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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Ranjith Padinhateeri<br />
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| birth_place = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Biological physics]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] | [[Northwestern University]] | [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist|[[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]] | [[University of Calicut]] | [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] | [[Curie Institute (Paris)]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist | P. B. Sunil Kumar | {{ill|Jean-François Joanny|fr}} | David Lacoste | John F. Marko }}<br />
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| known_for = Theoretical studies of biological phenomena<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 2010&nbsp;[[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] Young Investigator Award|2012&nbsp;IIT Mumbai Young Investigator Award|2013&nbsp;[[Department of Biotechnology|DBT]] Senior Innovative Young Investigator Award|2014&nbsp;[[IIT Mumbai]] Excellence in Teaching Award|2017–18&nbsp;[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] }} <br />
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'''Ranjith Padinhateeri''' is an Indian biological physicist and a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]]. He is known for his biological studies using [[statistical mechanics]], [[polymer physics]], and [[soft matter]] theory. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:IITBMainBuildingCROP.jpg|thumb|left|220px|IIT Mumbai]]<br />
Ranjith Padinhateeri, born in [[Malappuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]], did his early schooling at <br />
AUP School Marakkara, V. V. M. Higher Secondary School and MSM HSS Kallingalparamba before joining [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]] to obtain a BSc in physics from the [[University of Calicut]] in 1997.<ref name="Curriculum Vitae - Ranjith Padinhateeri on IITB">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bio.iitb.ac.in/~ranjith/?page_id=89 |title=Curriculum Vitae - Ranjith Padinhateeri on IITB |date=2019-01-16 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> Moving to [[Chennai]], he earned his MSc from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]] in 2000 and continued there for his doctoral studies under the guidance of P. B. Sunil Kumar which earned him a PhD in 2005 for his thesis, ''Statistical mechanics of semiflexible polymers : A study of single filaments''. His post doctoral training, initially, were under John F. Marko at two US universities, [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] and [[Northwestern University]] from 2005 to 2007 when he moved to France to continue his training at the laboratories of Jean-Francois Joanny and David Lacoste of [[Curie Institute (Paris)|Institut Curie]] during 2007–09. He returned to India in 2009 to join the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]] as an assistant professor where he served as an associate professor from 2014 and holds the position of professor since 2018 at the department of biosciences and bioengineering.<ref name="Ranjith Padinhateeri - IIT Bombay, Mumbai">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bio.iitb.ac.in/~ranjith/ |title=Ranjith Padinhateeri - IIT Bombay, Mumbai |date=2019-01-16 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref><br />
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Padinhateeri is known to be involved in studies in the field of biological physics, focusing on [[cellular processes]] applying [[Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics|nonequilibrium approaches]].<ref name="Ranjith Padinhateeri - Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines">{{Cite web |url=https://theory.ncbs.res.in/ranjith-padinhateeri |title=Ranjith Padinhateeri - Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines |date=2019-01-16 |website=theory.ncbs.res.in |access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> His approach also involves employment of tools from physics such as [[polymer physics]] and [[Soft matter|soft-matter theory]].<ref name="Ranjith Padinhateeri - IIT Bombay, Mumbai" /> He has published a number of articles;<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FWxnJn8AAAAJ&hl=en |title=Ranjith Padinhateeri - Google Scholar Citations |date=2019-01-15 |website=scholar.google.com |access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 34 of them.<ref name="Ranjith Padinhateeri's research works ">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/56653247_Ranjith_Padinhateeri |title=Ranjith Padinhateeri's research works |date=2019-01-15 |website=ResearchGate |language=en |access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> He is the Professor-in-charge at the [https://www.kcdh.iitb.ac.in Koita Centre for Digital Health], IIT Bombay, since 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=KCDH Leadership |url=https://www.kcdh.iitb.ac.in/people/kcdh-team/kcdh-leadership |website=Koita Centre for Digital Health |access-date=19 June 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for him contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/list-of-selected-awardees-for-NBA-2017amp-2018.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2019 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=26 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226232523/http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/list-of-selected-awardees-for-NBA-2017amp-2018.pdf }}</ref> He is also a recipient of Innovative Young Investigator Award of the Department of Biotechnology (2009-2010), IIT Mumbai Young Investigator Award (2012), Senior Innovative Young Investigator Award, Department of Biotechnology (2013), and Excellence in Teaching Award of IIT Mumbai (2014).<ref name="Curriculum Vitae - Ranjith Padinhateeri on IITB" /><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Padinhateeri |first1=Ranjith |last2=Das |first2=Dibyendu |last3=Bameta |first3=Tripti |date=2018-06-01 |title=Coupling of replisome movement with nucleosome dynamics can contribute to the parent–daughter information transfer |journal=Nucleic Acids Research |language=en |volume=46 |issue=10 |pages=4991–5000 |doi=10.1093/nar/gky207 |issn=0305-1048 |pmc=6007630 |pmid=29850895}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Jha |first1=Narendra Nath |last2=Ranganathan |first2=Srivastav |last3=Kumar |first3=Rakesh |last4=Mehra |first4=Surabhi |last5=Panigrahi |first5=Rajlaxmi |last6=Navalkar |first6=Ambuja |last7=Ghosh |first7=Dhiman |last8=Kumar |first8=Ashutosh |last9=Padinhateeri |first9=Ranjith |date=2018-02-06 |title=Complexation of NAC-Derived Peptide Ligands with the C-Terminus of α-Synuclein Accelerates Its Aggregation |journal=Biochemistry |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=791–804 |doi=10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01090 |pmid=29286644 |issn=0006-2960}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Padinhateeri |first1=Ranjith |last2=Das |first2=Dibyendu |last3=Bameta |first3=Tripti |title=Coupling of replisome movement with nucleosome dynamics can contribute to the parent–daughter information transfer |journal=Nucleic Acids Research |date=2018 |volume=46 |issue=10 |pages=4991–5000 |doi=10.1093/nar/gky207 |pmid=29850895 |pmc=6007630 |language=en |biorxiv=10.1101/154559}}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Padinhateeri |first1=Ranjith |last2=Das |first2=Dibyendu |last3=Inamdar |first3=Mandar M. |last4=Jain |first4=Ishutesh |last5=Bajpai |first5=Gaurav |date=2017-01-30 |title=Binding of DNA-bending non-histone proteins destabilizes regular 30-nm chromatin structure |journal=PLOS Computational Biology |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |article-number=e1005365 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005365 |issn=1553-7358 |pmc=5305278 |pmid=28135276|bibcode=2017PLSCB..13E5365B |doi-access=free }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kar |first1=Rajesh Kumar |last2=Kharerin |first2=Hungyo |last3=Padinhateeri |first3=Ranjith |last4=Bhat |first4=Paike Jayadeva |date=2017-01-06 |title=Multiple Conformations of Gal3 Protein Drive the Galactose-Induced Allosteric Activation of the GAL Genetic Switch of Saccharomyces cerevisiae |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |volume=429 |issue=1 |pages=158–176 |doi=10.1016/j.jmb.2016.11.005 |pmid=27913116 |issn=0022-2836|url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2015/11/18/032136.full.pdf }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Nucleosome]]<br />
* [[Saccharomyces cerevisiae]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@ranjith.padinhateeri/finding-good-students-to-work-with-us-eeb76ff747a6 |title=Finding " good" students to work with us… |last=Padinhateeri |first=Ranjith |date=2018-05-14 |website=Ranjith Padinhateeri |access-date=2019-01-15}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=https://dblp.org/pers/hd/p/Padinhateeri:Ranjith |title=dblp: Ranjith Padinhateeri |date=2019-01-15 |website=dblp.org |language=en |access-date=2019-01-15}}<br />
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