Dr. K. Suganya., M.Sc., Ph.D.,

Dr. Suganya Kannan is an Assistant Professor (Research) at the Centre for Biomedical Research, Vinayaka Mission’s Medical College and Hospital, Karaikal, Puducherry, India, with over five years of teaching and research experience in Microbiology. She holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University (2020), an M.Sc. in Microbiology from Pondicherry Central University with a CGPA of 9.43, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Microbiology from Thiyagarajar College of Arts and Sciences, where she was a university rank holder and gold medalist. Her research expertise spans antimicrobial resistance, microbiome dysbiosis, nanotherapeutics, biosurfactants, and alternative antimicrobial strategies. She has served as Principal Investigator for multiple funded projects, including a SERB-funded project worth ₹22.75 lakhs and VMRF-DU seed grants, and has published 54 research articles and 10 book chapters with an h-index of 16, i10-index of 18, and over 770 citations. Dr. Kannan is a recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Women in Science Award (2024), Young Scientist Award (2021), UGC-JRF and SRF, and DBT-IPLS-JRF. She holds multiple granted patents related to antimicrobial technologies and drug delivery systems and actively mentors Ph.D., postgraduate, and undergraduate students. She has also gained international research exposure through participation and poster presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Microbiome Conference, USA.