Gayathri Chakrapani

Research professional with proven track record in scientific inquiry and innovation. Presently submitted my PhD thesis and looking for post-doctoral opportunities. Known for collaborative approach and delivering impactful results. Valued for adaptability and expertise in data analysis and experimental design. My h-index is 6 and i-10 is 5. Passionate to explore science with day to day leaning.

• Seeram, Ramakrishna, Prof, seeram@nus.edu.sg, National University of Singapore (NUS), Head of the Centre for Nanofiber and Nanotechnology and Chair of the Circular Economy Taskforce
• Suresh, Sagadevan, Dr, drsureshsagadevan@um.edu.my, University of Malaya, Associate professor, Head of Unit, Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Center, Malaysia
• Thanikaivelan, Palanisamy, Dr, thanik8@yahoo.com, CSIR-CLRI, Chief Scientist, Adyar, Chennai

• G.Chakrapani, V.vijayakumar, and M.Zare, 'Next-Generation Biomaterials: Design Strategies, Clinical Translation, and the Rise of Intelligent Therapeutic Platforms', ACS Omega, Vol.10, 46272- 46293, 2025.
• GD Chakrapani, GCJayakumar, B.sahu, 'Preparation and Characterization of Decellularized ECM Hydrogel from Adipose Tissues of Hide/Skin: Unlocking Untapped Resource Potential', JALCA, 2024.
• G. Chakrapani, S. Ramakrishna, and M. Zare, 'Functionalization of electrospun nanofiber for biomedical application,' Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 140, no. 23, pp. 1–19, 2023.
• G. Chakrapani, M. Zare, and S. Ramakrishna, 'Biomaterials from the value-added food wastes,' Bioresource Technology Reports, vol. 19, no. August, p. 101181, 2022.
• G. Chakrapani, M. Zare, and S. Ramakrishna, 'Current trends and definitions in high-performance antimicrobial strategies,' Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 23, p. 100407, 2022.
• G. Chakrapani, M. Zare, and S. Ramakrishna, 'Intelligent hydrogels and their biomedical applications,' Materials Advances, vol. 3, no. 21, pp. 7757–7772, 2022.
• G. D. Chakrapani, G. C. Jayakumar, B. Sahu, and J. R. Rao, 'Curcumin-loaded hybrid particles for drug delivery applications,' Cleaner Chemical Engineering, vol. 4, no. August, p. 100066, 2022.
• K. Mitra, P. Ghanta, S. Acharya, G. Chakrapani, B. Ramaiah, and M. Doble, 'Dual inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 proteases: pharmacophore and molecular dynamics based drug repositioning and phytochemical leads,' Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, vol. 39, no. 16, pp. 1–14, 2020.
• R. Ravindran, G. Chakrapani, K. Mitra, and M. Doble, 'Inhibitory activity of traditional plants against Mycobacterium smegmatis and their action on Filamenting temperature sensitive mutant Z (FtsZ)—A cell division protein,' PLoS ONE, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 1–21, 2020.
• Presented and Won best Oral presentation in Post-Graduate level at BES 17th Scientific meeting conducted at Nanyang Technology University (NTU, Singapore) on 18th may 2024.
• Presented a poster in IISC-CELLINK Conference on July 18-20, 2024.
• Presented orally on 'Studies on the development of 3D bioinks biomimicking the ECM' at the International Collagen Symposium at CSIR-CLRI On October 6-8th 2022.
• Presented a poster on 'Studies on The Development of Collagen-Lipid Particles for Targeted Drug Delivery' from November 27 to December 1 2019, at the BioTERM conference at IIT- Kanpur, India.
• Presented a Poster on 'Silver Oxide Nanoparticles embedded on Silk Patched for wound healing and anti-bacterial applications' on April 9 2018, at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-M) at Research Scholar Day (RSD), Chennai, India.
• Presented a poster on 'Photocatalytic Hydrogen production using Nanocomposites' in June 2017 (RAMN'17) at AMET University, Chennai.
• Actively attended two days International Conference on Biological Applications of Nanoparticles (ICON-BIO 2017) on 4th and 5th December 2017 at IIT-M, Chennai, India Including 4 presentations at Anna University, BS Abdur Rahman University and other national-level conferences (8)

• Registered member of the Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore), 2024
• DBT Sponsored BCIL-BITP (Biotechnology Industrial Training Program), 2016
• TANCET, State-level entrance examination, Anna University, 2016
• Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE), IIT-Bombay/ IIT-R
• IELTS, 7.0/9, Academic
• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR-SRF)- Senior Research Fellow, Innovative and Translational Research (ITR) Grant

• Role of Fungal species in the bioremediation of heavy metals, 2021, Wastewater treatment, 9, Elsevier
• Industrial applications of Mesoporous particles as a Photocatalytic agent, 2021, Photocatalytic degradation of dyes, 23, Elsevier

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• CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, ICMR- Senior Research Fellow, 2022-03-01, present, Optimization of 3D Bioink using their rheological parameters, Bioprinting of the Bioinks and evaluation of the flow behavior with respect to the concentration, Biological Characterization of the bioinks (Cell adhesion, fluorescent and confocal imaging of the developed 3D bioinks using fibroblast cell lines in the formulated bioinks)
• CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Junior Research Fellow, 2019-07-01, 2022-03-01, Actively involved in the 'Preparation of Mesoporous particles for Biomedical applications.', Characterized the prepared porous particle and worked on its role in Drug loading capacity, Actively passaged Caenorhabditis elegans and evaluated the Anti- glycation activity along with collagen extraction and quantification, Drug loading and Insilico analysis of collagen lipid interaction
• CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Project Assistant, 2018-07-01, 2019-02-01, Involved in the 'Degradation of Toluene using bacterial consortia.', Optimized a bio-plastic using different starch materials (Food packaging material), Facilitated the characterization of Collagen from various animals using SDS-PAGE
• Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Master's Thesis, 2017-07-01, 2018-06-01, Targeting M.smeg FtsZ, cell division protein using natural products, Extraction of Plant extracts and checking for their MIC concentration, REMA assay, Performed Fts Z Protein Purification using Ni-NTA column and characterizing the protein, Evaluating the GTPase and Polymerization activity, Cell elongation and cell viability studies using microscopic imaging
• CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Undergraduate thesis, 2016-01-01, 2016-04-01, Photocatalytic production of Hydrogen using Nanocomposites, Chemical synthesis of Titanium dioxide, Graphene oxide from goat hair, Zinc oxide and evaluation of hydrogen production using the nanocomposite synthesized

• Presented and Won best Oral presentation in Post-Graduate level at BES 17th Scientific meeting, Nanyang Technology University (NTU), Singapore, 2024-05-18
• Presented orally on 'Studies on the development of 3D bioinks biomimicking the ECM', International Collagen Symposium at CSIR-CLRI, 2022-10-06 to 2022-10-08
• Presented a poster on 'Studies on The Development of Collagen-Lipid Particles for Targeted Drug Delivery', BioTERM conference at IIT- Kanpur, India, 2019-11-27 to 2019-12-01
• Presented a Poster on 'Silver Oxide Nanoparticles embedded on Silk Patched for wound healing and anti-bacterial applications', Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-M) at Research Scholar Day (RSD), Chennai, India, 2018-04-09
• Presented a poster on 'Photocatalytic Hydrogen production using Nanocomposites', AMET University, Chennai, 2017-06-01
• Actively attended two days International Conference on Biological Applications of Nanoparticles (ICON-BIO 2017), IIT-M, Chennai, India, 2017-12-04 to 2017-12-05

Biomaterials (Drug delivery and 3D cell culture and modelling) for biomedical applications, Drug discovery and drug delivery based disease treatments.

• Date of Birth: 04/10/1995
• Marital Status: Married