Kevin Philip Sabu

Biography

Kevin earned his Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from CMS College Kottayam and his Master’s in Zoology (Life Sciences) from the University of Madras, graduating as a Gold Medalist from both institutions.

Before joining KAUST, Kevin immersed himself in research across India and abroad. Kevin participated in the Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship at JNCASR and IISER Kolkata, received a Vritika Fellowship at IIT Guwahati, and served as a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. At the Hebrew University, Kevin was studying the putative effect of P53 mutations in gastrointestinal malignancies.

In August 2025, Kevin joined the Pathogen Genomics Lab at KAUST as a PhD student. He will mostly be working on studying the molecular mechanisms and fundamentals of disease, utilizing bioinformatics to analyse genomic datasets as well.

Research Interests

Host Pathogen interactions, Apicomplexans, Microbiome, Genomics

Selected Publications

Sabu, K P & Paul, R R. (2025). Picotechnology: Advancing Precision in Bioimaging and Disease Diagnosis. In A Journey from Nanotechnology to Picotechnology: Atomic and Molecular Scale Engineering (Chapter 13). Springer Nature. ISBN: 978-3-032-07227-6.
Sabu, K P. Starving your Neighbours: Shrinking Pancreatic Tumour: a review. Cogito 137 [online] 2022, 11, 27-30.
Sabu, K P. Stereospecific Biotransformation of Steroids Using Microbial Biocatalysts: a review. ENVIS Newsletter [online] 2021, 19, 27-30.

Education

M.Sc. Life Sciences (Zoology), University of Madras, 2022
B.Sc. Biology, CMS College, Kottayam, 2020

Scientific and Professional Membership

Member of the American Society for Microbiology

Awards

Gold Medalist, CMS College Kottayam, 2020
Gold Medalist, University of Madras, 2022
DST VRITIKA Fellow
Provisional INSPIRE Fellow