Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy

Associate Professor – DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow
Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT)

ALM Building, Room No. 403
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Vellore – 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: loganathan.r@vit.ac.in
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L80u9LMAAAAJ&hl=en

Resume

My Research Interest

Research Interest:

Medicinal Chemistry

Drug Design and Discovery

Ligand-Targeted Drug Conjugates

Chemical Biology

Molecular Imaging Agents (Fluorescence, NIR, and radio imaging)

Immunotherapy

Antimicrobial Agents

Education & Training:

PhD (Chemistry) Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India

Thesis Title: “Studies on DNA and Protein Cleavage and Anticancer Activities of Mixed Ligand Copper(II) Complexes of Diimines, supervised” by Prof. M. Palaniandavar FASc, FRSC, FNA, INSA-Senior Scientist, DST-SERB Fellow, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, India.

2009 - 2014

MSc (Chemistry)

PSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, India

2006 – 2008

BSc (Chemistry)

PSG College of Arts and Science, Bharathiar University, India

2003 - 2006

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor Grade I, Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

2022 - Till date

DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow, Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

2020 - 2022

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellow at University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain under the supervision of Prof. Ana Ramos and Prof. Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa Fernández

2018 - 2020

Postdoctoral Research Associate, research group of Prof. Philip S Low, Purdue University, Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, United States

2016 - 2017

Postdoctoral Fellow, research group of Prof. Gilles Gasser, University of Zurich, Switzerland, supported by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship

2014 - 2015