Asifkhan Shanavas

Biography

Educational Qualification:  Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering (2010-2015), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. M.Tech Nanomedical Sciences (2008-2010), Amrita Centre for NanoSciences, Kochi, India. M.Sc Biochemistry (2005-2007), PSG College of Arts and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. B.Sc Biochemistry (specialized in Biotechnology) (2002-2005), PSG College of Arts and Sciences, Coimbatore, India Awards : 2016- 2017: DBT Indo-Australian Career Boosting Gold Fellowship 2010- 2014: MHRD Institute Teaching Assistantship, IIT Bombay 2013: DST Travel Grant 2011: Bioencapsulation Research Group Travel Grant 2008-2010: DST fellowship, MTech Nanomedical Sciences, ACNS  2006: JNCASR summer research fellowship  Professional Memberships :  Indian Association for Cancer Research ♦ American Society for Nanomedicine ♦ Indian Society of Nano Medicine  

Research Interest

♦ Targeted combinatorial nanomedicines: Combination cancer chemotherapeutic protocols involve difficulties such as variations in pharmacokinetics, membrane transport, dosage and optimization of drug scheduling. Our group investigates polymeric combination nanomedicines towards vehicle uniformity, ratiometric drug loading with temporal site-specific release of the drugs. ♦ Organo-Inorganic Biomaterials for Theranostics: Multifunctional biomaterials offer a ‘One for All’ approach towards precise in vivo detection and subsequent treatment of solid tumors. Our group investigates organo-inorganic composite biomaterials for simultaneous therapy and imaging of cancerous tissues. ♦ Plasmonic nanomaterials for Photothermal Therapy: Gold based anisotropic nanostructures such as nanoshells have shown a huge success in combating drug resistant tumors. Our group works on better engineering of nanoshells towards new generation of nanomedicines for effectively combating undruggable advanced cancers.