Dr Gopinath Venkatraman is a Biotechnologist and Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science and is associated with Universiti Malaya Centre for Proteomics Research (UMCPR). He is also an adjunct professor of Biochemistry at Saveetha Institute of Science and Technology, India and Molecular Medicine at Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology, India. His research focuses on biomedical (tissue engineering, antimicrobial, anticancer drug delivery applications) and environmental applications of metal, polymeric nanomaterials, and natural compounds.