AREA OF RESEARCH

 

Name & Designation of the Faculty Major Research Areas

Dr. P. Gunasekaran, Chairperson &
Senior Professor

  • Genomics of Zymomonas mobilis and filamentous fungi
  • Bioprocess technology for enzymes
  • Enzyme engineering and enzyme technology
  • Metagenomics for biomedical & industrial applications
  • Plant-Microbe interactions

Dr. G. Marimuthu,

Professor

  • Behavioral ecology of bats
  • Human circadian rhythms
  • Chronopharmacological and chronotherapeutic studies

Dr. G.S. Selvam,
Professor

  • Development of transgenic Lactobacillus plantarum for therapeutic application
  • Biomarker Discovery for cardiovascular diseases & oral cancer

Dr. Sripathi Kandula, Professor

  • Molecular Evolution & Population dynamics of bats

Dr. P. Sudhakar Swamy, Reader

  • Molecular ecology & Population dynamics of ecosystem

Dr. K. Manoharan,
Reader

  • Somatic embryogenesis & Signal transduction in legumes species

Dr. H. Munavar,
Reader

  • E. coli Genetics

Dr. G.Kumaresan,
Reader

  • Cancer biomarker discovery by genomics approaches
  • Identification of novel cancer therapeutics by cellomics
  • Epigenomic characterization of long-term diabetes patients

Dr.Suguna Shanmugasundaram,
Lecturer

  • Gene Silencing

Dr.M. Jayalakshmi,
Lecturer

  • Tissue typing for transplantation
  • Biological characterization and purification of insect hemaggutinin

Dr. J. Rajendhran,
Lecturer

  • Marine Metagenomics for novel drug discovery
  • Human Microbiomics
  • Genomic diversity of bacterial pathogens

Dr. S.B. Anand,
Lecturer

  • Biomarker identification for human lymphatic filariasis

Dr. K. Sujatha,
Lecturer

  • Microbial biofilms and their control strategies
  • Biofilm associated infections

Dr. V. Gangadevi,
Lecturer

  • Anticancer drug production from Microbes

Mr. A.Murugan,
Lecturer

  • Microbial processing for cyanide and oil degradation
  • Screening of HPV in cancer patients

Dr.T.J.Pandian,
Emeritus Professor

  • Fish genetics & Sex determination in fishes

Dr.Kailash Paliwal,

Emeritus Professor

  • Conservation of Biodiversity/Medicinal Plants

 

Dr.Rm.Pitchappan,

Emeritus Professor

  • Genomics and Immunogenetics of Tuberculosis, Leprosy & AIDS
  • MHC, Migration & Human Genomics

Dr.Shanmuga Sundaram, Emeritus Professor

  • Nanotherapeutics  
  • Nanodelivery

Dr.R.Murugesan,
Emeitus Professor

  • Nano-Pharmaceuticals for drug delivery and therapeutics                                    
  • Molecular Modeling and Drug Design
  • Imaging for Biomedical Applications

 

Dr.R.Baskaran,
Professor, Inter-department faculty

  • Data mining
  • Software Development