Postdoctoral fellows

Reshma Vasantha Ramachandran

Reshma graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from NIT Calicut,  India. Further, she received her PhD in Bioengineering in 2022 from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) under the joint supervision of Prof. Ambarish Ghosh (Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering) and Prof. Deepak Saini (Dept. of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics). During doctoral studies, she worked on helical magnetic nanomotors – focusing on their fabrication, toxicity and therapeutics. She joined the Sotiriou Lab as a postdoc in 2023 and her current research interests are bone tissue engineering and wound healing.

email: reshma.ramachandran@ki.se

Niki Karouta

Upon completing her Bachelor’s studies in Materials Science at the University of Patras, Niki obtained a MSc degree in Materials Chemistry and Technology from the University of Ioannina. Since Summer ’22, she holds a PhD in Nanomaterials Chemistry from the University of Ioannina, with a focus on the synthesis and surface functionalization of inorganic hybrid nanomaterials. Afterwards, together with the PI Dr. Georgios Sotiriou, Dr. Niki Karouta was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Actions ’22) and in Spring ’24 Niki joined Sotiriou Lab and Karolinska Institutet. Dr. Niki Karouta’s current work is focused on “Flame-made calcium phosphate nanoparticles for biological drug delivery towards healing chronic wounds”.

email: niki.karouta@ki.se

Olof Eskilson

Olof received his PhD from Linköping University and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in our lab working on optically active nanomaterials for biomedical and environmental applications.

email: olof.eskilson@ki.se

Pradeep Kumar Reddy Bhumireddy

Pradeep is a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sotiriou group. His research focuses on the development and application of microneedle patches (MNPs) for the efficient delivery of large biomolecules for skin diseases. He has pioneered approaches for both therapeutic delivery including mRNA-lipid nanoparticles (mRNA-LNPs) and interstitial fluid (ISF) collection using MNPs. His expertise extends to the design and utilization of plasmonic nanomaterials for photothermal therapy. Additionally, he possesses industrial-scale experience in the development and production of liposomal formulations for cancer therapy.

email: pradeep.bhumireddy@su.se