• July 2023, Guest Editor for a special issue on "Supramolecular Sensors: From Molecules to Materials" for "Sensors & Diagnostics" a journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

• April 2023, Guest Editor for a special issue on "Chemical approaches for wastewater and pollutant treatment" for Results in Chemistry Journal published by Elsevier.

• September 2022, Joined the Editorial Advisory Board of “Sensors and Diagnostics” a journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. 

• September 2022, Joined as Review Editor for the Supramolecular Chemistry section in the journal Frontiers in Chemistry. 

• July 2022, Joined as Review Editor for the Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics section in the journal Frontiers in Physics. 

• June 2022, Listed among the top 5% of highly cited researchers from Indian institutions and as one of the highly cited authors of 2021 in the Royal Society of Chemistry, publications.

• April 2022, selected as a member of the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of “Tetrahedron Letter” a journal published by Elsevier. 

• April 2022, selected as a member of the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of “Tetrahedron” a journal published by Elsevier. 

• September 2019, admitted as a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC).

• April 2019 Joined the Editorial Advisory Board of “Results in Chemistry” a journal published by Elsevier.

• July 2017, Recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Sensor & Actuator: B. Chemical (Elsevier).

• July 2015, honored with the Best Poster Prize in Catalysis and Sensing for our Environment Symposium (CASE-2015) held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

• March 2014, Prof. S. Soundararajan Gold Medal for the Best Ph.D. Thesis in Inorganic Chemistry for the year 2012─2013 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

• October 2013, Selected for Newton International Fellowship─2013 to work at the School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

• July 2013, Awarded Ireland Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship─2013 to work at Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland. 

• July 2012─November 2013, Awarded Institute Research Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

• February 2011, Honored with the Best Poster Award by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI-13) held at NISER, Bhubaneswar, India.

• February 2010, Honored with the Best Poster Award by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI-12) held at IICT, Hyderabad, India.

• February 2009 – April 2009, Indo-Swiss Joint Research Program (ISJRP) Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to visit the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland.

• August 2009 ─ July 2012, Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.

• August 2007 ─ August 2009, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India.

• March 2007, Qualified National Eligibility Test GATE’07 & CSIR-NET-07.

FROM IIT PALAKKAD (* = Corresponding author)

Journal Publications: 

1. Binduja, M.; Noushija, M. K.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Fluorescence sensing and bioimaging of Cu(II) ions using amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based smallmolecule chemosensors. Sens. Diag. 2023, Advance Article.

2. Thangadurai, T. D.; Manjubaashini, N.; Sowndarya, A.; Subitha A.; Kausalya, G.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Ahmad, I.; Thomas, S.; Kalarikkal, N. Multipurpose Biological Applications of Excitation-Dependent Fluorescent Carbon Nanodots Emanated from Biomass Waste. Mater. Chem. Phys. 2023, 307, 128113. 

3. Binduja, M.; Sarkar, D.; Raja Lakshmi, P.; Umadevi, D.; Shanmugaraju, S*. N-Aryl-4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Trogers base for Volatile Organic Amine Sensing. J. Photochem. Photobio. A. 2023, 441, 114727. 

4. Binduja, M.; Umadevi, D.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Discriminative 'Turn-On' Fluorescent Sensing of Volatile Halogenated Solvents Using A Cleft-Shaped 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s Base Fluorophore. Sens. Diag. 2023, 2, 262-267. Highlighted in the journal’s back cover.

5. Binduja, M.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Synthesis, Characterization, and Heparin-Binding Study of Self-Assembled p-Cymene-Ru(II) Metallocycle Based On 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Trogers Base Supramolecular Scaffold. Dalton. Trans. 2023, 52, 2566-2570. This article is part of Spotlight Collection: Metallocycle and Metallocages. This article has been published as a hot article and on the front cover.

6. Kannan, S.; Maayuri, R.; Shanmugaraju, S.* Terpyridine-4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Chemosensor for Discriminative Fluorescent Sensing of Divalent Metal Cations at ppb Level of Sensitivity. Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2023, 550, 121432. An Invited article for a special issue on "Optical and Electrochemical Chemo- and Biosensors.

7. Raja Lakshmi, P.; Binduja, M.; Kang, P.; Nanjan, P.; Shanmugaraju, S.* Recent Advances in Fluorescent Chemosensors for Ammonia in the Solution and Vapor Phases. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 1728-1743.

8. Noushija, M. K.; Ananthu, S.; Binduja, M.;  Shanmugaraju, S*. Selective Recognition and Reversible "Turn-Off" Fluorescence Sensing of Acetate (CH_³COO^-) Anion at ppb Level Using a Simple Quinizarin Fluorescent Dye. Chemistry 2022, 4, 1407-1416. An Invited article for a special issue on "Supramolecular Anion Recognition: Principles and Applications".

9. Ananthu, S.; Raja Lakshmi, P.; Umadevi, D.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Discriminative Fluorescent Sensing of Nitro-Antibiotics at ppb level Using N-Phenyl-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimides Chemosensors. Results. Chem. 2022, 4, 100546. An Invited article for a special issue on "Supramolecular Chemistry: from host-guest chemistry to materials and beyond".

10. Binduja, M.; Noushija, M. K.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Amino-1,8-naphthalimide-based fluorescent chemosensor for Zn(II) ion. Tetrahedron Lett., 2022, 109, 154155. Invited digest article.

11. Binduja, M.; Sandra E.-A.; Umadevi, D.; Poulsen, B. C.; Blasco, S.; McManus, G. J.; Gunnlaugsson, T.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Design, Synthesis, and Anticancer Studies of a p-Cymene-Ru(II)-Curcumin Organometallic Conjugate Based on a Fluorescent 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger’s Base Scaffold. Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 11592-11599

12. Rajendran, K.; Ananthu, S.; Pandurangan, N.; Balaji, D. K.; Shanmugaraju, S*, Jagadeesan, D*. CuO/CaO Mediated Synthesis of Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide from the Nitro Ananloques. Results. Chem. 2022, 4, 100430. An Invited article for a special issue on "Supramolecular Chemistry: from host-guest chemistry to materials and beyond".  

13. Binduja, M.; Prabukumar, B.; Umadevi, D.; Shanmugaraju, S*. A Simple 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Hydrazine based “Turn-On” Fluorescent Chemosensor for Selective and Reversible Detection of Zn(II) Ion. Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2022, 533, 120798. An Invited article for a special issue on "Inorg Bio Palaniandavar".

14. Murphy, S. A.; Phelan, C.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Blasco, S.; Gunnlaugsson, T. Fluorescent 3-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Trogers bases Incorporating Protected α-Amino-Acids. Tetrahedron Lett., 2021, 83, 153405.

15. Raja Lakshmi, P.; Nanjan, P.; Kannan, S.; Shanmugaraju, S.* Recent Advances in Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks (LMOFs) Based Fluorescent Sensors for Antibiotics. Coord. Chem. Rev., 2021, 435, 213793. An Invited review article is published as part of a special "Recent progress on molecular sensors and molecular logic gates" issue.

16. Lovitt, J. I.; Umadevi, D.; Raja Lakshmi, P.; Twamley, B.; Gunnlaugsson, T.; Shanmugaraju, S*. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, Antibiotics Sensing and Coordination Chemistry of a Fluorescent 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s base Supramolecular Scaffold. Supramol. Chem., 2020, 32 (12), 620-633.

17. Delente, J. M.; Umadevi, D.; Byrne, K.; Schmitt, W.; Watson, G. W.; Gunnlaugsson, T.; Shanmugaraju, S.* Hyper-Crosslinked 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s base Containing Pyridinium Covalent Organic Polymer (COP) for Discriminative Fluorescent Sensing of Chemical Explosives. Supramol. Chem., 2020, 32 (9), 508-517. This work is highlighted and published as a feature article in the October 2021 issue of IIT Tech Ambit, a student-run magazine highlighting technology research findings from all IITs

18. Delente, J. M.; Umadevi, D.; Shanmugaraju, S*.; Kotova, O.; Watson, G. W.; Gunnlaugsson, T. Aggregation induced emission (AIE) active 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide-Trogers base luminogen for discriminative sensing of nitroaromatic explosives in aqueous media. Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 2562-2565. This article is listed in the themed collection: The Mechanism of Supramolecular Chemistry.

19. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Umadevi, D.; González-Barcia, L. M.; Delente, J. M.; Byrne, K.; Schmitt, W.; Watson, G. W.; Gunnlaugsson, T. “Turn-on” fluorescence sensing of volatile organic compounds using a 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger’s base functionalized triazine organic polymer. Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 15140-1214. This article is published on the front cover and listed in the themed collection: The Mechanism of Supramolecular Chemistry. Also, highlighted and published as a feature article in the January 2021 issue of IIT Tech Ambit, a student-run magazine highlighting technology research findings from all IITs.

Books:

1. Shanmugaraju S*. A book entitled "Supramolecular Coordination Complexes: Design, Synthesis, and Applications" was published by Elsevier Publications. 1^st Edition, 2022, Pages: 498, ISBN: 9780323907057. 

Book Chapters: 

1. Sarkar, D.; Nanjan, P.; Shanmugaraju, S*. A chapter on “Biosensing Properties of Supramolecular Coordination Complexes" is accepted for publication and will be published in the book “Supramolecular Coordination Complexes: Design, Synthesis, and Applications”. Chapter 8. Pages: 215-231. Elsevier Publication (2022). 
2. Binduja, M.; Shanmugaraju, S*. A chapter on “Supramolecular Coordination Self-assembly-A General Introduction” is accepted for publication and will be published in the book “Supramolecular Coordination Complexes: Design, Synthesis, and Applications”. Chapter 01. Pages: 1-21. Elsevier Publication (2022). 
3. Binduja, M.; Ananthu, S.; Shanmugaraju, S*. A chapter on “Supramolecular Coordination Complexes for Sensing Nitroaromatic Explosives” is accepted for publication and will be published in the book “Supramolecular Coordination Complexes: Design, Synthesis, and Applications”. Chapter 16. Pages: 437-456. Elsevier Publication (2022).
4. Binduja, M.; Shanmugaraju, S*. A chapter on “Self-Assembled Metallo-Assemblies” was published in the book “Supramolecular Chemistry in Corrosion and Biofouling Protection”. Chapter 7, Pages: 103-128. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis (2021). DOI: 10.1201/9781003169130-8.

Patents Filed: 

1. Binduja Mohan, Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, S*. CHEMOSENSOR AND A METHOD OF DETECTING ALUMINIUM IONS. Indian Patent (File No: 202241046229).

2. Mannanthara Kunhumon Noushija, Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, S* CHEMOSENSORS FOR REVERSIBLE SENSING AND QUANTIFICATION OF ANTI-COAGULANT DRUG HEPARIN. Indian Patent (File No: 202341027387).

3. Mannanthara Kunhumon Noushija, Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, S* CHEMOSENSOR AND A METHOD OF DETECTING COPPER IONS. Indian Patent (File No: 202341075085).

BEFORE JOINING IIT PALAKKAD (* = Corresponding author) 

1. Shanmugaraju, S.; Bar, A. K.; Chi, K.-W.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of Metallamacrocycles via a New Pt^II₂ Organometallic Building Block With 90º Geometry and Optical Sensing of Anions.  Organometallics 2010, 29, 2971− 2980.
2. Shanmugaraju, S.; Bar, A. K.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Ruthenium-Oxygen Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of a Ru^II₈ Incomplete Prism: Synthesis, Structure, and Shape-Selective Molecular Recognition Study. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 10235−10237. 
3. Bar, A. K.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Chi, K.-W.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembly of Neutral and Cationic Pd^II Organometallic Molecular Rectangles: Synthesis, Characterization and Nitroaromatic Sensing. Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 2257–2267. (Invited article for a themed issue: New Talent from Asia).
4. Wang, M.; Vajpayee, V.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Zheng, Y.-R.; Zhao, Z.; Kim, H.; Mukherjee, P. S.;* Chi, K.-W.; Stang, P. J.* Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of M₃L₂ Trigonal Cages from Preorganized Metalloligands Incorporating Octahedral Metal Centers and Fluorescent Detection of Nitroaromatics. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 1506−1512. 
5. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Joshi, S. A.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Fluorescence and Visual Sensing of Nitroaromatic Explosives Using Electron-rich Discrete Fluorophores. J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 9130–9138. 
6. Shanmugaraju, S.; Bar, A. K.; Joshi, S. A.; Patil, Y. P.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Constructions of 2D-Metallamacrocycles Using Half-Sandwich Ru^II₂ Precursors: Synthesis, Molecular Structures, and Self-Selection for a Single Linkage Isomer. Organometallics 2011, 30, 1951−1960.
7. Shanmugaraju, S.; Samanta, D.; Gole, B.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of 2D-Metallamacrocycles Using a Shape-Selective Pt^II₂-Organometallic 90^◦Acceptor: Design, Synthesis, and Sensing Study.  Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 12333–12341. (Invited Article for a special issue on Molecular Self-Assembly).
8. Gole, B.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Bar, A. K.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Supramolecular Polymer for Explosives Sensing: Role of H-Bonding in Enhancement of Sensitivity in the Solid State. Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10046–1004.
9. Shanmugaraju, S.; Joshi, S. A.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembly of Metallamacrocycles Using a Dinuclear Organometallic Acceptor: Synthesis, Characterization, and Sensing Study.  Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 11736−11745.
10. Samanta, D.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Joshi, S. A.; Patil, Y. P.; Nethaji M.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Pillar Height Dependent Formation of Unprecedented Pd₈ Molecular Swing and Pd₆ Molecular Boat via Multicomponent Self-Assembly. Chem. Commun., 2011, 48, 2298−2300. (One of the most accessed top 25 articles published in January 2012). 
11. Shanmugaraju, S.; Samanta, D.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-assembly of Ru₄ and Ru₈ Assemblies via Coordination Using Organometallic Ru^II₂−Precursors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties. Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2012, 8, 313−322. (Invited Article for a special issue on supramolecular chemistry II).
12. Shanmugaraju, S.; Vajpayee, V.; Lee, S.; Chi, K.-W*.; Stang, P. J*.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of 2D-Metallamacrocycles Using a New Carbazole-Based Dipyridyl Donor: Synthesis, Characterization and C₆₀ Binding Study. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 4817−4823. 
13. Anbu, S.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Kandaswamy, M.* Electrochemical, Phosphate Hydrolysis, DNA Binding and DNA Cleavage Properties of New Polyaza Macrobicyclic Dinickel(II) Complexes. RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 5349−5357.
14. Anbu, S.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Ravishankaran,R.; Karande, A. A.; Mukherjee, P. S.* A Phenanthrene Based Highly Selective Fluorescence and Visual Sensor for Cu²⁺ ion With Nanomolar Detection Limit and Its Application in Live Cell Imaging. Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2012, 25, 26−29. 
15. Anbu, S.; Shanmugaraju,S.; Ravishankaran,R.; Karande, A. A.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Naphthalene Hydrazone Based Highly Selective and Sensitive Chemosensors for Cu²⁺ ion and Their Application in Bio-imaging and Cytotoxicity. Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 13330−13337. (one of the most accessed top 10 articles published in September 2012).
16. Shanmugaraju, S.; Harshal, J.; Patil, Y. P.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembly of a Pt^II₈ Tetragonal Prism from a New Pt^II₄ Organometallic Star-Shaped Acceptor and Its Nitroaromatic Explosives Sensing. Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 13072–13074. (One of the most-read articles published in November 2012).
17. Mukherjee, P. S*.; Pramanik, S.; Shanmugaraju, S. A book chapter on “Pt/Pd-Ethynyl Bond Containing Fluorescent Molecular Architectures as Sensors for Nitroaromatics” published in the book entitled “Molecular Self-Assembly: Advances and Application” edited by Alex Li Dequan, Pan Stanford Publishing, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis (2012). [http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9789814316774].
18. Shanmugaraju, S.; Bar, A. K.; Moon, D.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Coordination Self-Assembly of Tetranuclear Pt(II) Macrocycles with Organometallic Backbone for Sensing of Dicarboxylic Acids. Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 2998-3008.
19. Shanmugaraju, S.; Jadhav, H.; Karthik, R.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Electron-Rich Supramolecular Polymers as Fluorescent Sensors for Nitroaromatic Explosives. RSC Advances 2013, 3, 4940─4950.
20. Samantha, D.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Adeyemo, A. A.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Selection of Discrete Metallamacrocycles Employing Half-Sandwich Octahedral Ru^II₂ Acceptor and Imidazole-Based Donors. J. Organomet. Chem., 2014, 751, 703─710. (Invited Article for 50^th Anniversary Special Issue).
21. Shanmugaraju, S.; Jadhav, H.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembled Chloro-Bridged Arene-Ruthenium Based Molecular Rectangle: Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Sensing Study. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. 2014, 84, 197–203. (Invited Article for a Special Issue on the occasion of the year of crystallography).
22. Shanmugaraju, S.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembled Molecular Sensors for Nitroaromatics. Chem.–Eur. J., 2015, 21, 6656–6666. (Most accessed Article in 2/2015 and selected for ChemInform abstract 2015 by the editors).
23. Roy, B.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Saha, R.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Self-Assembly of Metallamacrocycles Employing a New Benzil Based Organometallic Bisplatinum (II) Acceptor. CHIMIA., 2015, 69, 541−546. (Invited Article for a special issue on supramolecular chemistry).
24. Shanmugaraju, S.; Mukherjee, P. S.* π-Electron-rich Small Molecule Sensors for the Recognition of Nitroaromatics. Chem. Commun, 2015, 51, 16014−16032. (Selected for ChemInform abstract 2015 by the editors).
25. Adeyemo, A. A.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Samanta, D.; Mukherjee, P. S.* Template-Free Coordination-Driven Self-Selection of Discrete Hexanuclear Prismatic Cages Employing Half-Sandwich Octahedral Ru^II₂ Acceptors and Triimidazole Donors. Inorg. Chem. Act., 2016, 440, 62−68. 
26. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Dabadie, C.; Byrne, K.; Savyasachi, A. J.; Umadevi, D.; Schmitt, W.; Kitchen, J. A.; Gunnlaugsson, T*. A Supramolecular Tröger’s base Derived Coordination Zinc Polymer for Fluorescent Sensing of Phenolic-Nitroaromatic Explosives in Water. Chem. Sci, 2017, 8, 1535-1546. (One of the most cited articles in the 2017 portfolio (No 7 out of 1000).
27. Shanmugaraju, S.; McAdams. D.; Pancotti. F.; Hawes. C. S.; Veale. E. B.; Kitchen. J. K.; Gunnlaugsson, T*. One-pot Facile Synthesis of 4-Amino-1,8-naphthalimide Derived Tröger’s base Supramolecular Scaffolds via A Nucleophilic Displacement Approach. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017, 15, 7321-7329.
28. Savyasachi, A. J.; Kotova, O.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Bradberry, S. J.; Maille, G. M.; Gunnlaugsson. T*. Supramolecular Chemistry: A Toolkit for Functional Materials and Organic Particles. Chem., 2017, 3, 764-811.
29. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Hawes. C. S.; Savyasachi, A. J.; Blasco. S.; Kitchen. J. K.; Gunnlaugsson, T*. Supramolecular coordination polymers using a close to ‘V-shaped’ fluorescent 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger’s base scaffold. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12512-12515. (Invited Article for a special issue "Chemosensors and Molecular Logic " published as Inside Front Cover Article).
30. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Umadevi, D.; Savyasachi, A. J.; Byrne, K.; Schmitt, W.; Watson, G. W.; Gunnlaugsson. T*. Reversible Adsorption and Storage of Secondary Explosives from Water using a Tröger’s base-functionalized Polymer. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 25014-25024. 
31. Shanmugaraju, S*.; Poulsen, B.; Arisa, T.; Umadevi, D.; Dalton, H. L.; Hawes, C. S.; Savyasachi, A. J.; Watson, G. W.; Williams, D. C.; Gunnlaugsson, T*. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Antiproliferative Activity of a New Fluorescent 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s base-Ru(II)-Curcumin Organometallic Conjugate.  Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 4120-4123.
32. Calatrava-Perez, E.; Delente, J.; Shanmugaraju, S.; Hawes, C. S.; Williams, D. C.; Gunnlaugsson, T*.; Scanlan, E. M.* Glycosylated Naphthalimides and Naphthalimide Tröger´s Bases as Fluorescent Aggregation Probes for Con A. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2019, 17, 2116-2125. 

1. 20^th February 2019, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Chemistry: From the past to present" in a one-day national seminar on current trends in chemistry held at The American College, Madurai.
2. 05^th July 2019, Delivered an invited talk on "Chemistry of 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Trogers base Supramolecular Scaffolds" in a one-day international conference on Frontier Areas of Chemistry held at The American College, Madurai.
3. 12^th October 2019, Delivered an invited talk on "Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Complexes: From Design to Applications" in a National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemistry of Materials (NCRTCM) held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam.
4. 30^th January 2020, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Chemistry: From the past to present" in a one-day national conference on Applications of Green Chemistry and Its Applications held at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.
5. 07^th February 2020, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Chemistry: From the past to present" in a one-day national seminar on Frontiers in Chemistry and Its Applications held at Vivekanandha Arts and Science College for Women, Sankari, Erode.
6. 19^th February 2020, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Chemistry: Where From? Where to?" in a one-day national seminar on Recent Trends in Chemistry held at Fatima College, Madurai.
7. 26^th February 2020, Delivered an invited talk on "Recent Advances in the development of 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Troge base Based Supramolecular Structures and Materials" in a Two-day national seminar on Current Scenario of Medicinal NanoChemistry in Target Drug Design held at Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore.
8. 05^th March 2020, Delivered an invited talk on "Surprising ‘Twist And Turns’ In Supramolecular Self-Assembly Formations of Novel Structures and Materials" in a two-day international conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences held at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore.
9. 18^th June 2020, Delivered an invited webinar on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly Formations of Novel Structures and Materials" in a Two-day international virtual conference on Materials and their Applications organized by the Department of Chemistry and Physics, SSM Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.  
10. 09^th July 2020, Delivered an invited webinar on "The Journey of Supramolecular Chemistry: From an Accidental Discovery to Advanced Materials" in a one-day International Chemistry conference organized by the department of Chemistry and humanities, RKM College of Engineering and Technology, Puduvoyal, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu.
11. 13^th July 2020, Delivered an invited webinar on "The Journey of Supramolecular Chemistry: From an Accidental Discovery to Advanced Materials" in a one-day International Chemistry webinar organized by the Department of Chemistry, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka.
12. 30^th July 2020, Delivered an invited webinar on "Troger's base 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNap): A Novel Supramolecular Scaffold for Material Design" in a one-day national webinar on supramolecular chemistry organized by the Department of Chemistry, Sri Meenatchi Government Arts College for Women, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
13. 11^th September 2020, Delivered an invited webinar on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Advanced Materials" organized by the Department of Chemistry, Bishop Kurialacherry College for Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, Kerala.
14. 28^th November 2020, Delivered an invited keynote webinar on "Functional Nanostructured Materials for Fluorescence Sensing and Removal of Nitroaromatic Explosives" in an STTP organized by the Department of Physics, Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu.
15. 26^th August 2021, Delivered an invited webinar on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Materials" in a one-week faculty development program on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences organized by the Department of Chemistry, Saranathan College of Engineering, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
16. 17^th September 2021, Delivered an invited webinar on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry" in the CRSI Trichy-Madurai local chapter E-workshop on Advances in Chemical Sciences organized by the Chemistry department of Seethlakshmi Ramaswamy College, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
17. 22^nd October 2021, Delivered an invited webinar on "Functional Nanostructures and Nanomaterials for Fluorescence Sensing and Removal of Secondary Chemical Explosives" in the Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
18. 26^th November 2021, Delivered an invited webinar on "Supramolecular Self-assembly Formation of Novel Structures and Polymers from Troger's base 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNap) Scaffold" in the Department of Chemistry, Mother Teresa Women's University, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu.
19. 31^st March 2022, Delivered an invited webinar on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Materials" in an online Faculty Enrichment Programme on "Needs and Metrics of Green Chemistry" organized by the PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
20. 08^th April 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Troger's base 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNap): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Structure and Material Design" in a one-day national conference on "Innovations in Chemical Sciences and Its Research Approach" organized by the PG Department of Chemistry, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Tamil Nadu.
21. 13^th April 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry" in a one-day international symposium on "Trends and Opportunities in Physical Sciences" organized by the Department of Sciences, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Mysuru Campus, Karnataka.
22. 21^st April 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry" in a one-day National Webinar on Recent trends in Chemical and Forensic Sciences organized by the Department of Applied Chemistry, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
23. 10^th July 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Luminescent Polymeric Materials for Fluorescence Sensing and Removal of Chemical Explosives" in a three-day International Online Conference on Foamed Polymers (ICFP 2022) organized by the School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
24. 13^th July 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" at the 7th International Conference on Molecular Sensors & Molecular Logic Gate (MSMLG-22) held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
25. 15^th December 2022, Delivered an invited talk on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" at the 19th International Conference on Modern Trends In Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-19) held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
26. 28^th January 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Emergences of SupramolecularChemistry" in the Department of Chemistry, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
27. 02^nd March 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly" in the Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
28. 02^nd March 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly Formation of Novel Structure and Materials" in the Department of Chemistry, Vels Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
29. 12^th April 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Emergences of SupramolecularChemistry: From Molecules and Advanced Materials" in the Department of Chemistry, Kaprpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
30. 22^nd June 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Emergences of SupramolecularChemistry: From Molecules and Advanced Materials" in the Department of Chemistry, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
31. 10^th July 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Materials Chemistry" in the Department of Sciences and Humanities, Nehru Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
32. 21^st September 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Fluorescence-based Sensing of Chemical Explosives" in the Department of Chemistry, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
33. 29^th September 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry" in the Department of Chemistry, Sona College of Arts and Science, Salem, Tamil Nadu.
34. 06^th October 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly Chemistry of Amino-1,8-Naphthalimides" in the Department of Chemistry, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Tamil Nadu.
35. 10^th October 2023, Delivered an invited webinar on "Supramolecular Materials Chemistry" in the Chemistry Refresher course at the Department of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
36. 27^th October 2023, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly Formation of Novel Structures and Functional Materials" in a two-day international conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences-2023 held at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore.
37. 18^th February 2024, Delivered an invited webinar on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" in an international Saturday seminar series organized by the University of Miami, USA.
38. 28^th February 2024, Delivered an invited talk on "Contribution of Sciences in India" at the Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
39. 01^st March 2024, Delivered an invited talk on "Design and Synthesis of Molecular Machines" in a one-day conference on Recent Trends in Chemistry (RTC 24) organized by the Department of Chemistry, The American College Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
40. 22^nd March 2024, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Self-Assembly Formation of Novel Structures and Functional Materials" at a two-day international conference organized by the Department of Chemistry at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. 
41. 23^rd March 2024, Delivered an invited talk on "Supramolecular Coordination Self-Assembly" at Science Academies’ Two-day Lecture–Workshop organized by the Department of Chemistry at NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala.
42. 24^th April 2024, Delivered an Invited Webinar on "An Overview on Nanosciences and Nanotechnology" at the Department of Sciences and Humanities, RMD Engineering College, Tamil Nadu, India.  
43. 03^rd May 2024, Delivered an Invited Talk on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" at Departmenttment of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bengaluru.
44.  15^th July 2024, Delivered an Invited Talk on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps): An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" at ICOMC 2024, held at Agra City, India.
45.  26^th August 2024, Delivered an Invited Talk on "Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps) - An Emerging Supramolecular Scaffolds for Novel Self-Assembly Structures and Materials Design" at Tetrahedron Letter online platform CASSYNI.
46.  20^th September 2024, Delivered an Invited Talk on "Supramolecular Chemistry of Trogers base-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide (TBNaps)" at INDO-German workshop organized by IIT Goa, India.
47.  05^th October 2024, Delivered an Invited webinar on "Emergences of Supramolecular Chemistry" at FDP hosted by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai.

1. Lifetime Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)

2. Lifetime Member, Indian Society for Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) 

3. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)

January 2014─Present, Recognized reviewer for peer-reviewed international/national journals:

• Nature Communication (Nature)

• Chemical Sciences (RSC)

• Inorganic Chemistry (ACS)

• ACS Applied Polymer Materials (ACS)

• Journal of Material Chemistry A (RSC)

• Journal of Material Chemistry C (RSC)

• Dalton Transaction (RSC)

• RSC Advances (RSC)

• New Journal of Chemistry (RSC)

• Chemistry Select (Willey)

• Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (Elsevier)

• ChemMedChem (Elsevier)

• Chemosphere (Elsevier)

• Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry (Springer)

• Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry (Elsevier)

• Dyes and Pigments (Elsevier)

• Spectrochimica Acta Part A (Elsevier)

• Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier)

• Defence Technology (Elsevier)

• Results in Chemistry (Elsevier)

• Chinese Chemical Letters (Elsevier)

• Biosensor (MDPI)

• Indian Journal of Chemistry-Section A (Niscair)                                  

1. January 2024, Funding was Received from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India. Project Value: Rs. 37,22,461 for 3 years; Role: PI. Status: Ongoing. 
2. June 2023, Exploratory Research Grant (ERG) received from the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. Role: PI. Sanctioned Budget: Rs. 15,00,000. Status: Ongoing.
3. March 2022, Secured funding from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) under the Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) division. Role: PI. Sanctioned Budget: Rs. 15,735,836/- for two years. Budget Breakup: Rs. 89,23,990/- (Co-PI: Dr. Praveena Gangadharan) + Rs. 68,12,046/- (Co-PI: Dr. Sunitha Nayar). Status: Ongoing.
4. April 2020, Funding was Received from Federal Bank from their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding. Project Value: Rs. 500000 for 4 months; Role: PI. Status: Completed.
5. March 2019, Funding was Received from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India. Project Value: Rs. 37,63,000 for 3 years; Role: PI. Status: Completed.
6. April 2018, Enterprise Ireland-H2020 Coordinator Grant to Support for the European Research Council (ERC) Application Preparation. Project Value: € 15,033 (9 Months); Role: PI. Status: Declined.
7. October 2013, Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowship from The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. Project Value: £ 66,000 (2 Years); Role: PI. Status: Declined.
8. July 2013, Irish Research Council (IRC) International Postdoctoral Fellowship from The Government of Ireland. Project Value: € 86,790 (2 Years); Role: PI. Status: Completed.

• September 2019, Ms. Sukanya Kannan received the best poster prize in Research Scholar Day-2 (RSD-2) held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India. Congratulation Sukanya.............
• November 2021, Ms. Binduja Mohan received the best poster prize in Research Scholar Day-4 (RSD-4) held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India. Congratulation Binduja.............
• July 2022, Ms. Noushija M. K won the best poster presentation award at the 7th International Conference on Molecular Sensors & Molecular Logic Gate (MSMLG-22) held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Congratulation Noushija.............
• December 2023, Ms. Noushija M. K won the RSC Dalton Transaction best poster award at MTIC-23 held at IISc Bengaluru, India. Congratulation Noushija.............
• February 2024, Ms. Sukanya K won the best poster award at SATVA 2024 organized by ESSENCE at IIT Palakkad, India. Congratulation Sukanya.............

• September 2019, a poster presented by Ms. Sukanya Kannan in Research Scholar Day-2 (RSD-2) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India.

Poster Title: “TREN-Naphthalimide Based Fluorescent Sensor for Cu²⁺ Ion: Synthesis and Sensing Studies”

• September 2019, a poster presented by Ms. Binduja Mohan in Research Scholar Day-2 (RSD-2) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India.

Poster Title: A Simple “Turn-on” Fluorescent Sensor for Biologically Relevant Zn(II) Ion

• 05^th March 2020, a poster presented by Ms. P. Raja Lakshmi at a Two-day international conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences was held at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore.

Poster Title: A simple TREN-4-amino-1,8-Naphthalimide based Fluorescent sensor for selective and reversible sensing of Cu(II) in water.

• 05^th March 2020, a poster presented by Ms. Binduja Mohan at a Two-day international conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences was held at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore.

Poster Title: A simple 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide based "Turn-on" Fluorescencet Sensor for Biologically Relevant Zn(II) Ion.

• 06^th November 2021, a poster presented by Ms. Binduja Mohan in Research Scholar Day-4 (RSD-4) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India.

Poster Title: Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of A V-Shaped Fluorescent 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s base Derived Ru(II)-Curcumin Organometallic Conjugate.

• 06^th November 2021, a poster presented jointly by Mr. Ananthu S and Ms. Raja Lakshmi P in Research Scholar Day-4 (RSD-4) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India.

Poster Title: Synthesis and Antibiotics Sensing Properties of Tröger’s base containing 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Scaffolds and Organic Fluorene Polymer

• 13^th July 2022, a poster presented by Mr. Ananthu S at the 7th International Conference on Molecular Sensor & Molecular Logic Gate (MSMLG) was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Poster Title: Development of Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger’s base Supramolecular Scaffolds and Functional Organic Polymer for Fluorescence Sensing of Antibiotics

• 13^th July 2022, a poster presented jointly by Ms. Noushija M K and Ms. Binduja M at the 7th International Conference on Molecular Sensor & Molecular Logic Gate (MSMLG) was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Poster Title:  Discriminative “Turn-on” Fluorescence Sensing of Volatile Organic Amine (VOAs) with Superior Selectivity for Benzylamine using 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Tröger's base Scaffolds.

• 13^th July 2022, a poster presented by Ms. Binduja M at the 7th International Conference on Molecular Sensor & Molecular Logic Gate (MSMLG) was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Poster Title:  Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Evaluation of A V-Shaped Fluorescent 4-Amino-1,8-Naphthalimide Trogers base Derived Ru(II) Organometallic Conjugate. 

• Prof. Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson - Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Ireland. (For Biological Studies).

• Dr. Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi - Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IITPKD), India. (For Bioimaging and Anticancer Studies).

• Dr. Umadevi Deivasigamani - Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad (IITPKD), India. (For Computational Studies).

• Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy, National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India. (For Battery Studies).

• Dr. Nanjan Pandurangan, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India. (For Synthetic Chemistry).

• Dr. T. Palaniselvam - Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India. (For Electrochemistry).