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Shalumon K. T., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chemistry

Total publications: 60 (51 international journal articles, 6 review papers and 3 book chapters)

Area of Interests: Tissue Engineering, Nanomaterials, Bioceramics, Biomedical polymers, Polymer processing and development etc.

Google Scholar h- index: 35, i10-index: 51, Citations: 4001

 

Research Experience

1. Assistant Professor and Ramalingaswami Fellow:  2020-till date (1.13 crores)

Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara

2. Ramalingaswami Fellow:  2020-2021 (1.13 crores)

Interuniversity Centre for nanomaterials and devices, Cochin University of Science and technology (CUSAT), Kochi, Kerala, India) (Independent PI)

Research Fellowship: Osteoligament biphasic tissue development

3. Post-Doctoral Fellow:  2013-2020

(Bioengineering lab, Department of chemical and materials engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan)

Research Areas: (1) Interfacial tissue engineering (2) Anti-adhesion materials (3) Development of artificial Tendon and ligament from nanomaterials (4) Neural tissue engineering (5) Drug eluting biomaterials

4. Post-Doctoral fellow:  2012-  2013

Institute of regenerative engineering, UConn Health Center, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA

Research Area: (1) Microsphere based biomaterials for bone tissue engineering

5. Doctoral Fellow: 2007-  2012

Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Kochi, Kerala, India

Thesis title: Electrospun multiscale fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering or Research Fellow

6. Junior Research Fellow: 2005- 2007

Biomedical Technology Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerala, India

Research Areas:

  • Radiolucent polyurethane based casting tapes for orthopaedic application and potting compounds for Haemodialyzer
  • Dispensable, biodegradable polymeric bone cement for minimally invasive treatment of bone diseases
  • Molecularly reinforced biodegradable nanocomposite materials as internal orthopedic fixation devices (In collaboration with Inorganic chemistry department, university of Duissburg-Essen, Germany)