Amrutha Edassery Valappil Krishnakumar

Address:
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
Germany

Building: 7.3
Room: 0.031
Phone: +49 0341 6025 4801

Amrutha Edassery Valappil Krishnakumar

Research Interests

My PhD research focuses on accelerating the transition toward New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in toxicology. Specializing in the standardization of High-throughput phenotypic profiling (cell painting) in human cells, using high-content screening, specifically in neuronal models, to ensure the reproducibility and reliability required for animal-free regulatory safety assessments.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 01/2026

PhD Researcher, High throughput Ecotoxicology (HITEC) group, Department Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig

02/2025 – 12/2025

Research Assistant, Department Ecotoxicology, HITEC group, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig
Focus: High-throughput neurotoxicity screening of chemicals to evaluate Parkinson’s Disease-associated risks.

11/2024 – 01/2025

Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Leipzig
Focus: Impact of environmental chemicals on Human immune cell and their characterization using flow cytometry

11/2023– 06/2024

Master Thesis Project, Helmholtz-Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Würzburg, Germany
Focus: Dual- fluorescence reporter assay development for CRISPR-Cas9 based genome editing tool in mammalian cells

06/2023-08/2023

Student Research Intern, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

10/2022 - 12/2022

Student Research Intern, Department of Molecular Environmental Biotechnology, Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany

2021 – 2024

M.Sc. Molecular Biotechnology, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen, Germany

2016 – 2020

Bachelor of Biotechnology Engineering, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, India