Dr. LAKSHMI V NAIR

Designation : Associate Professor Grade 1
School / Centre : Centre for NanoBiotechnology
Department : Physics

Educational Details

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerala, India

Ph. D.
Nanomaterials for bio photonics
Graduated in 2016

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerala, India

M. Phil.
Biomedical Technology
Graduated in 2010

Kerala University

M. Sc.
Physics
Graduated in 2008

Kerala University

B. Sc.
Physics
Graduated in 2006

Post Doctoral Experiences

(1) Post doctoral fellow, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; (2) Inspire Faculty Fellow, NIT Calicut, India; (3) Post doctoral researcher, Tokyo University of Science, Japan


Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Nanophotonics
  • Biophotonics
  • Quantum materials
  • Point of care diagnostic device
  • Nanomaterials for Imaging
  • therapy and sensing

: 18
: 23

Completed Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Precise Synthesis and Purification of Platinum Nanocluster as Anti-Cancer Agent: A New Approach for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment DST Inspire

Patent Granted Details

Title Application No.
Method of preparation of urease and gold quantum clusters mediated nanobiosensor for the detection of blood urea and the process involved 1567/ CHE/12
Detection of endosulfan and its clearance from ground water using cadmium selenium quantum dots 413196
Blood brain barrier targeting using L dopa mediated gold quantum clusters 505883
Spectrofluorometer 523679

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
Scope of biomaterials for theranostics application” Nanomedicine in Translational Research Status and Future Challenges Science Direct 978-0-443-22257-3 2025
Optically Active Nanomaterials for Point-of-Care Diagnosis in Healthcare” Surface Engineering and Functional Nanomaterials for Point-of-Care Analytical Devices Springer Nature Singapore 10.1007/978-981-99-3025-8_5 2023
Metal Nanocluster as Photosensitizer” Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters- Elsevier 9780323886574 2022
Emerging Materials for Biosensor Application in Health care”, Emerging Materials: Design, Characterization and Application Springer Nature 978-981-19-1312-9 2022
Nanotechnology- Based Additive Manufacturing: Product Design, Properties and Applications” Additive Manufacturing of Smart Biomaterials s for Fabrication of Medical Implants Wiley- VCH- GmbH 978-3-527-83546-1 2022

Awards & Recognitions Details

  • 2023: Women in Nanoscience – Nanoscale RSC: International Women’s Day
  • 2018: Inspire Faculty Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, India
  • 2017: Best presentation award International Symposium on New Trends in Applied Chemistry, Kochi
  • 2017: GC Jain Lecture presentation for best thesis by Material Research Society
  • 2016 : Post-doctoral fellowship in Tokyo University of Science