Dr. Vasanth Raj Palanimuthu, M.Pharm., Ph.D., FHEA, is a Lecturer and scientist in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom. His interdisciplinary research spans pharmaceutical biotechnology, molecular and cell biology, pharmaceutical microbiology, molecular pharmacology, biofilms, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with a strong emphasis on translating fundamental research into pharmaceutical and clinical applications.
His research focuses particularly on bacterial biofilms, antimicrobial resistance, bacteriophage therapy and phage display, biologics and biosimilars, recombinant products, cell and gene therapy, and modern vaccine development. He has developed advanced in-vitro biofilm models for evaluating antimicrobial and therapeutic strategies and is also involved in developing a polyherbal emergency intervention for snakebite envenomation (ophitoxaemia). Dr. Palanimuthu has an extensive peer-reviewed publication record and actively supervises and collaborates on multidisciplinary research aimed at developing innovative solutions for infectious diseases, drug development, and biotechnology.