Profile
The major interest of my laboratory is the engineering of transmembrane pores for applications in biotechnology and medicine. In particular, we focus on synthetic peptides-derived alpha-helical pores and biological transmembrane pores and explore their biophysical and electrical characterization using single-channel and single-molecule electrical sensing studies. Our research has important implications for developing stochastic sensors for biomolecules and chemical moieties and therapeutic development.
Academic Positions
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Scientist E-II
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
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Scientist E-I
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
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Scientist & DBT-Ramalingaswami Faculty Fellow
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
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Senior Research Associate
Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology, University of Oxford, UK
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Post-doctoral Research Associate
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany and University of Cambridge, UK
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Guest Lecturer
Lecture course in Biophysical chemistry, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
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Junior Research Fellow
Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
Education
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Ph.D Biochemical Engineering 2010
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
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M.Sc Industrial Biotechnology 2005
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
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B.Sc Biotechnology 2003
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
Awards
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2020Featured as Up-and-Coming Scientist in the Journal of Membrane Biology
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2020Best teacher award at RGCB selected by students
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2020A complete patent application (Synthetic pores) filed from RGCB
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2019Merck Young Scientist award, Winner of Biological Science
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2018DST SERB -Early Career Research Award
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2017DBT - Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA), from Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India
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2016Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, India
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2012Senior Research Associate Fellowship by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), University of Oxford, UK
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2010Post-doctoral Fellowship by the European Union Nanoscience E+ Initiative, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany and University of Cambridge, UK
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2007Marie Curie Ph.D Fellowship, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
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JRF Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), funded by Department of Biotechnology
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2005Gold medal in M.Sc Industrial Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India
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2003Silver medal in B.Sc, Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India
Patents
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Patent titled "Synthetic Transmembrane Peptide Pores for the Single-Molecule Sensing".
Indian Patent. Patent Application No. 201941014383
Memberships
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The Biophysical Society
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European Biophysical Societies Association