Hydrogel Tissue Analogues

Rangasamy Jayakumar is a Professor at the Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), Kerala, India. He received his PhD degree in polymer chemistry from Anna University, Chennai, India (2002) and MSc degree from Bharathidasan University.

Dr. Arun Kumar Rajendran is a Senior Researcher at the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. His current research focuses on materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, especially biopolymers and bioceramics. He was awarded his bachelors in dental surgery (B.D.S.) from Bharath University, Chennai, India (2010) and Master of technology (Nanosciene and Technology) from Amrita Vishwavidhyapeetham University, Kochi, India. He obtained his Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan (2019), along with the prestigious MEXT scholarship. His current role is supported by the prestigious KRF-Brain Pool fellowship awarded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2020-present). He has around 20 international publications with more than 850 citations. He has also authored 3 book chapters and presented his works in various international conferences. He has won several best presentation awards for his works in the conferences. He also volunteers as a peer-reviewer in some of the international journals.