Kalaiarasu L

Kalaiarasu L. joined the Drug Discovery Unit (DDU), Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular and Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), VIT, as a doctoral student with a Teaching cum Research Assistant (TRA) fellowship on 11th January 2023. He is currently working as Project Research Scientist I (Non-Medical) on the ICMR-funded project titled “Design and Development of Siderophore-Macrolide Antibiotic Conjugates to Combat Multidrug Resistance (MDR) Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections” at DDU, CBCMT. He graduated with his Master’s in Chemistry from the School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli, India in 2021. For his Master’s dissertation, he worked on the project titled “Synthesis of 3-Arylquinoxaline from Aroylmethylidene Malonate and Ortho-Phenylenediamine” under Prof. Dr. Srinivasan K. Synthetic Organic Lab, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University (BDU), Tiruchirappalli, India. He obtained his second Master’s in Business Administration Finance (Twinning program) from Pondicherry University in 2021. He obtained his Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, India. For his Bachelor’s dissertation, he worked on the project “Multiresidue determination of pesticides in fruits and vegetables by Gas Chromatography – Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry”. During his bachelor’s, he has undergone internships at the National Referral Lab, ICAR-National Research Centre for Grapes (NRCG), Pune, India. Bio-Prospecting Division, Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, India. Analytical Lab, The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore, India. Before joining DDU, he worked as a Technical Assistant at the National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicology, Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON), Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India. His areas of interest include Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Drug Delivery, and Biological, and Medicinal Chemistry.