Alok Dhawan

Biography

Nanomaterials have recently gained importance due to their widespread use worldwide in consumer products including drugs. At IITR, I established nanomaterial toxicology and published on genotoxicity of nanoparticles [carbon C60 fullerenes] in human lymphocytes. Our data has also demonstrated the in vitro cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of ZnO and TiO2 in human skin epithelial cells and unraveled the mechanism of toxicity. We also developed a novel method to detect the uptake of nanoparticles in bacteria for assessing ecotoxicity of engineered nanomaterials.

Research Interest

Alternate to animal models in toxicology, Genetic toxicology, Nanomaterial toxicology, In silico toxicology