K. Nagaraj, M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDCA., Ph.D.,
E-mail: naturalnagaraj@gmail.com
COMMUNICATION. ADD: School of Chemistry,
Date of Birth: 12.06.1986
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India -620024.
Mobile No: +919677836849
ACADEMIC PROFILES
At present working as an Asst. Professor at Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu,
India.
2011-2013
Did Ph.d.,(Published 13 papers) at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
2009-2010
M.Phil., Chemistry (78.5%) at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
2007-2009
M.Sc., Chemistry (70.2%) at S.B.K. College, Aruppukottai.
2004-2007
B.Sc., Chemistry (71.5 %) at Devanga Arts College, Aruppukottai.
RESEARCH INTEREST
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Electron transfer reaction of Surfactant-metal Complexes in Microheterogenous Media
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DNA/RNA binding of Surfactant-metal Complexes
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Nucleic acids binding of Polymer-metal Complexes
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Natural products Chemistry
RESEARCH EXPOSURE
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Project in Ph.D., (Thesis Submitted)
‘‘SYNTHESIS AND STUDIES INVOLVING SOME SURFACTANT COBALT(III)
COMPLEXES-KINETICS
OF
ELECTRON
TRANSFER
IN
MICROHETEROGENOUS MEDIA, BINDING INTERACTION WITH NUCLEIC
ACIDS AND ANTITUMOUR PROPERTIES’’
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Project in M. Phil.,
“ISOLATION
AND
CHARACTERIZATION
OF
SECONDARY
METABOLITES FROM NATURAL RESOURCES” Worked under the guidance of Dr.
K. Pitchumani, School of Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj
University, Madurai
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Got University Research Fellowship (URF) during 2010-2012.
 Got UGC – Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Student (RFSMS)
from 2012 onwards.
 Qualified GATE Exam. In 2012.
 Submitted project to DST ‘‘INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRONIC AND BIOMEDICAL
OR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATION OF SURFACTANT MODIFIED RUTHENIUM(II)
COMPLEXES’’
PUBLICATIONS
1. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Synthesis, CMC determination,
Nucleic acid binding and Cytotoxicity of A Surfactant Cobalt(III) complex: Effect of
Ionic liquids (1-butyl-3-methylimidazoliumbromide) Medium. New J. Chem. DOI:
10.1039/c3nj00832k
2. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Binding of double-chain SurfactantCobalt(III) complex to CT DNA: Effect of β-Cyclodextrin in the medium. Inter. J. Biol.
Macro. Mol. (2013), 62, 273-280.
3. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Synthesis, CMC determination, and
outer sphere electron transfer reaction of the surfactant complex ion, cis-
[Co(en)2(4CNP)(DA)]3+ with [Fe(CN)6]4- in micelles, β-cyclodextrin and liposome
(dipalmidoylphosphotidylcholine) vesicles. Aust. J. Chem. (2013), 66, 930-937
4. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Synthesis, Micellization Behavior
and Binding analysis of Surfactant–Copper(II) Complex Containing dipyrido[3,2-d:2’-3’f]quinoxaline with nucleic acid and its Antimicrobial and Antifungal Activity. Journal of
Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics (DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.879837).
5. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Double-chain surfactant cobalt(III)
complex containing 2, 2’-bipyridyl ligand in beta cyclodextrin medium: CT DNA binding
study. Z. Phys. Chem. (2013), 227, 1-19.
6. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Studies on outer-sphere electron
transfer reactions of surfactant–cobalt(III) complexes with iron(II) in liposome
(dipalmitoylphosphotidylcholine) vesicles. Trans. Met. Chem. (2012), 37:423–429.
7. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Synthesis and electron transfer
kinetics of a surfactant–cobalt(III) complex: effects of micelles, β-cyclodextrin, and ionic
liquids Trans. Met. Chem. (2013), 38, 649-657.
8. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Kinetics of Reduction of CisBis(dodecylamine)bis(1,10-phenanthroline)cobalt(III)
perchlorate
Bis(dodecylamine)bis(2,2’-bipyridine)cobalt(III) perchlorate by
and
Cis-
Fe(II) in Liposome
(dipalmitoylphosphotidylcholine) vesicles. Monatsh. Chem. (DOI 10.1007/s00706-0131080-x).
9. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Synthesis, Micellization behavior,
and outer sphere electron transfer reaction of the surfactant complex ion, cis[Co(trien)(4AMP)(DA)]3+ with [Fe(CN)6]4- in micelles, β-cyclodextrin, ionic liquids and
liposome (dipalmidoylphosphotidylcholine) vesicles. J. Inclu. Phenom. Macro. Chem.
(2014) 79:425–435
10. Karuppiah
Nagaraj,
Subramanian
Sakthinathan,
Sankaralingam
Arunachalam,
Synthesis, CMC Determination, Nucleic acid Binding and Antimicrobial Activity of A
Surfactant Copper(II) complex Containing Phenanthroline and Amino acid- Schiff Base
Ligand. J. Fluoresence (DOI 10.1007/s10895-013-1332-5).
11. Karuppiah
Nagaraj,
Shanmuganathan
Rajasri,
Subramanian
Sankaralingam
Sakthinathan,
Arunachalam
Subramanian
Synthesis,
Ambika,
micellization
behaviour, antimicrobial and intercalative DNA binding of some novel surfactant
copper(II) complexes containing modified phenanthroline ligands. Colloids and Surfaces
B-Biointerfaces (Accepted)
12. Karuppiah
Nagaraj,
Subramanian
Sakthinathan,
Sankaralingam
Arunachalam,
Synthesis, CMC Determination, Nucleic acid Binding and Antimicrobial Activity of A
Surfactant Copper(II) complex Containing Amino acid- Schiff Base Ligand. J. Iran.
Chem.Soc.. (Accepted).
13. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Role of
hydrophobicity on the intercalative binding of some novel surfactant copper(II)
complexes with tRNA. Monatsh Chem. (Accepted)
14. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, A novel
surfactant copper(II) complex containing modified phenanthroline ligand (dppz):
Synthesis, cmc determination, DNA/RNA intercalative binding, anticancer and
antimicrobial studies. Polyhedron. (under review).
15. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam,
Biophysical studies of surfactant cobalt(III) complex containing polypyridyl ligands
binding to DNA prove that nucleic acid structure has significant effects on binding
behaviors. Dalton Trans (Under review).
16. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Effects
of surfactant chain on tRNA intercalative biding of Surfactant cobalt(III) complexesComparative study. J. BIOL.Inorg. Chem. ((Under review).
17. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam,
Thermodynamic parameters on intercalative binding of Surfactant Copper(II)
complexes with nucleic acid; A detailed study. J. BIOL.Inorg. Chem. (Under review).
18. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam,
Thermodynamics and outer sphere electron transfer between some surfactant
cobalt(III) complexes containing polypyridyl ligands with Fe(II) in micelles as well
as β-Cyclodextrin medium. New Journal of Chemistry (Under Review).
19. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam,
Studies on outer sphere electron transfer reaction of surfactant cobalt(III) complex
[Co(diimine)2(DA)2](ClO4)3
(diimine
dipyrido[3,2-d:2’-3’-f]quinoxaline,
=
imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline,
Dipyrido[3,2-a:2’,4’-c](6,7,8,9-
tetrahydro)phenazine) with Fe(CN)64- in microheterogeneous media. Colloids and
surfaces B-Biointerfaces (Under Review).
20. Karuppiah Nagaraj, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Sankaralingam Arunachalam,
Kinetics of reduction of some surfactant cobalt(III) complexes containing modified
phenanthroline ligands by Fe(II) in ionic liquids (BMIM)Br as well as DPPC
(dipalmitoylphosphotidylcholine) vesicles. RSC Advances (Under Review).
Conference presentations/attendance:
 Participated in Workshop on “Patent Awareness Program” organized by School of
Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai held on 2009.
 Poster presentation in “Annual Meeting of the Indian Biophysical Society” organized
by Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics University of Madras
held on 2012.
 Poster presentation in National Conference on “Recent advances in inorganic
Chemistry” organized by School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
held on 2012.
 Participated in Seminar on “Role of Chemistry Environmental Protection” organized by
Department of Chemistry, V.V.V. College for Women held on 2009.
 Participated in Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Chemistry” organized by Department of
Chemistry, Devanga Arts College, Aruppukottai held on 2008.
 Participated in Seminar on “Emerging Trends in Chemistry” organized by Department of
Chemistry, Devanga Artts College, Aruppukottai held on 2005.
INSTRUMENTATION (Handle)
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Fluorescence Spectro fluorimeter
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Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer
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IR Spectrophotometer
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Cyclic Voltametry
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Circular Dichroism
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NMR (400 MHz)
Suggested Referees:
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Prof. S. Arunachalam, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli620024, TamilNadu, India. (E-mail:arunasurf@yahoo.com)
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Prof. P. Venuvanalingam, UGC Emeritus Fellow, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan
University, Tiruchirappalli- 620024, TamilNadu, India. (E-mail:
venuvanalingam@yahoo.com)
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Prof. R. Renganathan, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli620024, TamilNadu,India.( E-mail: rrengas55@yahoo.com)
PERSONAL DETAILS
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K. NAGARAJ
A. Karuppiah
12.06.1986 & Aruppukottai,
Male
Indian
Hindu
Unmarried
14, Ammon kovil street
Pandalkudi Road,
Aruppukottai,
Virudhunagar Distict,
Tamil Nadu, India.
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the all above information are true to the best of my Knowledge and
belief.
Date:25.07.2014
Place : Aruppukottai
Yours truly,
K. Nagaraj