Nidheesh Velluva Rayaroth, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Email

nidheesh.velluvarayaroth@bcm.edu

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate: Surgery - Surgical Research
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

433 DC, One Baylor Plaza (Office): Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

PhD from Manipal Academy of Higher Education: 09/2023 - Manipal; Biophotonics

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine (UCI): 05/2024 - Irvine, California, United States

MSc from Mangalore University: 07/2017 - Mangalore; Physics

BSc from Kannur University: 07/2015 - Kannur; Physics

Professional Interests

Biophotonics
Diagnosis and Treatment
NanoBiophotonics

Selected Publications

Nidheesh V R, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Rajesh Nayak, VK Unnikrishnan, Vasudevan Baskaran Kartha, Santhosh Chidangil. " Bimodal UV photoacoustic and fluorescence sensor for breath analysis " Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2023 Mar 15; 379 : 133242.
Nidheesh V. R.,Aswini Kumar Mohapatra,Unnikrishnan V. K.,Rajeev Kumar Sinha,Rajesh Nayak,Vasudevan Baskaran Kartha &Santhosh Chidangil. " Breath analysis for the screening and diagnosis of diseases " Applied Spectroscopy Reviews. 2020 Dec 15; 702-732.
Nidheesh V. R.; Aswini Kumar Mohapatra; Vasudevan Baskaran Kartha; Santhosh Chidangil. " Multiwavelength Photoacoustic Breath Analysis Sensor for the Diagnosis of Lung Diseases: COPD and Asthma " ACS Sensors. 2023 Nov 24; 4111–4120..
Nidheesh V. R., Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Unnikrishnan V. K., Jijo Lukose, Vasudevan Baskaran Kartha & Santhosh Chidangil. " Post-COVID syndrome screening through breath analysis using electronic nose technology " Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2022 Mar 18; 414 : 3617–3624.
Nidheesh V R, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Rajesh Nayak, VK Unnikrishnan, Vasudevan Baskaran Kartha, Santhosh Chidangil. " UV laser-based photoacoustic breath analysis for the diagnosis of respiratory diseases: Detection of Asthma " Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2022 Nov 1; 370
Sphurti S Adigal, Nidheesh V Rayaroth, Reena V John, Keerthilatha M Pai, Sulatha Bhandari, Aswini Kumar Mohapatra, Jijo Lukose, Ajeetkumar Patil, Aseefhali Bankapur, Santhosh Chidangil. " A review on human body fluids for the diagnosis of viral infections: scope for rapid detection of COVID-19 " Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. ; 21 (1) : 31-42.
Reena V John, Tom Devasiya, Nidheesh VR, Sphurti Adigal, Jijo Lukose, VB Kartha, Santhosh Chidangil. " Cardiovascular biomarkers in body fluids: Progress and prospects in optical sensors " Biophysical reviews. ; 14 (4) : 1023-1050.
Sphurti S Adigal, Neetha IR Kuzhuppilly, Nagaraj Hegde, Nidheesh VR, Alisha Rizvi, Reena V John, Sajan D George, Vasudevan B Kartha, Sulatha V Bhandary, Santhosh Chidangil. " HPLC-LED-Induced Fluorescence Analysis of Tear Fluids: An Objective Method for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Diagnosis " Current Eye Research. 2024 Mar 3; 49 (3) : 260-269.
Sphurti S Adigal, Alisha Rizvi, Nidheesh V Rayaroth, Reena V John, Ajayakumar Barik, Sulatha Bhandari, Sajan D George, Jijo Lukose, Vasudevan B Kartha, Santhosh Chidangil. " Human tear fluid analysis for clinical applications: progress and prospects " Expert review of molecular diagnostics. 2021 Aug 3; 21 (8) : 767-787.
Shreyas Rajebahadur, Nidheesh Velluva Rayaroth, JB King, Yu M Alexandrovskaya, G Guagliumi, A Glatz, JE Johnson, F Miranda Romero, D Vela, VM Vinokur, TE Milner, EN Sobol. " Increasing arterial compliance by laser modification of fibro-calcific plaques " Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2025 Oct 15; 12
Sphurti S Adigal, Sulatha V Bhandary, Nagaraj Hegde, VR Nidheesh, Reena V John, Alisha Rizvi, Sajan D George, VB Kartha, Santhosh Chidangil. " Protein profile analysis of tear fluid with hyphenated HPLC-UV LED-induced fluorescence detection for the diagnosis of dry eye syndrome " RSC advances. 2024 Jul 24; 13 (32) : 22559-22568.