Professor Rajesh Ramanathan
Professor
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College: School of Science
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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rajesh.ramanathan@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0002-8500-9148
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Collaborative projects
- Media enquiries
- Industry Projects
About
Professor Rajesh Ramanathan is an interdisciplinary scientist, research leader and innovator with a strong passion for using nanotechnology and materials chemistry for biological applications. He is the Co-Group Leader of the NanoBiotechnology Research Lab (NBRL).
Professor Rajesh Ramanathan is a self-driven researcher and gifted team leader who has built strong capabilities in materials science, nanobiotechnology and Analytical Chemistry to advance knowledge in applying nanotechnology to healthcare. His passion for research translation has enabled him to foster partnerships with national and international academic institutes and industries to create real-world impact.
He has published over 85 peer-reviewed articles in the highest-quality outlets including Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials, among many others. He is a named inventor on over 20 patents and has a medical technology licensed to an Australian Start-up. He is consistently recognised for his performance excellence through several awards.
He is keen to translate his cutting-edge research into accessible and engaging materials for professional and public audiences. He is currently the President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) VIC Branch.
Industry Experience:
Awards
2022 - Hartung Lecturer Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute VIC Branch
2022 - Rising Star Award, Ruia College Alumni Association & the Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, India
2019 - Philip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences, Royal Society of Victoria
2018 - AkzoNobel Chemical Start-up Finalist, Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge (Nouryon)
2017 - Vice Chancellor Research Excellence Award, RMIT University
2017 - Design to Improve Life Award Finalist, INDEX, Denmark (Rated top 50 life changing innovative designs from 1400 nominations across 85 countries)
2016 - Hitachi Social Impact Prize – Connected Health, Hitachi Social Innovation Awards
2016 - Global Media Star, RMIT University
Professional Activities and memberships
President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) VIC Branch
Royal Society of Victoria (RSV)
Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN)
Professor Rajesh Ramanathan is a self-driven researcher and gifted team leader who has built strong capabilities in materials science, nanobiotechnology and Analytical Chemistry to advance knowledge in applying nanotechnology to healthcare. His passion for research translation has enabled him to foster partnerships with national and international academic institutes and industries to create real-world impact.
He has published over 85 peer-reviewed articles in the highest-quality outlets including Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials, among many others. He is a named inventor on over 20 patents and has a medical technology licensed to an Australian Start-up. He is consistently recognised for his performance excellence through several awards.
He is keen to translate his cutting-edge research into accessible and engaging materials for professional and public audiences. He is currently the President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) VIC Branch.
Industry Experience:
Awards
2022 - Hartung Lecturer Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute VIC Branch
2022 - Rising Star Award, Ruia College Alumni Association & the Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, India
2019 - Philip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences, Royal Society of Victoria
2018 - AkzoNobel Chemical Start-up Finalist, Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge (Nouryon)
2017 - Vice Chancellor Research Excellence Award, RMIT University
2017 - Design to Improve Life Award Finalist, INDEX, Denmark (Rated top 50 life changing innovative designs from 1400 nominations across 85 countries)
2016 - Hitachi Social Impact Prize – Connected Health, Hitachi Social Innovation Awards
2016 - Global Media Star, RMIT University
Professional Activities and memberships
President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) VIC Branch
Royal Society of Victoria (RSV)
Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN)
Media
Research fields
- 310607 Nanobiotechnology
- 4018 Nanotechnology
- 340108 Sensor technology (incl. chemical aspects)
- 340301 Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)
UN sustainable development goals
- 3 Good Health and Well Being
- 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Academic positions
- Professor
- RMIT University
- School of Science
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2024 – Present
- Associate Professor
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2023
- Senior Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2018 – 31 Dec 2020
- Group Leader, NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Jan 2017 – Present
- Vice Chancellor Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Aug 2015 – 30 Jun 2018
- Endeavour Research Fellow
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Amherst Center, United States
- 1 Nov 2014 – 30 Jul 2015
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- RMIT University
- Melbourne, Australia
- 30 Oct 2012 – 30 Oct 2014
Non-academic positions
- Branch President
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- North Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Nov 2022 – 30 Nov 2024
- Branch Vice President
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- North Melbourne, Australia
- Nov 2020 – Oct 2022
- Branch Treasurer
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- North Melbourne, Australia
- Oct 2018 – Nov 2020
Supervisor projects
- Two-Dimensional Nanocomposites based Electrochemical lmmunosensor for Detection of Viral Disease Biomarkers
- 4 Sep 2024
- Performance Optimisation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Nanoparticles Based Conductometric Biosensors for Cardiac Biomarker Detection
- 19 May 2024
- Study of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers based electrochemical Sensors for Environmental Estrogens
- 1 May 2024
- Nanosensors for point-of-care detection of environmental food agriculture and clinical analytes
- 30 Oct 2023
- Nanosensors for point-of-care detection of environmental food agriculture and clinical analytes
- 18 Sep 2023
- NanoZyme sensors for color-based environmental food and clinical analysis
- 18 May 2023
- Phytofunctional Metal Oxide Nanoparticle System for Inflammation Theranostics
- 17 Mar 2023
- Development of electrochemical and optical sensing methodologies for food toxicants
- 5 Jan 2023
- Metal Oxide Coated Laser-Induced Graphene Based Electrodes for Flexible and Highly Efficient Supercapacitors
- 4 Aug 2022
- Structural Investigations on Rare Earth Oxides & Scandates under Extreme Conditions of Pressure and Temperature
- 1 Feb 2022
- Metal-Seeded Lithium Niobate Nanoparticles As Hybrid Nanozymes for Mimicking Bioactivity
- 17 Sep 2020
- Plasmonic Modulation of Spatially Confined Reactions on a Silver Nanoprism
- 28 Nov 2019
- Nanozyme-Based Colorimetric Sensors for the Detection of Urinary Biomarkers of Early Onset Diabetes and Renal Deterioration
- 20 Nov 2019
- Free-standing Cu-based NanoZymes for colorimetric sensing of glucose in human urine
- 16 Oct 2019
- Surface-engineered Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Superior Biomedical Imaging Agents
- 7 Jun 2019
- Tuning the Key Determinants of 2-Dimensional Transition Metal Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction
- 27 Sep 2018
- Understanding the Interactions Between Nanozymes and Aptamers to Rationally Design Aptasensors for the Detection of Ampicillin in Milk Samples
- 25 Sep 2018
- Chemical and Structural Stability of Liquid-Phase-Exfoliated (LPE) Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials
- 25 Sep 2018
- Understanding the Mechanism of AlphaSynuclein Proteotoxicity and Development of Sensor for Detection of Alpha-Synuclein Conformers
- 13 Aug 2018
- A Recombinase Polymerase Amplification-lateral Flow Assay (RPA-LFA) for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Food and Beverages – Towards Assured Point-of-care Diagnostics
- 1 May 2018
- Metal-organic Semiconducting Charge Transfer Complexes Based on TCNQFx (x= 0 and 4) for Electron Transfer Reactions
- 27 Oct 2017
- Investigating the Biomolecular Dynamics of Human Serum Components upon Their Interaction with Different Nanoparticles
- 3 Jul 2017
- Nanoparticle-Enabled Efficient Spectroscopic Techniques For Biomolecules Detection
- 15 Feb 2016
- Photomodulation of light responsive materials for biological applications
- 20 Apr 2015
- Modulating the NanoZyme activity for antibacterial and sensing applications
- 2 Mar 2015
- Triethylamine: a versatile ligand to control the properties of nanomaterials
- 5 Jan 2015
Teaching interests
Chemistry Fundamentals and Biological Chemistry
Research interests
Materials Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Nano-bio interfaces, Advanced Materials, Nanozymes, Antimicrobial
