Dr. Ravichandran obtained his doctoral degree in Biomaterials/Chemical Biology from the Indian Institute of Technology, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. A. Jayakrishnan and Prof. V. Kesavan. His thesis focused on developing synthetic/natural polysaccharides-based drug delivery systems for treating leishmania, with part of the study being conducted in collaboration with Prof. Philippe M Loiseau at Université Paris-Saclay. He has expertise in various techniques such as multi-gram Asymmetric organic synthesis, self-assembly block co-polymers, RAFT, ARTP, radical polymerization techniques, CT-contractable polymers, and low dimensional hybrid metal nanoarchitecture for Sono/Photo responsive ROS & RNS materials. After completing his doctoral work, Dr Ravichandran worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Incheon National University in South Korea, where he focused on lipid nano assembly for drug delivery to the brain and Piezocatalytic/photodynamic cancer therapy. He received national postdoctoral fellowships from DST-SERB India (2019) and the National Korean Research Foundation Grand to establish his postdoctoral work (2021 & 2023). Dr Vasanthan joined The Kumar lab in January 2024, focusing his research on cancer drug development, diagnostics and nonclinical testing. 

Education
2018 PhD in Biomaterials/Chemical-Biology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) India
2007 M.Sc. in Chemistry Madurai Kamaraj University India
2005 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, India

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Publications

• 2D WS2-based piezocatalytic nanogenerators for ultrasound-triggered and mitochondria-targeted piezodynamic cancer therapy synergized with energy metabolism-targeted chemotherapy. Truong Hoang Q, Huynh KA, Nguyen Cao TG, Kang JH, Dang XN, Ravichandran V, Kang HC, Lee M, Kim JE, Ko YT, Lee TI, Shim MS.  Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2300437.
• Glutathione-depleted and cancer-targeted nanocapsules encapsulating bimetallic oxide nanoparticles for enhanced chemo-sonodynamic therapy. Ravichandran V, Truong Hoang Q, Nguyen Cao TG, and Shim MS. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2022, 114, 171-180.
• Piezoelectric Au-decorated ZnO nanorods: Ultrasound-triggered generation of ROS for piezocatalytic cancer therapy. Truong Hoang Q*, Ravichandran V*, Nguyen Cao TG, Kang JH, Ko YT, Lee TI, and Shim MS. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2022, 435(3), 135039. (* Contributed equally)