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India

Interdisciplinary Research Scientist in Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology, 15+ years in analysis, papers/proposals writing

Profile Summary

I am a Research Scientist with 15+ years of the post-PhD experience on interface of Material’s Chemistry, Biology and Medical Sciences. My research is distinctly focused on product development, supported by a strong educational foundation and extensive expertise across multiple domains, such as Materials Science, Formulation, and Medical Biotechnology. My primary passion lies in harnessing nano-materials to address healthcare challenges. Throughout my research career, I have conceived and managed numerous interdisciplinary project proposals, both on a national and international scale, achieving a high success rate. I have been recognized with several awards and have contributed significantly to the field through numerous published papers and patented innovations.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology

Services

• Writing

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Work Experience

Senior Research Scientist

Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences

2021 - Present

Head

Vegrandis Therapeutics

August 2013 - August 2021

Research Scientist

Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences

April 2014 - March 2021

Jr. Research Scientist

Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences

January 2010 - March 2013

Post Doctoral Fellow

Institute of Life Sciences

August 2008 - December 2009

Research Fellow

INEOS, Russian Academy of Sciences

2002 - 2007

Education

PhD (Macromolecular Chemistry )

N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences

2001 - 2006

Visiting Graduate Student, Humboldt Fellowship

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany.

January 2001 - January 2003

M. Sc. (Chemical Engineering)

D. I. Mendeleev Russian Chemical-Technological University

1991 - 1998

Certifications

• Recognised PhD superviser

  Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India and University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

  January 2023 - Present

Publications

PATENT

Marina S. Rajadurai (2022). Aptamer Directed Anti-Microbial Nanoparticles. Indian Patent.

Marina S. Rajadurai (2021). Sustained Release Compositions. International PCT Application.

Marina S. Rajadurai (2017). MaMagnetic nanoparticle formulations for targeted delivery of drugs to lungs for treatment of pulmonary diseases. Indian Full Patent.

Marina S. Rajadurai (2017). Magnetic Nanoparticle Formulations for Targeted Delivery of Drugs to Lungs for Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases. International Application (PCT).

(2013). Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles Useful for Biological Imaging.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Marina Rajadurai, E. Ramanjaneya Reddy (2021). Tuning the sensitivity towards mercury via cooperative binding to d-fructose: dual fluorescent chemosensor based on 1,8-naphthyridine-boronic acid derivative . RSC Advances.

B. Thirupataiah, Gangireddy Sujeevan Reddy, Guntipally Mounika, Jetta Sandeep Kumar, Kazi Amirul Hossain, Jayesh Mudgal, Jessy E. Mathew, Gautham Shenoy, Marina Rajadurai, Kishore V. L. Parsa, et al.(2021). Pd-catalysed general access to 7-membered N/O-heterocyclic compounds as potential agents against inflammation . Chemical Communications. 57. (78). p. 10091--10094. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Uday Saxena, Marina Rajadurai, Surendar Basaveni, Swapna Yellanki, Raghavender Medishetti, Aarti Sevilimedu, Pushkar Kulkarni(2019). Double PEGylation Significantly Improves Pharmacokinetic Properties of Irinotecan Containing Nanoparticles in a Zebrafish Model . Current Nanomedicine. 9. (2). p. 173--181. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

S. Basaveni, N. V. Kuchkina, Z. B. Shifrina, M. Pal, M. Rajadurai(2019). Ni nanoparticles on polyaromatic hyperbranched polymer support as a mild, tunable, and sustainable catalyst for catalytic transfer hydrogenation . Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 21. (5). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Pushkar Kulkarni, Marina Rajadurai, Aarti Sevilimedu, Surendar Basaveni, Swapna Yellanki, Raghavender Medishetti, Uday Saxena(2018). Magnetic nanoparticle formulation for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic irinotecan to lungs . Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 8. (5). p. 1450--1459. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

E. Ramanjaneya Reddy, Abdul M Yaseen, Arshad Rizvi, Girdhar S. Deora, Sharmistha Banerjee, Aarti Sevilimedu, Marina Rajadurai(2017). Antibacterial Nanoparticles Based on Fluorescent 3‐Substituted Uridine Analogue . ChemistrySelect. 2. (1). p. 557--561. Wiley

E. Ramanjaneya Reddy, Swapna Yellanki, Raghavendra Medishetty, Lahiri Konada, Neeraja P. Alamuru, Devyani Haldar, Kishore V. L. Parsa, Pushkar Kulkarni, Marina Rajadurai(2015). Inside Cover: Red Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticle Bioprobes: A Photostable Cytoplasmic Stain for Long Term In Vitro and In Vivo Visualization (ChemNanoMat 8/2015) . ChemNanoMat. 1. (8). p. 531--531. Wiley

(2014). Passive optical wave guiding nano/micro scale tubular pharmaceutical solids and Raman spectroscopy/mapping of nano/micro scale defects. CrystEngComm.

Ajay Kumar Botcha, Balakrishna Dulla, E. Ramanjaneya Reddy, Keerthana S. Chennubhotla, Pushkar Kulkarni, Marina S. Rajadurai(2014). Organic Nanovesicular Cargoes for Sustained Drug Delivery: Synthesis, Vesicle Formation, Controlling “Pearling” States, and Terfenadine Loading/Release Studies . Journal of Nanotechnology. 2014. p. 1--13. Hindawi Limited

ChemBioChem, 2012, 13, 1889-1894.

M S Rajadurai, Zinaida B Shifrina, N V Kuchkina, Aleksandr L Rusanov, K Müllen(2007). Rigid aromatic dendrimers . Russian Chemical Reviews. 76. (8). p. 767--783. Autonomous Non-profit Organization Editorial Board of the journal Uspekhi Khimii

N. V. Tsvetkov, S. K. Filippov, T. M. Kudryavtseva, V. O. Ivanova, Z. B. Shifrina, M. S. Averina, N. V. Firsova, A. L. Rusanov(2006). Hydrodynamic properties of rigid pyridine-containing poly(phenylene) dendrimers in solutions . Polymer Science Series A. 48. (4). p. 450--455. Pleiades Publishing Ltd

Zinaida B. Shifrina, Marina S. Rajadurai, Nina V. Firsova, Lyudmila M. Bronstein, Xinlei Huang, Alexander L. Rusanov, Klaus Muellen(2005). Poly(Phenylene-pyridyl) Dendrimers:  Synthesis and Templating of Metal Nanoparticles . Macromolecules. 38. (24). p. 9920--9932. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Zinaida B. Shifrina, Marina S. Averina, Alexander L. Rusanov, Manfred Wagner, Klaus Müllen(2000). Branched Polyphenylenes by Repetitive Diels−Alder Cycloaddition . Macromolecules. 33. (10). p. 3525--3529. American Chemical Society ({ACS})