Meenakshi Kamaraj

DST INSPIRE Faculty

E-mail: kmeenakshi@iisc.ac.in
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/meenakshi-kamaraj/bio?authuser=0

 

Research Interests:
Biofabrication, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, drug delivery, 3D bioprinting.

Educational History

Postdoctoral Researcher: Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovations, California, United States (2023-2025)
Visiting Researcher: ACMD Facility, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia (2022-2023)
Visiting Research scholar: Saga University, Japan (2019)
Ph.D (Biomedical Engineering): Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India & Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (2023)
M.Tech (Nanoscience and Technology): Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India (2017)
B.Tech (Biotechnology): Vivekanandha College of Engineering (Anna University), Tamilnadu, India (2015)

Awards / Honours / Affiliations

  • DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship (2025-2030)
  • Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Awards (SUPRA) fellowship
  • Research Excellence Award, IIT Hyderabad
  • Affiliate Researcher, Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, California

Publications

  • Meenakshi Kamaraj, L M Aguilar, S Duchi, S E. Doyle, C O’Connell, S N Rath, S E. Moulton, C Onofrillo, “Tracking in vitro biodegradation dynamics in cartilage tissue engineering using dual-labelled hydrogel/scaffolds composites”, Biofabrication (2025).
  • Govindaraj Ellur#, Meenakshi Kamaraj#, John Elfar, Prem Kumar Govindappa, Johnson V John, “Topical Delivery of 4-Aminopyridine Enhances Skin Regeneration in Burn Wounds”. bioRxiv (2025) 06. 05.658142
  • Akshat Joshi, Meenakshi Kamaraj, Nafiseh Moghimi, Hossein Heidari, Arwin Aghamaleky‐Sarvestany, Chethikkattuveli Salih Abdul Rahim, Diego N Rodriguez‐Sanchez, Caroline Hu, Sree Aravindan, Deepthi S Rajendran Nair, Ngan F Huang, Biju B Thomas, Dhruv Sareen, Eiji Yoshihara, Vadim Jucaud, Ali Khademhosseini, Johnson V John. “Filamented Light (FLight) Biofabrication of Aligned Fibrillar Structures to Direct 3D Cell Organization Within Microgels”. Small (2025): 2500261
  • Meenakshi Kamaraj, Nafiseh Moghimi, Akshat Joshi, Omid Rezayof, Alison Barer, Selena Cao, Rachael Orkin, Farshid Alambeigi, Johnson V John. “Recent Advances in Handheld and Robotic Bioprinting Approach for Tissue Engineering”. Advanced Materials Technologies (2025)
  • Kamaraj, Meenakshi, Omid Rezayof, Alison Barer, Hansoul Kim, Nafiseh Moghimi, Akshat Joshi, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Ali Khademhosseini, Farshid Alambeigi, and Johnson V. John. “Development of silk microfiber-reinforced bioink for muscle tissue engineering and in situ printing by a handheld 3D printer.” Biomaterials Advances166 (2025): 214057.
  • Kamaraj, Meenakshi, Nafiseh Moghimi, Alec McCarthy, Junjie Chen, Selena Cao, Abdul Rahim Chethikkattuveli Salih, Akshat Joshi et al. “Granular Porous Nanofibrous Microspheres Enhance Cellular Infiltration for Diabetic Wound Healing.” ACS nano18, no. 41 (2024): 28335-28348.
  • Meenakshi Kamaraj#, Nafiseh Moghimi#, Junjie Chen, Ramon Morales, Shixuan Chen, Ali Khademhosseini, and Johnson V. John. “New dimensions of electrospun nanofiber material designs for biotechnological uses.” Trends in Biotechnology42, no. 5 (2024): 631-647.
  • Moghimi, Nafiseh, Meenakshi Kamaraj, Fatemeh Zehtabi, Saber Amin Yavari, Mohammad Kohandel, Ali Khademhosseini, and Johnson V. John. “Development of bioactive short fiber-reinforced printable hydrogels with tunable mechanical and osteogenic properties for bone repair.” Journal of Materials Chemistry B12, no. 11 (2024): 2818-2830.