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), Infra-Red spectroscopy, VEEGO melting point apparatus, Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Nitric oxide analyzer (NOA), Flash chromatography, H2S electrode, pH Meter, Ultrasonic bath and Soniprep, Thermal Mixer, Thermo Scientific Varioskan Flash microwell plate reader, Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), Cyclic voltammetry, Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).
Biology: Worked in tissue cell culture lab, performed biochemical assays, cell viability assays, fluorescence-based assays, handled fluorescence microscopy, Confocal Microscopy, Multiphoton microscopy, Flow-cytometry, worked with zebrafish and mouse

Short CV

STATEMENT

My scientific research career has been characterized by mobility. Undergrad studies, Master degree, PhD are all from different, well recognized universities in India and there is to add a short stay at the SRF Company, India. This mobility has made me adapt to new ways of thinking and it has strengthened my interpersonal abilities, broadened my research skills and made me a solid and independent researcher. I have published 9 scientific research papers (4 of them as a first author), 1 Book chapter and few under preparations. Several of them were published in high impact factor journals of multidisciplinary chemistry and sciences (e.g. Nat. Chem. Biol., Bioconjugate Chem., Org. Lett., Chem. Commun.), supporting the outreach and innovation of the research. This also demonstrates the high scientific merit and broad knowledge in diverse areas of organic chemistry and chemical biology. To disseminate my research, I participated in several national and international conferences and delivered oral and poster presentations (e.g. ACS National Meeting, ISBOC-10, ICOS-21, ACORN, National Science Day etc.). To improve my knowledge, I participated in several workshops (Animal course, Confocal microscopy, Flow cytometry), training courses (Leadership) and attended several webinars on various research topics. I have also qualified national level competitive exams (GATE and CSIR) and received several fellowships and awards (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, FCT Fellowship and Grants, DST Project Fellowship, DST-SERB Travel award, Infosys IISER Pune Travel award, Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship). During my PhD, I was a Teaching Assistant for the Laboratory courses to BS-MS students at IISER Pune. I have also worked as a Teaching Associate (part-time) for the NPTEL online courses (Medicinal Chemistry). I have trained many BS-MS, new PhD students well in organic synthesis and biological experiments and many of them are doing their research work in well recognized institutions in abroad, which gave me opportunity to improve my mentorship quality. I was a in charge for many instruments such as HPLC, NO Analyzer and tissue cell culture lab at IISER Pune. I was also an active committee member of the Chemphilic team at IISER Pune and organized events. I have also collaborated within the group, national and international experts in a variety of projects. I am a member of American Chemical Society, Marie Curie Alumni Association, IISER Pune Alumni Association. Also, a reviewer for few international journals. Also worked as a Guest Lecturer for short time (temporary) at Govt Arts and Science College, Palacode, Tamilnadu and gained huge knowledge on teaching, training, organizing events and other stuffs. Here I trained undergraduate students (Major and Allied) practical courses and theory courses with different activity-based training, quizzes, poster presentations, group discussions, seminars, assignments, career guidance & time management courses in the classes, which enhanced my teaching and training quality. My career path shows that I am able to adapt and learn quickly as well as team-up with researchers from different areas of knowledge.

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