Govindarajan Srimathveeravalli, PhD

My current research interest focuses on developing an understanding of the subtle biology-dependent differences in the way cancerous and different types of normal cells react to lethal and sub-lethal energies deposited in them during ablations. Particularly, I am investigating cellular response following exposure to pulsed electric fields, commonly used to induce electroporation. Understanding these differences will allow me to develop new ablation techniques that are capable of finely targeting malignant cells while largely sparing non-targeted healthy tissue in the vicinity of the ablation. In turn, this will pave the way for energy parameters to treat tumors in the genitourinary and gastrointestinal tract with minimal risk of perforation or stricture formation.

I have a passion for scientific education. I provide the research fellows and visiting investigators on our service exposure to biomedical engineering, medical device development, and techniques in preclinical research. I also teach a course titled “Principals of Medical Device Design” in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at City College of New York.