AFEESH RAJAN UNNITHAN
[email protected]
Permanent Address
Vadakkathil Veedu, Kizhakkanela (P.O), Paripally,
Kollam, Kerala, India, PIN - 691574
Ph - 04742575065(R)
Working address
Biomaterials Lab, Room 413, Engineering building 9
Bionanosystem Engineering Department
Chonbuk National University
567 Baekje-Daero, Deokjin-Gu, Jeonju-Si, Jeollabuk-Do- 561 756
South Korea. Mob: +821056512351
PERSONAL
RESEARCH INTEREST
Father's Name
- K. Rajan Unnithan
Date Of Birth
- 17-08-1985
Gender
- Male
Nationality
-
Marital Status
- Married
Indian
My principal research interest is in the areas related to the preparation of
Nanobiomaterial, Smart Nanofibers for Cancer treatment, 3Dscaffolds,
Bioactive Nanostructured-Scaffolds, Electrospinning, 3D Bioprinting etc.
CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Research Professor (Postdoctoral Researcher with individual
Project)
Period: (03 2013 ~ present)
CURRENT SUPERVISOR
Prof. Cheol Sang Kim
Dean, Bionanosystem Engineering Dept.
Chonbuk National University, South Korea.
MAIN ROLE
Principle Investigator in the project entitled “Electrospun 3D Scaffolds
for Tissue/Organ Engineering using Cell stacking and Mold based
approach” (NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) funded
project)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Bionanosystem Engineering
Chonbuk National University, South Korea
Period: 03 2011 ~ 02 2013
Thesis Title: Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Effects of
Electrospun Hybrid Nanofibers.
Supervisor: Prof. Hak Yong Kim
Professor/Department of Organic materials and Fibers
Department of Bionanosystem Eng. Dept.
Chonbuk national University, South Korea.
Tel: +82632704463, Mob: +821049026300
Email: [email protected]
Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Nanomedical Science
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita
Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, India
Period: 08 2008 ~ 06 2010
First class (GPA- 7.88)
Thesis Title: Electrospun Fibrin nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue
engineering.
Supervisor: Dr. R. Jayakumar
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Amrita Institute of Medical
Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, India.
E mail: [email protected]
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Biotechnology
Udaya School of Engineering, Anna University, India.
Period: 08 2004 ~ 06 2008
First class with distinction (76 %)
Thesis Title: Molecular study of Cytokine expression in Radio
resistant Tumours.
Supervisor: Dr. Balasubramanyam Nagarajan, Ph.D.,
Prof. & Head, Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai - 600 020.
Higher Secondary Education
Govt.HSS, Palayamkunnu
Board of Higher Secondary Examination Kerala
Period:07 2001 ~ 03 2003
First class with Distinction (75%)
SSLC
SKVHS, Kadampattukonam
Board of Public Examinations Kerala
06 1997 ~ 03 2001
First class with Distinction (85%)
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
Membership of
Professional Organizations

Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India,
Fellowship Receiver 2008-2010.

NRF (National Research Foundation of Korea) funded project
(35,000$/yr).

Society or Biomaterials and Artificial Organs – India

Member of the Society For Biomaterials- US

Member of the British Society of Nanomedicine.
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

NANOBIO 2009, International Seminar on Tissue Engineering,
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Attendee

Poster presented in ICONSAT-2010, IIT Mumbai. India.

Poster presented in International seminar on Biomaterials at
SCMS, 2010 Kochi, Kerala, India.

Poster presented at 4th International Conference on Biobased
Polymers (ICBP2013) at Hanyang University, South Korea.

Oral presentation at Nanotech Dubai 2013 Conference, Dubai.

Poster presented at 2nd Allan Hoffman Family symposium 2014,
NIMS, Japan.

Poster presented at 10th International Conference on the
Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers 2014,
Dresden, Germany.

Poster presented at AsiaNano2014 Conference, Jeju, South Korea

Poster presented at IBN-is Conference 2014, Biopolis, Singapore.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Smart Magnetic Nanoplatform for Synergistic Anticancer Therapy
by Maneuvering the Mussel-inspired Functional Magnetic
Nanoparticles for pH Responsive Anticancer Drug Delivery and
Hyperthermia (2015), Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala,
Amin GhavamiNejad, Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Reju George
Thomas, Myeongju Moon, Yong Yeon Jeong, Chan Hee Park,
Cheol Sang Kim (Nanoscale -under review)
2. Mussel-Inspired Electrospun Smart Magnetic Nanofibers for
Hyperthermic
Arathyram
Chemotherapy
Ramachandra
(2015),
Kurup
Amin
Sasikala,
GhavamiNejad,
Afeesh
Rajan
Unnithan, Reju George Thomas, Yong Yeon Jeong, Mohammad
Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani, Florian J. Stadler, Chan Hee Park and
Cheol Sang Kim, Advanced Functional Materials 25(19) 28672875, I.F- 11.8
3. Mussel-Inspired Electrospun Nanofibers Functionalized with Size
Controlled Silver Nanoparticles for Wound Dressing Application,
Amin GhavamiNejad, Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Arathyram
Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala, Melisa Samarikhalaj, Reju George
Thomas, Yong Yeon Jeong, Saeed Nasseri, Priya Murugesan,
Dongmei Wu, Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang Kim, ACS Appl. Mater.
Inter., (Equal first author contribution, Accepted 2015). I.F- 6.7.
4. Fabrication
and
Characterization
of
Electrospun
Zein/Ag
Nanocomposite Mats for Wound Dressing Applications, Uyanga
Dashdorj, Mark Kenneth Reyes, Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Arjun
Prasad Tiwari, Batgerel Tumurbaatar, Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang
Kim, Int. J Biol. Macromol. , (Accepted 2015) I.F- 3
5. Development of a Novel Drug Eluting Stents Consists of an
Abluminal and Luminal Coating Layer Dual Therapy System
(2015), Jun-Kyu Park, Jeong Ho Lee, Jae-Woon Nah, Han Ki Kim,
Kyung Seob Lim, In-Ho Bae, Myung Ho Jeong, Afeesh Rajan
Unnithan, Cheol Sang Kim, Chan-Hee Park, RSC advances 5(51)
40700-40707. I.F- 3.8
6. Electrospun Badger (Melesmeles) Oil/Ag Nanoparticle Based
Anti-bacterial Mats for Biomedical Applications, Jun Hee Kim,
Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Han Joo Kim, Arjun Prasad Tiwari,
Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang Kim, J. Ind. Eng. Chem. (Accepted
2015). I.F- 3.5
7. Electrospun Polyurethane-Dextran Nanofiber Mats loaded with
Estradiol for Post-Menopausal Wound Dressing (2015), Afeesh
Rajan Unnithan, Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala, Priya
Murugesan, Malarvizhi Gurusamy, Dongmei Wu, Chan Hee Park,
Cheol Sang Kim, Int. J Biol. Macromol. 77(1-8). I.F- 3
8. Creation of a functional graded nanobiomembrane using a new
electrospinning system for drug release control and an in vitro
validation of drug release behavior of the coating membrane
(2015), Chan-Hee Park, Min-Young Chung, Afeesh Rajan
Unnithan, Cheol Sang Kim, Mater. Sci. Eng. C. Mater. Biol. Appl.
50 (133-140). I.F- 3.0
9. Electrospun Bioactive Poly (ε-caprolactone)-Cellulose Acetate-
Dextran Antibacterial Composite Mats for Wound Dressing
Applications (2015), Nina Liao, Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Mahesh
Kumar Joshi, Arjun Prasad Tiwari, Seong Tshool Hong, Chan Hee
Park, Cheol Sang Kim. Colloids Surf A. Physicochem. Eng. Asp.
469,194-201. I.F- 2.7
10. Microgravity Biosynthesized Penicillin
Polyurethane-Dextran
Nanofibrous
Loaded Electrospun
Mats
for
Biomedical
Applications (2015), Yesupatham Sathish Kumar, Afeesh Rajan
Unnithan, Dwaipayan Sen, Cheol Sang Kim, Yang Soo Lee,
Colloids Surf A. Physicochem. Eng. Asp. (Equal first author
contribution). 477, 77-83. I.F- 2.7.
11. Electrospun Polyurethane/Eudragit® L100-55 Composite Mats for
the pH Dependent Release of Paclitaxel on Duodenal Stent Cover
Application (2015), Ludwig Erik Aguilar, Afeesh Rajan
Unnithan, Altangerel Amarjargal, Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang
Kim, Int. J. Pharm. 478(1) 1-8. I.F- 3.6.
12. Nanoceria doped Electrospun Antibacterial Composite Mats for
Potential Biomedical Applications (2014), Afeesh R Unnithan,
Arathyram R.S, Yesupatham Sathishkumar, Yang Soo Lee, Chan
Hee Park, Cheol Sang Kim, Ceram. Int, 40; 8: 12003–12012. I.F2.6.
13. Electrospun Antibacterial Polyurethane-Cellulose Acetate-Zein
Composite Mats for Wound Dressing (2014) Afeesh R. Unnithan,
Gopalsamy Gnanasekaran, Yesupatham Sathishkumar, Yang S
Lee, Cheol S Kim, Carbohydr. Polym. 15; 102:884-92. I.F-4.07
14. Efficient transformation of phenyl urea herbicide chloroxuron by
laccase immobilized on Zein Polyurethane nanofiber (2013)
Thayumanavan Palvannan, Thiyagarajan Saravanakumar, Afeesh
R. Unnithan, Nam-Jin Chung, Dae-Hyuk Kim, Seung-Moon Park,
J. Mol. Catal. B: Enzym. 99 156-162. I.F- 2.12
15. Preparation and Characterization of Nylon-6/ gelatin composite
nanofibers via electrospinning for biomedical applications (2013)
Gopal Panthi, Nasser Barakat, Prabodh risal, Bishweshwar panth,
Afeesh R. Unnithan, Hak Yong Kim, Fiber Polym. 14(5) 718723. I.F- 1.11
16. Novel CdPdS/PVAc core–shell nanofibers as an effective
photocatalyst for organic pollutants degradation (2012) Afeesh
R. Unnithan, Nasser A.M.
Barakat, M.F.
Abadir, Ayman
Yousef, Hak Yong Kim, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem. 363– 364 186–
194. I.F- 3.6
17. Nematic shaped cadmium sulfide doped electrospun nanofiber
mat: Highly efficient, reusable, solar light photocatalyst (2012)
R. Afeesh, Nasser A.M. Barakat, Salem S. Al-Deyab, Ayman
Yousef, Hak Yong Kim, Colloids Surf A. Physicochem. Eng.
Asp. 409 21– 29. I.F- 2.7
18. Novel electrospun nanofiber mats as effective catalysts for water
Photo splitting (2012) Afeesh R. Unnithan, Nasser A.M. Barakat,
R. Nirmala, Salem S. Al-Deyab, Hak Yong Kim, Ceram. Int. 38
5175–5180. I.F- 2.6
19. Wound-dressing
materials
with
electrospun polyurethane–dextran
antibacterial
nanofiber
activity from
mats
containing
ciprofloxacin
HCl (2012) Afeesh R. Unnithan, Nasser A.M.
Barakat, P.B.
Tirupathi Pichiah, Gopalsamy Gnanasekaran, R.
Nirmala,
Youn-Soo
Cha,
Che-Hun
Jung,
Mohamed
El-
Newehy, Hak Yong Kim, Carbohydr. Polym. 90 1786– 1793.
I.F- 4.0
20. Emu oil-Based Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Wound Skin
Tissue Engineering (2012) Afeesh R Unnithan, P.B. Tirupathi
Pichiah , Gopalsamy Gnanasekaran,Kalaiselvi Seenivasan, Nasser
Barakat, Youn-Soo Cha , Che-Hun Jung , Achiraman Shanmugam,
Mohamed El-Newehy, Hak Yong Kim, Colloids Surf A.
Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 415 454– 460. I.F- 2.7
21. Influence of Gelatin on the Wettability and Mechanical Properties
of Nylon-6 Electrospun Nanofibers: Novel Mats for Biomedical
Applications (2012) Panthi Gopal, Barakat Nasser A.M., Afeesh
R. Unnithan, Al-Deyab Salem S., Pant Bishweshwar, Nam, Ki
Taek, Ki,
Hak
Yong,
Journal
of
Nanoengineering
and
Nanomanufacturing, 2 (3) 286-290.
22. PANI-PVAc electrospun nanofiber mats as novel organic
semiconductor material (2012) Panthi Gopal, Barakat Nasser
A.M., Afeesh R. Unnithan, Al-Deyab, Kim Hak Yong, Science of
Advanced materials 4 (11) 1118-1126. I.F- 2.5
23. Photocatalytic activities of electrospun tin oxide doped titanium
dioxide nanofibers (2012) R. Nirmala, Hak Yong Kim , R.
Navamathavan, Chaun Yi, Jeong Jin Won, Kyungsoo Jeon,
Ayman Yousef, Afeesh R. Unnithan, Mohamed El-Newehy.
Ceram. Int. 38 4533–4540. I.F- 2.6
24. Influence of CdO-doping on the photoluminescence properties of
ZnO nanofibers: Effective visible light photocatalyst for waste
water treatment (2012) Ayman Yousef, Nasser A.M. Barakat,
Touseef Amna, Afeesh R. Unnithan, Salem S. Al-Deyab, Hak
Yong Kim, J. Lumin. 132 1668–1677. I.F- 2.7
25. Laccase-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanofiber: Highly
stable, reusable and efficacious for the transformation of
diclofenac (2012) Palanivel
Sathishkumar,
Jong-Chan
Chae,
Afeesh R. Unnithan, Thayumanavan Palvannan, Hak Yong
Kim, Kui-Jae Lee, Min Cho, Seralathan Kamala-Kannan,
Byung-Taek Oh, Enzyme Microb. Technol. 51 113– 118. I.F- 2.9
26. Photocatalytic release of hydrogen from ammonia boranecomplex
using
Ni(0)-doped
TiO2/C
electrospun
nanofibers(2012) Ayman Yousef, Nasser A.M. Barakat, Khalil
Abdelrazek Khalil, Afeesh R.
Unnithan, Gopal
Panthi,
Bishweshwar
Pant,
Hak
Yong
Kim, Colloids Surf A.
Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 410 59– 65. I.F- 2.3
27. Electrical characterization of nylon-6 composite nanofibers (2012)
R. Nirmala, R. Navamathavan, Jeong Jin Won, Kyungsoo Jeon,
Afeesh R. Unnithan, Hak Yong Kim, J. Phys. Chem. Solids, 73
1326–1330. I.F- 1.8
28. Activated
carbon/silver-doped
polyurethane
electrospun
nanofibers: Single mat for different pollutants treatment (2012)
Ayman Yousef, Nasser A. M. Barakat,
Touseef Amna,
Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem, Afeesh R. Unnithan, Salem S. AlDeyab, Hak Yong Kim, Macromol. Res. 20(12) 1243-1248. I.F1.64
29. Characterisation of bioresourced hydroxyapatite containing silver
nanoparticles (2012) R. Nirmala, R. Navamathavan, Afeesh R.
Unnithan, Park, H-M, Kang, H-S, Kim H Y. Mater. Res.
Innovations. 16 249-256(8). I.F- 0.83
30. A Novel Method for the Fabrication of Fibrin-Based Electrospun
Nanofibrous Scaffold for Tissue-Engineering Applications (2011)
Sreerekha Raman Perumcherry, Krishna Prasad Chennazhi,
Shantikumar V. Nair, Deepthy Menon and Afeesh R. Unnithan,
Tissue Eng. Part C Methods. 17(11): 1121-1130. I.F- 4.48.
SKILLS
Key Skills
 Hardworking, Dedicated, Ability to work successfully as a member
of a team, Self-Motivated, Focused and willing to learn, Reliable.
 Well
experienced
in
handling
Electrospinning
machine,
experienced in most of the characterization techniques such as
FTIR, XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, Mechanical property measurement,
Contact angle measurement and Biological characterization
techniques and cell culture experiments.
Languages Known
English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil
REFEREES
1. Prof. Hak Yong Kim
Professor/Department of Organic materials and Fibers
Department of BIN Fusion tech..
Chonbuk national University
South Korea.
Tel: +82632704463
Mob: +821049026300
Email: [email protected]
2. Prof. Nasser A. M. Barakat
Associate Professor
Department of Organic materials and Fibers
Chonbuk national University
South Korea.
Tel: +82632702363
Mob: +821067311431
Email: [email protected]
3. Dr. R. Jayakumar
Amrita Centre for Nanosciences
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
Kochi, India.
E mail: [email protected]
4. Prof. Cheol Sang Kim
Dean, Bionanosystem Engineering Dept.
Chonbuk National University
South Korea.
Email: [email protected]