Biography
She completed her Master's degree in Chemistry at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, India (2017). She earned her PhD from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in 2024. Under the supervision of Dr. Emilia Witkowska Nera and Prof. Martin Jönsson-Niedziółka, she worked on the application of microelectrodes to the characterization of two-dimensional cell cultures and supported international collaboration in the synthesis of Prussian blue-based catalysts. She is an analytical chemist who appreciates the importance of interdisciplinary research and is particularly interested in the integration of electrochemistry and biological methods, primarily in the areas of low-cost sensors, biosensors, multielectrode arrays (MEAs), and electronic languages.
Research areas
She is currently working on a device design for NLISA bioassays using decorated magnetic nanoparticles. Her work also involves the synthesis, modification, and application of nanomaterials containing selected noble metals, primarily platinum and palladium.
Patents
- Kappalakandy Valapil K., Szymon Filipiak M., Rekiel W., Jarosińska E., Nogala W., Jönsson-Niedziółka M., Witkowska Nery E., Fabrication of ITO microelectrodes and electrode arrays using a low-cost CO 2 laser plotter, Lab on a Chip 23 (17), 3802-3810.
- Kappalakandy Valapil K., Jarosińska E., Szymon Filipiak M., Mazurkiewicz W., Witkowska Nery E., Guidelines on the development of sensors and application of data analysis tools for potentiometric electronic tongues, Electronic Tongues: Fundamentals and recent advances, 3-1-3-34.
- Mazurkiewicz W., Podrażka M., Jarosińska E., Kappalakandy Valapil K., Wiloch M., Jönsson‐Niedziółka M., Witkowska Nery E., Paper‐based electrochemical sensors and how to make them (work), ChemElectroChem 7 (14), 2939-2956.