Department of Chemistry

• Associate Professor in Chemistry

  Thiagarajar College, Madurai

  February 21, 2007 - Till Date

• Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

  Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur

  January 02, 1997 - February 15, 2007

Global Recognition (Stanford Top 2% Scientists)

• Featured in the list of “World Ranking of Top 2% Scientists” consecutively from 2021–2025, published by Stanford University, recognizing sustained global research impact and scientific influence.

Chartered Scientist (CSci), UK

• Awarded Chartered Scientist (CSci) status by the Science Council, UK, in 2025, recognizing professional excellence, leadership, and commitment to advancing science; CSci may be appended after the name with annual continuous performance development (CPD) renewal. 

Chartered Chemist (CChem), UK 

• Awarded Chartered Chemist (CChem) status by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London, UK, in 2023, recognizing professional competence and significant contributions to chemical sciences; CChem may be appended after the name.

Editorial Contribution

• Served as Guest Editor for the international peer-reviewed journal Molecules (MDPI) in 2023, overseeing the editorial process and contributing to the publication of high-quality research articles. | Molecules |

Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)

• The prestigious Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree was conferred by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, in 2021 for the thesis “Progress towards Sustainable Materials Chemistry,” recognizing sustained post-Ph.D. research contributions in the field.

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK, in 2020, in recognition of distinguished contributions to the advancement of chemical sciences and professional leadership in research; FRSC may be appended after the name.

Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (FICS)

• Elected Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS), Calcutta, in 2020, in recognition of notable contributions to chemical research and advancement of the chemical sciences.

Publication Award

• Received the Publications Award from Thiagarajar College for outstanding research publications during the period 2013–2025+.

Top reviewer award 

• Recognized with the Top Reviewer Award by Web of Science in 2019 for outstanding contributions to peer review and scholarly publishing.

Highly Cited Author award

• Recognized as a Highly Cited Author by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, in 2018 for publications with significant citation impact in the chemical sciences.

Editors’ Choice Article Publication

• Research article selected as an (American Chemical Society) ACS Editors’ Choice publication in 2018, recognizing the work for its exceptional quality and broad significance in chemical research. | Editors' Choice |

Cover Page Article publication

• Research work featured as a Cover Page Article in the international journal Tetrahedron Letters in 2017, highlighting the significance and visual impact of the study.

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Invited Talk Abroad

• Delivered an invited lecture at the Institute of Materials, Malaysia, in 2014, sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, recognizing expertise in materials chemistry research.

Visiting Professorship

• Served as Visiting Professor at the National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan, under the Taiwan–India Cultural Exchange Programme, in 2013.

Ph.D. Supervision

• Successfully supervised 15 Ph.D. scholars, many of whom are now well placed as JSPS Fellow, Postdoctoral Researchers, and Assistant/Associate Professors in reputed institutions.

M.Phil. Projects Guided

• Supervised 12 M.Phil. research projects, contributing to the development of postgraduate research in chemical sciences.

Postgraduate Projects Guided

• Supervised 80 M.Sc. research projects, mentoring postgraduate students in advanced research and experimental techniques in chemical sciences.

Research Publications

• Authored 151 research publications in reputed peer-reviewed international journals, contributing significantly to advancements in chemical sciences (as of March 2026).

Patents

• 2 patents granted, reflecting innovation and translational impact of research in chemical sciences.

Books Authored

• Authored 3 books, contributing to academic learning and dissemination of knowledge in the field of chemical sciences.

Book Chapters

• Authored 6 book chapters in edited volumes, contributing scholarly insights to the advancement of chemical sciences.

Conference Presentations

• Presented 93 research papers at national and international conferences, disseminating significant findings in chemical sciences.

Scholarly Conferences Organized

• Organized 4 national conferences, fostering academic exchange and collaboration in chemical sciences.

Journal Peer Reviews

• Reviewed 249 manuscripts for reputed international peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the quality and integrity of scholarly publishing (as of March 2026). 

Research Impact 

• Citations: 6,700 | h-index: 47 | i10-index: 98 (Google Scholar, March 2026), reflecting strong research impact and scholarly influence.

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2026

1. Surfaces and Interfaces, 80(2026) p.108331.
2. Nano Today, 66(2026), p.102901.

2025

3. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 977(2025), p.118857.

4. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 186(2025), p.109035.

5. Electrocatalysis, 16(3)(2025), pp.462-477.

6. Microchemical Journal, 213(2025), p.113619.

7. Food Bioscience, 71(2025) p.107392.

8. Microchemical Journal, 216(2025).

9. Natural Product Research, 39(20)(2025), pp.5897-5904.

10. Microchemical Journal, 218(2025), p.115370.

2024

11. Nanoscale, 16(14) (2024) 7211-7224.

12. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 313 (2024) 128806.

13. Environmental Pollution, 343 (2024) 123189.

14. Chemosphere, 354(2024) 141708.

15. Food Chemistry, 439 (2024) 138073.

16. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 20 (2024) 100532.

17. Microchemical Journal, 206 (2024) 111461.

18. Microchemical Journal, 207 (2024) 112244.

2023

19. Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 100(1) (2023) 100834.

20. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(1), (2023) 109045.

21. Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 20(4), (2023) 775-791.

22. Microchemical Journal, 193, (2023) 109116.

2022

23. Electrocatalysis, 13(4) (2022) 435-446.

2021

24. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (2021) 19323 - 19337.

25. Chemosphere, 271 (2021) 129533.

26. Journal of Power Sources, 482 (2021) 228892.

27. Gradevinar, 73 (2021) 4, 381 – 388.

28. Journal of Cluster Science, (2021), 32, 135-144.

2020

29. New Journal of Chemistry, (2020), 44, 18149-18156.

30. Materials Science & Engineering C 113 (2020) 111010.

31. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention (2020)

32. Journal of Cluster Science, (2020),31:877–885.

33. Ultrasonics – Sonochemistry, 62, (2020), 104871.

34. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 13(1) (2020)2153-2161.

2019

35. Journal of Cluster Science, 31(5) (2019) 1147-1154.

36. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(2) (2019),2328-2339.

37. International Journal of Environmental Research, 13 (2019) 1015-1023.

38. Ultrasonics – Sonochemistry, 58 (2019) 104629-104639.

39. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry 380 (2019) 111860-111870.

40. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 72(2019) 460–466.

41. Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion, 5 (2019) 12-26.

42. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research 10(3) (2019) 1000-1009.

43. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research 10(6)(2019) 2902-2910.

2018

44. RSC Advances, 8 (2018) 41288 – 41298.

45. MicrochimicaActa, 185 (2018) 524 – 531.

46. Electrochimica Acta, 283 (2018) 914-921.

47. Ultrasonics – Sonochemistry, 48 (2018)362–369.

48. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57(19) (2018)6684–6695.

49. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(12) (2018)3037–3046.

50. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 16 (2018)1063–1067.

51. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 44 (2018)196–203.

52. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 514 (2018)376 – 385.

53. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 512 (2018)219 – 230.

54. Microbial Pathogenesis, 114 (2018) 409 – 413.

55. Journal of Chemical Sciences, 130 (2018)15-24.

56. Microbial Pathogenesis, 116 (2018)221–226.

57. Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 18 (2018)677–689.

2017

58. Microbial Pathogenesis, 113 (2017)295–302.

59. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5 (2017)9313-9324.

60. Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical,253 (2017) 392 – 399.

61. Tetrahedron Letters, 58 (2017) 3057–3063.

62. New Journal of Chemistry, 41 (2017)7123 – 7132.

63. New Journal of Chemistry, 41 (2017) 4006-4013.

64. Microbial Pathogenesis, 107 (2017) 327-334.

65. Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine, 2(2)(2017)131–141.

66. Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical,245 (2017) 156-165.

67. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(5)(2017)1118-1127.

68. Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical,241 (2017) 814-820.

69. Arabian Journal of Chemistry,10 (2017) S2343 – S2354.

70. Materials and Structures, 50 (2017) 76-90.

2016

71. Journal of Catalysis, 344 (2016) 795-805.

72. RSC Advances,6 (2016) 88837 – 88845.

73. RSC Advances,6 (2016) 57380 – 57388.

74. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 11 (2016)8892 – 8913.

75. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 475 (2016) 154 – 160.

76. RSC Advances, 6(2016) 35778 – 35784.

77. RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 31653 – 31660.

78. Construction & Building Materials, 114 (2016) 688 – 698.

79. Materials Performance (NACE International),55(2) (2016) 26-30.

80. Indo American Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences,3(1) (2016) 37-43.

81. Gradevinar, 68 (2016) 41-49.

82. International Journal of Science and Research, (2016), 5 (5), 2226 – 2229.

83. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, (2016), 5 (5), 8674 – 8677.

2015

84. RSC Advances, 5(2015) 105917-105924.

85. Arabian Journal of Chemistry,12(8)(2015) 3345-3356.

86. RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 77651 – 77657.

87. RSC Advances,5 (2015) 16284 – 16291.

88. Materials Science and Engineering C,56 (2015) 374 – 379.

89. RSC Advances, 5 (2015) 31139 – 31146.

90. Electroanalysis, 27 (2015) 1144– 1151.

91. Electroanalysis,27 (2015)1998 – 2006.

92. Electroanalysis,27 (2015)2412-2420.

93. Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B 46 (2015) 1448-1460.

94. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 10(2015)3707 – 3725.

95. International Journal of Electrochemical Science,10(2015)4666 – 4681.

96. Protection of Metals and Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, 51(4)(2015)667–679.

97. Research on Chemical Intermediates, (2015), 41, 5961 – 5984.

98. International Journal of Corrosion and Scale Inhibition, 4(4) (2015)365–381.

99. International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 7(7) (2015) 3121-3125.

100. International Journal of Chemical Sciences 13(4) (2015) 1861-1868.

101. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)18-81.

102. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)1-5.

103. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)42-45.

104. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)46-50.

105. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)5-8.

106. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)116-124.

107. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches(2015) 1, 9-13.

108. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)48-56.

109. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)57-63.

110. Roots International journal of multidisciplinary researches1 (2015)110-115.

2014

111. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 279 (2014) 117 – 124.

112. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 202 (2014) 177–184.

113. Microchimica Acta 181 (2014) 1843 – 1850.

114. Analytical Methods 6 (2014) 4271 – 4278.

115. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 196 (2014) 450–456.

116. Journal of Solid State Electro Chemistry, 18 (2014) 1847 – 1854.

117. ElectrochimicaActa 139 (2014) 157 – 164.

118. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 727 (2014) 34 – 38.

119. Electroanalysis, 26 (2014) 1984 – 1993.

120. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 45(2014) 4510 – 4524.

121. International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials, 21(11) (2014)1083 – 1095.

122. International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, (2014), 5, 5-16.

123. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials (ASTM), 3(1) (2014) 413 – 433.

124. Journal of Bionanoscience, 8 (2014) 01-07.

125. Journal of Applicable Chemistry, (2014) 3 (3), 1189-1201.

126. International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology, (2014) 3(4), 1340-1346.

127. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, (2014), 3 (6), 1899-1915.

128. International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, (2014) 4 (10), 67-74.

129. International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment, (2014), 4 (2), 63 – 71.

130. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, (2014), 3 (4), 2704 – 2720. 

131. Journal of Applicable Chemistry, (2014) 3 (4), 1764 – 1775. 

132. IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, (2014), 7 (6), 64 – 71.

133. Journal of Applicable Chemistry, (2014), 3 (4), 1636 – 1648.

134. International Journal of Research in Engineering and Science, (2014), 2, (11), 38-50.

135. International Journal of Innovative Science, Engineering & Technology, (2014), 1 (10) 57 – 69.

136. IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry, (2014), 7 (11), 47 – 54.

137. International Journal of Applied Environmental Science, 9 (4) (2014), 2131-2139. 

2013

138. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 108 (2013) 255 – 259.

139. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters), 26 (2013) 416-424.

140. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 22 (2013) 3792-3800.

141. International Journal of Earth Science and Engineering, 06 (2013) 32-38.

142. International Research Journal of Environment Sciences, 2 (12) (2013), 29-34.

2009

143. Journal of Coordination chemistry, 62(8) (2009) 1347-1355.

144. Journal of Coordination chemistry, 62(17)(2009) 2883-2892.

2008-2005

145. Journal of Industrial Pollution Control, 24(2) (2008) 151-154.

146. Pollution Research, 27(3) (2008) 401-406. 

147. Pollution Research, 27 (3) (2008) 34-39.

148. Ecology, Environment & Conservation 14(4) (2008) 95-101.

149. Ecology, Environment & Conservation 14(4) (2008) 103-106.

150. Oxidation communications, 28(4) (2005) 983-989.

151. Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 70(8-9) (2005) 1105-1111.

Book Chapters

1. Emerging Nano-Based Drug Delivery Approach for Cancer Therapeutics, A Book Chapter, Chapter 13, in “HANDBOOK ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND ANTIMICROBIAL NANOMATERIALS: AN OVERVIEW”, Muthupandian Saravanan, S. Poornima, V. Karthik, A. Vigneshwaran, S. Manikandan, Subbaiya Ramasamy, R. Balachandar, P. Prakash, Karthikeyan Mahendhran, Murugappan Ramanathan, IGI Global, (2021) pp. 271–293.

2. Emerging theranostic silver and gold nanobiomaterials for breast cancer: Present status and future prospects, A Book Chapter, Chapter 19 in "HANDBOOK ON NANOBIOMATERIALS FOR THERAPEUTICS AND DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS", Muthupandian Saravanan, Hamed Barabadi, Hossein Vahidi, Thomas J. Webster, David Medina-Cruz, Ebrahim Mostafavi, Ada Vernet-Crua, Jorge Luis Cholula-Diaz, Prakash Periakaruppan,  Elsevier, (2021) pp. 439–456.

3. Silver Nanoparticles: Newly Emerging Antimicrobials in 21st century, “A Book Chapter, Chapter 4 in “NANOMEDICINE AND TISSUE ENGINEERING, State of the Art and Recent Trends”, Apple Academic Press Inc., USA,” M.Saravanan, Vinoy Jacob,K.Ravi Shankar, Karthik Deekonda, Jesu  Arockiaraj, P. Prakash, (2016) pp. 103 - 139.

• Member in Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK - Membership Number: 682941
• Member in Indian Chemical Society, Calcutta, India - Membership Number: 8332