Assistant Professor

Dr Balaji Babu

Department of Chemistry

Interests
  • Chlorin
  • Corrole
  • Ferrocene conjugates
  • N-Confused porphyrin
  • Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT)
  • Porphyrinoids – Porphyrin
Education
2007
BSc
Presidency College
2009
MSc
College of Engineering (Guindy Campus), Anna University – Chennai
2015
PhD
Indian Institute of Science (IISC)
Experience
  • Oct 2020 to Jun 2021 – Postdoctoral fellow – Rhodes University, South Africa.
  • Sep 2019 to Sep 2020 – Postdoctoral fellow – Rhodes University, South Africa.
  • May 2017 to May 2019 – Postdoctoral fellow – Rhodes University, South Africa.
  • Sep 2016 to May 2017 – Assistant Professor – PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore.
  • Jul 2015 to Sep 2016 – Assistant Professor (contract) – Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigul.
  • Jul 2014 to Jul 2015 – Research Associate – Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bengaluru.
Research Interests
  • Design and synthesis of novel porphyrin and other macrocyclic photosensitizers for its potential application in near-IR activated photodynamic therapy (PDT).
  • Ferrocene-baseded molecules for biomedical and chemical sensing applications.
Awards & Fellowships
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Memberships
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Publications

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Contact Details

balaji.b@srmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Jotiba Pandurang Powar
  • Ms Gayathri M P