Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, “Carbon quantum dots stabilized silver nanoparticles-based colorimetric sensor for detection of pesticide residues” Materials Science and Engineering: B, (2024) 304: 117354,  

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117354 ( SCI indexed IF: 3.6).

Divya Panneerselvam, Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, “Silk Fibroin and Prospective Applications in the Food Sector” European Polymer Journal, (2024) 212: 113058, (SCI indexed  IF: 6).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2024.113058

Pramila Murugesan*, Gokul Raj, J. A. Moses, “Microfluidic Devices for the Detection of Pesticide Residues” Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, (2023) 22: 625–652, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-023-09664-1 (SCI indexed IF:14.4).

Pramila Murugesan*, Libiya N, J.A.Moses, C.Anandharamakrishnan, “Fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based sensor with silver-conjugated orange peel waste-derived carbon dots for melamine detection” Carbon Letters, (2023) 33: 2335–2348, 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-023-00563-7 

( SCI indexed IF: 4.5).

Vijayakumar Raja, Sayantani Dutta, Pramila Murugesan*, J.A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Electricity production using food waste: a reviews” Environmental Chemistry Letters, (2023) 21: 839-864, 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01555-1 (SCI indexed IF: 15.7).

Pramila Murugesan*, Vijayakumar Raja, Sayantani Dutta, J.A.Moses, C.Anandharamakrishnan, “Food waste valorisation via gasification – A review on emerging concepts, prospects and challenges” Science of The Total Environment, (2022) 851: 157955, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157955 

( SCI indexed IF: 9.8).

Evanjalin Monica V., Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Performance of non-thermal plasma reactor for removal of organic and inorganic chemical residues in aqueous media” Journal of Electrostatics, (2022) 115: 103671, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2022.103671 

(First and second authors are equally contributed) 

( SCI indexed IF: 1.8).

Pramila Murugesan*, Duggirala Krishna Brunda, J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Photolytic and photocatalytic detoxification of mycotoxins in foods, Food Control” (2021) 123: 107748, ( SCI indexed IF: 6).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107748 

Pramila Murugesan*, Evanjalin Monica V., J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Water decontamination using non-thermal plasma: Concepts, applications, and prospects” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, (2020) 8: 104377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104377 (SCI indexed IF: 7.7).

Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “One-step synthesis of fluorescent carbon dots from neera for the detection of silver ions” Spectroscopy Letter, (2020) 53: 407-415, https://doi.org/10.1080/00387010.2020.1764589 ( SCI indexed IF: 1.34).

Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Performance of an atmospheric plasma discharge reactor for inactivation of Enterocococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli in aqueous media” Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, (2020) 8: 103891, 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.103891 (SCI indexed IF: 7.7).

Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses, C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Photocatalytic disinfection efficiency of 2D structure graphitic carbon nitride-based nanocomposites: a review” Journal of Material Science, (2019) 54: 12206–12235, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03695-2 ( SCI indexed  IF: 4.5). 

Pramila Murugesan*, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, “Visible light photocatalytic conversion of CO2 in aqueous solution using 2D-structured carbon based catalyst coated β,γ-AgI nanocomposite” Journal of Material Science, (2018) 54: 7798– 7810, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03389-9 ( SCI indexed IF: 4.5). 

Pramila  Murugesan*, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, “Photocatalytic performance and antibacterial activity of visible light driven silver iodide anchored on Graphitic-C3N4 binary composite” Environmental Nanotechnology Monitoring and Management, (2018) 10: 253-263, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2018.07.011 (SCI indexed IF: 9.3#).

Pramila Murugesan*, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, M. Praveen Kumar, S. Ravichandran, “A   direct Z-Scheme   plasmonic   AgCl@g-C3N4   heterojunction photocatalyst with superior visible light CO2 reduction in aqueous medium” Applied Surface Science, (2018) 450: 516-526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.04.111 ( SCI indexed IF: 6.7).

Pramila Murugesan*, Nandalal Girichandran, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, “Structural, optical and photocatalytic properties of visible light driven zinc oxide hybridized two-dimensional p-conjugated polymeric g-C3N4 composite” Optical Materials, (2018) 75: 431-441, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2017.10.051 (SCI indexed IF: 3.9).

Pramila Murugesan*, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, “Experimental studies on photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using AgBr decorated g-C3N4 composite in TEA mediated system” Journal of CO2 utilization, (2017), 22: 250-261, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2017.10.012 (SCI indexed IF: 7.7).

M. Praveen Kumar, Pramila Murugesan*, Sankar Vivek, Subbiah Ravichandran, “NiWO3 nanoparticles grown on graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) supported Toray carbon as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions” Particle and particle system characterization, (2017) 34: 1700043, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201700043 ( SCI indexed IF: 3.467)

Pramila Murugesan*, Priyadharshini Aravind, Neelavannan Guruswamy Muniyandi, Subramanian Kandasamy, “Performance of three different anodes in electrochemical degradation of 4-para nitro phenol” Environmental Technology, (2015) 36: 2618-2627, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1041424 (SCI indexed IF: 3.475).

M. Pramila*, S. Manikandan, K.S. Anju, M. Murali Kannan, Soon Ho Hong, S. Maruthamuthu, K. Subramanian, “Electrochemical Decolorization and Degradation of Turquoise Blue G (TBG) by Preadapted Petroleum Degrading Bacteria, Separation and Purification Technology” (2014) 132: 719-727, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2014.06.026 (SCI indexed IF: 8.6).

Scientific Books Published

C. Anandharamakrishnan, Jeyan Arthur Moses, Pramila Murugesan* and M. Maria Leena. “Utilizing Microfluidics in the Food Industry”. Elsevier. 2024, Paperback ISBN: 9780443134531. 

Scientific Book chapter Published

Pramila Murugesan*, J.A.Moses and C.Anandharamakrishnan, “Low Temperature Drying Technologies” Non-Thermal Technologies for the food industry. pp: 267-289, CRC Press, 2024. Scopus indexed. https://doi.org/10.1021/9781003359302-17. 

K. Sandhya, Pramila Murugesan*, and Jeyan A. Moses, “Limitations and Toxicology of Plasma Treatment”, Nonthermal Plasma Technology for Food and Food Products. Apple Academic Press, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429277688-7. 

Pramila Murugesan* and J. A. Moses, “Nanostructured graphitic carbon nitride for remediation of environmental contaminants” Materials Technology for the Energy and Environmental Nexus, pp.11-1 to 11-24, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2023. Scopus indexed. https://doi.org/10.1088/978-0-7503-5724-1ch11. 

Roji Waghmare, Pramila Murugesan*, Moses J.A. and Anandharamakrishnan, “Cold Plasma Applications for the Food Industry”, Emerging technologies for the food industry, PP.24, Taylor & Francis, 2024, Scopus indexed.   https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814921-8.00008-6. 

S.K. Vimala Bharathi, Pramila Murugesan*, J. A. Moses and C. Anandharamakrishnan, “Recent Trends in Nanocomposite Packaging Materials” Reference Module in Food Science, PP.1-25, Elsevier, 2020. Scopus indexed. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08- 100596-5.23027-8.  

Pramila Murugesan*, Sheeba Narayanan, Manickam Matheswaran, “Photocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Hydrocarbons,  Conversion of Carbon dioxide into Hydrocarbons, Catalysis. pp.133-163, Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World, Springer, Cham 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28622-4_6. 

• Awarded National Postdoctoral Fellowship, a two-year research fellowship (2022-2024) with a research grant, from SERB, India. 
• Best paper award (1st prize) for the paper entitled on, ‘Influence of sacrificial electron donors on photocatalytic reduction of CO2 over AgCl/g-C3N4 composites in CHEMCOM 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology- Madras, Tamil Nadu during 27th to 30th December 2016.
• Best paper award (1st prize) for the paper entitled on, ‘Degradation of reactive dye by electrochemical method’ in Seventeenth National Convention of Electrochemist at B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu during September 14th to15th, September 2012.
• Rank holder award in Master of Technology (M-Tech) at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, during 2011-2012.
• Qualified GATE exam (year: 2010) with score of 294.
• First place in academics in school level (HSC)-2007.

Conferences

Invited talk 

• Tea waste-derived carbon dots incorporated electrospun nanofiber for food packaging applications’, International conference on Nano Materials (ICN-2022), Mahatma Gandhi University Kottyam. Kerala on 12th-14th Aug 2022. 

Presented

• Two-dimensional simulation of electrical properties of air gliding arc discharge cold plasma reactor using COMSOL Multiphysics, Texas Computational Chemistry Symposium,Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, February 27-28, 2025.
• Recent advances in visible light driven graphitic carbon nitride nanostructured material for energy and environmental contaminants remediation applications in 2024 Spring Symposium on Advances in Functional Materials at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan on 13th May 2024. 
• Carbon quantum dots-stabilized silver nanoparticle-based colorimetric sensor for Organophosphate pesticide detection, at International conferences on advances in the sensor controls and safety networks at NIT-Puducherry on 2nd – 3rd November 2023.
• Fabrication of 3D-printed polymer and paper-based microfluidic device for detection of pesticide residues, at 1st Indian Conference on Micro Nano Fluidics-From Soft Matter to Bioengineering at IIT Madras on 29th September - 1st October, 2023.
• Decontamination efficiency of double wall type dielectric barrier plasma reactor towards the elimination of water contaminants, 38th National convention of chemical engineers and National conference on digitization of chemical industry at NIT-tiruchirappalli on 7th -8th September 2023, the institution of engineers Tiruchirappalli , Tiruchirappalli local center under aegis of  Chemical Engineering division board.  
• Evaluation of optical and structural properties of biopolymer derived carbon quantum dots in ICoFT-2022 conference at NIT- Puducherry on 14th – 16th  December 2022. 
• Orange peel waste derived carbon dots based nanohybrids as an effective sensing tool to detect milk adulteration in NanoSe-2022 conference at Alagappa University- Karaikudi on 23rd to 25th March 2022.
• Performance of multi hole type dielectric barrier reactor for removal of water Contaminants in 28th – ICFoST-2022 Conference at AFST (I), CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru on 20th  to 22nd  January 2022.
• Atmospheric air assisted non-thermal plasma degradation of azo and non-azo dyes in aqueous solution in NWFST Conference at IIFPT Thanjavur on 8th  March 2021.
•  Investigation on atmospheric plasma processing in dielectric barrier discharge configuration in COMSOL 2019 at Bangalore on 28th to 29th November 2019.
• One-pot synthesis of neera derived fluorescent carbon dots for detection of metal ions in aqueous solutions in IFCON at CSIR-CFTRI Mysore on 11th to 15th December 2018.
• Computational modeling of heat and mass transfer patterns in flat bottom bins filled with paddy under Indian conditions in IFCON at CSIR-CFTRI Mysore on 11th  to15th December 2018.
• Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide using AgI/g-C3N4 nanocomposite under visible light irradiation in triethanolamine medium’ in MEMSEP- 2017 at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 21st  to 23rd  February 2017.
• Influence of sacrificial electron donors on photocatalytic reduction of CO2 over AgCl/g-C3N4 composites’ in CHEMCON 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Tamil Nadu on 27th  to 30th  December 2016.
•  Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue using ZnO/g-C3N4 composite, in TECHNOSCAPE 2016 at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu on 20th  to 21nd October 2016.
• Experimental studies on photocatalytic reduction of CO2 using carbon based nanocomposites’ in Research scholar colloquium at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 23th -25th March 2018.
•  Degradation of reactive dye by electrochemical method’ in Seventeenth National Convention of Electrochemist at B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, Tamilnadu on September 14th to15th, September 2012.
• Screening and characterization of in keratinolytic organisms’ in International Conference on Biotechnology & Global Warming (ICBGW)-2011 at Vivekanandha college of Engineering for Women Namakkal, on 10th to 12th March 2011.
•  Biodegradation of polyethylene by using microbes’ in the first exhibition of INNOVAUTT at Anna University of Technology Tiruchirappalli on, 27th to 28th January 2011.

Participated

• Recent advances in food processing and technology (iCRAFT) 2018 at Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, on 17th to 19th August 2018.
• Green food processing sector for sustainable safe food supply’ at Indian Institute of Crop Processing Technology, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu on 30th to 31st October 2010.

Workshops 

Lecture delivered 

• Scanning Electron microscopy principles, components and working in hands on training on SEM and XRD in food applications on 17th to 21st July 2023.
• X-ray diffraction principles, components and working in hands on training on SEM and XRD in food applications on 17th to 21st July 2023  at NIFTEM Thanjavur.
• Multimode microplate reader principles, components and working in hands on training on FSSAI sponsored training program on New techniques in microbiology : Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)/Antibiotic susceptibility testing and Automated analysis on 11th- 15th December 2023  at NIFTEM Thanjavur.  

Seminar

• Organized a Seminar titled "Microfluidic assessment of nutritional biomarkers” on 12 November 2024 at the SRMIST- Trichy campus. 
• Organized a Seminar titled " Advancements in 3D bio printing technology for biochemical applications” on 13 November 2024 in Room no. IST 426 at the SRMIST- Trichy campus. 

Participated

• Five Days workshop on Advanced Food Analytical Techniques: Theory and Practical Applications at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha on 8th -12th July 2024.
• Research methodology and data analysis at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh on10th -14th June 2024.
• ANSYS multiphysics event was organized at NIT- Puducherry, on 12th  to 16th June 2023.
• Nurturing IPR and Technology Transfer course at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on 20th April 2017.
• Understanding nanotechnology and Engineering nanomaterial for diverse technological applications at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 18th to 22nd December 2017.
• Conceptual mechanism of transport operations in chemical and biochemical processes at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on 22nd-27th August 2016.
• An insight into solar energy and bioenergy applications, at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 23rd July 2016 (TEQIP-II Sponsored).
• Recent Initiatives on Energy and Environmental Research, at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 16th February 2016 (TEQIP-II Sponsored).
• Service training on Synergistic Training program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure (STUTI-21) at National Institute of Technology Warangal on 19th-25th July 2022. (Sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, India).
• Service training on 2400 Series II CHNS and Inductively Coupled Optima Electron Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 3rd-4th September 2014. (Issued by PERKIN ELMER).
• Service on training on DSC 6000 with auto sampler, TGA 4000 auto sampler and FTIR Spectrum 2 at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, on 2nd September 2014 (Issued by PERKIN ELMER).
• Ground water contamination and Transport modelling, at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 25th -26th October 2013. 
•  Energy day-2022 at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 20th April 2012.
•  National symposium on ‘Recent advances in Biotechnology (NSRAB-2010) at Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 23rd -24th January 2010.

FDP program attended 

• AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on Recent progress in Sustainable Carbon-Free Technologies for Hydrogen Generation and Storage, at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, from 24 February 2025- 1st March 2025.
• AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on Recent progress in Process Modelling, Simulation and Process Control at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, from 06th -11th November 2025.
• Global Initiative of academic networks (GIAN) course on ‘Green Ammonia: A Key Player in the Carbon-Free Energy Revolution, at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu during 18th to 29nd November 2024.
• AICTE Incorporating Universal Human Values in Education, on 17th to 21st June 2024. 
• AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on Sustainability in the Food Industry: Fundamentals, Evolving Needs and The Future at Indian Institute of Food Processing technology at National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, on 20th-25th November 2023. 
• Global Initiative of academic networks (GIAN) course on ‘Advanced materials on renewable energy challenges at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu on 14th to 22nd November 2016. 
• Five days hands training for High performance Liquid chromatography, Gas chromatograph Mass spectrometer & Differential Scanning Calorimeter at Periyar Technology Business Incubator (Periyar maniammai university (PMU)) Tamil Nadu, on 7th June 2010 to 11th June 2010.
• One month internship at Periyar Technology Business Incubator (Periyar TBI) and I had been assisting in the preparation of management and technical requirements in respect to ISO17025:2005 to the testing laboratory of Periyar TBI at Periyar Maniammai university (PMU)) Tamil Nadu, India, on 1st June 2010 to 30th June 2010.

Others 

•  Industrial visit to Indo American Hybrid Seeds at Bangalore (Plant tissue culturing, crossing, green house) on 26th to 27th September 2009.

Academic Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruchirappalli - 621105, Tamil Nadu, India (30.04.2024-till date).

Research Experience:

SERB- National Postdoctoral Fellow (N-PDF), National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (02.02.2022 to 01.02.2024)

Senior Research Fellow at National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (26.10.2020 to 01.02.2022). 

Senior Research Fellow at National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management - Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (27.07.2018 to 22.06.2020). 

Ph.D. Research Scholar at Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (NIT-Trichy), Tamil Nadu, India  (31.07.2013 to 27.07.2019).

Member (LAM-62013), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, (IIChE), India. 

Funded Research Projects: (Worth –Rs. 20, 25, 600)

• Received a fund of Rs. 20, 25, 600, 2nd Feb 2022 to 1st Feb 2024 (Two year) from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-National Post doctoral Fellowship scheme for the Project Titled: “Fabrication of 3D printed quantum dot grafted microfluidic sensor for detection of organophosphate pesticide in fruits and vegetables”.