Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Chemistry

Dr. Arthanareeswari Maruthapillai received her PhD in Chemistry in 2006 from the University of Madras, Chennai, India. She has a cumulative teaching experience of 33 years as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and Professor of Chemistry at SRMIST, Kattankulathur. She also serves as Chairperson, School of Basic Sciences at SRMIST, Kattankulathur. Her research interests are surface science and the development of analytical methods for the quantification and validation of API.

 

Dr. J. Arockia Selvi, M.Sc., Ph.D. did her master in chemical sciences at the P.S.G.R. Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, and secured Bharathiar University 1st rank in M.Sc., in the year 1999. She obtained her Ph.D. in chemistry in 2009 from Madurai Kamaraj University. Her research area is on Corrosion Studies, Sensors, Surface coatings and Electrochemistry. She has presented her findings in national and international conferences and has authored over 51 peer-reviewed articles in indexed journals. She has published a book chapter on the topic “Nano-hybrid Smart Coatings for Automotive Applications” in the ACS Symposium series. She has 12 years of teaching experience. She has supervised 9 Ph.D. scholars and guided M.Sc., B.Sc., research projects. She is the life member of professional bodies like ISCA, SAEST, ISTE. She currently serves as a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at SRMIST, Kattankulathur.

 

Dr. Karthikeyan Sekar is currently working as a Research Assistant Professor, at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India. Visiting Faculty at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, and JSPS Invitational Fellow at Kyushu University, Japan. Before joining SRMIST, he worked as a special researcher at the University of Tokyo. He has received the prestigious Royal Society Newton International alumni grant in September 2021, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan (2018 to 2020), and the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship at Aston University (2016 to 2018), UK. He has been awarded the Fellow of Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom (2018). He has many memberships, namely Member of the International Water Association, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; Member of the American Chemical Society, USA; International Academic Partner of Africa Centers of Excellence Project. His research interest is in the development of biomass-derived carbon-based materials used as catalysts for energy and environmental remediation. He has published 129 research articles, including four patents (one international), which have transformed many industries in India and abroad.

 

Dr. Gopal Chandru Senadi, professionally known as G. C. Senadi, is a reputed synthetic chemist with expertise spanning industrial and academic research. A native of Chennai, India, Dr. Senadi obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Madras in 2005 and completed his Master of Science in Applied Chemistry at Anna University in 2007. He began his professional journey in the pharmaceutical industry, serving for 4.3 years in synthetic R&D at GVK Biosciences and Anthem Biosciences. His industrial experience laid a strong foundation for his transition into academia, where he pursued doctoral research under the mentorship of Prof. Jeh-Jeng Wang at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. His doctoral work focused on the development of transition-metal and metal-free synthetic methodologies for bioactive compounds. Subsequently, he was awarded a prestigious three-year postdoctoral fellowship by Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). During this tenure, he specialized in sustainable synthetic strategies, emphasizing the synthesis of heteroatom-containing molecules and functional group transformations. Dr. Senadi’s research portfolio includes over 65 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. He is also a patent holder and a dedicated reviewer for several leading journals. He currently serves as a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at SRMIST, Kattankulathur.