• 'European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Lab Leadership Course' organized by EMBO - IIT Jodhpur at IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India (18 - 20 Nov 2025).
• Visiting Researcher at the Loughborough University, UK (May - Jun 2025). 
• INSA Visiting Scientist at the Indian Institute of Science, India (Dec 2024 - Jan 2025).
• 'Zurich School of Crystallography 2019: Bring Your Own Crystals' at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (16 - 27 Jun 2019).
• ‘International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) - Crystallographic Computing School 2017’ at the Indian Institute of Science, India (15-20 Aug 2017).

• Crystal engineering & screening of pharmaceutical solid forms (amorphous solids, cocrystals, eutectics, polymorphs and salts)
• Crystallization and continuous production of (bio)pharmaceuticals
• Solubility enhancement of poorly water-soluble drugs
• 3D spheroids as in vitro models in drug repositioning
• Personalized drug formulations
• Drug delivery

• ‘Certificate of Recognition’ from International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) by ICDD - Jul 2024
• Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Scientist Award 2024-2025 by INSA - Apr 2024
• Young Investigators' Meeting 2024 - Partial Travel Grant by IndiaBioscience - Mar 2024
• Registration Support from Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference Fund by Gordon Research Conferences - Mar 2022
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Competitive Travel Grant by RSC - May 2019
• International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Bursary by IUCr - Jan 2019
• ‘Gold Medal for Department Topper’ by K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology - Feb 2015
• Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Fellowship for Doctoral Research by MHRD, Government of India - July 2014 - Mar 2020
• ‘Best Outgoing Student Award’ by K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology - Mar 2014
• ‘Best Oral Presentation Award’ by Sastra University in collaboration with Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers - Oct 2013
• Qualification in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Biotechnology organized by IIT Bombay - Mar 2013
• ‘Best Poster Award’ by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University - Feb 2013
• ‘Alagammal Charitable Trust Gold Medal’ by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology - Mar 2012

PRESENT MEMBERS
PhD Students
(1) Ms. Smitha S (Aug 2025 - Present; External PhD)
(2) Ms. Evelyn Joy (Aug 2024 - Present; Full-time PhD)
(3) Ms. Ayisha Hamna (Dec 2023 - Present; Full-time PhD)

M.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Anjali Jayakumar (Jan 2026 - Present)
(2) Ms. Anupama Venugopal (Jan 2025 - Present)

B.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Vihasini T V (Jan 2026 - Present)
(2) Ms. Divya S S (Jan 2025 - Present)
(3) Ms. Kelina Cyril Anthoni (Jan 2025 - Present)
 

External B.Tech Project Students
(1) Ms. Kokila Muthukrishna (Jan 2026 - Present) 
(2) Ms. Fathima Thamanna (Jan 2026 - Present)

PAST MEMBERS
B.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Natania Prasad (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
(2) Mr. Dharmendra Kumar (Jan - Apr 2025)
(3) Ms. Anjaly Ajayan (Jan 2024 - Apr 2025) 
(4) Ms. Parvathy J (Jan 2024 - Apr 2025) 

Project interns
(1) Ms. Nandana Pradeep, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (Jun - Jul 2024) 
(2) Ms. Hamna, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala (Jun - Jul 2024)
(3) Ms. Nimymol Jose, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur (Feb - Jul 2024)
 

1. Meketaye Endeshaw*, Sameer V. Dalvi, Indumathi Sathisaran, Tadelle Mekonen, Tebelay Andualem, Fenofibrate Nano-Suspension Formulation Using Hot Melt Emulsion Followed by Precipitation, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 2025, 114, 107576.

2. Jorge E. Martinez-Jimenez, Indumathi Sathisaran, Francheska Reyes-Figueroa, Stephanie Reyes, Marisol Lopez-Nieves, Cornelis P. Vlaar, Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu, Rodolfo Romanach, Gualberto Ruano, Torsten Stelzer*, Jorge Duconge*, A review of precision medicine in developing pharmaceutical products: Perspectives and opportunities,  International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2025, 670, 125070.

3. Indumathi Sathisaran*, 3D Printing and Bioprinting in the Battle Against Diabetes and its Chronic Complications, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2024, 12, doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1363483.

4. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer V. Dalvi*, Cocrystallization of an Antiretroviral Drug Nevirapine: An Eutectic, a Cocrystal Solvate, and a Cocrystal Hydrate, Crystal Growth and Design 2021, 21(4), 2076 – 2092.

5. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, Investigating Cocrystallization of Carbamazepine with Structurally Compatible Coformers: New Cocrystal and Eutectic Phases with Enhanced Dissolution, AAPS PharmSci Tech 2021, 22, 29.

6. Aaqib H Khan, Xinyue Jiang, Swarupkumar Surwase, Merve Gultekinoglu, Cem Bayram, Indumathi Sathisaran, Dhiraj Bhatia, Jubair Ahmed, Bingjie Wu, Kezban Ulubayram, Mohan Edirisinghe, Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Effectiveness of oil-layered albumin microbubbles produced using microfluidic T-junctions in series for in vitro inhibition of tumor cells', Langmuir 2020, 36(39), 11429-11441.

7. Indumathi Sathisaran, Dhiraj Devidas Bhatia and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, New curcumin-trimesic acid cocrystal and anti-invasion activity of curcumin multicomponent solids against 3D tumor models, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 2020, 587, 119667.

8. Indumathi Sathisaran and Murugesan Balasubramanian*, Physical characterization of chitosan/gelatin-alginate beads for controlled release of urea, Heliyon 2020, 6(11), e05495.

9. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, Cocrystallization of carbamazepine with amides: Cocrystal and eutectic phases with improved dissolution, Journal of Molecular Structure 2019, 1193, 398-415.

10. Indumathi Sathisaran, Jenna Marie Skieneh, Sohrab Rohani and Sameer V. Dalvi*, Curcumin Eutectics with Enhanced Dissolution Rates: Binary Phase Diagrams, Characterization, and Dissolution studies, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 2018, 63(10), 3652-3671.

11. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, Engineering cocrystals of poorly water-soluble drugs to enhance dissolution in aqueous medium, Pharmaceutics 2018, 10(3), 108 (Belongs to the special issue, 'Dissolution Enhancement of Poorly Soluble Drugs').

12. Jenna Marie Skieneh, Indumathi Sathisaran, Sameer V. Dalvi and Sohrab Rohani*, Co-amorphous form of curcumin-folic acid dihydrate with increased dissolution rate, Crystal Growth and Design 2017, 17(12), 6273- 6280.

13. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, Crystal Engineering of Curcumin with Salicylic Acid and Hydroxyquinol as Coformers, Crystal Growth and Design 2017, 17(7), 3974-3988.

1. Indumathi Sathisaran, Jenna Marie Skieneh, Sameer V. Dalvi* and Sohrab Rohani, Exploring co-crystallization of curcumin, Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 2017, A73, C1038.

2. Indumathi Sathisaran and Sameer V. Dalvi*, Understanding rationale behind carbamazepine co- crystallization with acids, amides and hydrazides, Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 2017, A70, C435.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

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1. Indumathi Sathisaran^#, Jean-Christophe M. Monbaliu, Cornelis P. Vlaar, Jorge Duconge, Vilmali Lopez-Mejias, Torsten Stelzer*, ‘Preparation and Characterization of Modafinil Nanofibers by Electrospinning’ in 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, United States, Nov 13 - 18, 2022, (Oral).

2. Indumathi Sathisaran^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, ‘Crystal Engineering of Nevirapine for Improved Dissolution Characteristics: An Interesting Behavior of a Coformer During Evaporative Cocrystallization’ in Crystal Engineering Gordon Research Conference 2022, Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River, Newry, United States, Jun 19 - 24, 2022, (Poster).

3. Indumathi Sathisaran^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Enhancing aqueous solubility of carbamazepine by crystal engineering approach' in 4^th Asian Crystallization Technology Symposium 2018 (ACTS 2018), Biopolis, Singapore, Jun 20-22, 2018, (Oral).

4. Indumathi Sathisaran, Jenna Marie Skieneh^#, Sameer V. Dalvi* and Sohrab Rohani, 'Exploring co-crystallization of curcumin' in 24^th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad, India, Aug 21-28, 2017, (Oral).

5. Indumathi Sathisaran^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Understanding rationale behind carbamazepine co- crystallization with acids, amides and hydrazides' in 24^th Congress and General Assembly of the IUCr, HICC, Hyderabad, India, Aug 21-28, 2017, (Poster).

6. Indumathi Sathisaran^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Investigation of carbamazepine-para hydroxybenzamide cocrystallization for enhanced aqueous solubility' in IUCr Crystallographic Computing School-2017, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Aug 15-20, 2017, (Poster).

7. Indumathi. S^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Identification of Stoichiometrically Diverse Curcumin-Hydroxyquinol Cocrystals using Differential Scanning Calorimetry' in World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development, J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Nov 23-25, 2016, (Oral).

8. K. Subramanian*, S. Indumathi^# and V. Vijayakumar, 'Preparation and Evaluation of Chitosan-Gelatin Composite Film as a Carrier for Transdermal Drug Delivery' in International Conference on Advance Polymeric Materials (ICAPM 2013), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India, Oct 11-13, 2013, (Invited talk). 

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

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9. J Parvathy^#, Anjaly Ajayan, Nimymol Jose, Indumathi Sathisaran*, 'Preparation and Characterization of Transdermal Formulations for the Treatment of Melanoma' in EQUILIBRIA 2025: A national conference by Evogen in association with Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering, Thiruvanthapuram, India, Jan 24-25, 2025 (Oral).

10. Indumathi Sathisaran^#,*, ‘Development of Personalized Drug Formulations for Enhanced Therapeutic Performance’ in 94^th Annual session of NASI and Symposium on ‘Accelerated R & D towards a Viksit Bharat’, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Dec 1-3, 2024, (Poster).

11. Indumathi Sathisaran^#, Dhiraj Devidas Bhatia and Sameer Vishvanath Dalvi*, 'Crystal Engineering of Curcumin for Enhanced Bioavailability' in 16^th Young Investigators' Meeting 2024, Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal and The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Mar 11-15, 2024, (Poster).

12. Indumathi Sathisaran^#, Dhiraj Devidas Bhatia and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Evaluation of Anti-cancer and Anti- invasion activity of Curcumin Multicomponent Solids' in 26th Indian Society for Chemists and Biologists Conference (ISCBC)- NIPiCON-2020, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, Jan 22 – 24, 2020, (Oral).

13. Indumathi Sathisaran^# and Sameer V. Dalvi*, 'Understanding the Mechanism of Curcumin Eutectics/Cocrystals Formation with Salicylic Acid and Hydroxyquinol as Coformers' in ChEmference 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India, Dec 3-4, 2016, (Oral).

14. Indumathi. S^# and Murugesan Balasubramanian*, 'Preparation and Characterization of Alginate Strengthened Polymer Composite Beads for Controlled Release of Fertilizer' in National Conference on Advances in Process Engineering, Sastra University, Tamilnadu, India, Oct 18-19, 2013, (Oral, Best Oral Presentation Award).

15. S. Indumathi^# and K. P. Kannan*, 'Isolation and Characterization of Storage Mycoflora/Mycotoxins from Food grains/Vegetables' in BIOCONCORRENZA’13, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamilnadu, India, Feb 28, 2013, (Poster, Best Poster Award).

BT1004E Biochemistry 

BT1001E Biology for Engineers

BT1001D Introduction to Life Science 

BT4022D Biosensors and Diagnostics

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

(1) Funding agency: Indian Space Research Organisation, Government of India || Project duration: Dec 2025 - Dec 2027.

(2) Funding agency: NIT Calicut Student Innovative Projects || Project duration: Oct 2024 - Mar 2025.

(3) Funding agency: Royal Society of Chemistry || Project duration: Aug 2024 - Aug 2025 || Host collaborator: Dr. Huaiyu Yang, Loughborough University, UK.

(4) Funding agency: NIT Calicut Faculty Research Seed Grant Phase IV || Project duration: Apr 2024 - Apr 2026.

FELLOWSHIPS

(5) Funding agency: DBT-Research Associate Fellowship || Fellowship approved duration: Feb 2023 - Feb 2025; Research work carried out: Feb - Jul 2023 || Host institute: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.