our Team

Principal Investigator

Vignesh Muthuvijayan

Associate Chair, Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE)

Coordinator, BS in Data Science and Applications and NPTEL

Dr. Vignesh Muthuvijayan is a Chemical Engineer by training. He received his BTech in Chemical Engineering from A. C. Tech, Anna University, Chennai. He went on to pursue his Master's degree in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and his PhD in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He also worked as a post-doc at Johns Hopkins University. After spending over 8 years in the United States, he returned to India and joined the Department of Biotechnology at IIT Madras in October 2010. His research interests are in the area of biomaterials and their applications.

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Post-doctoral Fellows

Ponrasu Thangavel

Research Associate

PhD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)

Research interests: 3D IPN scaffolds and double network hydrogels for chronic wound management, natural polysaccharides for biomedical applications

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Sowmya Selvaraj

DST WISE Post-doctoral Fellow

PhD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)

Research interests: Antifouling hydrogel coatings, diabetic wound management, value-added materials development

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Radhika Ravindran

BioCaRe DBT Women Scientist

PhD, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore

Research interests: Drug-eluting implants, Antimicrobial resistance, Infection-resistant surgical meshes, biomaterials for controlled drug delivery

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Dharunya Govindarajan

DST WISE Post-doctoral Fellow

PhD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)

Research interests: Development of nanotherapeutics for tissue engineering applications, Skin-based biomaterials with sustained angiogenesis for wound healing, Implants for bone tissue repair and vascular assembly, Bioprinting of bone and cartilage organoids

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Elakkiya Krishnamoorthy

SERB National Post-doctoral Fellow

PhD, University of Madras

Research interests: Design and development of nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering and wound healing

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PhD Scholars

Laavanya D

Prime Minister's Research Fellow & Mehta Rice Engineering Scholar

MTech (Biotechnology), NIT Rourkela

BTech (Biotechnology), Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

Current research: Exploring methods of sustained drug delivery to increase drug efficacy in vivo

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Varshiny Gopinath

BTech (Biotechnology), Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

Current research: Developing site-activated hydrogels for sustained drug delivery and establishing in vitro fibrosis models to understand the disease mechanisms and advance targeted therapeutic strategies

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