Profile
Dr. Vibin Ramakrishnan PhD FRSC FICS FRSB
Dr. Vibin Ramakrishnan is a Professor of Biosciences and Bioengineering at IIT Guwahati. Vibin is an associate faculty of the Mehta Family School of Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Vibin received his Masters in Applied Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology and Ph.D. from the School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay, in the area of Computational Biophysics. He held roles as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York and a Faculty scientist at IBAB Bangalore before joining the Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering at IITG. He has about 75 publications in reputed international journals and 14 patents, including an international patent and US patent to his credit. He is the principal scientific advisor of two biotech companies operating from India and one in the United States. Vibin is the editorial board member of two reputed journals, the Journal of Controlled Release of Elsevier and the Scientific Reports of Nature publishing group. He is an elected fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Indian Chemical Society and Royal Society of Biology. The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India has awarded Vibin, the Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) in the year 2007-08 to recognize his contributions and innovative approach in biotechnology research.
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
FICS: Fellow of The Indian Chemical Society
FRSB: Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology
FRSC: Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry
IYBA Fellow: Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award 2007-08 and 2011-12
Professor: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati – 781039. India (2019 - )
Associate Professor: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati – 781039. India (2015-2019).
Assistant Professor: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati – 781039. India (2011-2015).
Faculty Scientist: Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) Bangalore and RGCB Thiruvananthapuram.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate: Center for Bioinformatics, Biology, Jonsson Rowland Science Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY – 12180, USA
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai-400076 India
Doctoral Thesis: Stereo chemical Effects in Protein Structure Folding and De novo Design
Master of Science: in Applied Chemistry. Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India. Specialization: Synthetic Polymers, Industrial Catalysis
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Network Medicine, Drug Delivery Vehicles, Bio-nano catalysis
AWARDS & SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award Extension (IYBA 2011-12), Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA 2007-08), Dept. of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship funded by National Science Foundation, United States
Cochin University Merit Scholarship by CUSAT for the top two students in each discipline
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP
1. Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports. 2018 onwards.
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group, Springer Nature (npj journal). Impact Factor: 4.996
2. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 onwards
Publisher: Elsevier, Impact Factor: 11.47
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, National Academy of Sciences. India
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).
Member, Biophysical Society
Member, American Peptide Society
Member, Society of Biological Chemists, India
Member, Indian Peptide Society
Member, Controlled Release Society, India