Ravin Narain, PhD, PEng, FRSC, is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has made significant contributions to biomedical research using safe polymer-based biomaterials. His research has also covered nano- and regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on developing materials for cancer therapeutics, anti-fouling and anti-microbial surfaces, and cell/tissue engineering advances. He has published over 250 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has edited several books namely Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications (Wiley), Chemistry of Bioconjugates (Wiley), Polymers and Nanomaterials for Gene Therapy (Elsevier), Polymer Science and Nanotechnology (Elsevier), and Natural and Synthetic Hydrogels (Elsevier). He was appointed as the section editor for the 2 nd edition Comprehensive Glycoscience (Elsevier). He has received many awards including the Distinguished Visiting Scientist Award from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia.
Dr. Narain is engaged in developing ‘nanotheranostic’ pipeline products for WWiKY Biosciences.