Group Leader Nanomedicine and Biomarkers
Dr. Vipul Gujrati
“The Gujrati laboratory seeks smart, nanomedicine solutions to problems at the interface of bioengineering, chemistry, material science, and pharmacology. Our goal is to develop intelligent nanomedicine solutions for theranostic challenges.”
CV
Dr. Vipul Gujrati leads a research group at the Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI) at Helmholtz Munich, Germany. His work focuses on the development of advanced nanoagents for biomedical imaging and targeted drug delivery, with a strong emphasis on optoacoustic imaging and theranostics.
He began his postdoctoral research under the mentorship of Professor Vasilis Ntziachristos, a global leader in optoacoustic imaging. Over the past five years, Dr. Gujrati has led multiple research initiatives, including projects funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 program, and has mentored several graduate students.
Dr. Gujrati earned his Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea, where he specialized in biomaterials and synthetic materials for imaging and therapeutic applications. He also holds a Master’s degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Karnataka, India, and a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from the University of Pune, Maharashtra, India.
His interdisciplinary research spans biomaterials, cell and gene therapy, drug and vaccine delivery, material science, biophotonics, and optoacoustic imaging. His work has been published in high-impact journals and has contributed to significant advancements in these fields.
Dr. Gujrati has received several honors for his scientific contributions, including the Scientific Excellence Award from CBI-IBMI in 2019 and the Best Thesis Award (Gold Medal) from KAIST in 2014 for his pioneering work on nanomaterials for cancer imaging and therapy.
Fields of Work and Expertise
Biomarkers Biomaterials Contrast agents Drug delivery Nanomedicines Optoacoustics Detections & Monitoring Metabolic Diseases Cancer
Inflammatory diseases Hyperthermia Regenerative Therapy Immunotherapy
Theranostics
Professional Background
Group Leader
Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging (IBMI), Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU); Munich, Germany.
Postdoctoral fellow (Project lead)
Chair for Biological Imaging (CBI), Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany.
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Biological Science, Korea Advanced, Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Ph.D. Biological Science
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea. (Supervisor: Prof. Sangyong Jon)
Research scientist
Torrent Pharmaceuticals LTD, Gandhinagar, India
Master of Pharmacy
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bangalore, India
Publications
Berger, C. ; Kim, M. ; Platz, L.I. ; Eigenberger, A. ; Prantl, L. ; Liu, P. ; Gujrati, V. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Jüstel, D. ; Pleitez, M.A.
Bayesian reconstruction of rapidly scanned mid-infrared optoacoustic signals enables fast, label-free chemical microscopy.Malekzadeh Najafabadi, J. ; Prakash, J. ; Razansky, D. ; Ripoll, J. ; Gujrati, V. ; Ntziachristos, V.
Nonlinearity of optoacoustic signals and a new contrast mechanism for imaging.Huang, Y. ; Stankevych, M. ; Gujrati, V. ; Klemm, U. ; Mohammed, A. ; Wiesner, D. ; Saccomano, M. ; Tost, M. ; Feuchtinger, A. ; Mishra, K. ; Bruns, O.T. ; Geerlof, A. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Stiel, A.-C.
Photoswitching protein-XTEN fusions as injectable optoacoustic probes.Liu, N. ; O'Connor, P. ; Gujrati, V. ; Shelar, D. ; Ma, X. ; Anzenhofer,P. ; Klemm, U. ; Su, X. ; Huang, Y. ; Kleigrewe, K. ; Feuchtinger, A. ; Walch, A.K. ; Sattler, M. ; Plettenburg, O. ; Ntziachristos, V.
Tuning the photophysical properties of cyanine by barbiturate functionalization and nanoformulation for efficient optoacoustics- guided phototherapy.Kesharwani, A. ; Gujrati, V.
Multimodal techniques and strategies for chemical and metabolic imaging at the single-cell level.Müller, M. ; Liu, N. ; Gujrati, V. ; Valavalkar, A. ; Hartmann, S. ; Anzenhofer,P. ; Klemm, U. ; Telek, A. ; Dietzek-Ivanšić, B. ; Hartschuh, A. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Thorn-Seshold, O.
Merged molecular switches excel as optoacoustic dyes: Azobenzene-cyanines are loud and photostable NIR imaging agents.Liu, N. ; Gujrati, V. ; Fuenzalida Werner, J.P. ; Mishra, K. ; Anzenhofer,P. ; Stiel, A.-C. ; Mettenleiter, G. ; Feuchtinger, A. ; Walch, A.K. ; Ntziachristos, V.
Bacterial outer membrane vesicles as cationic dye carriers for optoacoustics-guided phototherapy of cancer.Madasamy, A. ; Gujrati, V. ; Ntziachristos, V. ; Prakash, J.
Deep learning methods hold promise for light fluence compensation in three-dimensional optoacoustic imaging.Liu, N. ; Mishra, K. ; Stiel, A.-C. ; Gujrati, V. ; Ntziachristos, V.
The sound of drug delivery: Optoacoustic imaging in pharmacology.Liu, N. ; O'Connor, P. ; Gujrati, V. ; Anzenhofer,P. ; Klemm, U. ; Kleigrewe, K. ; Sattler, M. ; Plettenburg, O. ; Ntziachristos, V.
Multifunctional croconaine nanoparticles for efficient optoacoustic imaging of deep tumors and photothermal therapy.