Dr. Sushma Kumari

Designation : Assistant Professor Senior Grade 2
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

PhD
Chemical Sciences
Graduated in 2015

University of Pune

M.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2009

University of Pune

B.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2007

Post Doctoral Experiences

1. Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India Feb 2020 to May 2022 2. Department of Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth, Germany June 2015 to Jan 2020

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Biomaterial
  • 3D printing
  • Photocurable biopolymers
  • point of care diagnostics
  • Nanocomposites.

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Completed Consultancy Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Design and Fabrication of the 3D printed scaffolds using BIO-X printer Healthium Medtech Ltd

Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Biomaterial based Biomimetic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications Department of Science and Technology

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Development of Concentration Gradient Microfluidic Needle Patch for Combinatorial Diabetic Therapy DBT Phase I grant
Bioactive, Three Dimensional Sponge-Type Silk-Silica Composite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Science and Engineering Research Board SERB

Patent Published Details

Title Application No.
Method of Preparing 3d Products of Composite Hydrogel Patch Films IPR0001081
Photocurable Conductive Chitosan Alginate Carbon Nanotube Hydrogel Incorporating Dopamine for Wound Healing Application IPR0000650P

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
A 3D printed scaffold and implementations thereof 202241041607
Method for in gel visual detection of bioanalytes U S Patent 20170016854A1

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Regulation of hydrogel based products for biomedical applications. Hydrogel Tissue Analogues Woodhead Publishing 2025
Clinically used hydrogels for biomedical applications. Hydrogel Tissue Analogues Woodhead Publishing 2025

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • Chancen Gleichheit Postdoctoral Scholarship 2016 and 2017
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Science and Technology DST, Government of India, 2022
  • SERB National Post Doctoral fellowship, Department of Science and Technology DST, Government of India, 2020
  • Best poster presentation award in Chemical Engineering and Process Development division, CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 2014

International Collaborations

  • Prof. Thomas Scheibel, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • Prof. Sahar Salehi Muller, University of Hohenheim, Germany

Industry Collaborations

  • Healthium Medtech Ltd

Other Information

Editorial Experience : 1. Topic editor for the special issue on Development of In Vitro Models to End Animal Testing in Frontiers in Medical Technology Regenerative Technologies, 2023 2. Guest editor for the special issue on Advances in Metallic Biomaterials in Bioengineering, 2023 3. Guest Associate Editor in Regenerative Technologies 4. Review Editor in Regenerative Technologies
Personal Website Link : https://sites.google.com/view/vitvellore-dr-sushmakumari/home