| Faculty Member | Designation and Department | Research Areas | Current Research Directions / Research Specialization |
| Dr. G. Kumaresan | Professor, Head & Chairperson, Department of Genetics | Cancer Genomics Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Cellular Genomics Molecular Cell Biology Functional Genomics Drug Screening and target identification |
Development of cancer sub-stratification and targeting schemes by integrative genomics approaches Identification of novel targeted cancer therapeutics by drug repurpose screening and integrative functional genomics Characterization of drugs for the beneficial and off-targets by integrative functional genomics miRNAS, lncRNAs & exosomes in cancers for diagnostics and therapeutics Metabolomics of biomedical conditions |
| Dr.J.Rajendhran | Assistant Professor,Department of Genetics |
Microbial Genomics Metagenomics Human Microbiomics Host-pathogen interactions Antimicrobial drug discovery |
Microbial Genomics Metagenomics Human Microbiomes Host pathogen Interactions Next-Generation Sequencing Applications Genomics and Antimicrobial drug discovery. |
| Dr.G.S.Selvam | Professor & Head, Department of Biochemistry |
Medical Biochemistry Environmental Biochemistry |
Recombinant Microbes as probiotics for therapeutic applications Proteomic profiling of cardiac arrhythmia Biomarker Discovery for cardiovascular diseases &oral cancer |
| Dr.S.Chandrasekaran | Professor & Head, Department of Plant Sciences |
Invasion Ecology |
Invasion Ecology Plant Invasion studies Plant- mosquito interaction Molecular Ecology |
| Dr.T.Jebasingh | Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences |
Plant Virology Small RNA Biology Plant Genomics and Molecular Biology |
Virology small RNA Biology Protein modeling, expression and purification. |
| Dr.K.Balakrishnan | Professor & Head, Department of Immunology |
Immunogenetics Serodiagnosis |
HLA Typing Immunogenetics & Molecular Immunology of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, etc Serodiagnosis |
| Dr.M.Jayalakshmi | Assistant Professor,Department of Immunology |
Immunology of Infectious Diseases Immunology of autoimmune Diseases Immunogenetics NK cell biology |
Immunogenetics of the Infectious diseases including AIDS Immunogenetics of breast cancer NK cell receptors in various diseases |
| Dr.M.Murugan | Assistant Professor & Head,Department of Microbial Technology |
Microbiology Enzymology Nanotechnology |
Human Microbiome Therapeutic Enzymes Microbial Metabolites Biosurfactant mediated pathogen control |
| Dr.V.Shanmugaiah | Assistant Professor,Department of Microbial Technology |
Molecular Plant -Microbe Interactions Antibiotics encoding genes from microbes Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles from microbes Plant defense mechanisms |
Molecular plant –microbe interactions and bio-resources from microbes Antimicrobial mechanisms of metabolites Purification and characterization of microbial metabolites against plant and human pathogens |
| Dr.M.Hussain Munavar | Professor & Head, Department of Molecular Biology |
Bacterial Genetics Molecular Genetics |
Genetics/Molecular Biology of Transcription control in Escherichia coli Genetic Regulation by and of Proteases in E. coli Genetic regulation of Mutagenesis & MDR in E. coli |
| Dr.U.Ramesh | Assistant Professor,Department of Molecular Biology |
Molecular Taxonomy of Freshwater Fish Toxicology Fish Nutrition and Diseases |
Molecular Taxonomy of Freshwater Fish Fish Immunology Toxicological investigations using fish models Fish Nutrition and Diseases |
| Dr.S.Kathiresan | Assistant Professor,Department of Molecular Biology |
Plant Molecular Biology Microalgal Biotechnology |
Plant Genomics & Metabolic Pathway Regulations Molecular Stress Physiology of plants Genetic Engineering of crop plants for High Value PUFA production |
| Dr.S.Ramasamy | Assistant Professor,Department of Molecular Biology |
Molecular Cardiology |
Regulation of gene expression during Cardiac hypertrophy and Heart failure. Role of Environmental and Genetic factors on the development of cardiovascular diseases Mitochondrial dynamics during Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure Molecular aspects of Diabetic Heart |
| Dr.R.Shankar | Assistant Professor & Head,Department of Animal Behavior & Physiology |
Behavior and physiology of mammals. Pheromone Biotechnology |
Chemical Ecology Sexual behavior of mammals Chemical ecology and olfactory signals |
| Dr.C.Amutha | Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Behavior & Physiology |
Endocrine disruption-Reproductive impacts Bioremediation using nano-technology Nanotoxicology Growth Factors in Angiogenesis |
Aquatic organisms as models for nano-toxicological studies Impact of Growth Factors in Angiogenesis Detection of Xenobiotics using molecular enzymes as biomarkers Impact of trace level toxicants on aquatic organisms |
| Dr.K.Jayakumar | Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Behavior & Physiology |
Climate change Impacts on Coastal Organismal Biology Marine Bio-prospecting- Drug Discovery Nano-Biotechnology Environmental Impact Assessment |
Climate change Impacts on Coastal organisms including coral reefs and associated fauna. Climate change mediated impacts on Ocean Acidification on coastal organisms. Bioprospecting- Marine bio-resources using nanotechnology. |
