Department of Biotechnology

1. Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai.

   Tenure: 03.06.2024 to 01.06.2025

2. Assistant Professor (Research Faculty), Department of Biotechnology, NCOE (MHRD), Thiagarajar College, Madurai

   Tenure: 02.06.2025 to present

1. Obtained a Process Patent titled, “A Method for Synthesizing Second Generation Biobutanol”-Patent number: 561530. Inventors: Dr. C. Trilokesh & Dr. Kiran Babu Uppuluri.
2. Awarded CSIR-SRF (Direct) Fellowship for a period of 3 years from 01.05.2018 to 30.04.2021.

Publications (WoS)

1. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Cellulase cocktail saccharification and fermentation of Jackfruit waste for biobutanol production: Statistical optimization and techno-economic analysis. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2023 Oct; 17:1757-1774. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2548. (I.F 2.9).  
2. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Kraft lignin from Jackfruit waste as an adsorbent for the selective recovery of biobutanol from the Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol fermentation broth. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 2023 Nov 1;54:102966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102966. (I.F 3.8).
3. C. Trilokesh, B. S. Harish & Kiran Babu Uppuluri (2024) The antibiofilm potential of a heteropolysaccharide produced and characterized from the isolated marine bacterium Glutamicibacter nicotianae BPM30, Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 54:2, 175-183, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10826068.2023.2209886. (I.F 2.0)
4. Trilokesh C. & Kiran Babu Uppuluri (2023). Critical Analysis of Various Strategies for the Effective and Economical Separation and Purification of Butanol from ABE Fermentation, Separation & Purification Reviews, 52:4, 353-378, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15422119.2022.2112052. (I.F 5.2).
5. Trilokesh C, Bavadharani P, Mahapriyadarshini M, Janani R, Uppuluri KB. Recycling baby diaper waste into cellulose and nanocellulose. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 2021 Aug;12:4299-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01312-x. (I.F 2.8).
6. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals from jackfruit peel. Scientific Reports. 2019 Nov 13;9(1):16709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53412-x. (I.F 3.9).
7. Chandrasekaran T, Thyagarajan A, Santhakumari PG, Pillai AK, Krishnan UM. Larvicidal activity of essential oil from Vitex negundo and Vitex trifolia on dengue vector mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine. 2019 Jul 29;52.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0459-2018. (I.F 1.10).
8. Madhavan M, Kumar KR, Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Adsorptive recovery of butanol from acetone butanol and ethanol (ABE) model solution using the kraft lignin isolated from Sterculia foetida shells. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2023 May 12:1-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04302-w. (I.F 4.1)
9. Soundararajan D, Natarajan L, Trilokesh C, Harish BS, Ameen F, Islam MA, Uppuluri KB, Anbazhagan V. Isolation of exopolysaccharide, galactan from marine Vibrio sp. BPM 19 to template the synthesis of antimicrobial platinum nanocomposite. Process Biochemistry. 2022 Nov 1;122:267-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2022.09.003. (I.F: 3.7).
10. Meenakshi S, Trilokesh C, Gayathri G, Uppuluri KB, Kaleekkal NJ. Direct entrapment and statistical optimization of cellulolytic enzymes on PVDF membranes for the hydrolysis of corncob lignocelluloses. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 2021 Jul 26:117087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117087. (I.F 5.2).
11. Vaidyanath S, Harish BS, Gayathri G, Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB, Anbazhagan V. Maximizing the direct recovery and stabilization of cellulolytic enzymes from Trichoderma harzanium BPGF1 fermented broth using carboxymethyl inulin nanoparticles. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2020 Oct 160: 964-970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.05.185.(I.F 8.5).

12. Malolan VV, Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB, Arumugam A. Ionic liquid assisted the extraction of cellulose from de-oiled Calophyllum inophyllum cake and its characterization. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2020 Sep 18:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01007-2. (I.F 4.1).

     Book Chapters: 

    1. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Biobutanol from lignocellulosic biomass and microalgae: scope, technology, and economics. In Sustainable biofuels 2021 Jan 1 (pp. 163-223). Academic Press (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-0-12-820297-5

    2. Ray RC, Uppuluri KB, Trilokesh C, Lareo C. Sweet Sorghum for Bioethanol Production: Scope, Technology, and Economics. In Bioethanol Production from Food Crops 2019 Jan 1 (pp. 81-100). Academic Press (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-0-12-813766-6

    Conference/Workshop Participation

    1. Attended a one -day International Conference conducted by Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai on 31st October 2025, titled “MicCon25”.

    2. Participated in poster presentation in the national conference held at NIPGR, New Delhi. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Isolation and characterization of cellulose, nanocellulose and phenolics from Jackfruit peel” at national level conference titled: Neglected and underutilized crop species for food, nutrition, energy and environment held at NIPGR, New Delhi on August 2, 2019.

    3. Participated in oral presentation in the international conference held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Trilokesh C, Uppuluri KB. Growth inhibition and antibiofilm activity of an exopolysaccharide from the marine bacterium Glutamicibacter nicotianae BPMS 30 at International conference titled: EBIO 2017 held at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh from 23-25th November 2017.

    4. Attended a six-day national workshop held at SASTRA University, Thanjavur from December 11-16 2017, titled Bioprocessing strategies for Biofuels: Production, Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

    5. Attended a three-day workshop conducted by GE healthcare in collaboration with IIT-Madras bioincubator at IIT-Madras from 23rd to 25th February 2017, titled “Chromatography”.

    FDP

    1. Completed 6 day online national level FDP on Next Gen IPR for Innovation, Startups, Academia & Research-Powered by AI Tools organized by Fathima College, Madurai.