Introduction

Dr. Baddi's research connects supramolecular chemistry, materials science, and polymer chemistry to design chiral molecules, hydrogels, and biomaterials for therapeutic applications such as antibacterial activity, wound healing, and anticancer therapy. He studies self-assembly, co-assembly, chirality transfer, and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), and also explores organic electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries, integrating multidisciplinary approaches to tackle complex challenges.

Education & Academic Training

• Postdoctoral Researcher (Jun 2019-Present) Supramolecular Functional Chiral Materials, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China
• Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry (Aug 2012-Mar 2018)

Osmania University (CSIR-IICT), India

• M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (Jul 2008-May 2010)

Osmania University, India

• B.Sc. in Microbiology (Jul 2005-Apr 2008)

Osmania University, India

Research Interests

1. Supramolecular Chiral Materials & Biomaterials

Design and synthesis of novel supramolecular chiral molecules and hydrogels, with a focus on chirality-dependent antibacterial activity, wound healing, anticancer efficacy, and related therapeutic applications.

2. Chiral Co-assembly, Drug Integration & Optical Functionality

Exploring the co-assembly of chiral materials with natural drugs and functional components to understand co-assembly mechanisms, with a focus on chirality transfer, amplification, and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL) for applications in targeted drug delivery and tumor therapy.

3. Supramolecular Organic Electrodes for Energy Storage

Rational design of supramolecular organic electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage, with particular emphasis on sodium-ion battery applications.

Awards and Fundings

1. Received Foreign Young Talents Program award (QN2021134001), from Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, 中华人民共和国科学技术部, 外国青年人才计划, QN2021134001, 强黏附超支化手性水凝胶生物材料 及其医学应用, 2021-08 至 2022-08, 24.2万元, 在研, 主持
2. Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Foreign Young Talents Program, QN2023134001, Chiral composite hydrogel for chronic diabetic wound healing, 2023-08 to 2024-08, RMB 242,000.
3. Awarded joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC) test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (NET) held on 18th Dec 2011.

Representative publications

1. Sravan Baddi, Auphedeous Y. Dang-i, Fengli Gao, Xiaxin Qiu, Chuanliang Feng*. Physical strategies to engineer supramolecular composite hydrogels for advanced biomedical applications. Progress in Materials Science, 2025, 151, 101428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2025.101428.

2. Sravan Baddi, Usman Ghani, Juexin Huang, Qinglei Liu, Chuan-Liang Feng*. Self-assembled nanostructures of PDI-bolaamphiphiles as anode materials for advanced rechargeable Na-ion batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 59, 102786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2023.102786.

3. Sravan Baddi, Auphedeous Y. Dang-i, Tingting Huang, Chao Xing, Shuangjun Lin, Chuan-Liang Feng*. Chirality-influenced antibacterial activity of methylthiazole-and thiadiazole-based supramolecular biocompatible hydrogels. Acta Biomaterialia, 2022, 141, 59-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.033.

4. Zakia Riaz, Sravan Baddi,* Fengli Gao, Chuan-Liang Feng*. Mxene‐Based Supramolecular Composite Hydrogels for Antioxidant and Photothermal Antibacterial Activities. Macromolecular Bioscience, 2023, 23(10), 2300082. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202300082.

5. Zakia Riaz, Sravan Baddi,* Chuan-Liang Feng*. Supramolecular co-assembled hybrid hydrogels for antibacterial therapy. Supramolecular Materials, 2024, 100064. doi.org/10.1016/j.supmat.2024.100064.

6. Zakia Riaz, Sravan Baddi,* Fengli Gao, Chuan-Liang Feng*. Gallic acid-doped multifunctional hybrid hydrogel for antioxidant and antibacterial studies. European Polymer Journal, 2024, 206, 112778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2024.112778.

7. Zakia Riaz, Sravan Baddi*, Fengli Gao, Xiaxin Qiu, Chuanliang Feng*. Supramolecular Polymer Co-Assembled Multifunctional Chiral Hybrid Hydrogels with Adhesive, Self-Healing and Antibacterial Properties. Gels, 2024, 10(8), 489. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels10080489.

8. Sravan Baddi, A Palanisamy *, Thermoreversible gelation of poly(urethane acyl-semicarbazides) carrying cycloaliphatic moieties and studies on selective adsorption of dyes from wastewater European Polymer Journal, 2018, 99, 90-101, DOI.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.12.011.

9. Sravan Baddi, RR Nayak, A Palanisamy*, Organogelation of self-assembling segmented poly(urethane acyl-semicarbazides) and their dye adsorbing properties Polymer, 2017, 114, 199-208, DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.03.004C.

10. Sravan Baddi, Aruna Palanisamy*, Thermal and ultrasound-induced gelation of bis(acyl-semicarbazides)− Investigations on the anion tuning and dye adsorbing properties of their gels. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 245, 711-719. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2017.02.028L.

11. Sravan Baddi, SS Madugula, DS Sarma, Y Soujanya, A Palanisamy*. Combined experimental and computational study of the gelation of cyclohexane-based bis(acyl-semicarbazides) and the multi-stimuli-responsive properties of their gels Langmuir, 2016, 32, 3, 889-899. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03987.