Dr. Manikandan Muthu received his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from the University of Madras, India. He
pursued his post-doctoral research at the Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, in 2010 on identifying the molecular sensors involved in size-mediated cell cycle regulation on the unicellular model organism Chlamydomonas. Later in 2011, he joined Professor Wu’s lab at NSYSU, Taiwan, as a postdoctoral researcher. He worked on nano platform-assisted MALDI Mass spectrometry for the analysis of various biomolecules from bacterial, plant, and animal tissues/cells. He has also worked with Professor Pradeep Thalapil at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India on the direct identification of plant-based medicinal compounds from plant tissues using the DESI MS platform. He is currently working as an Assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. His key interest lies in the area of developing novel mass spectrometric methods for the early detection of various human diseases.
Dr. Judy Gopal completed her PhD in the Corrosion Science and Technology Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India. Subsequently, she worked as a Visiting Scientist at the Materials Development Laboratory of the same institute. She has worked as a National Science Council post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat Sen University, Taiwan, and at the
Biotechnology Department, IIT, Madras, India. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. Dr. Gopal is an interdisciplinary scientist who began her career as a biologist, later obtained her PhD in materials science, and subsequently pursued her post-doctoral studies in
analytical chemistry. Her current work is focused on manipulating nanotechnological interactions in microbiology and cancer biology. Dr. Gopal has received several both young achiever and technical excellence awards.
