Dr Pon Janani, SUGUMARAN, Research Scientist, email: janani@nus.edu.sg

Background
Janani was born in Madurai, India. She earned her doctorate from National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Material Science & Engineering in 2020. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, NUS and joined Temasek Laboratories as a Research Scientist in Dec 2021.

Education

• 08/2015 – 03/2020: Ph.D, Materials Science & Engineering, National University of Singapore
• 09/2012 – 05/2014: M.Tech (First class with distinction), Nanotechnology, PSG College of Technology, Anna University, India
• 09/2008 – 05/2012: B.Tech (First class with distinction - Honors), Biotechnology, Kalasalingam University, India.

Research Activities and Interests
Nanomaterials synthesis, EMI Shielding/absorption, Electrospinning, 3D printing, Micromagnetic modelling, COMSOL Multiphysics modelling, Magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia

Selected Publications
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=CyQsb8AAAAAJ&hl=en

Sugumaran, P.J., Peng, E. and Ding, J., 2018. GO-functionalized Large Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Enhanced Colloidal Stability and Hyperthermia Performance. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 11(25), 22703-13.

Sugumaran, P.J., Wei, X., Peng, E., Liu, X.L. and Ding, J., 2017. Low-field dynamic magnetic separation by self-fabricated magnetic meshes for efficient heavy metal removal. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 9(42), 36772-82.

Sugumaran, P.J., Yong, Y., Liu, X.L. and Ding, J., 2021. Influence of the Aspect Ratio of Iron Oxide Nanorods on Hysteresis-Loss-Mediated Magnetic Hyperthermia. ACS Applied Biomaterials, 4(6), 4809-20. Kalidasan, V., Liu, X.L.,

Sugumaran, P.J., Liu, A.H., Ren, L. and Ding, J., 2018. Examining the effect of ions and proteins on the heat dissipation of iron oxide nanocrystals. RSC Advances, 8(3), 1443-1450. Varkey, A., Venugopal, E.,

Sugumaran, P., Janarthanan, G., Pillai, M.M., Rajendran, S. and Bhattacharyya, A., 2015. Impact of silk fibroin-based scaffold structures on human osteoblast MG63 cell attachment and proliferation. International journal of nanomedicine, 10(Suppl 1), p.43. Selvaraj, S., Mano, S.,

Sugumaran, P., Jayaraman, J.M.P. and Nachiappan, M.S., 2014. Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation of Nanoscale Cantilever Array Sensor for the Detection of HIV Antigens. Journal of NanoScience and NanoTechnology, 2(1), pp.15-18.