Affiliation: University of Warwick, Department of Chemistry, Coventry, UK

Dr. Santhosh Kalash Rajendrakumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at University of Warwick (UoW). He completed his B.Tech. in Biotechnology at Arunai Engineering College (affiliated to Anna University) and received M.Tech. in Molecular Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India in 2013. He completed his PhD in Biomedical Sciences sponsored by Brain Korea 21 (BK21) at the Chonnam National University, South Korea in 2019. After finishing his postdoctoral research at Brigham and women’s hospital and Tufts University, he joined as an Assistant Professor at UoW.

Currently, Dr. Kalash is working on developing polymeric nanoparticles for the delivery of nucleic acids, proteins, and small molecules, majorly focusing on immunological approach to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases. He has published over 19 research articles in peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Controlled, ACS nano letters, Biomacromolecules, Advanced Healthcare Materials, with an H index of 10 and over 200 citations.