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in active research, including in nanotechnology areas. While five of them are currently engaged in
research in the nanosciences, the numbers are expected to grow to seven by the end of 2007. The
others are senior faculty in medical sciences who are active in research. |
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Dr. Shantikumar Nair
The Director, Amrita Centre for Nanosciences. A former IIT Bombay
graduate in Metallurgical Engineering, he received his PhD at Columbia University in the city of New
York in 1983. He was a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA, in the School
of Engineering, since 1985. He received the prestigious Presidential Young Investigator Award for
research in composite materials from the President of the United States in 1986. He was involved
in research in nanocomposite materials for the last decade. He has two books and about a 100
international publications in the field of materials science. |
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Dr Manzoor K
Associate Professor in ACNS and specializing in the area of Nanotoxicology,
Nanomedicine and Cancer-nanotechnology. Prior to joining ACNS during June 2007, Dr. Manzoor
has served as Staff-scientist in Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of
Defense for about 10 years and has extensive research experience in the design and development of
functional nanosystems including luminescent quantum dots for bio-imaging, plasmonic nanocrystals
for SPR based chem-bio-sensing, magnetic nanocrystals for contrast imaging, multifunctional
nanocrystals, nano-photomedicines, etc. His valuable contributions to the area of Nanotechnology
has been appreciated by Govt. of India by conferring prestigious awards such as DRDO Technology
Developer of the Year 2006, National Science Day Award for Nano Research 2005, DRDO
Young Scientist of the Year 2004, and Best Laboratory Scientist of the Year 2003. He has about
25 international publications on functional nanomaterials and two international patents (PCT) on
nanotechnology. |
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Dr. Deepthy Menon
Assistant Professor at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Cochin, since its
inception in June 2006. Received her PhD in Physics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, with
five years of post-doctoral experience, in Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and
at the International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology. She is the
recipient of the “Best Thesis Award” constituted by the Indian Laser Association in 2002. She has
received several other recognitions in her research career, which include the Young Research Award
from International Union of Materials Research Societies (1999), Young Scientist Fellowship from
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India 2002, and Rapid Young Investigator Grant
from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India 2007. She is currently the Principal Investigator of
the DBT project, which aims to explore the use of semiconductor nanocrystals for cancer diagnostics.
Her current research programs include development of various types of nanosystems for medical
applications such as cancer imaging, tissue engineering, drug delivery as well as toxicological
concerns of nanomaterials. She has to her credit nearly twenty publications in internationally reputed
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Dr. R.Prasanth
Assistant Professor, received his PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology in
Photonic switching in III-V nanostructures. He carried out his research activities at the COBRA Inter
University Research Center And European Institute Of Telecommunication Technology. After receiving
PhD, he pursued his research activities at Dye Institute, the Netherlands and the National Institute
of Nanotechnology, Canada. He published more than 25 articles in international journals and
conferences, including Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters. Some of these articles are
included in the list of selected papers. He also reviewed articles for many international journals. |
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Dr. Rangasamy Jayakumar
Associate Professor, received his PhD in Polymer Chemistry from
Anna University, India. He has six years postdoctoral experience in Korea, Portugal and Japan. He
was a recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Award for a research fellowship
at Kansai University in Japan where he developed biodegradable polymer nanomaterials and polymetal
complexes. He has about 50 journal publications, mostly in international journals. His current
interest is the chemical modification of natural biopolymers with applications in nanomedicine. |
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