Ph.D.in Nanomedicine from Amrita Centre for Nanoscience and Molecular Medicine(ACNSMM) .More than 3 yrs Post-doctoral research in Natural 3D biocompatible scaffolds at Department of Biotechnology, CUSATAssistant Professor at DBT, CUSAT 2019.to 2021Adjunct at RGCBResearch interestsNature is a storehouse of intriguing designs and patterns, exploring the potential of those architectural 3D marvel in developing economical biocompatible scaffolds for cell culture and tissue engineering applications is quite an interesting area. The cell to scaffold microenvironment interactions, the stem cell differentiation mechanisms on 2D in comparison to 3D, the biodegradation of the scaffolds, scaffolds as drug carriers are the immense potentials that keep the curiosity high to work with these natural 3D scaffolds. Few of my Publications1. N. Deepa, A. Anitha, R. Jayakumar, S. V. Nair, and K. P. Chennazhi.PTH 1-34 loaded thiolated CS for osteoporosis: Oral bioavailability and anabolic effect on primary osteoblast cells. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2014,10, 166-178.2. N. Deepa, A. Anitha, R. Jayakumar, K. P. Chennazhi. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of osteoporosis therapeutic peptide PTH 1-34 loaded pegylated CS NPs.Molecular.Pharmaceutics. 2013, 10, 4159-4167.3. N. Deepa, A. Anitha, R. Jayakumar, S. V. Nair, and K. P. Chennazhi. Synthesis, characterization and preliminary in vitro evaluation of PTH 1-34 loaded CS NPs for osteoporosis. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2012, 8, 98-106.4. Deepa Narayanan, R. Jayakumar, and K. P. Chennazhi.Versatile Chitin and chitosan nanomaterials:a review.WIREs Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology,2014,6,574-98.Patents1. R. Jayakumar, N. Sanoj Rejinold, M. Muthunarayanan, N. Deepa, K. P. Chennazhi & S. V. Nair, “The Art, Method, Manner, Process of Novel Fibrinogen Nanoparticles by Two-step Co-acervation Method for Drug Delivery Applications”, Indian Patent, File. No. 2784/CHE/2010, Dated on 24-09-2010.Patent Number 303128