Dr. Loganathan Rangasamy

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : School of Advanced Sciences
Department : Chemistry

Educational Details

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli

Ph.D.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2014

PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

M.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2008

PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

B.Sc.
Chemistry
Graduated in 2006

Post Doctoral Experiences

04/2018 - 01/2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellow at University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain, under the supervision of Prof. Ana Ramos and Prof. Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa Fernández 01/2016 - 12/2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate in the research group of Prof. Philip S Low, Purdue University, Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, United States 09/2014 – 09/2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, the research group of Prof. Gilles Gasser, University of Zurich, Switzerland, supported by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Chemical Biology
  • Bioinorganic Chemistry
  • Bioinformatics

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Targeted miRNA Based Gene Silencing Therapeutics: Exploiting the Synergy between Targeting Ligands and Cell- Penetrating Peptides Department of Biotechnology, DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship
Ligand Targeted PROTAC Conjugates: Chemically Induced Degradation of Disease-causing Kinases by a PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera’s (PROTACs) Coupled with Tumor Targeting Ligands DST-SERB-Core Research Grant
Radiolabeled Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitors as Novel Radiopharmaceuticals Targeting CAFs BRNS Coordinated Research Project (CRP)

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Ligand Targeted PROTAC Conjugates: Chemically Induced Degradation of Disease-causing Kinases by a PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera’s (PROTACs) Coupled with Tumor Targeting Ligands VIT Seed Grant project 2020-2021
Developing Multi-targeting Ligand Functionalized Microfluidic Device as Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) based Liquid Biopsy Tool for Cancer Detection VIT Seed Grant project 2020-2023

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Ligand Ionophore Conjugates PCT/US2017/061997

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
3D Printing Technology for Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic, Book Name: Emerging Applications of 3D Printing During CoVID-19 Pandemic Springer, Singapore 2021
Novel Coordination Complexes of a Few Essential Trace Metals: Cytotoxic Properties and Lead Identification for Drug Development for Cancer, Springer India 2013

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • 2019: DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship, DBT India 2016: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016- European Commission), University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain 2014: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Postdoctoral Fellow, Switzerland 2012: CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF). New Delhi, India 2011: Best Poster Award and Cash Award at the Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC3), IIT Kanpur, India, October 17-20, 2011. 2009: Best Poster Award at the Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SaBIC) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, Nov 2-7, 2009. 2009: Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry, (ICCC) Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India, March 19 – 21, 2009

Other Information

Personal Website Link : https://vit.ac.in/center/research/cbcmt/research-experts