Dr. Chanthiriga Ramasindarum is currently working as a Senior Research Officer at the Centre of Advanced Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaya. She served at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Malaya under the Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation Office from 2003 until April 2025. During this time, she was actively involved in Research Management, supporting research planning, grant coordination, and academic collaborations within the faculty. Additionally, she also served as the Corporate Relations Officer and managed the program coordination under the External Linkage Unit for the Faculty.

Prior to that, from 2021 to 2023, she was attached to the Health and Well-Being Research Cluster at the Research Management & Innovation Complex, where she managed grant-related activities, including pre-award and post-award processes, providing essential support to researchers across various disciplines.

Dr. Chanthiriga has worked 11 years at the Biomaterials Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, where she contributed extensively to research in biomaterials and dental materials. She worked as a Researcher at COMBICAT Universiti Malaya (now known as NANOCEN), specializing in catalyst synthesis and catalytic reaction studies from 2003 to 2009.

Dr. Chanthiriga holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry (2003) and a Master of Science in Advanced Materials (2008), both from the Universiti Malaya. In 2005, she completed a 6-month R&D training on catalysis at the Institute of Technology of Chemical University of Polytechnic, Valencia, Spain. She earned her Ph.D. in Dental Materials from Universiti Malaya in 2019.

Her research interests include nanoparticles, biomaterials, dental materials, advanced materials, and chemistry.

She is an experienced EndNote trainer, having conducted over 12 workshops at the Faculty of Dentistry for academic staff, postgraduate students, and researchers. Dr. Chanthiriga is a certified Technical Assessor (SAMM) for the Department of Standards Malaysia, with an appointment valid until 2027. She also an elected member of the Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (IKM) and she served as Treasurer for the Persatuan Alumni Indian Universiti Malaya (PANI UM) from 2020 to 2026.