

| Office | 089/2180-77547 (Frau Steger) |
| Telephone | 089 / 2180-77562 |
| Room | E1.062 |
| renukka.yaadav “at” cup.lmu.de |

Hiya!
I have a rather mixed background from my Master’s in nanotechnology from Amity University in India followed by internships at the Max Planck institutes in the field of mechanobiochemistry at Dr. Kerstin G. Blank’s lab and membrane biophysics and DNA nanotechnology at Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille’s lab. I recently completed my PhD in November 2024 at the Tinnefeld lab, focusing on the development of DNA origami NanoAntennas for nucleic acid detection at the point-of-care. As a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, I am continuing my work on NanoAntennas for diagnostics while also learning how to translate research outcomes into real-world applications through technology transfer and engagement with industry partners.
When not in the lab, you can find me dancing, swimming, painting, or glued to my couch (mostly the last one!).
Publications
Bringing Attomolar Detection to the Point-of-Care with Nanopatterned DNA Origami Nanoantennas Journal Article
In: Advanced Materials, 2025.
Bringing Attomolar Detection to the Point-of-Care with Nanopatterned DNA Origami Nanoantennas Journal Article
In: bioRxiv preprint, 2024.
DNA Origami Vesicle Sensors with Triggered Single-Molecule Cargo Transfer Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024.
Broad-Band Fluorescence Enhancement of QDs Captured in the Hotspot of DNA Origami Nanonantennas Journal Article
In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024.
Ultra-specific detection of nucleic acids by intramolecular referencing Journal Article
In: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Superresolution Imaging XVII, vol. 12849, 2024.
Graphene Energy Transfer for Single-Molecule Biophysics, Biosensing, and Super-Resolution Microscopy Journal Article
In: Advanced Materials, vol. 33, no. 24, pp. 2101099, 2021.
Graphene-on-Glass Preparation and Cleaning Methods Characterized by Single-Molecule DNA Origami Fluorescent Probes and Raman Spectroscopy Journal Article
In: ACS Nano, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 6430–6438, 2021.
Addressable nanoantennas with cleared hotspots for single-molecule detection on a portable smartphone microscope Journal Article
In: Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021.
- A. Khmelinskaia, H. G. Franquelim, R. Yaadav, E. P. Petrov, P. Schwille: Membrane‐Mediated Self‐Organization of Rod‐Like DNA Origami on Supported Lipid Bilayers, Advanced Materials Interfaces