He holds a Bachelor Degree from University of Madras in India, a Master's Degree from Indian Institute of Science, and a PhD from University of Texas. He has several professional memberships, several awards including research and teaching, and many publications. Professor Varadarajan's training is in the fields of chemistry, molecular biology, immunology and chemical engineering. The overall goal of his research group is to facilitate the clinical translation of human immunotherapies/vaccines, right from the discovery of novel cytotoxic antibodies to the evaluation of single-cell functionality in adoptive cell therapy, by employing custom high-throughput nanowell assays.