• '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

• 'Distinguished Alumnae Award' by K S Rangasamy College of Technology, March 2026
• ‘Certificate of Recognition’ by the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), July 2024
• 'Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Scientist Award 2024-2025' by INSA, April 2024
• 'DBT Research Associateship - I Award' by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, January 2023
• 'Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Competitive Travel Grant' by RSC, May 2019
• 'International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Bursary' by IUCr, January 2019
• ‘Gold Medal for Department Topper’ by K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, February 2015
• ‘Best Outgoing Student Award’ by K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, March 2014
• ‘Best Oral Presentation Award’ by Sastra University in collaboration with Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, October 2013
• Qualification in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Biotechnology organized by IIT Bombay, March 2013
• ‘Best Poster Award’ by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, February 2013
• ‘Alagammal Charitable Trust Gold Medal’ by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, March 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)
 

B.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Vihasini T V (Jan 2026 - Present)

Project Interns
(1) Ms. Kamilash Jerlin, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu (Jun - Present)
(2) Ms. Kamali Saravana, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tamil Nadu (Jun - Present) 
(3) Ms. Natania Prasad, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala (Jun - Present)

Past Members
M.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Anupama Venugopal (Jan 2025 - Jun 2026)

B.Tech Students
(1) Ms. Divya S S (Jan 2025 - May 2026)
(2) Ms. Kelina Cyril Anthoni (Jan 2025 - May 2026)
(3) Ms. Natania Prasad (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
(4) Mr. Dharmendra Kumar (Jan - Apr 2025)
(5) Ms. Anjaly Ajayan (Jan 2024 - Apr 2025) 
(6) Ms. Parvathy J (Jan 2024 - Apr 2025) 

Project Interns
(1) Ms. Janet Maria Bency, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur, Odisha (May - Jul 2026) 
(2) Mr. Kavin S, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu (Mar 2026) 
(3) Mr. Sarveshwaran S, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu (Mar 2026)
(4) Ms. Nandana Pradeep, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (Jun - Jul 2024) 
(5) Ms. Hamna, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala (Jun - Jul 2024)
(6) Ms. Nimymol Jose, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur (Feb - Jul 2024)

External B.Tech Project Students
(1) Ms. Kokila M, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College, Tamil Nadu (Jan - Mar 2026) 
(2) Ms. Fathima Thamanna,Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Engineering College, Tamil Nadu (Jan - Mar 2026)

Google Scholar

1. Colon, N. M. T.; Carmona-Sarabia, L.; Mbodji, A.; Sathisaran, I.; Monbaliu, J.-C.; Vlaar, C.; Duconge, J.; Romanach, R. J.; Stelzer, T.*, Enabling Personalized Dose Formulation by Evaporative Crystallization Process. Pharm Res. 2026, doi: 10.1007/s11095-026-041487.

2. Endeshaw, M.*; Dalvi, S. V.; Sathisaran, I.; Mekonen, T.; Andualem, T., Fenofibrate nano-Suspension formulation using hot melt emulsion followed by precipitation. J. Drug Deliv. Sci. Technol. 2025, 114, 107576. 

3. Martinez-Jimenez, J. E.; Sathisaran, I.; Reyes-Figueroa, F.; Reyes, S.; Lopez-Nieves, M.; Vlaar, C. P.; Monbaliu, J.-C.; Romanach, R.; Ruano, G.; Stelzer, T.*; Duconge, J.*, A review of precision medicine in developing pharmaceutical products: Perspectives and opportunities.  Int. J. Pharm. 2025, 670, 125070.

4. Sathisaran, I.*, 3D Printing and Bioprinting in the Battle Against Diabetes and its Chronic Complications. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2024, 12, doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1363483.

5. Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S. V.*, Cocrystallization of an Antiretroviral Drug Nevirapine: An Eutectic, a Cocrystal Solvate, and a Cocrystal Hydrate. Cryst. Growth Des. 2021, 21(4), 2076 – 2092.

6. Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S.*, Investigating Cocrystallization of Carbamazepine with Structurally Compatible Coformers: New Cocrystal & Eutectic Phases with Enhanced Dissolution. AAPS PharmSci Tech 2021, 22, 29.

7. Khan, A. H.; Jiang, X.; Surwase, S.; Gultekinoglu, M.; Bayram, C.; Sathisaran, I.; Bhatia, D.; Ahmed, J.; Wu, B.; Ulubayram, K.; Edirisinghe, M.; Dalvi, S. V.*, 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.

8. Sathisaran, I.; Bhatia, D. D.; Dalvi, S. V.*, New curcumin-trimesic acid cocrystal and anti-invasion activity of curcumin multicomponent solids against 3D tumor models. Int. J. Pharm. 2020, 587, 119667.

9. Sathisaran, I.; Balasubramanian, M.*, Physical characterization of chitosan/gelatin-alginate beads for controlled release of urea. Heliyon 2020, 6(11), e05495.

10. Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S. V.*, Cocrystallization of carbamazepine with amides: Cocrystal and eutectic phases with improved dissolution. J. Mol. Struct. 2019, 1193, 398-415.

11. Sathisaran, I.; Skieneh, J. M.; Rohani, S.; Dalvi, S. V.*, Curcumin Eutectics with Enhanced Dissolution Rates: Binary Phase Diagrams, Characterization, and Dissolution studies. J. Chem. Eng. Data 2018, 63(10), 3652-3671.

12. Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S. V.*, 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').

13. Skieneh, J. M.; Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S. V.; Rohani, S.*, Co-amorphous form of curcumin-folic acid dihydrate with increased dissolution rate. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17(12), 6273- 6280.

14. Sathisaran, I.; Dalvi, S. V.*, Crystal Engineering of Curcumin with Salicylic Acid and Hydroxyquinol as Coformers. Cryst. Growth Des. 2017, 17(7), 3974-3988.

Published Conference Abstracts

1. Sathisaran, I.; Skieneh, J. M.; Dalvi, S. V.*; Rohani, S. Exploring co-crystallization of curcumin, Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances 2017, A73, C1038.

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

BT1001E Biology for Engineers

BT1004E Biochemistry

BT4022D Biosensors and Diagnostics

SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

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

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

(3) Funding agency: Royal Society of Chemistry || Project duration: Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 || Role: PI, 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 || Role: PI.

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.