Biography:

Dr. Senthil Rethinam received his Ph.D. degree (2016) from Central Leather Research Institute-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. He is currently an Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai-600 077, Tamilnadu. He has published more than 55 research articles, field over 10 National and International patents, and commercialized 3 products to relevant industries, as well as book, book chapters, conference proceedings, and awards. His research interest lies in solid Leather waste management, Leather waste utilization, Leather composites, polymer matrix composites, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, etc.,

Education:

Ph.D. Biotechnology-Biomaterials, Central Leather Research Institute-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

M.Sc. Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University 

B.Sc. Biochemistry, Bharathidasan University

Thrust Areas: Solid Leather waste management, Leather waste utilization, Leather composites, polymer matrix composites, biomaterials, regenerative medicine

Selected Recent Publications: 

  1. R.Senthil, S. Sumathi, PM. Sivakumar, SB. Kavukcu, T. Lakshmi, A. Ahmed  (2023) Curcumin nanoparticles impregnated collagen/demineralized bone matrix/olive leaves extract biocomposites as a potential bone implant: Preparation, characterization, and biocompatibility. MRS Communications. 13, 136–142 (2023) (IF.2.7)

  2. J. Bhoopathy, S. Dharmalingam, WV. Sathyaraj, S. Rajendran, S. Rymbai, R. Senthil, R. Atchudan. Sericin/Human Placenta-Derived Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds for Cutaneous Wound Treatment—Preparation, Characterization, In Vitro and In Vivo Analyses, Pharmaceutics 2023, 15, 362. (IF 7.7)

  3. R Senthil, S B Kavukcu, T. Lakshmi, T Gülşah, AZA Candaş. Collagen/physiologically clotted fibrin-based nanobioscaffold supported with silver nanoparticles: A novel approach. The International Journal of Artificial Organ (2022) 45, 1021-1027 (IF.1.7)

  4. R. Senthil, S.B.Kavukcu.  Efficacy of glycoprotein-based nanocurcumin/silk fibroin electrospun scaffolds: Perspective for bone apatite formation. Materials Chemistry and Physics (2022) 2899, 126444.(IF.4.7)

  5. R.Senthil, Ç. Sinem, S. Batıkan Kavukcu, A.Wilson Aruni,   Fabrication of cylindrical bone graft substitute supported by reduced graphene-oxide and nanocurcumin to promotes the bone tissue development. Materials Letter. 2022, 322, 132475.(IF 3.5)

  6. R.Senthil, V. Sumathi.A.Tamilselvi, S. Batıkan Kavukcu, A.Wilson Aruni,   Functionalized electrospun nanofibers for high efficiency removal of particulate matter, Scientific Report (2022), 12, 8411. (IF 4.9)

  7. R. Senthil, SB.Kavukcu, s. Çakır, T. Hayti, B.Basaran, T.Tamilselvi. Utilization of various solid leather wastes for the production of blended bricks. Clean Techn Environ Policy (2022) 24, 1889–1901. (IF 3.9)

  8. R.Senthil,  S. Batıkan Kavukcu,  T. Hemalatha, A.Wilson Aruni , A. Sendemir . Cellulose based electrospun nanofilters:  perspectives on tannery effluent waste water treatment. Cellulose. (2022). 29, 1969–1980.(IF 6.0)