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Principal Investigator
Vignesh Muthuvijayan
Vignesh Muthuvijayan
Professor, Department of Biotechnology
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.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Ponrasu Thangavel
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
Sowmya Selvaraj
Sowmya Selvaraj
DBT Research Associate
PhD, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI)
Research interests: Antifouling hydrogel coatings, diabetic wound management, value-added materials development
Radhika Ravindran
Radhika Ravindran
BioCaRe DBT Women Scientist
PhD, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore
Research interests: Drug-eluting implants, Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Infection resistant surgical meshes, biomaterials for controlled drug delivery
PhD Scholars
Manoj Kumar S
Manoj Kumar S
With Prof. Guhan Jayaraman as co-guide
BTech & MTech (Biotechnology), IIT Guwahati
Current research: Developing cartilage-inspired, liposome-reinforced recombinant hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels to enhance self-healing and tissue regeneration
Laavanya D
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
Varshiny G
Varshiny G
Currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego
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
Iniyan S
Iniyan S
MTech (Bioprocess Engineering), IIT Madras
BTech (Biotechnology), Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chennai
Current research: Multifunctional biomaterials for chronic wound management
Puspita Kumar
Puspita Kumar
Co-guiding with Prof. Edamana Prasad
BSc & MSc (Chemistry), The University of Burdwan, Bardhaman
Current research: Self-assembling lower-generation dendritic systems for biomedical applications
Subhashree Mishra
Subhashree Mishra
Co-guiding with Prof. Somnath Chanda Roy
MSc (Polymer Science), CIPET-Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (IPT), Bhubaneswar
BSc (Chemistry), Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
Current research: Developing hemocompatible coatings for blood contact applications
MS Scholars
Sagar P Tembadamani
Sagar P Tembadamani
MS Scholar
BE (Biotechnology), R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru
Current research: Developing bioinks for 3D printing for skin tissue engineering applications
UG/PG Students
UG/PG Students
Charles Babuji Kancherla - MTech (Bioprocess Engineering)
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