Scientist & DBT-Ramalingaswami Faculty Fellow
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Profile
Engineered membrane pores have demonstrated applications notably in single-molecule sensing. We investigate hetero-oligomeric pores for single molecule detection that is effected by monitoring ionic current blockage passing through the pore. This allows the analysis of a wide variety of small molecules, nucleic acids and proteins.
Academic Positions
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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
- 2019Merck Young Scientist Award in Biological Science
- 2018DST SERB -Early Career Research Award
- 2017DBT - Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA), from Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India
- 2015Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology, India
- 2012Senior Research Associate Fellowship by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), University of Oxford, UK
- 2010Post-doctoral Fellowship by the European Union Nanoscience E+ Initiative, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany and University of Cambridge, UK
- 2007Marie Curie Ph.D Fellowship, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
- JRF Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), funded by Department of Biotechnology
- 2005Gold medal in M.Sc Industrial Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, India
- 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
The Biophysical Society
European Biophysical Societies Association
