Aravind Kannoth Anilkumar earned his BSc in Chemistry from Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kerala, in 2022, and went on to complete his MSc in Chemistry at IISER, Thiruvananthapuram, India, in 2024. He joins our group as an SFI-funded PhD student (no. : 22/FFP-A/11067), working on the project titled “Bio-Inspired Functionalisation of Nanoplatforms for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutics.” Aravind is passionate about biomaterials and chemistry, with his research focusing on the preparation and functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for use in targeted anticancer treatments and bioimaging agents.