Dr
Srinivas Mettu
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Dr. Srinivas Mettu is a Senior Research Fellow in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at RMIT University.
Dr. Srinivas Mettu is a chemical engineer with expertise of working in applied (Xerox Research USA) and fundamental research. Dr. Mettu worked on multiple projects such as flavor encapsulation for chocolate, emulsion formulations in water encapsulation for low fat chocolate. Dr. Mettu got funding support from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations awards (GCE) to work on projects such as (’Edible Microballoons for Nutrition Enhancement’), cellulosic biomaterials for bioreactors (’Novel Radial Gradient in Fibrous-Bed Bioreactors with Cellulose Hydrogel’) and cellulosic and protein-based biomaterials for producing biodegradable sanitary pads (’Eco-Bio Sanitary Pads to End Period Poverty’).
Recently, in the research area of hydrogel-based bioreactors development, we have (RMIT Team) also secured a grant worth of AUD 200k from Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Center (IMCRC) in collaboration with the industry partner from Adelaide, BiomeBank. This project explores the use of hydrogel bioreactors to produce artificial super stool with beneficial probiotic bacteria mixture to be used as fecal microbial transplant (FMT) to treat gut dysbiosis and other gastrointestinal infections.
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I am currently working on projects supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations awards (GCE) such as cellulosic biomaterials for bioreactors (’Novel Radial Gradient in Fibrous-Bed Bioreactors with Cellulose Hydrogel’) and cellulosic and protein-based biomaterials for producing biodegradable sanitary pads (’Eco-Bio Sanitary Pads to End Period Poverty’).
I am also working on using hydrogel-based bioreactors to produce artificial super stool with beneficial probiotic bacteria mixture to be used as fecal microbial transplant (FMT) to treat gut dysbiosis and other gastrointestinal infections.