Krishnan Group
Group Members
Gopan completed his doctoral studies in Bioanalytical Chemistry at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA, under the guidance of Prof. James Rusling. He furthered his research as a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, working under the mentorship of Prof. Fraser Armstrong.
Currently, his research group focuses on various areas, including the development of multiplex approaches for infectious diseases, validation of high-quality cancer biomarker assays to support clinical studies and trials, point-of-need and wearable sensors, meat science, and novel nano-biomaterial designs to address pharmaceutical, biocatalytic, sensor, and clean energy needs.
Gopan is a peer reviewer for more than 45 esteemed journals published by ACS, RSC, Wiley, Springer, and Elsevier publishers. He also contributes his expertise to grant review panels of federal funding agencies. Furthermore, he dedicates his efforts to the Biomedical Research Exposure program for STEM students at OSU, a research initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Group Alumni (and the positions they moved to from OSU)
Graduate Students
Dr. Zia ul Qausim Syed (Fall 2024 Graduate) - Present Postdoc fellow at Rutgers University, New Jersey
Dr. Jinesh Niroula (Summer 2019 Graduate) - Assay Development Scientist, California
Dr. Zainab Al Mubarak (Summer 2019 Graduate)
Dr. Gayan Premaratne (Summer 2018 Graduate) - Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim, NJ; Prior position: Postdoc at NIA/NIH
Dr. Charuksha Walgama (Summer 2017 Graduate) - Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Clear Lake. Postdoc at UT Austin under Prof. Richard Crooks.
Dr. Rajasekhara Nerimetla (Summer 2017 Graduate) - Analytical Chemist, Nebraska
Dr. Vini Singh (Fall 2016 Graduate) - Scientist, India
Asantha Dharmaratne - Chemist, Department of Defense
Cassandra Rodenbaugh (Visiting Graduate Researcher) - OSU Vet School
Anuruddha Pathiranage (Visiting Graduate Researcher) - Machine Learning Specialist, OK City
Postdocs
Dr. K. S. Prasad - Professor, Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya University, Mangalore, India.
Dr. Manoj K Patel - Professor, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Undergraduate Researchers
Joshua Schut
Dozier Smith
Kelby Schrader
Athen Avery
Fadi Abdulghani
Mayowa Akinwale
Lucy Lehoczky
Nicolas Means
Ryan Matlock
Matthew Gallman
Roberto Montealegre
Brenden Heise
Loren (Trey) Sunday
Monette Mckinnell (Pre-service science teacher)
John Wyatt (Pre-service science teacher)
Jim Dickinson (Chemistry Major)
Sabrina Farias (Chemistry Major)
Leslie Coats (Chemistry Major)
James (Tom) Moulton (NSF-REU student, Summer 2016)
Austin Walker (NSF-REU student, Summer 2017)