Ravi Rangarajan

Assistant Professor at St. John's academy of Health Sciences

• India - Bengaluru
• My current job since October 2016

Technical Skill & Expertise:
♦ Experienced in
1. Agilent QQQ LC-MS for Protien/Amino Acid studies (Division of Nutrition,
SJRI)
2. Basic molecular biology techniques like PCRs, blot tests for DNA and protein
studies.
♦ Expertise in
1. Multi-collector Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS) coupled with TC-EA,
Flash- EA, Gas Bench II and Dual Inlet peripherals for light element stable
isotope analyses.
2. Triton (Thermo-Fisher) Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS) for
heavy element isotopes.
3. Handling ICP-MS (Single Collector, Element X), Dionex ICS 5000 ion
chromatography and Atomic Emission Spectrophotometer systems for trace
element studies.
♦ Conducting Trials and Working with Human Subjects (Division of Nutrition,
SJRI).
♦ Supervised 5 summer internship students during the course of Graduation

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V. Honours, Awards and Invited Talks
2017 - Guest Lecture - Stable Isotopic Techniques in Human Nutrition -
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Workshop.
2016 - Invited Colloquium - Centre for Earth System Science, IISER Mohali,
India.
2015 - Awardee of National Science Council distinguished postdoctoral fellowship
in Taipei, Taiwan.
2013 - Guest lecture - Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, IISc,
Bangalore.
2012 - Geochemical Society Travel Grant - GOLDSCHMIDT 2012, Montreal,
Canada.
2009 - Invited Talk - Second IRMS users meet organized by Thermo Fisher India.
2008 - Invited Talk - Anthropocene workshop organized by Department of Science
and Technology, Govt. Of India.
2007 - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India - Junior
Research fellow in Life Sciences Division. All India Rank top 50.
VI. Publications (Selected)
Stable Isotopes - Human Metabolism
1. Ravi Rangarajan, Prosenjit Ghosh (2011). Tracing the source of bottled water
using stable isotope techniques, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25,
3323 - 3330.
2. Ravi Rangarajan, Anura V. Kurpad, Beena Bose. Assessing Changes in Bone
Health in response to Vitamin D supplementation as inferred from stable Calcium
Isotopes in Urine. PLoS One (In review).
3. Ravi Rangarajan, Hsien-Shou Kuo, Tai-Chih Kuo, Chung-Ho Wang, Mao-Cheng
Liang. Novel use of high precision triple oxygen isotopes in assessing renal
function. (In prep).