po-hsiang wang, ming-jing he, ruiqin yi, rehana afrin, kun-ti liao, wen-chi yu, shota nishikawa, mahendran sithamparam, chen chen, kosuke fujishima, kuhan chandru, tony z. jia.  (2025).  low-temperature green synthesis and assembly of poly(malate-co-lactate) gel-based microdroplets from polylactate plastic straw waste.  - acs applied polymer materials.  4218 - 4227. 

 

chen chen, ruiqin yi, motoko igisu, rehana afrin, mahendran sithamparam, kuhan chandru, yuichiro ueno, linhao sun, tommaso laurenzi, ivano eberini, tommaso p. fraccia, anna wang, h. james cleaves ii, and tony z. jia.  (2025).  primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability.  - proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america.  1 - 7. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, rehana afrin, navaniswaran tharumen, ming-jing he, chen chen, ruiqin y, ipo-hsiang wang, tony z. jia and kuhan chandru.  (2025).  probing the limits of reactant concentration and volume in primitive polyphenyllactate synthesis and microdroplet assembly processes.  - acs bio & med chem au.  131 - 142. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, ming-jing he, navaniswaran tharumen, rehana afrin, niannian ding, chen chen, ruiqin yi, po-hsiang wang, tony z. jia, kuhan chandru.  (2025).  a deeper dive into primitive polylactate polymerization and microdroplet assembly under restrictive early earth conditions.  - polymer journal.  897 - 910. 

 

tony z jia, kuhan chandru.  (2024).  various viewpoints to investigate the origins of life are needed.  - life.  1 - 3. 

 

po-hsiang wang, ming-jing he, ruiqin yi, rehana afrin, kun-ti liao, wen-chi yu, shota nishikawa, mahendran sithamparam, chen chen, kosuke fujishima, kuhan chandru, tony z. jia.  (2025).  low-temperature green synthesis and assembly of poly(malate-co-lactate) gel-based microdroplets from polylactate plastic straw waste.  - acs applied polymer materials.  4218 - 4227. 

 

chen chen, ruiqin yi, motoko igisu, rehana afrin, mahendran sithamparam, kuhan chandru, yuichiro ueno, linhao sun, tommaso laurenzi, ivano eberini, tommaso p. fraccia, anna wang, h. james cleaves ii, and tony z. jia.  (2025).  primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability.  - proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america.  1 - 7. 

 

kuhan chandru, christian potiszil,tony z. jia .  (2024).  alternative pathways in astrobiology: reviewing and synthesizing contingency and non-biomolecular origins of terrestrial and extraterrestrial life.  - mdpi life.  1 - 21. 

 

tony z jia, kuhan chandru.  (2024).  various viewpoints to investigate the origins of life are needed.  - life.  1 - 3. 

 

poddar, arunava, satthiyasilan, nirmell, wang, po-hsiang, chen, chen, yi, ruiqin, chandru, kuhan, jia, tony z..  (2024).  reactions driven by primitive nonbiological polyesters.  - accounts of chemical research.  2048 - 2057. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, ming-jing he, navaniswaran tharumen, rehana afrin, niannian ding, chen chen, ruiqin yi, po-hsiang wang, tony z. jia, kuhan chandru.  (2025).  a deeper dive into primitive polylactate polymerization and microdroplet assembly under restrictive early earth conditions.  - polymer journal.  897 - 910. 

 

rehana afrin, chen chen, davide sarpa, mahendran sithamparam, ruiqin yi, chaitanya giri, irena mamajanov, h. james cleaves ii, kuhan chandru, tony z. jia.  (2022).  the effects of dehydration temperature and monomer chirality on primitive polyester synthesis and microdroplet assembly.  - macromolecular chemistry and physics.  1-10. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, nirmell satthiyasilan, chen chen, tony z. jia, kuhan chandru.  (2022).  a material-based panspermia hypothesis: the potential of polymer gels and membraneless droplets.  - biopolymers.  1-14. 

 

kuhan chandru, irena mamajanov, h. james cleaves ii, tony z. jia.  (2020).  polyesters as a model system for building primitive biologies from non-biological prebiotic chemistry.  - life-basel.  1-16. 

 

preiner, m.; asche, s.; becker, s.; betts, h.c.; boniface, a.; camprubi, e.; chandru, k.; erastova, v.; garg, s.g.; khawaja, n.; kostyrka, g.; machné, r.; moggioli, g.; muchowska, k.b.; neukirchen, s.; peter, b.; pichlhöfer, e.; radványi, Á.; rossetto,.  (2020).  the future of origin of life research: bridging decades-old divisions.  - life-basel.  1-23. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, ming-jing he, navaniswaran tharumen, rehana afrin, niannian ding, chen chen, ruiqin yi, po-hsiang wang, tony z. jia, kuhan chandru.  (2025).  a deeper dive into primitive polylactate polymerization and microdroplet assembly under restrictive early earth conditions.  - polymer journal.  897 - 910. 

 

po-hsiang wang, ming-jing he, ruiqin yi, rehana afrin, kun-ti liao, wen-chi yu, shota nishikawa, mahendran sithamparam, chen chen, kosuke fujishima, kuhan chandru, tony z. jia.  (2025).  low-temperature green synthesis and assembly of poly(malate-co-lactate) gel-based microdroplets from polylactate plastic straw waste.  - acs applied polymer materials.  4218 - 4227. 

 

chen chen, ruiqin yi, motoko igisu, rehana afrin, mahendran sithamparam, kuhan chandru, yuichiro ueno, linhao sun, tommaso laurenzi, ivano eberini, tommaso p. fraccia, anna wang, h. james cleaves ii, and tony z. jia.  (2025).  primitive homochiral polyester formation driven by tartaric acid and calcium availability.  - proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america.  1 - 7. 

 

mahendran sithamparam, rehana afrin, navaniswaran tharumen, ming-jing he, chen chen, ruiqin y, ipo-hsiang wang, tony z. jia and kuhan chandru.  (2025).  probing the limits of reactant concentration and volume in primitive polyphenyllactate synthesis and microdroplet assembly processes.  - acs bio & med chem au.  131 - 142. 

 

tony z jia, kuhan chandru.  (2024).  various viewpoints to investigate the origins of life are needed.  - life.  1 - 3. 

 

afifuddin husairi hussain, norsuzlin mohd sahar, wardah mustafa din, zurina mahadi, kuhan chandru.  (2019).  using space science as a tool to promote stem education to high school students in malaysia.  - 2019 6th international conference on space science and communication (iconspace2019).  257-260. 

 

weihao li, terence p. kee, kuhan chandru.  (2022).  soft matter science in prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life.  - chemical biology.  145-164. 

 

navaniswaran tharumen, mahendran sithamparam, nirmell satthiyasilan, siti aminah bahari, puvaneswaran chelvanathan, jalifah latip, afifuddin husairi mat jusoh hussaina, mardina abdullah & kuhan chandru.  (2024).  peranan matahari muda yang malap dalam kimia pra-biotik: dari perspektif kimia tentang polimerisasi pra-biotik.  - jurnal kejuruteraan.  1311 - 1321. 

 

afifuddin husairi mat jusoh @ hussain.  (2021).  technopreneur : anda tanya, abam ell jawab.  - 1. 

 

afifuddin husairi mat jusoh @ hussain.  (2021).  dronepreneur: anda tanya, earonerve jawab.  - 1. 

 

afifuddin husairi mat jusoh @ hussain.  (2021).  pilot : anda tanya, captain jawab.  - 1. 

 

afifuddin husairi, kuhan chandru.  (2021).  how to make money with a drone.  - 1. 

 

kuhan chandru.  (2024).  starthilfe fürs leben (jumpstart to life).  - p.m.. 

 

kuhan chandru.  (2024).  alternative pathways to life should be considered.  - elsi. 

 

kuhan chandru and tony z. jia.  (2024).  could polyesters (yes, the material of which your jacket is made!) drive primitive reactions on early earth?.  -

 

kuhan chandru a/l balasanthiran;jalifah binti latip;p. susthitha menon a/p n v visvanathan;afifuddin husairi bin mat jusoh @ hussain.  (2024).  exploring the association of metals in making polyester complexes for the origins of life.  -

 

kuhan chandru.  (2023).  astrobiology: what is it?.  - 1-34.