Dr. Bipin Nair : Professor and Dean

Ph.D. Microbiology, MS, University of Baroda 1986

Dr. Nair joined us from MDS Pharma Services, USA, where he worked for over 12 years as the Research Manager in the Lead Discovery Group. Dr. Nair  was responsible for the coordination of New Assay Development and High Throughput Screening and has over 30 international publications to his credit...Learn more

Dr. Ashoke Banerji : Distinguished Professor

DIC Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, 1975, Ph.D. Chemistry, Delhi University, Delhi, 1964

Dr. Banerji joined us from RRL, Trivandrum and is a DAE Raja Ramanna Fellowship awardee as well as the former Head of Bioorganic Division, at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay. …Learn More

Dr. Anil Kumar : Associate Professor

Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2000 M.Tech. Biotechnology, Anna University, Madras, 1992

Dr. Anil Kumar joined us from University of California, Los Angeles, USA. …Learn More

Dr. Martin Reick : Associate Professor

Ph.D. Molecular Biology, MIU,Fairfield, IA, USA 1996.

Dr. Reick joined us from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA. …Learn More

Dr. Geetha Kumar : Associate Professor

Ph.D. Biochemistry, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA, 1992.

Dr. Kumar joined us from Ceptyr Inc., USA.

Dr. Sujit Nair : Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, 2008.

M.Pharm. (Pharmaceutics), Principal K. M. Kundnani College of Pharmacy, University of Mumbai, 2001.

B. Pharm., Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Pharmacy, University of Mumbai, 1998.

Dr. Nair joins us from the Center for Cancer Chemoprevention Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA, and has over twenty international publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit …Learn More

Dr. Shyam Diwakar : Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience, University of Milan, Italy 2008.

Dr. Diwakar joins us from Neurophysiology Labs, University of Pavia, Italy.…Learn More

Dr. Prakash Chandran : Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Chemistry (Organic Synthesis), MG University, 2003.

Dr. Chandran joins us from Anthem Biosciences Ltd, Bangalore.…Learn More

Dr. Sobha V. Nair : Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Chemistry( Polymer Technology), MG University, 2006.

Dr. Nair joins us from PES-IT, Bangalore.…Learn More

Ms. Margaret Reick : Assistant Professor

M.Sc. Molecular Biology, MIU, Fairfield, IA, USA 1993.

Ms. Reick joins us from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.

Mr. Nidheesh M. : Assistant Professor

M.Sc. Computer Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham , Amritapuri 2005.

 Mr. Nidheesh joins us from Amrita School of Arts & Science. .....Learn More

Mr. Ajith M.: Senior Lecturer

M.Sc. Applied Microbiology PSG College of Arts & science, Coimbatore.

Mr. Ajith joins us from Srikrishna College, Coimbatore.

Mr. Kartik Iyer: Senior Lecturer

M.S. Microbial Pathogenesis, Immunology and Inflammation, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA, 2008. M.Sc. Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, 2003.

Mr. Iyer joins us from the Department of Molecular Sciences at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, USA .

Ms. Shalini Dinesh : Lecturer

M.Phil. Aquatic Biology, Kerala University 1995, M.Sc. Biology, Kerala University 1993.

Bri. Praseena : Lecturer

M.Sc. Microbiology, Bharatiyar Univeristy, Coimbatore, 2003.

Ms. Sreekala C. O. : Lecturer

M.Sc. Physics, Kerala University, 1994 B.Ed. in Physical Science, Kerala University 1995.

Ms. Asha R. Pai : Lecturer

M.Sc. Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottyam, 2003.

Mr. C. N. Vishnu Prasad : Lecturer

M.Sc. Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Mrs. Jyothi R. : Lecturer

M.Sc. Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi University, Cochin, 2002, B. Ed. Physical Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Cochin, 2003.

Ms. Suma Mahesh : Lecturer

M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, Christian College, Chengannur, Kerala University, 2005.

Ms. Athira O. : Lecturer

M.Sc Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, 2005.

Ms. Nidhina Haridas : Lecturer

M.Sc Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, 2005.

Ms. Suma Mohan : Lecturer

M.Sc. Bioinformatics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, 2004.

Ms. Jayalekshmi H. : Lecturer

M.Sc. Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, 1999.

Mr. Shivsubramani K. Moorty (Br. Ramanand) : Lecturer (On leave)

M.S. (by Research) in Computational Informatics, Amrita University, Coimbatore, 2007. M.Sc. (Integrated) in Software Engineering, Amrita Institute of Technology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 2005.

Ms. Vidhya Prakash M C : Lecturer

M.Sc. Microbiology, Bharatiyar Univeristy, Coimbatore, 2004.

Visiting / Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Sriram Devanathan

(Professor, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai, Coimbatore)

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Statistics, Iowa State University, USA, 1997.

Areas of Interest :Sensors, Fault Diagnosis, Statistical Modeling and Analysis, Quality Management and Six Sigma.

Dr. Jeff Perry

(Senior Research Associate, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, USA)

Ph.D. Natural Science, University of Cambridge, UK 2000 Dr. Perry comes to us from Scripps Institute, San Diego, USA.

Areas of Interest: Structural Biology .....Learn more

Dr. Robert Treder

Ph.D. Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA 1989.

Areas of Interest: Biostatistics, Clinical graphics, Statistical Application Design

Dr. Sonali Barwe

(Research Associate University of Delaware. Delaware, USA.)

Ph.D. Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2000.

Areas of Interest: Mechanism of Cell-adhesion, Function of Na, K-ATPase.

Dr. Mahesh Vishvanathan: Adjunct Associate Professor

(Bioinformatics Specialist, Assistant Professor, EECS, Research Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Kansas, Kansas, USA)

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics/Systems Biology, UMIT, Hall in Tyrol, Austria

Areas of Interest: Data mining and knowledge discovery in biomedical data, Genotype/phenotype correlation in inherited multi-systemic diseases, Data management and integration of biomedical data, Modeling of biomedical data using systems biology approaches.

Dr. Prashanth Athri

(Post Doctoral Fellow, Emory University, Human genetics Department. 615 Michael Street, Atlanata ,GA, USA.)

Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry (major) and Bioinformatics (minor) from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Areas of Interest: Application of statistical pattern recognition/machine learning and genetic algorithms to the field of structure-based molecular design and bioinformatics.

Dr. Sreesairam Achuthan

(Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Excellence in Neuroscience, Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Florida State University, 2006.

Areas of Interest: Computational Neuroscience and Mathematical Biology .

Mr. Shabarinath Subramaniam

(Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley)

M.Sc. Computational Biology, University of Southern California, USA 2002. M.Sc. Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2000.

Areas of Interest: Comparative Genomics, Computational Modeling of Biological systems.

Our team also includes a number of visiting faculty from around the world who also bring their skills and expertise to enhance the stellar quality of academic instruction provided to our students.