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Dr. A.Baskaran

Designation : Assistant Professor
Nature of Employment : Regular
Date of Joining : 18/03/2022
Qualification : Ph.D
Phone : +91 7904204745
Email ID : [email protected]
Google Scholar link : https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=rfJmVToAAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus Link : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57205653546
Orcid Id : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6236-6708.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D : Department of Biomedical Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli –2015
  • M.Sc: Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Enathur, Kanchipuram 2008
  • B.Sc: Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Enathur, Kanchipuram 2006

Teaching and research Experience

  • Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, March 2022- current
  • Post doctoral Research Fellow Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai, April 2021- March 2022
  • Research Associate 2B/H The Ohio State University, Columbus, OHIO, USA, July 2019 – March 2021
  • Post doctoral Research Fellow University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, January 2017 – June 2019
  • Post doctoral Research Fellow University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, April 2016 – December 2016
  • Assistant Professor Sri Sankara Arts & Science College, Enathur, Kanchipuram, December 2014 – March2016

Honors and Awards

  • University Research Fellowship in Bharathidasan University, 2010- 2013.
  • Travel fellowship from Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) to attend Symposium on Diseases on Asian Aquaculture (DAA9), Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM, during November 24 -28, 2014.
  • 19th rank in M.Sc., Microbiology (2006-2008) University of Madras,.

Research areas

  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Myocardial repair/regeneration
  • Neutrophils, DAMPs and Inflammasome signaling
  • Cigarette smoking induced atherosclerosis
  • Diarrheal Diseases with special reference to Vibrios
  • Molecular Microbial pathogenesis
  • Molecular epidemiological analysis and antibiotic resistance
  • Bioenergy from Microalgae

Research outcomes

a. Research grants

Ongoing

Name of the PI Title of the grant Name of the Funding agency Name of the Scheme Amount granted in Rs.
Dr. A. BASKARAN Molecular characterization……Vibrios B S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology Crescent Seed Money-Centre for Sustainable Development 50000/-

Publications

Number of Research Publications: 20

  • International journals: 10
  • National journals: 10
  • Conference presentations:39
  • Novel genomic sequences submitted to Genbank, NCBI, USA: 3
  • Invited talks delivered: 7

List of publications

  • P.Priyadharsini, N. Nirmala, S.S. Dawn, A. Baskaran, P. SundarRajan, K.P. Gopinath, J. Arun Genetic improvement of microalgae for enhanced carbon dioxide sequestration and enriched biomass productivity: Review on CO2 bio-fixation pathways modifications Algal Research Vol 66 (2022).102810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2022.102810. (Scopus indexed) (Impact factor 5.2)

c. Research guidance: Ph.D

Ongoing: 01

S.No Name of the scholar Title of the thesis Year of registration Year of Completion Scholarship details Outcomes
1 Suruthi SS Anti-tumor metabolites from marine sponge associated microbes 2022 pursuing

M.Sc/M.Tech

Completed projects :5

S.No Name of the student Title of the project Year of award Outcomes
1 S. Kameshwaran Incidence of Vibrio cholerae and other vibrios from different seafoods and environmental sources 2023 Paper Communicated: 01, Conference presentations: 02, Sequences deposited: 03
2 Bhavani B.K Production of bioethanol and bio-oil from Prosopis juliflora: An alternate source for biogas 2023 Paper Communicated: 01, Conference presentations: 01
3 Pavithra. P Production and characterization of bioethanol from Moringa oleifera biomass 2023 Paper Communicated: 01, Conference presentations: 01
4 Mahima Caroline Different survival strategies on food-borne pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus under starvation conditions at different temperatures. 2023 Paper Communicated: 01, Conference presentations: 03
5 Aqsa yashfeen The role of PARP in age-related cardiac failure 2023