Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani Dr. Veerappan Mani Curriculum vitae

Dr. Veerappan Mani Research Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Phone: +886 2771-2171 Ext. 2525 National Taipei University of Technology Fax: +886 (02) 2731 7117 No.1.Sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road Email: [email protected] Taipei-106, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Cell Ph. +886-988359494

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) 91% (A) 2010-2014 Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Master of Science (Chemistry) CGPA 7.04 (A++) 2007-2009 Bharathidasan University, , India

Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) 78.1% (Distinction) 2004-2007 Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India

Higher Secondary Education (Mathematics, Science) 84.6% 2002-2004 P.V.E Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tamil Nadu, India

High School 89.8% 2002 Amala High School, Tamil Nadu, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Professor Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering March 2016- till date Dep. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Postdoctoral Researcher (Ministry of Science and Technology fellowship, Taiwan) March 2014 – Feb 2016 Dep. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

EMPLOYMENT ANT TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer in Chemistry June 2009- December 2009 Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India Lecturer in Chemistry January 2010- May 2010 Department of chemistry, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, India

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani HONORS AND AWARDS 1. National Taipei University of Technology Scholarship (2009-2014) 2. Won “sunshine scholarship” awards in the “Faculty and student research” category awarded by “Institute of chemical Engineering, NTUT, Taiwan” during the year of 2012, 2013 and 2014. 3. Best post awards in national and international conferences. 2. Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) competitive exam qualified with Percentile of 82.67% 3. University distinction student award in Bachelor of Science from Periyar University, Tamil Nadu, India 4. School topper in high school national level exams

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES

1. Journal Referee: Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, RSC Advances, Journal of materials science, A,B,C, Analyst, Analytical Methods, Talanta, Chemical Communications, Analyst, Electrochimica Acta, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, International Journal of Electrochemistry, Renewable Energy, Frontiers in Materials etc.

2. Review Editor for “Carbon-Based Materials” in “Frontiers in Materials”

EXPERTISE RESEARCH AREAS

 Electrochemistry, electrocatalysis, modified electrodes, thin films, electrochemical sensors and biosensors, photo-electrochemistry, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Fluorescence sensors and biosensors,  Materials chemistry, carbon nanomaterials; graphene, carbon nanotubes, graphene nanoribbons, 2D transition metal dichalcogenides nanosheets, metal nanoparticles, metal oxides, conducting polymers and metal phthalocyanines  Molecular design, Latent probes design for non-oxidoreductase enzymes, proteins and small molecules, DNA sensor, electrochemical DNA monitoring in PCR  Dye sensitized solar cells, supercapacitors, enzymatic biofuel cells

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Total numbers of publications (authored and co-authored) = 44 (including 5 review articles) Total numbers of citations = 688, h- index = 14, ih-index = 18 (as of March 2016)

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?user=I2TQ3GIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao Scopus Author ID: 55286299400: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55286299400 Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veerappan_Mani2 Researcher id: J-2696-2014 ORCID ID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0756-7398

RESEARCH ARTICLES 2016 1. Veerappan Mani, Sheng-Tung Huang, Shen-Ming Chen, Devasenathipathy, Thomas C.K. Yang, Electropolymerization of cobalt phthalocyanine at graphene nanosheets for electrochemical

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani determination of cysteine and hydrazine, RSC adv. 6 (2016) 38463-38469 (IF = 3.840, N/M = 33/157 – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)

2. Kesavan Manibalan, Sin-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, T-T. Huang, S-T. Huang, A sensitive ratiometric long-wavelength fluorescent probe for selective determination of cysteine/homocysteine, J. fluoresc (revisions completed, awaiting for publication), 2016

3. R. Karthik, Mani Govindasamy, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Bih-Show Lou, R. Devasenathipathy, Y-S. Hou, A. Elangovan, Green synthesized gold nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide for sensitive determination of chloramphenicol in milk, powdered milk, honey and eye drops, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 475 (2016) 46–56

4. Veerappan Mani, Mani Govindasamy, Shen-Ming Chen, Raj Karthik, Sheng-Tung Huang, Determination of dopamine using a glassy carbon electrode modified with a graphene and carbon nanotube hybrid decorated with molybdenum disulfide flowers, Microchim. Acta 2016 (IF = 3.741, N/M = 9/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1007/s00604-016-1864-x

5. Mani Govindasamy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Raj Karthik, Kesavan Manibalan, Rajaji

Umamaheswari, MoS2 flowers grown on graphene/carbon nanotubes: a versatile substrate for electrochemical determination of hydrogen peroxide, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 11 (2016) 2954 - 2961 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry)

6. R. Karthik, Mani Govindasamy, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Potentiostatic preparation of nephrolepis-leaf like silver microstructures for nitrobenzene reduction Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., (2016) (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry)

7. Yu-Jen Lin, Yung-Chao Wu, Veerappan Mani, Sheng-Tung Huang, Chih-Hung Huang, Yi-Chiuen Hu, His-Chi Peter Shan, Designing anthraquinone-pyrrole redox intercalating probes for electrochemical gene detection, Biosens. Bioelectron., 79 (2016) 294–299 (IF = 6.409, N/M = 3/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.042

2015 8. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, V.S. Vasantha, M.A. Ali, S.-T. Huang, F.M.A. Al-Hemaid, A simple electrochemical platform for the picomolar detection of amitrole at pectin stabilized gold nanoparticles film modified electrode, Analyst, 140 (2015) 5764–5771 (IF = 4.107, N/M = 7/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1039/c5an00930h

9. Veerappan Mani, Wen-Yung Li, Jiun-An Gu, C.-M. Lin, S.-T. Huang, Highly selective off-on electrochemical latent redox ratiometric chemodosimeters for the rapid detection of fluoride, Talanta 131 (2015) 121–126 (IF = 3.545, N/M = 11/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.07.074

* 10. Veerappan Mani , Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, S.-F. Wang, P. Devi, Y. Tai, Electrodeposition of copper nanoparticles using pectin scaffold at graphene nanosheets for electrochemical sensing of glucose and hydrogen peroxide, Electrochim. Acta 176 (2015) 804–810 (IF

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani = 4.504, N/M = 4/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.07.098

11. Jiun-An Gu, Veerappan Mani, Sheng-Tung Huang, Design and synthesis of ultrasensitive Off-On fluoride detecting fluorescence probe via autoinductive signal amplification, Analyst 140 (2015) 346– 352 (IF = 4.107, N/M = 7/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1039/c4an01723d

12. Kesavan Manibalan, Veerappan Mani, C.-H. Huang, S.-T. Huang, C.P.-Chieh, A new electrochemical substrate for rapid and sensitive in-vivo monitoring of β-galactosidase gene expressions, Analyst 140 (2015) 6040-6046 (IF = 4.107, N/M = 7/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1039/c5an01036e

13. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, J.-A. Gu, S.-T. Huang, Glucose/O2 biofuel cell based on Graphene and Phthalocyanine composites modified electrode. Renewably Energy 74 (2015) 867−874 (IF = 3.476, N/M = 20/89 – Energy & Fuels) DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.09.003

14. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Chelladurai Karuppiah, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, V.S. Vasantha, S. Ramaraj, Highly selective determination of cysteine using a composite prepared from multiwalled carbon nanotubes and gold nanoparticles stabilized with calcium cross linked pectin, Microchim. Acta 182 (2015) 727–735 (IF = 3.741, N/M = 9/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1007/s00604-014-1380-9

15. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, K. Kohilarani, S. Ramaraj, Determination of L-cysteine at iron tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes film modified electrode, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 682-690 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100100682.pdf

16. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, B. Subramani, M. Govindasamy, A novel glucose biosensor at glucose oxidase immobilized graphene and bismuth nanocomposite film modified electrode, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 691-700 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100100691.pdf

17. Rasu Ramachandran, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, G.G. kumar, M. Govindasamy, Recent developments in electrode materials and methods for pesticide analysis – Review, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 859-869 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100100859.pdf

18. Rasu Ramachandran, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, G.G. kumar, P. Gajendran, N.B. Devi, Advancement of Electrode Fabrication Materials and Various Insights on Solar cells-Review, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 3301–3318 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100403301.pdf

19. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, K. Manibalan, S.-T. Huang, Determination of 4-nitro phenol at iron phthalocyanine decorated graphene nanosheets film modified electrode, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 1384-1392 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100201384.pdf

20. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, K. Kohilarani, R. Ramachandran, A

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani sensitive amperometric sensor for the determination of dopamine at graphene-bismuth nanocomposite film modified electrode, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 10 (2015) 1199-1207 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol10/100201199.pdf

21. Chelladurai Karuppiah, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, D. Arulraj, S. Palanisamy, Veerappan Mani, V.S. Vasantha, Fabrication of nickel tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes on activated glassy carbon electrode for the detection of dopamine, Electroanalysis, 27 (2015) 485–493 (IF = 2.138, N/M = 15/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400551

22. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Selvakumar Palanisamy, Shen-Ming Chen, C. Karuppiah, Veerappan Mani, S.K. Ramaraj, M.A. Ali, F.M.A. Al-Hemaid, An amperometric biological toxic hydrazine sensor based on multiwalled carbon nanotubes and iron tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine composite modified electrode, Electroanalysis, 27 (2015) 1403–1410 (IF = 2.138, N/M= 15/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1002/elan.201400659

23. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, T.-Y. Wu, High performance electrochemical amperometric sensors for the sensitive determination of herbicides diuron and fenuron in water samples from agricultural areas, Ionics, 21 (2015) 2675–2683 (IF = 2.138, N/M= 89/139 – Chemistry, Physical) DOI: 10.1007/s11581-015-1459-2

24. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Raj Karthik, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, V.S. Vasantha, M. Ajmal Ali, M.S. Elshikh, B.-S. Lou, F.M.A. Al-Hemaid, Potentiostatic electrochemical preparation of bismuth nanoribbons and its application in biologically poisoning lead and cadmium heavy metal ions detection, Electroanalysis 27 (2015) 1–7 (IF = 2.138, N/M= 15/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1002/elan.201500255

25. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, S.-T. Huang, T.-T. Huang, C.-M. Lin, K.-Y. Hwa, T.-Y. Chen, B.-J. Chen, Immobilization of glucose oxidase at pectin stabilized gold nanoparticles decorated graphene-multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid film modified electrode and its glucose biosensor application, Enzyme Microb. Technol. 78 (2015) 40–45 (IF = 2.322, N/M = 74/163 – Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology) DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.06.006

26. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Raj Karthik, Shen-Ming Chen, M. Ajmal Ali, Veerappan Mani, B.-S. Lou, F.M.A. Al-Hemaid, Enzymatic glucose biosensor based on bismuth nanoribbons electrochemically deposited on reduced graphene oxide, Microchim. Acta, 182 (2015) 2165–2172 (IF = 3.741, N/M = 9/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1007/s00604-015-1545-1

27. Rajesh Madhu, Bose Dinesh, Shen-Ming Chen, R. Saraswathi, Veerappan Mani, An electrochemical synthesis strategy of composite based ZnO microspheres-Au nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for the sensitive detection of hydrazine in water samples, RSC adv. 5 (2015) 54379-54386 (IF = 3.840, N/M = 33/157 – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary) DOI: 10.1039/c5ra05612h

2014

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani 28. Veerappan Mani, Bose Dinesh, Shen-Ming Chen, R. Saraswathi, Direct electrochemistry of myoglobin at graphene oxide-carbon nanotube-platinum nanoparticles composite modified electrode and its application towards hydrogen peroxide and nitrite, Biosens. Bioelectron. 53 (2014) 420. (IF = 6.409, N/M = 3/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.09.075

29. V.K. Ponnusamy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, J.-F. Jen, Rapid microwave assisted synthesis of graphene nanosheets/ polyethyleneimine/gold nanoparticle composites and its application to the selective electrochemical determination of dopamine, Talanta 120 (2014) 148−157 (IF = 3.545, N/M = 11/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.12.003

30. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Highly selective amperometric sensor for the trace level detection of hydrazine at bismuth nanoparticles decorated graphene nanosheets modified electrode. Talanta 124 (2014) 43−51 (IF = 3.545, N/M = 11/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2014.02.031

31. A.T.E. Vilian, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, B. Dinesh, S.-T. Huang, The immobilization of glucose oxidase at manganese dioxide particles decorated reduced graphene oxide sheets for the fabrication of glucose biosensor, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 53 (2014) 15582−15589 (IF = 2.587, N/M = 27/135 – Engineering, Chemical) DOI: 10.1021/ie502430d

32. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, D. Arulraj, V.S. Vasantha, Highly stable and sensitive amperometric sensor for the determination of trace level hydrazine at cross linked pectin stabilized gold nanoparticles decorated graphene nanosheets, Electrochim. Acta, 135 (2014) 260– 269. (IF = 4.504, N/M = 4/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.05.002

33. Veerappan Mani, Tzu-Ying Wu, Shen-Ming Chen, A sensitive electrochemical nitrite sensor based on iron nanoparticles decorated graphene-carbon nanotubes nanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode, J. Solid State Electrochem. 18 (2014) 1015–1023 (IF = 2.446, N/M = 10/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1007/s10008-013-2349-z

34. Shen-Ming Chen, Rasu Ramachandran, Veerappan Mani, Ramiah Saraswathi Recent advancements on electrode materials for high-performance electrochemical supercapacitors, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014) 4072-4085 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol9/90804072.pdf

35. Bose Dinesh, Veerappan Mani, Ramiah Saraswathi, Shen-Ming Chen, Direct electrochemistry of cytochrome C immobilized at graphene oxide dispersed carbon nanotubes composite on electrochemically deposited gold nanoparticles modified electrode for the picomolar detection of hydrogen peroxide. RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 28229–28237 (IF = 3.840, N/M = 33/157 – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary) DOI: 10.1039/c4ra02789b

36. Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, B. Viswanath, V.S. Vasantha, M. Govindasamy, Electrodeposition of gold nanoparticles using pectin as scaffold and selective determination of dopamine, RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 55900−55907 (IF = 3.840, N/M = 33/157 – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary) DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08818b

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani 37. Veerappan Mani, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Shen-Ming Chen, S.-T. Huang, V.S. Vasantha, Immobilization of glucose oxidase on graphene and cobalt phthalocyanine composite and its application for the determination of glucose, Enzyme Microb. Technol. 66 (2014) 60–66 (IF = 2.322, N/M = 74/163 – Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology) DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.08.009

38. Ming-Hui Wang, Jiun-An Gu, Veerappan Mani, Y.-C. Wu, Y.-J. Lin, Y.-M. Chia, S.-T. Huang, A rapid fluorescence detecting platform: applicable to sense carnitine and chloramphenicol in food samples, RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 64112-64118 (IF = 3.840, N/M = 33/157 – Chemistry, Multidisciplinary) DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11449c

2013 39. Veerappan Mani, Balamurugan Devadas, Shen-Ming Chen, Direct electrochemistry of glucose oxidase at electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid material modified electrode, Biosens. Bioelectron. 41 (2013) 309–315 (IF = 6.409, N/M = 3/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2012.08.045

40. Binesh Unnikrishnan, Pu-Liang Ru, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Nitrite determination at electrochemically synthesized polydiphenylamine-Pt composite modified glassy carbon electrode, Sens. Actuators, B 177 (2013) 887–892 (IF = 4.097, N/M = 8/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.11.102

41. Srikanth Cheemalapati, Selvakumar Palanisamy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Simultaneous electrochemical determination of dopamine and paracetamol on multiwalled carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide nanocomposite-modified glassy carbon electrode, Talanta 117 (2013) 297–304 (IF = 3.545, N/M = 11/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2013.08.041

42. Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, B.-S. Lou, Three dimensional graphene oxide-carbon nanotubes and graphene-carbon nanotubes hybrids, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 8 (2013) 11641–11660 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol8/81011641.pdf

43. Rasu Ramachandran, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Ramiah Saraswathi, Bih-Show Lou, Recent trends in graphene based electrode materials for energy storage devices and sensors applications, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 8 (2013) 11680–11694 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol8/81011680.pdf

2012 44. Veerappan Mani, Arun Prakash Periasamy, Shen-Ming Chen, Highly selective amperometric nitrite sensor based on chemically reduced graphene oxide modified electrode, Electrochem. Commun. 17 (2012) 75–78 (IF = 4.847, N/M = 3/28– Electrochemistry) DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2012.02.009

45. Binesh Unnikrishnan, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Highly sensitive amperometric sensor for carbamazepine determination based on electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-single-walled carbon nanotubes composite film, Sens. Actuators, B 173 (2012) 274–280 (IF = 4.097, N/M = 8/74 – Chemistry, Analytical) DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.06.088

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani 46. Veerappan Mani, Balamurugan Devadas, Shen Ming Chen, Ying Li, Immobilization of enzymes and redox proteins and their electrochemical biosensor applications, ECS Transactions, 50 (12) (2012) 35– 41

47. Veerappan Mani, A.T. Ezhil Vilian, Shen-Ming Chen, Graphene oxide dispersed carbon nanotube and Iron phthalocyanine composite modified electrode for the electrocatalytic determination of hydrazine, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 7 (2012) 12774–12785 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol7/71212774.pdf

48. Balamurugan Devadas, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, A glucose/O2 biofuel cell based on graphene and multiwalled carbon nanotubes composites modified electrode, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 7 (2012) 8064–8075 (IF = 1.500, N/M = 21/28 – Electrochemistry) DOI: http://www.electrochemsci.org/papers/vol7/7098064.pdf

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Subramanian Sakthinathan, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen “Selective electrochemical determination of dopamine at graphene nanosheets/polyethyleneimine/gold nanoparticle composite modified electrode”, 2014 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society Located in Taipei.

2. Balamurugan Thirumalraj, Bose Dinesh, Veerappan Mani, Ramiah Saraswathi, Shen-Ming Chen “Trace Level Of Hydrogen Peroxide Based On Direct Electrochemistry Of Cytochrome C Immobilized Graphene Oxide–Carbon Nanotube Composite”, 2014 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society Located in Taipei.

3. Shen-Ming Chen, Rasu Ramachandran, Veerappan Mani, Ramiah Saraswathi, Yu-Shen Hou “A review on recently developed novel electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitors applications”, 2014 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society Located in Taipei.

4. Veerappan Mani, Bose Dinesh, Shen-Ming Chen, Jhe-Jhen Syu “Preparation of reduced graphene oxide- multiwalled carbon nanotubes-platinum nanocomposite and its biosensor applications”, 4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) held in Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2015

5. Dou-Han Zhao, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen and Hsiang-Hui Chiu “Preparation of chemically reduced graphene oxide modified glassy carbon electrode for highly selective amperometric determination of nitrite”, 4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) held in Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2015

6. Dou-Han Zhao, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen and Hsiang-Hui Chiu “Preparation of chemically reduced graphene oxide modified glassy carbon electrode for highly selective amperometric determination of nitrite”, 4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) held in Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2015

7. Yu-Shen Hou, Veerappan Mani, Veeramani Vediyappan and Shen-Ming Chen, Reduced graphene oxide- multiwalled carbon nanotubes-platinum nanoparticles nanocomposite application towards hydrogen peroxide and nitrite, 4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) held in

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2015

8. Dou-Han Zhao, Rajkumar Devasenathipathy, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, Simple electrochemical deposition of CCLP stabilized GNPs decorated at graphene nano sheets and their application in hydrazine detection, 4th International Symposium on Technology for Sustainability (ISTS) held in Taipei, Taiwan, November 19-21, 2015

9. Veerappan Mani, Tzu-Ying Wu, Shen-Ming Chen, “Highly Sensitive Electrochemical Amperometric Sensors for the Determination of Herbicides Diuron and Fenuron”, 60 th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Taipei, Taiwan November, 23-24, 2013

10. Chelladurai Karuppiah, Binesh Unnikrishnan, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Amperometric Detection of Nitrite using Polydiphenylamine-Platinum Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode, 60 th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Taipei, Taiwan November, 23-24, 2013

11. Veerappan Mani, Tzu-Ying Wu, Shen-Ming Chen, Graphene-Carbon nanotubes-Fe nanoparticles composite modified electrode for the sensitive detection of nitrite, 60 th Annual Meeting of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Taipei, Taiwan November, 23-24, 2013

12. Veerappan Mani, A.T. Ezhil Vilian, Shen-Ming Chen, Fabrication of Graphene Oxide Dispersed Carbon Nanotube and Iron Phthalocyanine Composite Modified Electrode for the Electrocatalytic Determination of Hydrazine, 2013 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society Located in Taipei.

13. Tzu-Ying Wu, Veerappan Mani, Arun Prakash Periasamy, Shen-Ming Chen Chemically reduced graphene oxide modified electrode for nitrite sensor, “18th Annual Conference of Chemical Sensors” held in National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2013

14. Veerappan Mani, Binesh Unnikrishnan, Pu-Liang Ru, Shen-Ming Chen*, Chemically reduced graphene oxide modified electrode for nitrite sensor, “18th Annual Conference of Chemical Sensors” held in National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2013

15. Binesh Unnikrishnan, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen*, Lin-Hsiang Huang, Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide–single-walled carbon nanotube Composite film for carbamazepine determination, “18th Annual Conference of Chemical Sensors” held in National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, June 1, 2013

16. Immobilization of enzymes and redox proteins and their electrochemical biosensor applications, Shen- Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Selvakumar Palanisamy, Ying Li, 222th ECS Meeting 2012 The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 7–12, 2012

17. Electrochemical biosensor and biofuel cell applications of nanomaterials modified electrodes, Shen-Ming Chen, Ying Li, Veerappan Mani, Muniyandi Rajkumar, 222th ECS Meeting 2012 The Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 7–12, 2012

18. Fabrication and characterization of graphene based composite materials for the electrochemical sensors and energy storage device applications, Shen-Ming Chen, Veerappan Mani, Ying Li and Selvakumar

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani Palanisamy, Crystal & Graphene Science Symposium-2012, Waltham, USA, September 5–6, 2012

19. Synthesis and characterization of carbon based composite materials and their application in the construction of enzymatic biofuel cells, Shen-Ming Chen, Balamurugan Devadas, Veerappan Mani, Selvakumar Palanisamy, The 64th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry Electrochemistry for a New Era, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico, September 8 - 13 2013

20. Preparation and characterization of copper nanoparticles/zinc oxide composite modified electrode and its application to glucose sensing, 2010 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society held in National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, December 3–5, 2010

21. Preparation and characterization of phosphotungstate-doped-glutaraldehyde-cross-linked poly-l-lysine for the development of Iodate biosensor, 2011 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society held in Taipei, Taiwan, December 3–4, 2011

22. Direct electrochemistry of glucose oxidase at electrochemically reduced graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes modified electrode for the biosensor and biofuel cell applications, Taiwan and India international academic and cultural exchange program seminar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, June 2012

23. Highly selective amperometric nitrite sensor based on chemically reduced graphene oxide, Veerappan Mani, Arun Prakash Periasamy, Shen-Ming Chen 2012 Annual Meeting of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers held in Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, November 24-25, 2012

24. Balamurugan Devadas, Veerappan Mani, Shen-Ming Chen, “Biofuel cell based on graphene oxide and multiwalled carbon nanotube modified elsectrode,” 2012 Annual Meeting of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan, November 24-25, 2012

25. A novel glucose biosensor based on electrochemically reduced graphene oxide-multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid material modified electrode, Veerappan Mani, Balamurugan Devadas, Shen-Ming Chen, 2012 Annual Meeting of Chemical Society held in Tainan, Taiwan, December 1-2, 2012

26. Graphene and carbon nanotubes based composite material modified electrodes – fabrication, characterization and application to electrochemical sensors and biofuel cell applications, winter training program seminar held at National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, December 10, 2012

27. Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene-Phthalocyanine Composite Materials for Biosensor and Biofuel Cell Applications, International Sensors Research and Autumn Education Course, held at National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, September 26, 2013

28. Participated in the workshop, “Probing Electronic States in Molecules and Molecular Materials (Sponsored by Indian Science Academies)” organized by Indian Academy of Sciences, and Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India during September 24-27, 2008.

29. Participated in the “International Conference on Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry (ICCOC 2009) held at the Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641 046 during 19-20, March

Curriculum Vitae Dr. Veerappan Mani 2009.

30. Participated in the Academies sponsored two days lecture workshop on “Frontiers in Chemistry” held at Department of Chemistry, National College, Tiruchirappalli, during March 13-14, 2009.

PERSONAL DETAILS Date of birth : June 20, 1987 Sex : Male Marital status : Bachelor Nationality : Indian Permanent address : No.1/239, Devarasampatti, A-Jettihalli-(PO), -636807, Tamil Nadu, India

REFERENCES

1. Dr. Sheng-Tung Huang Professor, Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan 106 (ROC) Email: [email protected] Ph: + 886 –2771-2171 Ext. 2525

2. Dr. Shen-Ming Chen Distinguished Professor Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology No. 1, section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road,Taipei, Taiwan 106 (ROC) Email: [email protected] Ph. No. +886-2270 17147; Fax: +886 2270 25238