BIO-DATA Personal Information: Name : T. Leon Stephan Raj Father’s Name : M. Thiravaim Sex : Male Date of Birth : 03.03.1985 Nationality : Indian Official Address : Dr. T. Leon Stephan Raj Assistant professor of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai- 627002.Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Mobile & E-Mail : 91-8883634265 & [email protected] 7010976093 Academic Qualification COURSE COLLEGE UNIVERSITY YEAR SUBJECT MARK % T. M. High. School, Board of Sec. Education March SSLC General 85 Valliammalpuram.. Tamil Nadu. 2000 S. S. V. Hr. Sec. Board of Hr. Sec Education March HSC School, Maths, Biology 82.33 Tamil Nadu. 2002 Mathapattanam.. St. Xavier’s College Manonmaniam Sundaranar Plant Biology and B. Sc., 2005 79.96 Palayamkottai. University, Tirunelveli. Plant Biotechnology St. Xavier’s College Manonmaniam Sundaranar Plant Biology and M. Sc., 2007 73.03 Palayamkottai. University, Tirunelveli. Plant Biotechnology St. Xavier’s College Manonmaniam Sundaranar Plant Biology and Highly Ph. D 2011 Palayamkottai. University, Tirunelveli. Plant Biotechnology commended Professional training and research experience, specifying period. Degree Project title Duration B.Sc., Prediction of Biological Spectra Activity for six Medicinal Compounds Six Months M. Sc., Isolation and screening of Textile Dyes Degrading Micro-organisms Six Months Detection of DNA Polymorphism by RAPD-PCR Fingerprint in a few Ph. D Three Years Medicinal Plants in Tamil Nadu. Details of employment (past & present) Period S. No Institution Post held From To St. Xavier’s College, Junior Project Fellow in a 1. 1.06.2007 31.03.2010 Palayamkottai. UGC Major project T. D.M.N.S. College, 2. Assistant Professor 01.07.2011 05.06.2012 T. Kallikulam. St. Xavier’s College, 3. Assistant Professor 18.06.2012 Till date Palayamkottai. Professional recognition, awards, fellowships received Academics second prize in B. Sc., Academics first prize in M. Sc., Special award for 100% Attendance in B. Sc., Special award for 100% Attendance in M. Sc., Junior Project fellow in UGC major research project Special award for 100% Attendance in academic year 2015-16 Best young scientist award in Botany by PEARL foundation, Madurai Early Career research Award - DEST- SERB sponsored major Project Botany Award by William Research Centre, Nagercoil STAND Award By Dept. of STAND, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai 2 Editorial Board Member in Journals Journal of Chemical, Biological and Physical Sciences Journal of Plant Sciences New Scientist Publishers Reviewer in Journals International Journal of Plant and Soil Sciences Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology Microbiology Research Journal International Government sponsored Major and Minor Research Projects S. PROJECT TITLE AGENCY AMOUNT DURATION STATUS NO ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC UGC DIVERSITY OF SELECTED ANTI CANCER (MINOR RS. 2YEARS 1. ONGOING DRUG YIELDING PLANTS USING ISSR PROJECT) 2,50,000 (2017-19) MARKERS IN-VITRO MULTIPLICATION AND BIOPROSPECTING OF AGANOSMA 6 MONTHS 2. CYMOSA (ROXB.) G. DON, GEN. HIST. - A TNSCST RS. 10,000 COMPLETED (2016- 2017) RARE MEDICINAL PLANT OF WESTERN GHATS OF SOUTH INDIA DISTRIBUTION MAPPING AND SYSTEMATIC MONOGRAPHIC STUDY OF 3 YEARS DST- SERB- RS. 3. CHRISTELLA PARASITICA COMPLEX (OCTOBER ONGOING ECR 30,01,541 (THELYPTERIDACEAE: PTERIDOPHYTA) 2018-2021) FROM WESTERN GHATS, INDIA Research Guidance No. of Ph. D: Four research scholars pursuing and one scholar applied for Ph. D under my guidance M. Phil: Two Scholars completed. 3 BOOK EDITED 1. Book of Abstracts in National Conference on “Climate Change and Sustainable Environment” in Department of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, on 15th & 16th March, 2018 Sponsored by UGC, TANSCHE, NABARD. 2. “Climate Change and Sustainable Environment” – Proceedings of the National Conference on “Climate Change and Sustainable Environment” in Department of Botany, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, on 15th & 16th March, 2018 Sponsored by UGC, TANSCHE, NABARD. ISBN: 978-93-5300-509-2. Resource person in Guest Lectures Guest Lecture on “Molecular Markers” delivered in Department of Botany, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar on March 7, 2013 Guest Lecture on “DNA Markers” delivered in Department of Zoology, VHNSN College, Virudhunagar on March 7, 2013 Guest Lecture on “Basics and Applications of Biotechnology” delivered in Department of Biotechnology, Udaya College of Arts and Science at Nagercoil on September 10, 2013. Invited Speaker for the STAND Camps, organized by Department of STAND, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai. Delivered a Lecture on “Cultivation of Medicinal Plants” in Creation of Scientific Awareness programme sponsored by TNSCST, Chennai Organized by St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, held on 1st December, 2017. Resource person in a NSS Camp Organized by St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, held on 24th February, 2018. Resource Person in Workshop Resource person for the two day workshop on “Phytochemistry, Cytochemistry and Electrophoretic Techniques” conducted by the Department of Botany, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli for UG students of Botany on 11th and 12th December 2014. Resource person for the two day workshop for teachers on “Smart Class Facility” Organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai on 19th and 20th August, 2015. 4 ORIENTATION/INDUCTION TRAINING PROGRAMME/ REFRESHER COURSE ATTENDED Faculty Induction training Programme organized by School of Education, Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be University) under the Scheme of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India held on February 18th to March 19, 2019. Publications in National/ International Journals 1. T. Leon Stephan Raj and A. Saravana Ghanthi. 2008. Isolation of the Natural Colorant from the Seeds of Terminalia chebula and its use as a new Neutralization Indicator. Indian Journal of Botanical Research. 4 (1): 95-98. 2. A. John De Britto, T. Leon Stephan Raj and D. Abiya chellaiah. 2008. Prediction of Biological Activity Spectra Studies for few Anticancer Drugs. Ethnobotanical Leaflets. 12: 801-10. 1948-3570. 3. A. John De Britto, T. Leon Stephan Raj and D. Abiya chellaiah. 2009. Computer-Aided Prediction of Biological Activity Spectra of Plant Based Cardiotonic Drugs. Pharmacologyonline, 2: 887-893. 4. R. Felix, N. Nirmalkumar and T. Leon Stephan Raj. 2009. Pharmacognostical study of Dioscorea oppositifolia. Ethnobotanical Leaflets, 13: 77-82. 1948-3570 5. T. Leon Stephan Raj and A. Saravana Ghanthi. 2009. Synthetic Dye Decolourisation by Fungal Cultures under Static conditions. Asian journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, 11(4): 769-772. 6. A. John De Britto, T. Leon Stephan Raj, K. Petchimuthu, P. Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar, R. Mary Sujin and K. Dharmar. 2010. Inter Population Genetic Variability in Tinospora cordifolia (willd.) Miers ex Hook. F. & Thoms. (Menispermaceae), through RAPD marker. Sciencia Acta Xaveriana, 1 (1): 57-64. 7. T. Leon Stephan Raj and A. Saravana Ghanthi. 2010. Biodegradation of Synthetic Dyes by Bacillus subtilis under static condition. Asian Journal of Bioscience, 5(1): 13-15. 8. Petchimuthu, K., John De Britto, A., Saravana Ghanthi, A. and Leon Stephan Raj, T. 2010. Preliminary Phytochemical and Pharmacognostical Evaluation of Capparis separia L. Pharmacologyonline Newsletter, 1: 522-526. 9. M. Sutha, A. John De Britto, D. Abiya Chelliah and T. Leon Stephan Raj. 2010. Insilico Function and Structural Properties of Zinc Finger Studies in Rice. Indian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 6 (2): 185-190. 10. A. John De Britto, T. Leon Stephan Raj and P.Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar. 2010. Protein Alterations in few Fabaceae Members in Response to Drought Stress. Indian Journal of Botanical Research, 6 (1&2): 119-122. 11. A. John De Britto, G. Prabha, T. Leon Stephan Raj and P.Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar. 2010. Genetic Diversity Analysis in Five Cassia species using RAPD markers. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, 4 (1 & 2): 162-167. ISSN 0973 - 8207 5 12. A. John De Britto, L. Ralson and T. Leon Stephan Raj. 2010. Studies on Genetic diversity in a few plants in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Swami Botanical Club. 27: 17-22. 13. A. John De Britto M. Sutha and T. Leon Stephan Raj. Molecular Responses of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) to Zinc Stress. Life sciences Leaflets. 15:517 – 523. 2011. ISSN 0976 - 1098 14. A. John De Britto, D. Herin Sheeba Gracelin, T. Leon Stephan Raj and P.Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar. 2011. Morphological and Biochemical Investigation of five Solanum species. Asian Journal of Bioscience, 6(1): 1-6. 15. A. John De Britto, P.Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar.T. Leon Stephan Raj and G. Nagarajan. 2011. Genetic diversity evaluation of anti-tumour drug yielding plant-Caesalpinia bonducella L. Using RAPD markers. Journal of Basic and Applied Biology, 5(1), 36-40. ISSN 0973 - 8207 16. D. Herin Sheeba Gracelin, A. John De Britto, T. Leon Stephan Raj and P.Benjamin Jeya Rathna Kumar. 2011. Assessment of Genetic Relationships among five species of Solanum as revealed by RAPD markers. Life sciences Leaflets. 19:809 –814. ISSN 0976 - 1098 17. A. John De Britto, M. Jeevitha and T. Leon Stephan Raj. 2011. Alterations of protein and DNA profiles of Zea mays L. under UV- B radiation. Journal of Stress Physiology