Gopiraman Mayakrishnan

Dr. M GOPIRAMAN Associate Professor Department of Applied Bioscience College of Life and Environmental Science Konkuk University 120 Neungdong-ro Gwangjin-gu, Seoul South Korea (05029) +82 10 5909 4987; gopiramannitt@gmail.com, gopiraman@konkuk.ac.kr Dr. Mayakrishnan Gopiraman is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Bioscience, College of Life and Environmental Science at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. He obtained his Ph.D. in Nanocatalysis from Shinshu University, Japan. After his Ph.D., he worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2014-2015), and as an assistant professor (2015-2016) in the division of the interdisciplinary graduate school of science and technology at Shinshu University, Japan. He has more than 65 publications in reputed journals, 5 international patents and contributed 4 book chapters as well. His work is mainly focused on the development of transition metals-based heterogeneous nanocatalysts for highly efficient organic transformations. At present, he is actively working on the development of 2D and 3D-activated carbons from biomass for energy storage systems. Part of his research work is focused on the biomedical aspect; briefly, fabrication of inorganic and organic bioactive materials for drug delivery systems, bone regeneration, and antibacterial properties.