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Materials & Analytical Specialist | Expert in Nano & Polymeric Biomaterials, Microfluidics, and Translational Research

Profile Summary

Materials & Analytical chemist with a Ph.D. specializing in nanomaterials, hydrogel biomaterials, and microfluidics. Extensive experience designing, synthesizing, and characterizing functional polymeric materials for biomedical and engineering applications. Proven expertise in the development of microfluidic platforms for diagnostics, drug delivery, and cell culture studies. Research background includes both fundamental and applied science, with ongoing projects focused on responsive materials, biointerfaces, and translational technologies. Strong track record in leading interdisciplinary collaborations, mentoring students, and communicating complex scientific concepts across academic and non-academic audiences. Skilled in a range of analytical techniques, surface modification strategies, and materials characterization methods.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Surface Science
• ★ Polymer Chemistry
• ★ Biomaterials
• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Physical Chemistry
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Applied Chemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Concept Development, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Device Fabrication

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Massachusetts Amherst

November 2019 - Present

Institute Research Associate

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

August 2019 - November 2019

PhD Candidate and Research Assistant

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

June 2014 - July 2019

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

August 2014 - November 2019

M. S. Materials Science (Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

August 2011 - July 2014

BSc Chemistry

University of Calicut

August 2008 - April 2011

Certifications

• ACS Reviewer Lab

  AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

  https://institute.acs.org/acs-reviewer-lab.html

  June 2023 - Present

• ACS Author Lab

  AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

  https://institute.acs.org/acs-author-lab.html

  June 2023 - Present

Publications

BOOK

K. P. Sonu, Shelly R. Peyton (2024). Force-Responsive Networks .

JOURNAL ARTICLE

K. P. Sonu, Shikha Dhiman, Abhishek Garg, D. Selvakumar, Subi J. George, Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy (2023). Temporally programmed switching of functional states in polyaniline film . APL Materials.

K. P. Sonu, Le Zhou, Santidan Biswas, John Klier, Anna C. Balazs, Todd Emrick, Shelly R. Peyton (2023). Strain-Stiffening Hydrogels with Dynamic, Secondary Cross-Linking . Langmuir.

K. P. Sonu, Le Zhou, Santidan Biswas, John Klier, Anna Balazs, Todd Emrick, Shelly Peyton(2023). Strain-Stiffening Hydrogels with Dynamic, Secondary Cross-Linking . Langmuir. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Sonu, K. P., Zhou, Le, Biswas, Santidan, Klier, John, Balazs, Anna C., Emrick, Todd, Peyton, Shelly R. (2023). Strain-Stiffening Hydrogels with Dynamic, Secondary Cross-Linking . Langmuir.

Selvakumar, D., Sonu, K. P., Ramadoss, G., Sivaramakrishnan, R., Jayavel, R., Eswaramoorthy, M., Rao, K. Venkateswara, Pugazhendhi, A. (2023). Heterostructures of polyaniline and Ce-ZnO nanomaterial coated flexible PET thin films for LPG gas sensing at standard environment . Chemosphere.

Kizhakkepura, Sonu, Aina, Toyin, Salifu, Ali A., Danyuo, Yiporo, Obayemi, John D., Oparah, Josephine C., Ezenwafor, Theresa C., Onwudiwe, Killian C., Ani, Chukwuemeka J., Biswas, Suchi S., et al. (2023). Sustained release of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR) antibody-conjugated and free doxorubicin from silica nanoparticles for prostate cancer cell growth inhibition . Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials.

Varma H. Rambaran and S.M. Saumya and Soumyabrata Roy and K.P. Sonu and Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy and Sebastian C. Peter(2020). The design, synthesis and in vivo biological evaluations of [V(IV)O(2,6-pyridine diacetatato) (H2O)2] (PDOV): Featuring its prolonged glucose lowering effect and non-toxic nature . Inorganica Chimica Acta. 504. p. 119448. Elsevier {BV}

Rambaran, Varma H., Saumya, S. M., Roy, Soumyabrata, Sonu, K. P., Eswaramoorthy, Muthusamy, Peter, Sebastian C. (2020). The design, synthesis and <i>in vivo</i> biological evaluations of [V(IV)O(2,6-pyridine diacetatato) (H₂O)₂] (PDOV): Featuring its prolonged glucose lowering effect and non-toxic nature . Inorganica Chimica Acta.

Rambaran, V.H., Saumya, S.M., Roy, S., Sonu, K.P., Eswaramoorthy, M., Peter, S.C.(2020). The design, synthesis and in vivo biological evaluations of [V(IV)O(2,6-pyridine diacetatato) (H₂O)₂] (PDOV): Featuring its prolonged glucose lowering effect and non-toxic nature . Inorganica Chimica Acta. 504.

Rajesh, M.K., Muralikrishna, K.S., Nair, S.S., Krishna, K.B., Subrahmanya, T.M., Sonu, K.P., Subaharan, K., Sweta, H., T.S. Keshava, P., Neeli, C., et al.(2020). Facile coconut inflorescence sap mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its diverse antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties . Materials Science and Engineering C. 111.

Rajesh, M. K., Muralikrishna, K. S., Nair, Swapna S., Kumar, B. Krishna, Subrahmanya, T. M., Sonu, K. P., Subaharan, K., Sweta, H., Prasad, T. S. Keshava, Chandran, Neeli, et al. (2020). Facile coconut inflorescence sap mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its diverse antimicrobial and cytotoxic properties . Materials Science and Engineering: C.

Sonu, K.P., Vinikumar, S., Dhiman, S., George, S.J., Eswaramoorthy, M.(2019). Bio-inspired temporal regulation of ion-transport in nanochannels . Nanoscale Advances. 1. (5). p. 1847-1852.

Sonu, K. P., Vinikumar, Sushmitha, Dhiman, Shikha, George, Subi J., Eswaramoorthy, Muthusamy (2019). Bio- inspired temporal regulation of ion- transport in nanochannels . Nanoscale Advances.

K. P. Sonu, Sushmitha Vinikumar, Shikha Dhiman, Subi J. George, Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy (2019). Bio-inspired temporal regulation of ion-transport in nanochannels . Nanoscale Advances.

Ravindran, P., Subaharan, K., Chandran, K.P., Vibina, V., Subrahmaniyan, T.M., Sonu, K.P.(2019). Controlled delivery of essential oils for the management of rhinocerosbeetle(OryctesrhinocerosL.)incoconut . Journal of Plantation Crops. 47. (1). p. 31-40.

K. P. Sonu, Subhajit Laha, Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy, Tapas Kumar Maji (2019). Porous Materials: Recent Developments . Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Materials.

B. V. V. S. Pavan Kumar, K. P. Sonu, K. Venkata Rao, S. Sampath, Subi J. George, M. Eswaramoorthy (2018). Supramolecular Switching of Ion-Transport in Nanochannels . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Kumar, B.V.V.S.P., Sonu, K.P., Rao, K.V., Sampath, S., George, S.J., Eswaramoorthy, M.(2018). Supramolecular Switching of Ion-Transport in Nanochannels . ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 10. (28). p. 23458-23465.

Kumar, B. V. V. S. Pavan, Sonu, K. P., Rao, K. Venkata, Sampath, S., George, Subi J., Eswaramoorthy, M. (2018). Supramolecular Switching of Ion-Transport in Nanochannels . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Sonu, K. P., Kumar, B. V. V. S. Pavan, George, Subi J., Eswaramoorthy, Muthusamy (2017). Simple and Facile Approach To Create Charge Reversible Pores via Hydrophobic Anchoring of Ionic Amphiphiles . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Sonu, K.P., Pavan Kumar, B.V.V.S., George, S.J., Eswaramoorthy, M.(2017). Simple and Facile Approach To Create Charge Reversible Pores via Hydrophobic Anchoring of Ionic Amphiphiles . ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 9. (10). p. 9136-9142.

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu (2021). Strain-stiffening Hydrogel as a Dynamic Extracellular Matrix Model . 2021 BMES Annual Meeting.

(2020). Strain-Stiffening Hydrogel with Tunable Water Content . Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

(2020). “Mechano-responsive Gelation via Cryptic Site Mediated Crosslinking.” . Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu Strain-stiffening Zwitterionic Hydrogels . Society For Biomaterials 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition.

BOOK CHAPTER

K. P. Sonu and Subhajit Laha and Muthusamy Eswaramoorthy and Tapas Kumar Maji(2019). Porous Materials: Recent Developments . Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Materials. p. 148--172. {WORLD} {SCIENTIFIC}

OTHER

Rajesh, M.K., Muralikrishna, K.S., Nair, S.S., Krishna Kumar, B., Subrahmanya, T.M., Sonu, K.P., Subaharan, K., Sweta, H., Keshava Prasad, T.S., Chandran, N., et al.(2019). Coconut inflorescence sap mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its diverse antimicrobial properties . bioRxiv.

CONFERENCE POSTER

(2018). Simple and Facile Approach To Create Charge Reversible Pores via Hydrophobic Anchoring of Ionic Amphiphiles . N.I.C.E. Conference 2018.

K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu, K. P. Sonu Strain-stiffening Zwitterionic Hydrogels . Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices Gordon Research Conference.