Dr. AL. Muthulakshmi, Ph.D Address for Communication: Aqvaspace Sdn Bhd A-27-2 Block Aura, The Atmosphere Jalan Atmosphere 3, Off Jalan Putra Permai 43300 , Mobile: +6011 1081 7436 Email:[email protected]

Research/Teaching/Consultants Experience

1) Senior Modeller, Aqvaspace Sdn Bhd, February 2015 to till date

Responsibilities ℓ Develop project objectives by reviewing project proposals and plans ℓ Maintain project schedule by monitoring project progress, resolve technical issues and reviews of hydraulic projects ℓ Coordinate and cooperate with all government agencies and departments responsible for processing project proposals to meet established timelines ℓ Assist the director in the daily operations with preparations for Board and community meetings, enquiries, consultations, workshops and other events ℓ Determine project specifications by project design, customer requirements, performance of technical studies and preparing cost estimates ℓ Oceanographic data collection such as current, wind, wave, tide and sediment characteristic ℓ Preparation of TOR and final hydraulic project report as per Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Malaysia ℓ Performance of quality assurance/quality control for field measured data ℓ Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing the information about projects

Projects Handled: No. 45 Key Projects Handled 1) Coastal Physical Parameter measurements (Land survey, Current profiling, water level, wave, grab sampling and suspended sediment) for Coastal Hydraulic study at Pulau Jarak, , Malaysia 2) Multibeam Hydrographic Survey Works at Danga Bay and Tangjung Puteri, Bahru, Malaysia 3) Shoreline Monitoring Programme for Samalaju Port, Bintulu, Malaysia 4) Coastal Hydraulic Study For Proposed Upgrading Dayang Bunting Jetty, , , Malaysia 5) Hydrography, Topography and Marine Data Collection around Pulau Sekati Island, Malaysia 6) Water Quality Modelling And Bathymetry Survey At Pond A, B And C For Sg Water Transfer Facility 1 (“Wt1”), Selangor, Malaysia 7) The Proposed Construction and Completion of The Drawbridge Connecting Muara North and Muara South in Kuala City Centre for The East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 8) Study Of Hydraulic Projects Proposed Upgrading Facilities, Infrastructure and Utilities in Pulau Besar and Pulau Pemanggil, Johor Darul Ta’zim, Johor Bahru, Malaysia 9) Coastal Hydraulic Study For "The Sea Reclamation Project Covering an area of 170 acres in Klebang Besar, Melaka Tengah, ", Malaysia 10) Water Level and Salinity Measurement Specification at Batang Lupar, Sabha, Malaysia 11) Hydrographic Survey Work to Develop Integrated Coastal Management Plan (ISMP) State (Samarahan and Betong), , Malaysia 12) Coastal Hydraulic Study for Proposed Reclamation of Land at Anjung Batu, District of Jasin, Malacca, Malaysia 13) Studies conservation of estuaries and coastal erosion control and related work on the chart Sekichan, Sabak Bernam District, Selangor Darul Ehsan Selangor for Water Governance Institutions (LUAS), Selangor, Malaysia.

2) Research Associate, Quality Assurance Division (Infrared Thermography Division), Electronics Instrumentation and Radiological Safety Group (EIRSG), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, July 2014 to January 2015

Responsibilities ℓ Non-destructive testing, diagnosis of glaucoma in optomology studies and coastal water discharge around thermal power plant using infrared thermography ℓ Evaluations of ocular surface temperature in normal human eye using infrared images

3) Senior Research Fellow, Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) / Anna University, June 2011 to March 2012

Responsibilities ℓ SRF in - “Modelling of sediment transport along Kalpakkam coast and its implications on sand bar dynamics and thermal dispersion” BRNS project ℓ Collection of coastal water (surface & bottom), sediment sample (seabed sediment and core sample), plankton sample (phytoplankton & zooplankton) and laboratory analysis ℓ Data management, statistical analysis and interpretation ℓ Numerical modelling - Advection dispersion (thermal plume dispersion pattern), water quality (BOD & DO), sediment transport using MIKE 21 ℓ Preparation of final presentation and report

4) Junior Research Fellow, Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) / Anna University, June 2009 to May 2011

Responsibilities ℓ JRF in - “Modelling of sediment transport along Kalpakkam coast and its implications on sand bar dynamics and thermal dispersion” BRNS project ℓ Collection of coastal water (surface & bottom), sediment sample (seabed sediment and core sample), plankton sample (phytoplankton & zooplankton) and laboratory analysis ℓ Data management, statistical analysis and interpretation

5) Lecturer for Master of Science in Biotechnology, Periyar University, (Sengunther Arts and Science College), August 2007 – April 2009

Responsibilities ℓ Directed postgraduate students’ research and supervised their thesis ℓ Taught undergraduate and post graduate class, supervised experiments and graded assignments ℓ Preparation of the experimental procedure, setup of the experimental apparatus, providing the introduction of the experiment, responding to their questions they encountered in the experiment, and grading their reports ℓ Joined to my senior for curriculum and exam development activities ℓ Making records of student's progress.

6) Biotech Executive, Rajathi Biotech Private Limited (International Group) October 2006 - July 2007

Responsibilities ℓ Exhibited leadership while enhancing teamwork to achieve stated goals ℓ Business development planning, laboratory activities and maintenances ℓ Resolve technical issues in projects ℓ Paper presentation

7) Academic Dissertation, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India, November 2004 - April 2005

Responsibilities ℓ Worked in Biodiversity of Pseudomonas species utilizing phenol ℓ Collection of environmental polluted samples ℓ Routine bacterial cultivation ℓ Isolation of plasmid DNA, purification, restriction digestion and PCR & RAPD analysis ℓ Microbial community diversity using 16s rDNA ℓ Sample sent for sequence analysis using BLAST program ℓ Generate phylogenetic tree diagram for the evolutionary relationships between the taxa

8) Summer Training Programme, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India, April 2004 - June 2004

Responsibilities ℓ Worked in Analysis of microbial diversity in the biomass using molecular tools ℓ Isolation of plasmid DNA, purification, restriction digestion and PCR & RAPD analysis

Laboratory/Field Skills

ℓ Plasmid and genomic DNA isolation ℓ Restriction Digestion, PCR and RAPD Techniques ℓ Microbial community diversity using 16s rDNA ℓ Isolation, purification, identification, pure culture, routine bacterial cultivation, maintenance of stock of microalgae ℓ Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, CHNSO Analyzer, BOD and DO probe ℓ Coastal water quality monitoring ℓ Identification and enumeration of phytoplankton and zooplankton ℓ Numerical Model MIKE 21 – Hydrodynamic (HD), Spectral wave model (SW) Advection Dispersion (AD), Eutrophication Modelling (EU) & Sediment/Mud Transport (ST & MT) ℓ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ℓ Thermal Plume Studies using Thermal Infrared Camera (FLIRi50) ℓ Beach Studies – beach With, beach slope and beach profile ℓ Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) ℓ HOBO U20 Water Level Logger ℓ Assessment of physicochemical, sedimentological and geochemical characteristics of seawater and seabed sediments through cruise sampling

Conference

1) Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, AL. Muthulakshmi, Vincent A. Ferrer, S.V.Narasimhan and V.P.Venugopalan, Long term and short term Sediment Transport Changes Along Kalpakkam, India, AOGS - AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly 2012, Resorts World Convention Centre, Singapore, 13-17 August 2012. 2) Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, Vincent A. Ferrer, AL. Muthulakshmi, S V. Narasimhan and V P. Venugopalan, “Sediment Dynamics along Kalpakkam, Southeast Coast of India, from Field observations and Numerical Modelling” in ASBPA's 2010 National Coastal Conference: "Celebrating the diversity of the coast", Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 12- 15 October, 2010.

Research Publications

1. AL. Muthulakshmi, Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, Vincent A. Ferrer, S V. Narasimhan and V. P. Venugopalan, “Temporal Variability in Coastal Waters of Kalpakkam, India”, ARCH. ENVIRON. SCI., Vol. 6, pp. 118-131, 2012. 2. Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, Muthulakshmi AL , Vincent A. Ferrer, S V. Narasimhan and V P Venugopalan, “Textural and depositional processes of surface sediments of Kalpakkam, Southeast Coast of India” Front. Earth Sci. DOI 10.1007/s11707-012-0330-2, 2012. (IF- 1.051) 3. Muthulakshmi, AL., Usha Natesan, Deepthi, K., Vincent A. Ferrer, Narasimhan, S.V. and Venugopalan, V.P. “A Novel Technique to Monitor Thermal Discharges using Thermal Infrared Imaging”, Environment Science: processes & impacts, DOI: 10.1039/c3em00081h, 2013. (IF-2.592) 4. AL. Muthulakshmi, Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, Vincent A. Ferrer and V. P. Venugopalan, S.V. Narasimhan, “Assessment of Water Quality through Indices around Kalpakkam, Southeast Coast of India”, ARCH. ENVIRON. SCI., Vol.7, pp. 23-32, 2013. 5. K. Deepthi, Usha Natesan, Muthulakshmi AL, Vincent A. Ferrer, V P Venugopalan, S V. Narasimhan,” Geochemical characteristics and depositional environment of Kalpakkam, southeast coast of India” Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol. 69, No. 7, 2013. (IF-1.765) 6. K. Deepthi, Usha Natesan, Muthulakshmi AL, Vincent A. Ferrer, V P Venugopalan, S V. Narasimhan “Heavy metals in nearshore sediments of Kalpakkam, Southeast coast of India” ISSN 1866-6280, Volume 72, Number 3, Environmental Earth Sciences, (2014) 72:717-729, DOI 10.1007/s 12665-013-2996-5, 2014. (IF-1.765) 7. Usha Natesan, Muthulakshmi AL, K. Deepthi, A. Vincent Ferrer, S.V. Narasimhan and V.P.Venugopalan, “Impact of Thermal Discharge From a Tropical Coastal Power Plant on Physico-Chemical Properties with Special Nutrients of Kalpakkam Coastal Area, Southeastern Coast of India”, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, Vol. 44 (12), November 2015, pp. 1750-1761, 2015. (IF-0.316) 8. Usha Natesan, Vincent A Ferrer, Arvind Sahay, Prakash Chauhan, Muthulakshmi AL, Deepthi K “Monitoring Chlorophyll - a concentration in the coastal waters of Kalpakkam (India) Application of a regional algorithm using Oceansat - 2 Ocean Colour Monitor”, ISSN 0255-660X, Volume 43, Number 1, Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing (2015) 43:173-179, DOI 10.1007/s 12524-014-0390-8, 2015. (IF-0.725) 9. Deepthi.K., Natesana.U., Muthulakshmi AL., Ferrera V. A., Venugopalan V. P. & Narasimhan S. V. “Mineralogical Characterization in the Marine Environment of Kalpakkam, Southeast Coast of India” Marine Georesources & Geotechnology (2015), 33: 496 503, DOI: 10.1080/1064119X.2014.954176, 2015. (IF-1.159) 10. Muthulakshmi AL, Usha Natesan, K. Deepthi, A. Vincent Ferrer, S.V. Narasimhan and V.P.Venugopalan, “GIS Based Spatial Distribution of Temperature and Chlorophyll a along the Kalpakkam, Southeast Coast of India”. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, ISSN: 2248-9622, Vol. 5, Issue 5, (Part -5) May 2015, pp.121-126, 2015. (IF-5.179)