Name: Dr. Kathiresan Sathasivam Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Semeling 08100 Kedah, Malaysia. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Office Number: 04 4298183 Hand Phone Number: 012 4922101 Fax Number: 04 4298109 Academic Qualifications B.App.Sc (Hons) in Analytical Chemistry M.Sc (Pharmacy) P.hD Major Research Interests Conversion of Waste into Wealth Natural fibers and polymer development E-waste technology Surface Science & Modification Experience Current Position Registrar (Acting) (8 August 2014 – to date) Associate Professor (4 November 2014 – to date) Chairperson, AIMST Innovation Centre Previous Position Senior Lecturer (January 2006 – 3 November 2014) Lecturer (AIMST University) (May 2002 – Jan 2006) Senior Chemist (Alpha Summit Laboratories, Sdn. Bhd.) Sept 2001 – April 2002 Research Officer (Centre for Drug Research, USM) Sept 1998 – August 2001 Awards and Recognitions for Academic and Research Capabilities a) Product Innovation Award for Shan Poornam Metal Sdn Bhd under Ministry of Trade and Industry, 24 March 2011. b) Gold Medal – Bio-innovation Award during MABIC-AIMST-Biotech Corp Biotechnology Week 2011 c) 2nd Prize for the best poster presentation at National Post Graduate Seminar; Poster titled The Occurrence Of Bacillus Thuringiensis Strains In Chemical Intensive Rice Growing Ecosystem. Kannan, P., Xavier, R., Reena Josephine, C.M., Marimuthu, K., Kathiresan, S., Sreeramanan, S., Prazanna Lakxmy, A., Maheswaran, S. And Vinod, V. Proceedings of The National Postgraduate Seminar (NPS 2010), 30th December, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. d) Malaysian Hibiscus Award for Shan Poornam Metal Sdn Bhd 2012. e) Lead Researcher for AIMST, Innovative Project titled Removal of Lube from Glass Substrate and the Recovery of precious metals of its Waste , Malam Citra Inovasi, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi, 5 March 2013. f) Innovative Research titled “Recycling of Rejected Blank Glass Substrate (Principle Investigator) & Turning Chicken Feather into Cysteine (Co-Investigator)” is selected to in Agensi Inovasi Malaysia’s Innovation Business Opportunity (IBO) publication. Research Grants No Funding Project Title Role Duration Value Body 1 Yayasan The development of Metal Co- 2006-2008 RM 314,000 Felda Complexation Technology for Investigator the extraction of high value Tocotrienol and Carotenoid Components from Palm Oil and Production of Biodiesel via low Energy usage 2. AIMST Effects of dietary protein and Co- 2010 RM 20,000 University lipid levels in different feeding Investigator strategy on the growth feed utilization and survival of yellow tail catfish. 3. FRGS CART prediction of homo Principle 2011 RM 17,000 dimer folding & binding FRGS Investigator Grant worth RM 17,000 4. Ministry of Polyolefin-Degrading Co- 2011 RM 35,500 Higher Microcomposite for Investigator Education Bioremediation 5. AIMST Utilization of Malaysian Macro Principle 2013 RM 20,000 University Algae as a source of renewable Investigator Seed Fund green energy 6. Ministry of EZY Inflatable Bedpan with Co- 2013 RM 138,000 Higher Biodegradable Disposable Bag: Investigator Education A Better Option for Immobilized Client with Elimination Needs 7. Screening of Cinnamomum Co- 2013 RM 121,000 osmophloeum for biosynthesis Investigator of Therapeutic Cinnamaldehyde in Hairy Root Culture 8. FRGS Nano-Delivary of Papain For Co- 2014 RM 96,608 Colorectal Cancer Investigator 9. FRGS Towards a comprehensive Co- 2014 RM99,000 understanding on the Investigator bioconversion of butter fat by Lactococus lactis for production of concentrated butter flavour Technical Proficiency: Knowledge and working experience with the following equipments:- 1) High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) 2) Bio-analytical System- Electrochemical Detection (BAS -ECD) 3) Gas Chromatography (GC) 4) U.V. Spectrophotometer 5) Gas chromatography-Liquid chromatography/ Mass spectrometry (GC-LC- MS) 6) Fourier Transformer Infra-Red (FTIR) 7) Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) 8) Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) 9) Thermogravimerty Analysis (TGA) 10) Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) 11) Fourier Transformer Raman Spectroscopy (FT-Raman) Publications (In Peer Reviewed Journals) 1. Olliaro PL, Nair NK, Sathasivam K, Mansor SM, V.Navaratnam. Pharmacokinetics of Artesunate after a single oral administration to rats. BioMed Central Pharmacology. 2001; 1(1); 12-16. 2. Mas Rosemal H. Mas Haris, S.Kathiresan, S. Mohan. Normal Coordinate Analysis of Poly Vinyl Acetate. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2008; 20 (6); 2008 3. Mas Rosemal H. Mas Haris, S.Kathiresan, S. Mohan. Vibrational Spectra and normal coordinate analysis of poly vinyl alcohol. J. Chemtracts, 9(1&2), 1-8, 2007. 4. S. Sudhakaran ,Chan Soo Sean, Ong Ming Thong, S.A. Dhanaraj, S. Kathiresan, K. Marimuthu, R. Xavier, Phytochemical screening and bioprospecting of a tropical plant Garcinia Mangostana Linn. New Biotechnology, 225, S292, 2009. 5. Mas Rosemal H. Mas Haris and Kathiresan Sathasivam. The Removal of Methyl Red from Aqueous Solutions Using Banana Pseudostem Fibers. American Journal of Applied Sciences 6(9): 1690-1700, 2009 6. Thrombocyte counts in mice after administration of papaya leaf suspension. Kathiresan Sathasivam, S.Ramanathan, S.M. Mansor, Mas Rosemal H.M.H, W.Wernsdorfer. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift (The Middle European Journal of Medicine) 121 (3), 19-22, 2009. 7. Adsorption Kinetics and Capacity of Fatty Acid-Modified Banana Trunk Fibers for Oil in Water. Kathiresan Sathasivam and Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 213, 413-423, 2010. 8. Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies On Cis-1,4-Polychloroprene S.Kathiresan, Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris, S. Mohan. International Journal of ChemTech Research. 2 (3), 1780- 1785, 2010. 9. Melinda K, Xavier R, Marimuthu K, Diwakar A, Surash R, Kathiresan S, Sreeramanan S. A comparative study on the antioxidant activity of methanolic leaf extracts of Ficus Religiosa L, Chromolaena odorata (L), King & Rabinsan, Cynodon dactylon (L) Pers, and Tridaz procumbers. Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine. 348-350, 2010. 10. Kathiresan Sathasivam, Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris, Kartini Noorsal. Preparation and characterization of esterified banana trunk fibers/poly(vinyl alcohol) blend film. Polymer- Plastics Technology and Engineering, 49, 1378-1384, 2010. 11. Kathiresan Sathasivam and Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris. Banana Trunk Fibers As An Efficient Biosorbent For The Removal Of Cd(II), Cu(II), Fe(II) And Zn(II) From Aqueous Solutions. Journal of Chilean Chemical Society, 55, 278-282, 2010. 12. Vinoth M, Lim HY, Xavier R, Marimuthu K, Sreeramanan S, Mas Rosemal H.M.H, Kathiresan S. Removal Of Methyl Orange From Solutions Using Yam Leaf Fibers. International Journal of ChemTech Research, 2, 1892-1900, 2010. 13. S.Kathiresan, Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris, S. Mohan. FT-IR and FT-Raman Spectra and Normal Coordinate Analysis of Poly methyl methacrylate. Der Pharma Chemica, 2, 316-323, 2010. 14. Jasminder Kaur, R Xavier, K Marimuthu, ML Khoo, A Rajasekaran, S Kathiresan, S Sreeramanan. Preliminary investigation on the antibacterial activity of mango (Mangifera indica L: Anacardiaceae) seed kernel. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 707-710, 2010. 15. Mas Rosemal H. Mas Haris and S. Kathiresan. The Removal of Methyl Red from Aqueous Solutions Using Modified Banana Trunk Fibers. Archives of Applied Science Research, 2, 209-216, 2010. 16. Helen Nair, Kathiresan et al., Biotechnology for Better Food, Health & Quality Living, Asia Pacific Conference on Plant Tissue Culture and Agribiotechnology (APaCPA) 2007. Incorporating a Business Forum on Biotechnology AsPac J. Mol. Biol. Biotechnol. 2010 Vol. 18(1 : 5-6 17. A. Prazanna Lakxmy, R. Xavier, C.M. Reena Josephine, Y.W. Lee, K. Marimuthu, S. Kathiresan, S. Sreeramanan. Mosquitocidal activity of a native Bacillus thuringiensis isolate Bt ReX02 from Gunung Jerai Forest, Malaysia against Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2011; 15 (2): 149-155. 18. Thanes Gunasegaran, Xavier Rathinam, Marimuthu Kasi, Kathiresan Sathasivam, Sasidharan Sreenivasan, Sreeramanan Subramaniam Isolation and identification of Salmonella from curry samples and its sensitivity to commercial antibiotics and aqueous extracts of Camelia sinensis (L.) and Trachyspermum ammi (L.). Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 185-188, 2011 19. Kasi Marimuthu, Ramachandran Umah, S Muralikrishnan, R Xavier, S Kathiresan Effect of different feed application rate growth, survival and cannibalism of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus fingerlings. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 2011, 23, 330-337. 20. Mas Rosemal, Nor Aimi, W R Chong, A Baharin & S. Kathiresan. The sorption of cadmium (II) ions on mercerized rice husk and activated carbon. Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 2011, 35, 939-950. 21. K Marimuthu, M Thilaga, S Kathiresan, R Xavier, R.H Mas. Effect of different cooking methods on proximate and mineral composition of striped snake head fish (Channa striatus, Bloch). Journal of Food Science and Technology. 2012, 49, 373-377. 22. Kathiresan Sathasivam and Mas Rosemal Hakim Mas Haris Thermal Properties of modified banana trunk fibers. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2012, 180, 9-17. 23. P. Kannan, R. Xavier, R. Josephine, K. Marimuthu, Kathiresan Sathasivam and S. Sreeramanan. The occurrence of Bacillus thuringiensis strains in chemical intensive rice growing ecosystem. African Journal of Microbiology Research 2012, 6, 5147-5152.