Name: Dr. Janani Radhakrishnan Assistant Professor jananiradhakrishnan313@gmail.com Google Scholar Citations Orcid

ADDRESS, ROOM NO

Department of Medical Devices
NIPER Hyderabad
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500037, TS, INDIA

QUALIFICATION: (REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

• Ph.D. (2017) in Tissue Engineering from Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India
• M. Sc. (2011) in Biomedical Science (5 year integrated) from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India

EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, 2025 - Till date at NIPER, Hyderabad, India
• Scientist, 2022– 2025 at BRIC - National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad
• DST - INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, 2020 – 2022 at CSIR - Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai
• Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (IPDF) , 2018 – 2020 at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.

COURSES HANDLING(PHD/M.PHARM)

M.Tech. Medical Devices:

• MD-611: Tissue Engineering and Additive Manufacturing
• MD-612: Advanced Biomaterials
• MD-617: Additive Manufacturing Laboratory

PHD STUDENTS/MASTERS STUDENTS

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AWARDS / HONOURS

• Received Young Women Innovator Award for the year 2025, conferred by Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (India) (SBAOI) during 40th annual meeting, BioManthan, held at IIT Ropar, Punjab, 4-7 December 2025
• April – June 2024: Guest scientist, Department of Experimental Surgery; Ruhr University Hospital Bochum, Germany
• Nov 2023: Awarded ‘Paired early career fellowship in applied research (PECFAR)’ by Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC)
• Selected member of Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of the journal ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering from 2022.
• DST - INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, Duration: 2020-2025.
• Founder Chancellor’s award for Best Ph.D. dissertation of year 2017 at SASTRA University.
• Apr 2017: Indo - US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), DST sponsored student visit to the University of Connecticut, US (US Nodal Centre for Orthopaedic Research).
• July 2015: Japan - Asia SAKURA student exchange program, Tokyo City University, Japan
• DST - INSPIRE Senior & Junior Research Fellowships awarded by DST, Government of India.
• University First Rank in M.Sc. Biomedical Science, Bharathidasan University, India.

RESEARCH AREAS/INTEREST

Tissue engineering / Regenerative medicine, 3D Bioprinting, Biomaterials, 3D Tissue models

FELLOWSHIPS / GRANTS

• DST - INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, 2020-2025.
• SERB Power grant, 2022-2025.
• Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) - Paired early career fellowship in applied research (PECFAR) 2023, 2024-2025.

PUBLICATIONS / BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Jebakumar M, Pachaiyappan M, Kamini NR, Radhakrishnan J*, Ayyadurai N*. Engineered Spider Silk in Core-Shell Multi-functional Fibrous Mat for Accelerated Chronic Diabetic Wound Healing via Macrophage Polarization. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 2025, [SCI: 5.5] DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5c00737.
2. Pachaiyappan M, Jebakumar M, Radhakrishnan J*, Ayyadurai N*. Electrically Conductive Gellan Gum/Polyvinyl Alcohol Interpenetrating Network Hydrogel: A Dual Crosslinked 3D Printing Ink for Cardiac Tissue. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025, [SCI, IF: 5.7] DOI: 10.1039/D5TB01462J.
3. Valappil S, Mohan I, Radhakrishnan J*, Ayyadurai N*. Building Biomaterials through Genetic Code Expansion. Trends in Biotechnology, 2023, 41: 165-1832022. [SCI, IF: 14.9].
4. Radhakrishnan J, Muthuraj M, Gandham GSPD, Sethuraman S, Subramanian A. Nanohydroxyapatite-Protein Interface in Composite Sintered Scaffold Influences Bone Regeneration in Rabbit Ulnar Segmental Defect. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2022; 33: 36. [SCI, IF: 4.5
5. Radhakrishnan J, Varadaraj S, Dash SK, Sharma A, Verma RS. Organotypic Cancer Tissue Models for Drug Screening: 3D Constructs, Bioprinting and Microfluidic Chips. Drug Discovery Today, 2020; 25: 879-890. [SCI, IF: 7.5]
6. Radhakrishnan J, Manigandan A, Chinnaswamy P, Subramanian A, Sethuraman S. Gradient nanoengineered in situ forming composite hydrogel for osteochondral regeneration. Biomaterials, 2018; 162: 82-98. [SCI, IF: 12.9]
7. Radhakrishnan J, Subramanian A, Sethuraman S. Injectable Glycosaminoglycan – Protein Nano– Complex in Semi–Interpenetrating Networks: A Biphasic Hydrogel for Hyaline Cartilage Regeneration. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 175: 63-74. [SCI, IF: 12.5]
8. Radhakrishnan J, Subramanian A, Krishnan UM, Sethuraman S. Injectable and 3D Bioprinted Polysaccharide Hydrogels: From Cartilage to Osteochondral Tissue Engineering. Biomacromolecules, 2017, 18: 1-26. [SCI, IF: 5.4]
9. Radhakrishnan J, Kuppuswamy AA, Sethuraman S, Subramanian A. Topographic cue from electrospun scaffolds regulate myelin–related gene expressions in Schwann cells. Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 2015, 11: 512-521.
10. Radhakrishnan J, Gandham GSPD, Sethuraman S, Subramanian A. Three-Dimensional Protein Releasing Phase Induced Porous Composite Microspheres Sintered Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 22005 – 22014. [SCI, IF: 4.6]
11. Radhakrishnan J, Krishnan UM, Sethuraman S. Hydrogel based injectable scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration. Biotechnology Advances, 2014, 32: 449-461. [SCI, IF: 12.5]

Book Chapters:

1. Banerjee, K., Ayyadurai, N., Verma, R.S. and Radhakrishnan J*. (2024). Versatile Biomaterials Platform: As Stem Cells Delivery System and Influence Cellular Micro Niche. In: Rama Shanker Verma (ed.) Stem Cell Biology: A Regenerative Perspective. World Scientific Publishing. ISBN: 978-981-12-9488-4. doi: 10.1142/13891. ISBN: 978-981-12-9488-4.
2. Sinduja ME, Mahendiran B, Radhakrishnan J, Arun C, Krishnakumar GS. (2023). Natural Polysaccharide-Based Materials for Scaffolds Biofabrication. In: Maia, F.R.A., Oliveira, J.M., Reis, R.L. (eds) Handbook of the Extracellular Matrix. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 030-92090-6_29-1. Print ISBN: 978-3-030-92090-6. Online ISBN: 978-3-030-92090-6.
3. Radhakrishnan J, Sethuraman S. (2016) Progress in Tissue Engineering Approaches towards Hepatic Diseases Therapeutics. In: Sethuraman S, Krishnan UM, Subramanian A. (eds) Biomaterials and Nanotechnology for Tissue Engineering. Taylor & Francis Group, CRC press, NY.

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PATENTS

1. Sethuraman S, Radhakrishnan J, Subramanian A. Spatially Varying In Situ forming Gradient Hydrogel for Osteochondral Tissue Regeneration. [No. 430764]
2. Subramanian A, Sethuraman S, Manigandan A, Radhakrishnan J, Handi V. Responsive Selfassembled Magnetic Micelles for Targeted Metastatic Breast Cancer Theranostics. [No. 453841]

INVITED TALKS

Frontiers in Advanced Biofabrication and Translational Engineering (FABRICATE) 2025 , Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering, IITM, Chennai .

Bioprocessing India 2024, Department of Biotechnology, IITM and Bioprocessing Society India .

Bioprinting Ignited X India Conference 2024, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru and Cellink

National workshop on ‘3D Bioprinting for Tissue Engineering’ 2023, Stem cell facility, AIIMS, New Delhi in association with NBIL, Bengaluru

Indo-German workshop on Biofabrication: Emerging Biomaterials, Machines & Digital Tools 2023, SASTRA University, Thanjavur and Ruhr University, Bochum, supported by IndoGerman Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC)

The Third Indian Materials Conclave and the 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2021, Materials Research Society India (MRSI) & IIT Madras, Chennai

SPONSORED PROJECTS

• DST - INSPIRE Faculty Award ; Duration: 5 years, 2020-2025; (Completed) Title: 3D Bioprinting of Electrically Conducting Hydrogel with Stem Cells and Neovasculature Guidance for Functional Cardiac Tissue Regeneration.
• SERB Power grant; Duration: 3 years, 2022-2025; (Completed) Title: 3D Bioprinting Biomimetic Dermo-Epidermal Construct using Engineered Silk Spidroin with Vasculature Guidance for Skin Tissue Regeneration and Organotypic Tissue Model
• Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) - Paired early career fellowship in applied research (PECFAR) 2023, Duration: 1 year, 2024-2025 (Completed) Title: Multi-scale porous construct for bone regeneration and in vitro organotypic functional model

Laboratory facilities developed for research / teaching.

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