Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT)
Name: Dr. Madhu Mithra Thangadurai
Date of Joining: 19-11- 2025
Position: ICMR -Project Scientist-II
Project Title: “Bioengineered Theranostic Integrated Medical Implant Surfaces for Real-Time Sensing and Combat of Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections”
Name: Dr. Pavithra E
Date of Joining: 01-04- 2026
Position: ICMR -Project Scientist-I
Project Title: “Small Molecule/Peptide Conjugated Receptor Targeted in Vivo miRNA Delivery System for Restoring Infarcted Myocardium”
Name: Dhanashree Murugan
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2019
Position: PhD Scholar
Area of Research: Drug Delivery, Cancer Biology, and Cell & Gene Therapy
Name: Jayashree S
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2019
Position: PhD Scholar
Area of Interest: Osteoimmunology
Name: Maya B
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2020
Position: PhD Scholar
Area of Interest: Cardiac tissue engineering
Name: Anupama Devi V K
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2020
Position: Internal Full time Research Scholar
Area of Interest: Biomaterials, Bone tissue engineering
Name: Harashkumar V T
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2020
Position: PhD Scholar
Area of Interest: Medicinal Chemistry, Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD), Cancer Therapy
Name: Ansheed Raheem
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): September – 2020
Position: CSIR-JRF
Area of Interest: Cell Material interaction, Epigenetics and Nanomedical interventions
Name: Soubhagyalaxmi F Guddad
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): December – 2021
Position: JRF (DST-BRICS)
Area of Interest: High-entropy alloys for biomedical application
Name: Iyer Aakash Sambamoorthy
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2022
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: In Vitro Tumour Modelling
Name: Manisha Sonthalia
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): December – 2022
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Skin Tissue Engineering
Name: Sreena R
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): August – 2022
Position: SRF (UGC-SJSGC)
Area of Interest: Shape memory polymeric composites, Bone and cartilage tissue engineering
Name: Saravanakumar M
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2022
Position: Senior Research Fellow (DBT-SRF)
Area of Interest: Microneedle Technology; Microfluidics; Cancer Biology; Immunotherapy; Cancer Vaccines.
Name: Vaibav N
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2022
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Precision Nanomedicine & Cancer Theranostics
Name: Menaga. S
Date of joining (Ph.D.): August – 2022
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: 3D printing, DLP Printing, and Photocurable biopolymers for wound healing applications
Name: Akshaya
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January – 2022
Position: PhD Scholar
Area of Interest: Biodegradable packaging, Wound healing
Name: Unnikrishnan B
Date of joining (Ph.D.): December – 2022
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Design and development of diagnostic and Theranostic molecules for Disease
Name: Iswarya Shanmugam
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): August – 2022
Position: SRF (DST-INSPIRE)
Area of Interest: Extracellular Vehicles (EVs) Therapeutics: a Biomimetic nanoplatform for Enhanced Tumour Imaging and the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
Name: Sadananda Mal
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Cancer Biology
Name: Bala Agnishwaran K
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Bio-inspired nanomaterials
Name: Kalaiarasu L
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2023
Position: Project Research Scientist – I (ICMR)
Area of Interest: Drug Delivery, AMR, Small Molecules & Peptide Drug Conjugates, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry
Name: Kruthi Ashok Kumar
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: JRF (DST – INSPIRE)
Area of Interest: Molecular imaging and cancer biology
Name: Yogesh D
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January – 2023
Position: Teaching cum Research Assistant (TRA)
Area of Interest: Droplet Microfluidics, In Vitro Disease Models, Injectable Hydrogels, Extracellular Vesicles for Therapeutic Applications.
Name: Divya. R
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Nanomaterial-based paper sensor for pathogen detection.
Name: Esther Shalini K
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Biomaterials for tissue engineering Applications
Name: Nandakumar S
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Click Chemistry Induced Cell-laden 3D Hydrogel Integrated Orthopaedic Implants to Combat Infections and Osteointegration Failure
Name: Chithra Anilkumar
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Development of Extracellular Matrix Based Bioinks for Osteoarthritis Treatment: A 3D Bioprinting and Intraarticular Injection Approach
Name: Shreyasi Bhattacharya
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): June – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Cancer biology
Name: Sudharshan T
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): June – 2023
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Smart Bio ceramics
Name: Aditya Ravindra Kadam
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): March-2024
Position: Project Scientist B (ICMR)
Area of Interest: Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering
Name: A. ESAITAMIL
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): July-2024
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Biomaterials & Microfluidics
Name: Meera Krishnan P
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): July – 2024
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Neuroscience, Mitochondrial and Gene therapy
Name: Bhuvaneshwari A
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): August – 2024
Position: ICMR-Junior Research Fellow
Area of Interest: Molecular Biology, Tissue Engineering
Name: Saravanan. P
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2024
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Biomaterials for tissue engineering Applications
Prajna Nagaraj Hegde
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): March – 2024
Position: JRF
Area of Interest: Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
Name: Nidhi Poddar
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July – 2024
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Light-responsive biomaterials for wound healing Applications
Name: Shaik Mohammad Rafi
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Cancer Biology
Name: Karthikeyan K
Date of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Hydrothermal Liquefaction
Name: Ummadi Prabhu Teja
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: 3D bioprinting & Microbiology
Name: Gajenthiran Eswaran
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Cancer Biology
Name: Yesasvini Muniraj
Date Of Joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Industrial Biotechnology, Microbiology
Name: Subasish Dash
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January – 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Computational Chemistry and Quantum Computing
Name: Pratima Prakash Parulekar
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Tissue Engineering and Microphysiological systems
Name: N. HimaBindu
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January 2025
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Microneedle Technology; Microfluidics; Drug delivery
Name: Sourav Paul
Date of joining (Ph.D.): January 2026
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Cancer Biology
Name: Subhashree Sahu
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July 2026
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Exosome-based diagnostic Tech for Early Cancer Diagnosis
Name: Nandita Pradhan
Date of joining (Ph.D.): July 2026
Position: TRA
Area of Interest: Point-of-Care Biosensors, Molecular Diagnostics & Isothermal amplification
