Aravind Kumar Rengan 

Assistant Professor at IIT Hyderabad

 

About:

Dr. Aravind kumar Rengan completed his PhD from IIT Bombay in 2015 and is currently an Assistant Professor at IIT Hyderabad.  He is a medical doctor turned biomedical engineer working in the area of nanomedicine and cancer nanotechnology.  Dr. Aravind has won many awards and accolades including the “Indian National Science Academy (INSA) &  National Academy of Science (NASI) Young Scientist Award- 2017 & 2018 respectively, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Young Engineer 2018, “Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award – DBT. Govt of India”, “Gandhian Young Technological Innovator 2017 & 2015”

 

Current Research:

His current research areas include Cancer Nanomedicine, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Theranostics & Anti Microbial Resistance

 Recent Publication: 

  • Self-Assembled Fluorosome–Polydopamine Complex for Efficient Tumor Targeting and Commingled Photodynamic/Photothermal Therapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Biomacromolecules. doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00744 (2021- in press).
  •  Light-triggered selective ROS-dependent autophagy by bioactive nanoliposomes for efficient cancer theranostics. Nanoscale 2020, 12, (3), 2028-2039. doi.org/10.1039/C9NR05211A.
  • ·Development of label-free gold nanoparticle based rapid colorimetric assay for clinical/point-of-care screening of cervical cancer. Nanoscale Advances 2020, 2, (12), 5737-5745. doi.org/10.1039/D0NA00686F