Loganathan_Rangasamy

Loganathan Rangasamy

Dr. Rangasamy is a recipient of the prestigious DBT Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship-2019 from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India for 2020-2026 (5 years).

He completed his bachelor's and master's degree in chemistry from Bharathiar University (PSG College of Arts and Science), Coimbatore, then completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry, thesis entitled ‘Studies on DNA and Protein Cleavage and Anticancer Activities of Mixed Ligand Copper(II) Complexes of Diimines’ under the guidance of Prof. M. Palaniandavar, FRSC, FASc, FNA, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, India on 03-04-2014.

Dr. Rangasamy moved to Switzerland for his first Postdoctoral research work with Prof. Gilles Gasser, Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland for one year from 14-09-2014 to 12-09-2015 supported by Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship. He then moved to Purdue University, United States for his second postdoctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Philip S Low, Purdue University, United States from 01-01-2016 to 24-12-2017. Subsequently, he completed his 3rd Postdoctoral research work with prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016-European Commission) at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain under the supervision of Prof. Ana Ramos and Prof. Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa Fernández.

Now his research work focuses on small molecule drug design, ligand targeted drug conjugates, fluorescence and radio imaging agents, small molecule checkpoint inhibitors for immunotherapy.

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