Dr Shanmugamurthy Lakshmanan is a Research Scientist at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts. His research focus is on connecting Nanotechnology with Ancient Indian Medical technologies namely Siddha and Ayurveda. He is a distinguished Scientific Advisor, Vice President for International Research and Head of the Indian Division of Sciences for the World Institute for Scientific Exploration. He is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of two peer reviewed international journals: Ancient Science and Ayurveda that have been established by Vedic Research International Inc. He is also the Chair and Research Director representing the Research and Development division of the Association of the Ayurvedic Physicians of North America.
