Our Faculty

• PhD 
  Year : 2010-2015
  Specialization : Chemistry
  Thesis Title : Synthesis and characterization of metal oxide incorporated graphene composites for photocatalysis in environmental applications.

• M.Sc
  Year : 2007-2009
  Specialization : Chemistry
  Thesis title : Case study for improving productivity of paper.

Current Positions 

• Assistant Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritanagar, Ettimadai, Coimbatore from (01-04-2025 to Till Date).

Past Positions

• Faculty Associate, School of Artificial Intelligence, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritanagar, Ettimadai, Coimbatore from (05-03-2024 to 31-03-2025).
• Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Science and Humanities, Faculty of Engineering, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education Coimbatore from (July 2022 – August 2023).
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, B.M College, Kovai Pudur, Coimbatore from (Feb 2021 – June 2022).
• Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Chennai from (August 2015 – Jan 2021).

Courses Taught

• Mathematics of Intelligence II, 2025, UG
• Intelligence of Biological System –I 2024, UG
• Mathematics of Intelligence III, 2024, UG
• Engineering Chemistry, 2015-2023, UG
• Environmental Science and Engineering, 2015-2023, UG
• Renewable Energy Technology 2017-2019, UG
• Industrial pollution Prevention and control, 2018-2020, UG
• Air pollution and management, 2017-2019, UG
• Fuels and Combustion, 2018-2020, UG
• Environmental Impact Assessment, 2018-2020, UG
• General Chemistry for B.Sc and M.Sc Students, 2021-2022

Sponsored Projects

• Development of Nitrogen Rich Graphene incorporated metal oxide composite for dye degradation from wastewater, SRM University (Institute Project), Rs.1,95,000, Completed.

GIAN/Workshops/Short-Term Training Programs Attended

• Participated in Indo-Europe Workshop on Recent Developments in Membrane Technology for Industrial held at Department of Chemical Engineering A.C.Tech Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India, on 10th & 11th February 2011.
• Participated in ‘Advanced Analytical Techniques for Materials Characterization’ held at Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India, on 19^th & 20^th July 2011.
• Participated in ‘National Level Students Symposium on Nanomaterials and Its Application held at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, on 23^rd October 2010.
• Participated in ‘Science Academies Lecture Workshop on Spectroscopy held at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, on 3^rd & 4^th December 2010.
• Participated in ‘National Level Students Symposium on Recent Trents in Analytical Chemistry Workshop held at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, on 3^rd & 4^th October 2008.
• Attended the Regional Workshops on Research Based Pedagogical Tools (RBPT) held at SRM University, Ramapuram campus, Chennai, India during 7th & 08th September 2017.
• Attended the teacher training workshops as part of ”Royal Society of Chemistry Yusuf Hamied Inspirational Chemistry Programme” held at SRM University, Ramapuram campus, Chennai, India during 03rd & 04th February 2017.

Conferences/Workshops/Webinars Organized (Chairman/Convener/Others) 

• The Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus is Organizing a international conference on “Modern Trends in Chemical Sciences Including Green Chemistry” MTCSGC-2018, December 27-29, 2018, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
• The Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus is Organizing a National Conference on Advances in Innovative Materials for Energy and Environment (AIMEE’17) on 13th October 2017.
• The Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus is organizing a Third “National Conference on New Renaissance in Chemical Research” on 19th August 2016.
• The Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus is organizing a National Science Day on 27th February 2016.
• The Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus is organizing a Second “National Conference on New Renaissance in Chemical Research” on 28th and 29th August 2015.

Awards/Honors/Recognition

• In-situ electro-catalytic treatment of a reactive golden yellow HER synthetic dye effluent’, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol.1, pp. 2-8. Science direct top 25 list of most downloaded articles, ranked 13th on the top 25 for Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering – January to December 2013 full year.
• Graphene oxide-biobr composite material as highly efficient photocatalyst for degradation of Methylene Blue and Rhodamine-B’, Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 1, pp. 17–26. Science direct top 25 list of most downloaded articles ranked 10th on the top 25 for journal of water process engineering – January to December 2014 full year.

Membership/Associations

• Life Member in Association of Chemistry Teachers with Membership Number : 1816
• Life Member in The Indian Science Congress Association with Membership Number: L43048
• Life member in Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Member Number: LMB3670
• Life member in International Association for Engineers (IAENG) Member Number: 150341.
• Life member in Asia Pacific Chemical Biological Environmental Engineering Society, (APCBEES) Member Number: 201433.
• Life member in Science and Engineering Institute, (SCIEI) Member Number: 20150104002
• Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management system and Audit training Certificate No: SRMU 401^.

Reviewers (National/International Journals; Conferences)

• International Journals
  • Materials Letters
  • Ceramics International
  • Composites Interfaces
  • Desalination and Water Treatment
  • Fuel
  • Synthetic Metals
  • Luminescence

International Conferences(Peer-reviewed)

• Muthukrishnaraj, serve as a Session Chair at the 3^rd International Conference of Functional Materials for Next Gen Applications ICFMNA`25, taking place on February 3rd and 4th, 2025. Organized by the Department of Chemistry at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India,
• Muthukrishnaraj, S. S. Kalaivani, Prediction of N-doped graphene/NiWO₄ visible light photocatalyst in rhodamine-B degradation based on machine learning. Presented DST-SERB Sponsored Third International Conference on Functional Materials for Next-Gen Applications (ICFMNA 2025) held at Department of Chemistry, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, on 3^rd and 4^th February, 2025.
• Kamalakannan, VP, Vadivel, S, Muthukrishnaraj, A & Balasubramanian, N ‘Synthesis of Reduced graphene oxide-polyaniline/ Bi₂O₃ ternary composites and its Electrical and Electrochemical properties International Conference on Materials and Characterization Techniques 2014’ (ICMCT2014). The conference will be held in VIT University, Vellore, India During March 10-12, 2014.
• Attended ‘International Conference on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry’ held at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India during March 19-20, 2009.

National Conferences (Peer-reviewed)

• Muthukrishnaraj, N.Balasubramanian Presented a paper on “ Synthesis and Characterization of WO₃/G-C₃N₄ composite with efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of organics” in the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Materials (NCETSM’18) held at Department of Chemistry, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, on 19th January, 2018.
• Muthukrishnaraj, N.Balasubramanian Presented a paper on “Cadmium (II) ion adsorption onto magnetically recoverable graphene/Fe₃O₄composite using response surface methodology (RSM)” in the National Conference on Advances in Innovative Materials for Energy and Environment (AIMEE’17) held at Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus, Chennai on 13th October 2017.
• Muthukrishnaraj has participated in the National Conference on Recent Innovations in Applied Chemistry and Advanced Materials (NCRIACAM 17) held at Sriram Engineering College Chennai-24 on 26th September 2017.
• Muthukrishnaraj, N.Balasubramanian Presented a paper on “Synthesis and Characterization of g-C₃N₄ incorporated Bismuth doped ZnS nano rod composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity” in the “National Conference on Emerging Trends in Environmental Research (NCETER-17)” held at Department of Physics, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, on 22nd July 2017.
• Muthukrishnaraj has participated in the one day seminar on “Advanced Materials and Supramolecular Chemistry” held at, SSN College of Engineering on 21st January 2017.
• Muthukrishnaraj, N.Balasubramanian Presented a paper on “Synthesis and Characterization of samarium doped ZnS nano rod g-C₃N₄ composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity” in the third “National Conference on New Renaissance in Chemical Research” held at Department of Chemistry, SRM University, Ramapuram Campus Chennai, on 19th August 2016.
• Muthukrishnaraj, J.Narendranath, J.Manokaran, N.Balasubramanian “Synthesis And Characterization Of Cerium Doped ZnS Nanorod Graphene Composite With Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity” was presented in National Science Day programme conducted on SRM University, Kattankulathur Chennai, India on 26th February 2016.