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Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
CURRICULUM VITAE – MANICKAM SIVAKUMAR
Professor of Chemical and Nanopharmaceutical Process Engineering
Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Head – Manufacturing and Industrial Processes Research Division
Director – Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (CENTAM)
Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham (Malaysia campus)
Jalan Broga, Semenyih 43500, Malaysia.
Tel: +6(03) 8924 8156; Fax: +6(03) 8924 8017
Email: [email protected]
QUALIFICATIONS
2011 PGCHE (Post Graduate Certificate
in Higher Education)
University of Nottingham, UK.
2001 Ph.D. Tech. Chemical Engineering Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT),
University of Mumbai, India
1996 Master’s Degree (Technology) in
Chemical Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT),
University of Mumbai, India
1994 Bachelor’s Degree (Technology of
Pharmaceuticals and Fine
Chemicals) in Chemical
Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT),
University of Mumbai, India
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS, STATUS & RESPONSIBILITIES
Professor of Chemical and Nanopharmaceutical Process Engineering
(Since April 2012 – Continuing)
Teaching – Conduct Chemical and Environmental Engineering lectures, tutorials and
practical classes to BEng, MEng and MSc students. Supervising the Design
projects of these students.
Taught Modules:
• Chemical Product Design
• Nanotechnology of Advanced Materials
• Modern Process Chemistry
• Waste and Wastewater Treatment
• Water Treatment
• Pharmaceutical Chemical Engineering & Technology
• Technology of Fine Chemicals and Bulk Drugs
• Chemical Process Technology
• Chemical Engineering Operations
• Modern Analytical Techniques
• Unit Processes in organic Synthesis
• Applied Chemistry and Physics
• Novel Drug Delivery Systems
Research – Core areas: Nanotechnology and Water (Wastewater) Treatment
Prosecute research and supervise students engaged in BEng, MEng,
MSc and PhD projects in in the following areas:
• Nanoengineering of Advanced Materials (Synthesis, characterization
and process development)
• Utilisation of highly Energy Efficient Cavitation Technique and
Transformation of the same from Lab to Pilot scale for the Synthesis of
Nanomaterials and wastewater treatment
• Development of Nanosuspensions and Nanoemulsions for
Pharmaceutical Industries
• Exploitation of Novel Carbon Nanomaterials such as Graphene, CNTs
and Fullerenes for Drug Delivery and Nanobiosensor.
Administration –
(at University,
Faculty and
Department
levels)
• Head of the Research Division – Manufacturing and Industrial
Processes – Mentoring 16 Research Staff.
• Director – Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials
(CENTAM)
• Course Director – MSc Chemical Engineering
• Chair – Conference Funding Committee – Faculty of Engineering
• Departmental Team Leader - MSc
• Reviewer – Activity/Performance review of the department members
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering.
• Admission Tutor – MSc
• Team Member - Admissions and Marketing
• Member – Faculty Ethics Committee
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
(ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL) & DATES
November 2007
– March 2011
Associate
Professor
University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus),
Department of Chemical & Environmental
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Semenyih, KL, Malaysia.
March 2007
– November 2007
Assistant Professor
& Head of the
Department
Anna University, Department of
Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology,
Bharathidasan Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli 620024, India.
October 2005
– February 2007
Assistant
Professor
Bharathidasan University, Department of
Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology,
Bharathidasan Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli 620024, India.
November 2003
– September 2005
JSPS Post-Doctoral
Research Fellow
National institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST), Advanced
Manufacturing Research Institute (AMRI),
2266-98 Anagahora, Shimoshidami,
Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-8560, Japan.
November 2001
– September 2003
Post-Doctoral Research
Fellow in (Israel-China
Collaborative Research)
Department of Chemistry and Kanbar
Laboratory for Nanomaterials, Bar-Ilan
University Center for Advanced Materials and
Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry,
Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.
August 2001
– September 2001
Senior Officer - Research
& Development
Indian Organic Chemicals Limited (IOCL),
Khopoli, Mumbai, India.
September 1997
- July 2001
UGC - Senior Research
Fellow
Chemical Engineering Division, Institute of
Chemical Technology (ICT), University of
Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
July 1996
– April 1997
Research & Development
In-charge
Tagros Chemicals India Ltd, Cuddalore,
Tamilnadu,
India.
August 1994
- May 1996
Junior Research Fellow
(Industrial Project)
Technology of Pharmaceuticals and Fine
Chemicals Division, Institute of Chemical
Technology (ICT), University of Mumbai,
Mumbai, India.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS 2015 Research Leadership
Programme (UK)
Supports and advances the identified key academics
in their strategic research leadership roles and
develop, in order that they can deliver world leading
research with impact.
2014
2014
Hind Rattan (Jewel of India)
Award
IChemE Innovator of the Year
Award
Non-resident Indian (NRI) Welfare Society of India –
For the outstanding services, achievements and
Contributions (New Delhi, India, 25-26 Jan 2014).
Top 3 in the final list
2013 IChemE Innovator of the Year
Award
- Highly Commended
Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) for
Innovation and Excellence.
2012 McNab – Lacey Design Prize IChemE prize for Green Synthesis of Ibuprofen
Production.
2012 First Best Research Poster
Award
Designing a novel nanoscale drug delivery platform
using Graphene, dye and pluronic f127 as nanohybrid
vehicle for improved efficacy of curcumin into cancer
cells (K. Muthoosamy, H. Lee and S. Manickam) - A
European Conference/Workshop on the Synthesis,
Characterisation and Applications of Graphene – 27-
30 Sep 2012, Mykonos, Greece.
2009 Silver Award For the “Development of Large-scale Multiple
Frequency Ultrasonic Cavitation Reactor for
Wastewater Treatment” in Water Malaysia 2009, An
International Conference on Industry Best Practices
(A MWA Biennial International Water Exhibition),
May 19-21 2009, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2006 Fast Track Young Scientist DST (Department of Science and Technology) – SERC
(Science and Engineering Research Council),
Government of India.
2003 JSPS Research Award Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Government of Japan.
2001 Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship
Bar-Ilan University, by Israel – China Collaborative
Research Project on “the Development of Advanced
Nanostructured Materials using Sonochemistry”.
1997 Senior Research Fellowship University Grants Commission, Government of India
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
HONOURS
Adjunct Visiting Professor June 2007- June 2009; Department of Chemical Engineering,
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India.
Visiting Professor, Sep 2012; Department of Chemicals and Materials
Engineering, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology,
Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Associate Editor 2012; Versita Publishing, Great Britain.
Editor-in-Chief Scientific Research and Essays, Academic Journals.
Expert Member (Board of
Studies)
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU), India.
Member (Editorial board)
Energy Science and Technology, Canadian Research &
Development Centre of Sciences and Cultures.
Member (Editorial board) Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Development.
Member (Editorial Board) International Journal of Innovative Technology and Research.
Member (Editorial Board) Austin Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology
(Australia).
Member(Editorial Board)
Journal of Nanotechnology: Nanomedicine &
Nanobiotechnology (USA).
Member(Editorial Board)
Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
Member
(Academic committee /
Advisory board)
Advanced Materials Congress (AM 2013), Cesme, Turkey.
Member
(International Advisory
Committee)
1st
Asian Oceanic Sonochemical Society (AOSS), 2013,
Melbourne, Australia.
Member
(International Advisory
Committee)
NanoBio 2013 (Advances in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical
Nanotechnologies), Anna University, India.
Board Member Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS).
Member
(International Advisory
Committee)
International Conference on Biotechnology & Human
Welfare 2013, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
Member
(International Advisory Board)
National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and
Technology (NCETET – 2014), India.
Member (Scientific Committee)
1st
Asian Conference on Environmental Sciences and
Engineering (ACESE’14), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Member
(International Advisory Board)
International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research &
Practice (ICMRP-2014), Ahmedabad, India.
Member
(International Editorial Review
Board)
Journal of Biomedical Engineering & Informatics.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
DOCTORAL RESEARCH STUDENTS - 23 (As Supervisor/Co-supervisor)
Tan Khang Wei
(2009-2011)
Process Development and
Optimisation of Nano Colloidal
carriers for the delivery of
Chemopreventive
Phytochemicals using Ultrasonic
Cavitation
Graduated and presently working as
Assistant Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering, UCSI, Malaysia
Tang Siah Ying
(2009-2012)
Formulation and Optimization
of Novel Nano-Emulsions
Prepared by Ultrasound
Cavitation
Graduated and presently working as
Assistant Professor, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia
Ng Chee Meng
(2009-2012)
Utilization of cavitation
technology for the
functionalization of carbon
nanotubes in drug delivery
applications
Graduated and presently working as
Management Consulting Analyst,
Acceture, Malaysia.
Vasanthi Sethu
(2006-2012)
Biosorption of Cu(II) ions from
aqueous solutions using
Azadirachta indica (neem) leaf
powder
Graduated and presently working as
Assistant Professor, Department of
Chemical and environmental
Engineering, University of Nottingham,
Malaysia.
Chuah Lay Hong
(2008-2012)
Application of Nanoparticular
Mucoadhesives in the Delivery
of Anticancer Drugs
Graduated and presently working as
Assistant Professor, Monash School of
Pharmacy, Monash University Sunway
Campus, Malaysia.
Salman Masoudi
Soltani
(2011-2013)
Separation Processes
Graduated and presently working as
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UK.
Noosheen Zahid
(2010-2014)
Development of Chitosan
Nanoemulsion biofungicide for
the control of Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides, causal agent of
Anthracnose in dragon fruit
plants
Graduated
How Chee Wun
(2010-2014)
Lipid Nanoparticles in Anti-
breast Cancer Drug Delivery
Systems and Drug-membrane
interactions
Graduated
Shridharan
Parthasarathy
Addressing country specific
issues in wastewater treatment
Thesis to be submitted by July 2015
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
(2011-)
Ibrahim
Salahuddin
Abdulrahman
Alzorqi
(2011-2015)
Extraction of Active constituents
of Ganoderma and their
Nanoencapsulation
Graduated, Feb 2015
Surya MS
(2011-)
A novel way of cultivation of
Ganoderma lucidum on Oil
palm solid waste; Exploration
into the bioconversion of
organic waste
Thesis submitted
Kasturi
Muthoosamy
(2012-)
Multifunctional drug carrier in
targeting the cancer cells
Renu Geetha Bai
(2012-)
Graphene for the development
of Nanobiosensor
Prakash
Krishnaiah
(2013-)
Process Development of
Nanocomposites for Aerospace
applications
Liew Yuh Xiu
(2013-)
Optimisation of the Palm Oil
Mill Effluent (POME) based
Biogas yield and Quality via
Enzymatic Pretreatment prior to
Anaerobic biodegradation
Zain Taha
(2014-)
Effect of Nano-Particles &
Abiotic Factors on The Growth
and Physico-chemical Properties
of Medicinally Important
Mushroom – Ganoderma
Lucidum
Sadia Afreen
(2014-)
A novel carbon material,
Fullerene as a nanomediator in
Nanobiosensor
Thong Li Ming
(2008-)
Insulin-containing palm oil
nanoparticles: Investigating the
correlation between gastro-
intestinal uptake and location of
insulin within the solid lipid
nanoparticle
Thesis submitted
Fuad Attached growth bio-film for the
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
(2011-) tertiary treatment of palm oil
mill effluent (POME)
Deng Ei Leen
(2011-)
Upscaling of Microwave
Accelerated High Value-added
Fine Chemical Syntheses
Maxine
(2012-)
Nanomaterials for
Photocatalytic applications
Rushitha
Sadasevam
(2014-)
Anti-atherosclerosis and
cardioprotective efficacy of
edible-medicinal mushroom
Debabrata Panda
(2014-)
Bala
(2014-)
Wastewater Treatment
Conversion of waste plastics
from recycled batteries into
nano carbon materials
MASTER’S RESEARCH STUDENTS - 16 16 (MSc Chemical Engineering -11and MPharm-5)
2007-2008 Norhaida Zainal Abidin
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Ultrasound/H2O2 treatment on Palm
Oil Mill Effluent (POME) – Effect of
Operating Conditions
2007-2008 Smita Krishnan
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Treating Textile dye solutions using
Ultrasonic Cavitation Technology –
Effects of Process Parameters
2008-2009 Ahmed Suleman Gumsuri
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Ultrasonic Cavitation Technology
Assisted Adsorption using Activated C
and Degradation of a Priority Pollutant
Atrazine
2008-2009 Terzungwe Akaaga Ade
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Development of an Effective
Antibacterial Membrane by Loading of
Ag Nanoparticles on PES (Poly Ether
Sulfone) using Ultrasonic Cavitation
Technology
2009-2010 Ajita Ang Cit Keai
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
An Investigation and Review of
Ultrasound effects on an Anaerobic
reactor for the treatment of POME
2010-2011 Shridharan Parthasarathy
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Generation and Optimisation of Palm
Oil based Nanoemulsions and
Nanoencapsulation of Curcumin using
Liquid Whistle Hydrodynamic
Cavitation reactor (LWHCR)
2010-2011 Ibrahim Salahuddin Abdulrahman Investigation of Ultrasound Vial
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Alzorqi
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Tweeter in the generation of
nanoemulsions
2011-2012 Venkata Narasimha Dora Arigela
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Process Intensification using Multiple
Frequency Ultrasonic Cavitation
technology for the Generation of
Biodiesel
2011-2012 Mahdi Zeighami
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Improvement of Graphene Oxidation
by Sonication
2012-2013 Muhammad Abid
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Fabrication of Gold Nanoparticles on
Carbon Nanotubes using Ultrasound
2012-2013 Akan Seitzhanov
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
CNTs as adsorbents for the treatment
of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME)
2014-2015 Wong Wei Sheng
MSc (Chemical Engineering)
Ultrasound as a sustainable process
technique for the efficient extraction
of polyphenolic anti-oxidants from
Petai of Malaysia
INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATIONS AND CONSULTANCY
� Ganofarm Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia – MOSTI Project
� MedKlinn International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia – Cerafusion Technology
� Malay-Sino Chemical Industries Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia – MOSTI Project
� Tensor Technology Engineering Sdn Bhd. – Coatings for Core-Shell structure
� Platinum Energy Sdn Bhd – Nanographene dispersions and development of
hydrodynamic system for the generation of biodiesel
� Matrix – Food Nanoemulsions
� Mikuni Biotech & Life Science (M) Sdn. Bhd. – Powder technology
� Chemical Company of Malaysia Bhd. – Pharmaceutical dosage forms
� DKSH – Microfluidiser for various Nanotechnological applications
RESEARCH PROJECTS /FUNDS (COMPLETED/IN-PROGRESS)
� DST (Department of Science and Technology) – SERC (Science and Engineering Research
Council), Government of India, Fast Track Young Scientist – Research Award – Rs
1212000.
� Research Equipment Fund (Ultrasound Cavitation, 2008), University of Nottingham, US $
31500.
� RA fund (2008), University of Nottingham, US $ 16,000
� Research Equipment Fund (Nano-Zetasizer, 2009), University of Nottingham, RM 220000
� Research Equipment Fund (Sonolator, 2010), University of Nottingham, RM 153000
� Research Equipment Fund (Ultrasound Tweeter & SSA, 2010), University of Nottingham,
RM 33000
� Research Equipment Fund (Ultrasound horn (cooling transducer), 2012), University of
Nottingham, RM 60000
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
of Malaysia for the Project “Novel Strategy of Ultrasonic Cavitation for the generation of
Nanoemulsions and Nanosuspensions in Pharmaceutical preparations” – Project No: 03-
02-12-SF0043 – US $ 61,000 (Principal Investigator) – COMPLETED
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “Augmenting the removal of active ingredients of
Ganoderma lucidum and their encapsulation in the Nanosized Liquid Vehicles (NLVs) to
improve the bioavailability using ultrasonic cavitation” – Project No: 06-02-12-SF0141 -
RM 221000 (Principal Investigator) - COMPLETED
� Tensor Technology Engineering Sdn. Bhd. for the Project on “Process to Enhance
coatings for Core Shell structure of Metallic and Non-metallic materials” – RM 40000
(Principal Investigator) – ONGOING
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “Insulin -containing Palm Oil Nanoparticles: Investigating the
correlation between Gastrointestinal Uptake and location of Insulin within Nanoparticle”
– Project No: 03-02-12-SF0062 – US $ 50,000 (Research Collaborator) - COMPLETED
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Government of Malaysia for the
Project “Development of Chitosan based nanoemulsion biofungicides for the control of
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, causal agent of anthracnose in dragon fruit plants” – RM
255600 (Research Collaborator) - COMPLETED
� MedKlinn International Sdn Bhd, Malaysia for the Project on “Cerafusion Technology for
physico-chemical responses and decay of selected tropical fruits and vegetables” – RM
253000 (Research Collaborator) - COMPLETED
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FRGS) for the Project on “Designing a Novel Nanoscale Drug Delivery Platform
using Graphene, Dye and Pluronic F127 as Nanohybrid vehicle for improved efficacy of
Curcumin into cancer cells” – RM 86000 (Research Collaborator) - COMPLETED
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FRGS) for the Project on “C60 Fullerene – Folic acid Nanohybrid Electrochemical
Biosensor as a Diagnostic tool for Simpler and Earlier detection of Cancer” – RM 112000
(Principal Investigator) - ONGOING
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FRGS) for the Project on “Improved Downstream Processing through Phase
formation and Biomolecular partitioning in aqueous two-phase flotation” – RM 106000
(Research Collaborator) – ONGOING
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FRGS) for the Project on “Improved Downstream Processing through Phase
formation and Biomolecular partitioning in aqueous two-phase flotation” – RM 104000
(Research Collaborator) – ONGOING
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “Insulin -containing Palm Oil Nanoparticles: Investigating the
correlation between Gastrointestinal Uptake and location of Insulin within Nanoparticle”
– Project No: 03-02-12-SF0062 – US $ 50,000 (Research Collaborator) – COMPLETED
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “Fabrication of Polyhydroxyalkanoate/Graphene-Silver
Nanocomposite Fibres: Towards the development of a Biocompatible Antimicrobial
Scaffold” – Project No: 03-01-19-SF0127 – RM 156000 (Research Collaborator) -
ONGOING
� FP7 –NMP – 2010 – LARGE - 4 (Large Scale Integrating Project) - “Rational Bioactive
Materials Design for Tissue Regeneration” – (Research Collaborator) – Total budget of
the project Euro 14322612 and with the UNMC share of Euro 381067
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
RESEARCH PROJECTS /FUNDS (SUBMITTED)
� Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Malaysia for the Project on “Development of Novel
and Energy Efficient Cavitation Technology for the efficient treatment of Palm Oil Mill
Effluent (POME)” – RM 474000 (Principal Investigator)
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Fundamental Research Grant
Scheme (FRGS) for the Project on “Investigation of memory effects of high-power
ultrasound waves in influencing the viscosity of transporting fluids in a non-destructive
way” – RM 223000 (Principal Investigator)
� Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), Malaysia under Exploratory Research Grant
Scheme (ERGS) for the Project on “Exploring the potential of natural products as
nanoemuslions for controlling postharvest anthracnose and sustaining the quality of
selected fruits from Malaysia” – RM 295500 (Research Collaborator)
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “Cavitation technology for the removal of heavy metals from
wastewater – the utilisation of nano-engineered adsorbents with microcurrent
induction” – RM 220280 (Research Collaborator)
� eScienceFund by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Government
of Malaysia for the Project “A Novel and Energy Efficient extraction of Lycopene from
Tomato waste by variable frequency Ultrasound cavitation followed by
Nanoencapsulation and Anti-cancer evaluation” – RM 308500 (Research Collaborator)
� Nanotechnology Scheme by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI),
Government of Malaysia for the Project “The Development and Production of Drug-
loaded Nanoparticles for the treatment of Cancer” – RM 497200 (Project Collaborator)
� Nanotechnology Scheme by Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI),
Government of Malaysia for the Project “Harnessing intense conditions from
Hydrodynamic Cavitation – An innovative efficient protocol for the Large-scale
generation of Silver Nanoparticles and its Antimicrobial efficiency studies” – RM 242000
(Principal Investigator)
KEYNOTE/PLENARY/INVITED PRESENTATIONS
•••• Recent trends in Pharmaceutical Engineering research
International Conference on Biotechnology and Human Welfare, 2013 (ICBH-2013),
Tanjore, India, 6-8 December, 2013.
•••• Anaerobically digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment using Hybrid System
of Chitosan and Iron salts – A possible way to reduce the Retention time and Operating
cost
International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC, 2013), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-21 November, 2013.
•••• Green Synthesis of a Speciality Chemical, Ibuprofen
IChemE 1st
Regional Sustainability Seminar (RSS), Kuantan, Malaysia, 28 Oct, 2013.
•••• Cavitation Technology – A Greener Solution for the generation of Pharmaceutical
Nanoemulsions
1st
meeting of the Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS 2013), Melbourne, Australia,
10-12 July, 2013.
•••• Challenges and Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
International Conference on “Global Trends in Research and Drug Development in Health
Care System”, India, 24-25 Jan, 2013.
•••• Exploitation of a Simple and Energy-efficient Green Cavitation Process to
Nanotechnology
International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (ICNANO 2011), Delhi,
India, 18-21 December, 2011.
•••• Carboxylation of Carbon Nanotubes using Acoustic Cavitation at Room Temperature
International Congress on Green Process Engineering (GPE 2011), Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, 6-8 December, 2011.
•••• Process Intensification of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment using Cavitation
Technology
International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC, 2011), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, 15-17 November, 2011.
•••• Understanding Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
National Seminar on "Societal Implications of Nanoscience and Technology” Anna
University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, 23rd
December, 2010.
•••• Cavitation - An Energy efficient Green Processing Technique for Nanomaterials and
Nanoformulations
Nanothailand 2010 (Nanotechnology for a Sustainable World), Bangkok, Thailand, 18-20
Nov, 2010.
•••• Understanding the Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology – Principles and Applications, Workshop conducted by International
Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, 28 Oct, 2010.
•••• Cavitation- A Rapid and a Novel way of generating the Nanoemulsion encapsulated
with Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
20th
International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2010), Sydney, Australia, 23-27 August,
2010.
•••• Microfluidiser- An Advanced and Potential Technology in Nanopharmaceutical
Engineering
National Conference on "Recent Trends and Applications of Nanotechnology in Pharmacy
and Biology" Anna University, Tiruchirappalli, India, 21-22nd
January, 2010.
•••• Microfluidiser- An advanced technology of Homogeniser – Potential applications in
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology arena
XAPP, Malaysia 3-4 Nov 2009.
•••• Cavitation Technology – A Simple, Energy Efficient Solution for the generation of
Nanomaterials
International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2008, University Teknologi
Mara (UiTM), Malaysia 18-21 Nov 2008.
•••• Cavitation – A Potential Green Technique for the Production of Pharmaceutical
Nanomaterials
International Conference and Workshop on "Medical and Pharmaceutical
Nanotechnology: Latest Developments, Practical Considerations and Applications" Anna
University, Tiruchirappalli, India, 25-26th
September, 2008.
•••• Cavitation – A Simple, Energy Efficient and Technological Approach for the Synthesis of
Nanomaterials
Taiwan-India Conference on Nanomaterials, Department of Chemical and Materials
Engineering, Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, December
11- 12, 2006.
•••• Ultrasonic Cavitation – A Solution to Nano and Biomaterials
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
4th
International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) September 18-20, 2004 at
Kyoto, Japan.
•••• Hydrodynamic Cavitation as a tool to Synthesize Nanomaterials
January 19, 2004 at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology,
Nagoya, Japan.
•••• Sonochemistry & Its Application to Nanochemistry
State Level Ms. N. Shakunthala Endowment Seminar on Recent Trends In Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Fatima College, Madurai – 18, September 28, 2007.
•••• Cavitation – A Simple, Energy Efficient Technological Approach for the Synthesis of
Nanomaterials
Department of Chemical Engineering, Manipal University, India, November 3Aug 2007.
•••• Cavitation Assisted Chemical Process – A Sustainable Green Process to obtain
Nanomaterials
International Conference on Nanomaterial & its Applications (ICNA-2007), Department
of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, February 4-6,
2007.
•••• Nanotechnology – Recent Developments
National Seminar on “Chemical Technology”, Department of Petrochemical Technology,
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 24, Feb 2, 2006.
•••• Indian Bulk Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industries &
Ultrasound Promoted Transdermal Drug Delivery System – Sonophoresis
Staff Development Programme, Sponsored by AICTE, Periyar College of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Tiruchirappalli – 21, Dec 12-28, 2006.
•••• Hydrodynamic Cavitation – A Novel Technological Approach for the Synthesis of
Nanomaterials
National Workshop on “Nanomaterials: Properties and Applications” (NMPA-2006),
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of
Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, December 2-3, 2006.
•••• Cavitation – Could it be a Technological Solution for the Synthesis of Nanomaterials
and Biomaterials
National Seminar on Nanotechnology and Applications, Department of Chemical
Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, November3-4, 2006.
•••• Ultrasonic Cavitation – A Technological solution to Nano and Biomaterials
Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine (CARISM), SASTRA University,
August 5, 2006, Thanjavur, India.
•••• Cavitation – An Innovative Approach for the Synthesis of Nanomaterials
International Conference on Nanotechnology – Materials and Methods (To meet global
challenges) (CIT Nanotech) June 23-25, 2006 at Coimbatore, India.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
PUBLICATIONS
I BOOK
1. Book title: Cavitation: A Novel and Energy efficient technique for the generation of
Nanomaterials
Editors: M. Sivakumar and M. Ashokkumar
Publisher: Pan Stanford, Singapore
ISBN: 978-981-4411-54-7
Year: 2014
II BOOK CHAPTER
2. Chapter title: Ultrasound Enhanced PTC Reactions
Authors: M.Sivakumar, P.Senthilkumar and A.B.Pandit
Book title: Recent Trends in Catalysis
Editors: V.Murugesan, B. Arabindo and M. Palanichamy
Publisher: Narosa Publishing House
Year: 1999
3. Chapter title: Production of Nanomaterials using Ultrasound Cavitation – A Simple, Energy
Efficient and Technological approach
Authors: M.Sivakumar and RK Rana
Book title: Ultrasound Technologies for Food and Bioprocessing
Editors: Hao Feng, Jochen Weiss and Gustavo V. Barbosa-C¨¢novas
Publisher: Springer
Chapter No: 15
Page No: 405-444
ISBN: 978-1-4419-7472-3
Year: 2010
4. Chapter title: Sonochemical Synthesis of Oxides and Sulfides
Authors: M. Sivakumar
Book title: Theoretical and Experimental Inorganic Chemistry
Editors: Pankaj Srivastava and Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Publisher: Springer
Chapter No: 8
Page No: 191-212
ISBN: 978-90-481-3886-9
Year: 2011
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
5. Chapter title: Ultrasound cavitation as a Green Processing Technique in the Design and
Manufacture of Pharmaceutical Nanoemulsions in drug delivery system
Authors: M. Sivakumar, Siah Ying Tang and Khang Wei Tan
Book title: Green Chemistry for Environmental Remediation
Editors: R Sanghi and V Singh
Publisher: Scrivener, Wiley
Chapter No: 7
Page No: 155-208
ISBN: 978-0-470-94308-3
Year: 2012
6. Chapter title: Development of Multifunctional Nanomaterials by cavitation
Authors: M. Sivakumar, Tang SY and Ashokkumar M
Book title: Cavitation: A Novel and Energy efficient technique for the generation of
Nanomaterials
Editors: M Sivakumar and M Ashokkumar
Publisher: Pan Stanford, Singapore
Chapter No: 1
Page No: 1-28
ISBN: 978-981-4411-54-7
Year: 2014
7. Chapter title: Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry – Some Issues and Future Perspectives
Authors: Ashokkumar M and M. Sivakumar
Book title: Cavitation: A Novel and Energy efficient technique for the generation of
Nanomaterials
Editors: M Sivakumar and M Ashokkumar
Publisher: Pan Stanford, Singapore
Chapter No: 13
Page No: 415-422
ISBN: 978-981-4411-54-7
Year: 2014
8. Chapter title: Ultrasonic and UV Disinfection of Food
Authors: Liew Yuh Xiu and M. Sivakumar
Book title: Hand Book of Food Processing and Engineering (Food Engineering Series)
Editors: Da-Wen Sun, Theo Varzakas and Tzia
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2015
9. Chapter title: Nanotheranostics
Authors: Renu Geetha Bai, Kasturi Muthoosamy and Sivakumar Manickam
Book title: Nanotechnology Applications on Tissue Engineering
Editors: Sabu Thomas, Yves Grohens and Neethu Ninan
Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 2015
10. Chapter title: Production of Biofuels and Chemicals: Ultrasound
Authors: Siah Ying Tang and Sivakumar Manickam
Book title: Biofuels and Biorefineries (Book Series)
Editors: Zhen Fang, Richard L Smith and Xinhua Qi
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2015
11. Chapter title: Carbon Nanotubes and its applications in Drug Delivery
Authors: Chee Meng Ng and M.Sivakumar
Book title: Nanotechnology for the Healthcare
Editors: Udupa, Phani and Gupta
Year: 2015
III JOURNAL PAPERS - PUBLISHED (PEER-REVIEWED)
12. Shridharan Parthasarathy, Sivakumar Manickam and Rachel L Gomes
Process Intensification of Anaerobically digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (AAD-POME)
Treatment Using Combined Chitosan Coagulation and Advanced Oxidation Processes
Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (In Press).
Impact Factor: 1.934
13. T. Joyce Liong, Liang Ee Low, Hui Jiun Teoh, Jit Kai Chin and Sivakumar Manickam
Variation in Performance at Different Positions of an Ultrasonic VialTweeter – A Study based
on various Physical and Chemical activities
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, In Press.
Impact factor: 4.321
14. Shridharan Parthasarathy, Rafie Rushdy Mohammed, Chong Mei Fong, Rachel L Gomes and
Sivakumar Manickam
A Novel Hybrid Approach of Activated Carbon and Ultrasound Cavitation for the
Intensification of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Polishing
Journal of Cleaner Production (In Press).
Impact factor: 3.844
15. Sadia Afreen, Kasturi Muthoosamy, Sivakumar Manickam and Uda Hashim
Functionalized Fullerene (C60) as a potential Nanomediator in the fabrication of highly
sensitive Biosensors
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 63, 354-364, 2015.
Impact factor: 6.409
16. Sergey Spotar, Manickam Sivakumar, Asad Rahman, Ooi Chel Ghee and Kon Kee Jun
A Revisit to the Separation of a Binary mixture of Ethanol-Water using Ultrasonic Distillation
as a Separation Process
Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification, 87, 45-50, 2015.
Impact factor: 2.071
17. Kasturi Muthoosamy, Renu Geetha Bai, Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Surya Mudavasseril
Sudheer, Lim HN, Hwei-San Loh, Huang NM, Chia CH and Sivakumar Manickam
Exceedingly biocompatible and thin-layered reduced graphene oxide nanosheets using an
eco-friendly mushroom extract strategy
International Journal of Nanomedicine, 10, 1505-1519, 2015.
Impact factor: 4.383
18. Effects of Axial Circulation and Dispersion Geometry on the Scale-up of Ultrasonic Extraction
of Polysaccharides
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Ibrahim Alzorqi and Sivakumar Manickam
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal (AIChEJ) (In Press)
Impact factor: 2.748
19. Kasturi Muthoosamy, Renu Geetha Bai and Sivakumar Manickam
Graphene and Graphene Oxide as a Docking station for Modern Drug Delivery System
Current Drug Delivery, 11(6), 701-718, 2014.
20. Ultrasound assisted Chitosan-surfactant nanostructure assemblies: Towards maintaining
Postharvest quality of tomatoes
Maysoun A. Mustafa, Asgar Ali and Manickam Sivakumar and Yasmeen Siddiqui
Food and Bioprocess Technology, 7(7), 2102-2111, 2014.
Impact factor: 4.12
21. Sivakumar Manickam , Venkata Narasimha Arigela and Parag R Gogate
Intensification of Synthesis of Biodiesel from Palm Oil using Multiple Frequency Ultrasonic
Flow Cell
Fuel Processing Technology, 128, 388-393, 2014.
Impact factor: 2.82
22. Sivakumar Manickam , Siah Ying Tang and Tan Khang Wei
Cavitation Technology – A Greener Processing Technique for the Generation of
Pharmaceutical Nanoemulsions
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 21(6), 2069-2083, 2014.
Impact factor: 3.52
23. Manickam Sivakumar, Norhaida Binti Zainal Abidin, Shridharan Parthasarathy, Ibrahim
Alzorqi, Ng Ern Huay, Timm Joyce Tiong, Rachel Gomes and Asgar Ali
Role of H2O2 in the Fluctuating Patterns of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) of Palm Oil Mill
Effluent (POME) Treatment Using Pilot Scale Triple Frequency Ultrasound Cavitation Reactor
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 21(4), 1519-1526, 2014.
Impact factor: 3.52
24. Noosheen Zahid, Asgar Ali, Sivakumar Manickam, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Peter G. Alderson and
Mehdi Maqbool
Efficacy of curative applications of submicron chitosan dispersions on anthracnose intensity
and vegetative growth of dragon fruit plants
Crop Protection, 62, 129-134, 2014.
Impact factor: 1.30
25. Asgar Ali, Noosheen Zahid, Sivakumar Manickam, Yasmeen Siddiqui, Peter G. Alderson and
Mehdi Maqbool
Induction of Lignin and Pathogenesis related proteins in dragon fruit plants in response to
submicron chitosan dispersions
Crop Protection, 63, 83-88, 2014.
Impact factor: 1.30
26. Tariq Mahmood, Naveed Akhtar and Manickam Sivakumar
Interfacial film stabilized w/o/w nano multiple emulsions loaded with green tea and lotus
extracts: systematic characterization of physicochemical properties and shelf-storage
stability
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 12(1), 20, 1-8, 2014.
Impact factor: 3.87
27. Asgar Ali, Noosheen Zahid, Manickam Sivakumar, Siddiqui Yasmeen and Peter Alderson
Double-layer coatings: A new technique for maintaining physico-chemical characteristics and
anti-oxidant properties of Dragon fruit during storage
Food and Bioprocess Technology, 7(8), 2366-2374, 2014.
Impact factor: 4.12
28. Using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) to decipher mucoadhesion propensity of
Curcumin containing Chitosan nanoparticles and curcumin release
Lay Hong Chuah, Clive Roberts, Nashiru Billa, Syahril Abdullah, Rozita Rosli, and Sivakumar
Manickam
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 35(9), 1201-1207, 2014.
Impact factor: 0.61
29. Noosheen Zahid, Asgar Ali, Peter G Alderson, Mehdi Maqbool and Manickam Sivakumar
Dual mode of action of ethanolic extract of propolis (EEP) for the control of postharvest
anthracnose in dragon fruits
Acta Horticulturae, 1012, 711-717, 2013.
Impact factor: Not Known
30. Noosheen Zahid, Peter G Alderson, Asgar Ali, Mehdi Maqbool and Manickam Sivakumar
In-vitro control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by using Chitosan loaded nanoemulsions
Acta Horticulturae, 1012, 769-774, 2013.
Impact factor: Not Known
31. Maysoun A Mustafa, Asgar Ali and Manickam Sivakumar
Application of a Chitosan based nanoparticle formulation as an edible coating for tomatoes
(Solanum lycoperiscum L.)
Acta Horticulturae, 1012, 445-452, 2013.
Impact factor: Not Known
32. Shridharan Parthasarathy, Tang Siah Ying and Sivakumar Manickam
Generation and optimization of palm oil-based oil-in-water (O/W) Submicron emulsions and
encapsulation of curcumin using liquid whistle hydrodynamic cavitation reactor (LWHCR)
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 52(34), 11829-11837, 2013.
Impact factor: 2.22
33. Tamoxifen-loaded Nanostructured lipid carrier as drug delivery system: Characterisation,
Stability Assessment, and Cytotoxicity
How Chee Wun, Rasedee Abdullah, Manickam Sivakumar and Rozita Rosli
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 112, 393-399, 2013.
Impact factor: 3.56
34. Effectiveness of submicron chitosan dispersion in controlling anthracnose and maintaining
quality of dragon fruit
Asgar Ali, Noosheen Zahid, Manickam Sivakumar, Siddiqui Yasmeen, and M. Maqbool
Postharvest Biology and Technology, 86, 147-153, 2013.
Impact factor: 2.46
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
35. Impact of Process Parameters in the Generation of Novel Aspirin Nanoemulsions –
Comparative studies between Ultrasound Cavitation and Microfluidiser
Siah Ying Tang, Shridharan Parthasarathy and Manickam Sivakumar
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 20(1), 485-497, 2013.
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 10
36. A Novel and Facile Liquid Whistle Hydrodynamic Cavitation Reactor to Produce Submicron
Multiple Emulsions
Siah Ying Tang and Sivakumar Manickam
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal (AIChEJ), 59(1), 155-167, 2013.
Impact factor: 2.5
Citations Received: 4
37. Improved Functionalisation and Recovery of Carboxylated Carbon Nanotubes using the
Acoustic Cavitation approach
Chee Meng Ng and Manickam Sivakumar
Chemical Physics Letters, 557, 97-101, 2013.
Impact factor: 2.16
38. Impact of Osmotic Pressure and Gelling in the generation of highly stable Single Core Water-
in-Oil-in-Water (W/O/W) Nano Multiple Emulsions of Aspirin assisted by Two-stage
Ultrasonic Cavitational Emulsification
Siah Ying Tang, Manickam Sivakumar and Nashiru Billa
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 102, 653-658, 2013.
Impact factor: 3.56
Citations Received: 3
39. Mechanistic investigation of the Sonochemical synthesis of Zinc Ferrite
Hanif A. Choudhury, Amit Choudhary, Manickam Sivakumar and Vijayanand Moholkar
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 20(1), 294-302, 2013.
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 6
40. Copper (II) ion removal from aqueous solutions using biosorption technology –
Thermodynamic and SEM-EDX studies
X. W. Ang, V. S. Sethu, J. M. Andresen and M. Sivakumar
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 15, 401-407, 2013.
Impact factor: 1.84
Citations Received: 1
41. Curcumin-containing Chitosan nanoparticles as a potential Mucoadhesive delivery system to
the colon
Lay Hong Chuah, Clive Roberts, Jonathan Burley, Manickam Sivakumar and Nashiru Billa
Pharmaceutical Development & Technology, 2013, May-June, 18(3), 591-9.
Impact factor: 1.34
Citations Received: 1
42. Ultrasonic Cavitation induced Water in Vegetable oil Emulsion droplets - A Simple and Easy
Technique to Synthesize Manganese Zinc Ferrite Nanocrystals with improved magnetisation
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Manickam Sivakumar, Atsuya Towata, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, T. Kozuka, Yasuo Iida,
Michail M. Maiorov, Elmars Blums, Neelagesi Sivakumar and M. Ashok
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 19(3), 652-658, 2012.
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 7
43. Potential of Chitosan loaded Nanoemulsions to control different Colletotrichum spp. and
maintain quality of tropical fruits during cold storage
Noosheen Zahid, Asgar Ali, Manickam Sivakumar and Siddiqui Yasmeen and M. Maqbool
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(4), 925-939, 2012.
Impact factor: 2.21
Citations Received: 3
44. Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic activity of novel oral Aspirin-loaded Nanoemulsion and
Nano multiple emulsion formulations generated using Ultrasound Cavitation
Siah Ying Tang, Sivakumar Manickam, Angela Min-Hwei Ng and Parthasarathy Shridharan
International Journal of Pharmaceutics 430, 299-306, 2012.
Impact factor: 3.47
Citations Received: 15
45. Green High-Gravitational Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles using a Rotating Packed Bed
Reactor (RPBR)
Chee Meng Ng, Pao Chi Chen and Sivakumar Manickam
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 51 (15), 5375-5381, 2012.
Impact factor: 2.22
Citations Received: 5
46. Formulation Development and Optimization of a Novel Cremophore EL-based Nanoemulsion
using Ultrasound Cavitation
Siah Ying Tang, Manickam Sivakumar, Tan Khang Wei and Nashiru Billa
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 19(2), 330-45 (2012).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 14
47. Response Surface Methodology, an Effective Strategy in the Optimisation of the generation
of Curcumin-loaded Micelles
Tan Khang Wei and Manickam Sivakumar
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 7(S1), S125-S133, 2012.
Impact factor: 0.81
Citations Received: 1
48. Design and Evaluation of Aspirin-loaded Water-in-Oil-Water Nano Multiple Emulsions
prepared using Two-step Ultrasonic Cavitational Emulsification Technique
Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 7(S1), S145-S156, 2012.
Impact factor: 0.81
Citations Received: 5
49. Stabilisation of Folic acid in liquid dosage form: Formulation development, method
validation and comparative analysis
Vignesh M, Sivakumar, M, Parkavi V, Selvakumar K and Joysa Ruby J
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, 1(1), 332-338, 2012.
Impact factor: Not Known
50. Hydrothermal crystallization of Titania on Silver nucleation sites for the synthesis of visible
light nanophotocatalysts – Enhanced photoactivity using Rhodamine 6G
Chee Meng Ng, Pao Chi Chen and Manickam Sivakumar
Applied Catalysis A: General, 433-434, 75-80, 2012.
Impact factor: 3.42
Citations Received: 1
51. Efficient indoles and anilines syntheses employing tert-butyl sulfinamide as ammonia
surrogate
Prakash Anjanappa, Dibakar Mullick, Kumaravel Selvakumar, Kandasamy Ruckmani and
Manickam Sivakumar
Tetrahedron Letters, 52(43), 5625-5628(2011).
Impact factor: 2.41
Citations Received: 6
52. Effect of homogenization and ultrasonication on curcumin containing nanoparticles
Chuah, LH, Billa N and Manickam Sivakumar
Journal of Industrial Technology, 20(1), 1-11 (2011).
Impact factor: Not Known
53. 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethanol as a new alcohol equivalent for copper-catalyzed coupling of aryl
iodides
Dibakar Mullick, Prakash Anjanappa, Kumaravel Selvakumar, Kandasamy Ruckmani and
Manickam Sivakumar
Tetrahedron Letters, 52(41), 5338-5341 (2011).
Impact factor: 2.41
Citations Received: 3
54. Dependence of sonochemical parameters on the platinization of rutile titania and their
photocatalytic efficiencies
Manickam Sivakumar,* Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Atsuya Towata and Yasuo Iida
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 17, 621-627 (2010).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 9
55. Physical facets of Ultrasonic cavitational synthesis of Zinc ferrite particles
Bhaskar Rao Reddy, Thirugnanasambandam Sivasankar, Manickam Sivakumar and
Vijayanand Moholkar
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 17, 416-426 (2010).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 17
56. Tissue distribution, Pharmacokinetics, and Stability studies of Zidovudine delivered by
Niosomes and Proniosomes
Ruckmani K, Sankar M and Sivakumar M
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 6(1), 43-51 (2010).
Impact factor: 5.27
Citations Received: 15
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
57. Carbamic acid 2-trimethylsilylethyl ester as new ammonia equivalent for palladium catalyzed
amination of aryl halides
Dibakar Mullick, Prakash Anjanappa, Kumaravel Selvakumar, Kandasamy Ruckmani and
Manickam Sivakumar
Tetrahedron letters, 51(46), 5984-5987 (2010).
Impact factor: 2.41
Citations Received: 5
58. Fabrication of Nanosized Pt on rutile TiO2 using a standing wave sonochemical reactor
(SWSR) – Observation of an enhanced catalytic oxidation of CO
Manickam Sivakumar, Atsuya Towata, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Teruyuki Kozuka, Masahiko
Tsujimoto, Ziyi Zhong and Yasuo Iida
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 17, 213-218 (2010).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 9
59. A Novel Formulation and Optimisation of Aspirin Nanoemulsion prepared by Cavitation
induced by ultrasonic waves
Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
Journal of Industrial Technology, 19(1), 179-196 (2010).
Impact factor: Not Known
60. 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethanesulfonyl amide as new ammonia equivalent for palladium catalyzed
amination of aryl halides
Prakash Anjanappa, Dibakar Mullick, Kumaravel Selvakumar and Manickam Sivakumar
Tetrahedron letters, 49(31), 4585-4587 (2008).
Impact factor: 2.41
Citations Received: 11
61. Synthesis of europium-doped yttrium hydroxide and yttrium oxide nanosheets
Atsuya Towata, Manickam Sivakumar, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Teruyuki Kozuka and Yasuo
Iida
Journal of Materials Science, 43(4), 1214-1219, 2008.
Impact factor: 2.17
Citations Received: 15
62. Nanoparticular Drug Delivery System of Cytarabine Hydrochloride (CTH) for Improved
Treatment of Lymphoma
K. Ruckmani, M. Sivakumar and S. Satheesh kumar
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 3, 1-7, 2007.
Impact factor: 5.27
Citations Received: 2
63. Ultrasound induced formation of Paraffin Emulsion droplets as template for the preparation
of porous zirconia
Atsuya Towata, Manickam Sivakumar, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Teruyuki Kozuka and Yasuo
Iida
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 14(6), 705-710, 2007.
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 9
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
64. Acoustic Cavitation – An Efficient tool to synthesize Nanosized CuO-ZrO2 Catalysts with
Mesoporous distribution
M.Sivakumar and A. Gedanken
New Journal of Chemistry, 30(1), 102-107 (2006).
Impact factor: 2.98
Citations Received: 13
65. Fabrication of Zinc Ferrite Nanocrystals by Sonochemical activation - Observation of
Magnetization and its relaxation at low temperature
M.Sivakumar, Tsuyoshi Takami, Hiroshi Ikuta, Dipten Bhattacharya, KyuichiYasui, Atsuya
Towata, Toru Tuziuti and Yasuo Iida
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B. 110(31), 15234-15243 (2006).
Impact factor: 3.62
Citations Received: 51
66. Manickam Sivakumar, Atsuya Towata, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti and Yasuo Iida
Ultrasonic Cavitational Activation: A Simple and Feasible route for the direct conversion of
zinc acetate to highly monodispersed ZnO
Chemistry Letters, 35 (1), 60 (2006).
Impact factor: 1.6
Citations Received: 8
67. R. Mazumder, S. Ghosh, P. Mondal, Dipten Bhattacharya, S. Dasgupta, N. Das, and A. Sen,
A.K.Tyagi, M. Sivakumar, T. Takami and H. Ikuta
Particle size dependence of magnetization and phase transition near TN in multiferroic
BiFeO3
Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 033908 (2006).
Impact factor: 2.22
Citations Received: 55
68. K. Ruckmani, M. Sivakumar and P.A. Ganeshkumar
Methotrexate loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) for effective treatment of carcinoma
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 6(8), 1-5, 2006.
Impact factor: 1.16
Citations Received: 36
69. M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, A. Towata, T. Tuziuti and Y.Iida
A New Ultrasonic Cavitation approach for the Synthesis of Zinc Ferrite Nanocrystals
Current Applied Physics, 6(3) 591 (2006).
Impact factor: 1.82
Citations Received: 29
70. T. Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
Influence of dissolved-air concentration on spatial distribution of bubbles for sonochemistry
Ultrasonics, 44, e357 (2006).
Impact factor: 2.04
Citations Received: 11
71. M.Sivakumar and A. Gedanken
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
A Sonochemical method for the synthesis of Polyaniline and Au-polyaniline composites using
H2O2 for enhancing rate and yield
Synthetic Metals, 148(3), 301 (2005).
Impact factor: 2.12
Citations Received: 27
72. Y.Iida, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti and M.Sivakumar
Sonochemistry and its Dosimetry
Microchemical Journal 80, 159 (2005).
Impact factor: 2.89
Citations Received: 50
73. K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
Theoretical study of Single-bubble Sonochemistry
Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 224706 (2005).
Impact factor: 3.164
Citations Received: 46
74. Toru.Tuziuti, KyuichiYasui, Yasuo Iida and Manickam Sivakumar
Correlation between Acoustic Cavitation Noise and Yield enhancement of Sonochemical
reaction by particle addition
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 109(21), 4869 (2005).
Impact factor: 2.78
Citations Received: 64
75. Manickam Sivakumar, Katsuro Tachibana, Aniruddha B. Pandit, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti,
Atsuya Towata and Yasuo Iida
Transdermal Drug Delivery using Ultrasound – Theory, Understanding and a Critical Analysis
Cellular and Molecular Biology, 51, OL 767 (2005).
Impact factor: 1.47
Citations Received: 11
76. Yasuo Iida, Atsuya Towata and Manickam Sivakumar 超音波エマルションを利用した機能性無機微粒子の新規合成法 (New Synthesis
process of inorganic functional nano powders using W/O sono-emulsion
Material Integration (マテリアル インテグレーション), 18 (3), 3-6 (2005) (In Japanese).
Impact factor: Not Known
77. A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka and Y.Iida 酵母をバイオテンプレートとして用いたアルミナ多孔質材料の作製 (Synthesis of
alumina macroporous materials using yeast cells as biotemplates)
Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan (日本セラミックス協会学術論文誌), 113, 696
(2005) (In Japanese).
Impact factor: Not Known
Citations Received: 1
78. A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti and Y.Iida
酵母をテンプレートとして利用したジルコニア中空粒子の作製 粉体工学会誌(粉体工学会), J. Soc. Powder Technolo., Japan, 42(10), 701-707 (2005 (In
Japanese).
Impact factor: Not Known
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
79. A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka, K.Ohta and Y.Iida
Fabrication of bimodal (meso/macro) porous alumina materials using yeast cells as
templates
E-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, 3, 405-411 (2005).
Impact factor: Not Known
Citations Received: 3
80. M.Sivakumar, A. Gedanken, W. Zhong, H.Y.Jiang, Y.W. Du, D.Bhattacharya, I.Brukental,
Y.Yeshurun and A.Felner
Distinctive and Multiadvantageous Sonochemical method for the synthesis of
Nanocrystalline Rare Earth Ferrites using a Novel Fe(CO)5 precursor
Chemistry of Materials, 16, 3623-32 (2004).
Impact factor: 8.25
Citations Received: 31
81. M.Sivakumar, A. Gedanken, W. Zhong, Y.W. Du and A.Felner
Sonochemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline LaFeO3
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 14(4), 764-769 (2004).
Impact factor: 5.98
Citations Received: 42
82. M.Sivakumar, A. Gedanken, W. Zhong, Y.W. Du, D.Bhattacharya, Y.Yeshurun and A.Felner
Nanophase Formation of Strontium Hexaferrite Fine Powder by the Sonochemical method
using Fe(CO)5
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 268 (1-2), 95-104 (2004).
Impact factor: 1.84
Citations Received: 51
83. M.Sivakumar, Y.Iida, K.Yasui and T.Tuziuti
Preparation of nanosized TiO2 supported on Activated alumina by a Sonochemical method –
Observation of an increased Photocatalytic Decolourisation efficiency
Research on Chemical Intermediates, 7(8), 785 (2004)
Impact factor: 0.89
Citations Received: 2
84. Y.Iida, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Endo
Ultrasonic Cavitation in microspace (Appeared as a Hot Paper)
Chemical Communications, 2280 (2004)
Impact factor: 6.39
Citations Received: 14
85. Toru.Tuziuti, KyuichiYasui, Yasuo Iida, Manickam Sivakumar and Shinobu Koda
Laser-Light Scattering from a Multibubble system for Sonochemistry
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 108, 9011 (2004).
Impact factor: 2.78
Citations Received: 11
86. P.R. Gogate, M.Sivakumar and Aniruddha B.Pandit
Destruction of Rhodamine B using novel sonochemical reactor with capacity of 7.5 L.
Separation and Purification Technology, 34(1-3), 13-24 (2004).
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Impact factor: 2.9
Citations Received: 20
87. M.Sivakumar and A. Gedanken
Insights into the Sonochemical Decomposition of Fe(CO)5 : Theoretical and Experimental
understanding of the role of Molar Concentration and Power Density on the Reaction Yield
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 11(6), 373-378 (2004).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 21
88. T.Tuziuti, K.Yasui, Y.Iida and M.Sivakumar
Correlation in Spatial Intensity Distribution between volumetric bubbles Oscillation and
Sonoluminescence in a Multibubble system
Research on Chemical Intermediates, 7(8), 755 (2004).
Impact factor: 0.89
Citations Received: 9
89. K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
Sonoluminescence
Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 39(3), 399-436 (2004).
Impact factor: 2.93
Citations Received: 35
90. Y. Iida, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T. Kozuka, A. Towata and M.Sivakumar
Raman spectra database of minerals and inorganic materials on the web
Science Access, ICORS, 2(1), 538-539 (2004).
Impact factor: Not Known
91. M.Sivakumar, P.Senthilkumar, Sukti Majumdar and A.B.Pandit
Ultrasound mediated Alkaline Hydrolysis of Methyl Benzoate : Reinvestigation with crucial
parameters
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 9(1), 25-30 (2002).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 13
92. M.Sivakumar, P.A.Tatake and A.B.Pandit
Kinetics of p-Nitrophenol degradation: Effect of Reaction conditions and Cavitational
parameters for a Multiple Frequency system.
Chemical Engineering Journal, 85 (2-3), 327-338 (2002).
Impact factor: 3.49
Citations Received: 94
93. M.Sivakumar and A.B.Pandit
Wastewater Treatment: A novel energy efficient Hydrodynamic Cavitational technique
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 9(3), 123-131 (2002).
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 83
94. M.Sivakumar and A.B.Pandit
Ultrasound Enhanced Degradation of Rhodamine B:Optimisation with Power Density
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 8 (3), 233-240 (2001).
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Impact factor: 3.52
Citations Received: 127
95. M.Sivakumar, P.SenthilKumar and A.B.Pandit
Ultrasound Enhanced PTC Conversion of Benzamide to Benzonitrile
Synthetic Communications, 31 (17), 2583-2587 (2001).
Impact factor: 1.08
Citations Received: 5
96. Parag R.Gogate, Shirgaonkar, I.Z., M.Sivakumar, P.SenthilKumar and Aniruddha.B.Pandit
Cavitation Reactors : Efficiency assessment using a model reaction
American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal (AIChEJ), 47 (11), 2526-2538 (2001).
Impact factor: 2.5
Citations Received: 113
97. P.SenthilKumar, M.Sivakumar and A.B.Pandit
Experimental Quantification of Chemical Effects of Hydrodynamic Cavitation
Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 1633-39 (2000).
Impact factor: 2.41
Citations Received: 75
98. A.B.Pandit, P.SenthilKumar and M.Sivakumar
Improve Reactions with Hydrodynamic Cavitation
Chemical Engineering Progress, 33 (May 1999).
Impact factor: 0.73
Citations Received: 12
IV JOURNAL PAPERS – UNDER REVIEW (PEER-REVIEWED)
99. Curcumin-loaded sterically stabilized Nanodispersion based on non-ionic colloidal system
induced by Ultrasound and Solvent Diffusion-Evaporation
Tan Khang Wei, Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
Food Hydrocolloids (Submitted).
Impact factor: 4.2
100. Response Surface Optimisation (RSM) for the Development of Novel Ganoderic acid
Encapsulated Nanodispersion using the combination of Ultrasonic Cavitation and Solvent
Evaporation Methodologies
Tan Khang Wei, Sivakumar Manickam, Siah Ying Tang and Cheng Poh Guat
Journal of Food Engineering (Submitted).
Impact factor: 2.28
101. Emulsion Solvent Evaporation technique in the formulation and optimization of
Lamivudine-loaded Eudragit coated Pectin microspheres for Colon-specific delivery
G Senthilkumar, A Umamaheswari, MD Raja, M Sivakumar, M Gover Antoniraj and K
Ruckmani
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Submitted).
Impact factor: 2.6
102. Dibakar Mullick, Prakash Anjanappa, Kumaravel Selvakumar, Kandasamy Ruckmani and
Manickam Sivakumar
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Copper-catalysed coupling of Aryl bromides with 2-(Trimethylsilyl)ethanol as alcohol
surrogate
Current Organic Chemistry (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.04
103. Chee Meng Ng and Manickam Sivakumar
Conjugation of Insulin onto the sidewalls of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs)
through functionalization and diimide-activated amidation
RSC Advances (Submitted).
Impact factor: 2.56
104. Surya Sudheer, Manickam Sivakumar, Asgar Ali and Ajit Singh
A Practical Strategy for the Bioconversion of Palm Oil Waste fibres in the solid state
cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum
Biomass and Bioenergy (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.0
105. Weng Kiat Tan, Siew Cheong Cheah, Shridharan Parthasarathy and Sivakumar Manickam
Fish Pond Water Treatment using Ultrasonic Cavitation and Advanced Oxidation Processes
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.52
106. Ibrahim Alzorqi and Sivakumar Manickam
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction (UAE) and Isolation of Antioxidant Polysachharides from
artificially cultivated fungus Ganoderma lucidum
Food Chemistry (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.4
107. Renu Geetha Bai, Kasturi Muthoosamy and Sivakumar Manickam
Ultrasonic Cavitation induced Exfoliation and generation of Stabiliser-free, exceedingly-stable
Nanographene sheet dispersion
Chemical Engineering Journal (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.52
108. Ibrahim Alzorqi, Ajit Singh and Sivakumar Manickam
Optimisation of Ultrasound Assisted Extraction (UAE) of Water-soluble Polysachharides from
Ganoderma lucidum using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Submitted).
Impact factor: 3.4
V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PAPERS
109. Effect of UV-C radiation on growth and physico-chemical properties of medicinally
important mushroom – Ganoderma lucidum
Zain Taha, Sivakumar Manickam and Asgar Ali
8th
International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (IMMC8), Manizales, Colombia, 24-27
August, 2015.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
110. Utilization of Oil Palm Biomass from Malaysia for the Solid State Cultivation of Ganoderma
lucidum
Surya Sudheer, Ibrahim Salahuddin, Zain Taha, Sivakumar Manickam, Asgar Ali and Poh Guat
Cheng
8th
International Medicinal Mushroom Conference (IMMC8), Manizales, Colombia, 24-27
August, 2015.
111. Sonochemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles deposited Graphene Sheets and their
Application in the Electrochemical Detection of Nitric Oxide
Renu Geetha Bai, Meifang Zhou, Kasturi Muthoosamy, Pandikumar Alagarsamy,
Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Huang NayMing and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
112. Quantification of Hydroxyl Groups on C60 Molecular Cage generated by Acoustic Cavitation
in Aqueous Media in Presence of Hydrogen Peroxide
Sadia Afreen, Kasturi Muthoosamy, Ken Kokubo and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
113. Ultrasonic Treatment of Glassy Carbon for Nanoparticle Preparation
Jean-Marc Levêque, Jean-Noël Rouzaud, Laurent Duclaux, Laurence Reinert, Naoki Komatsu,
Alexandre Desforge, Sadia Afreen, Sivakumar Manickam and Takahide Kimura.
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
114. Characterisation of Pilot-Scale Triple Frequency Ultrasonic Reactor (TFUR) and Validation of
its Performance through Physical, Chemical and Simulation Techniques
Sivakumar Manickam, Timm Joyce Tiong, Derick Liew Khong Lit, Ramona Claire Gondipon,
Ryan Wong Weysern and Loo Yuen Ling
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
115. Effect of Ultrasonication on the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Enzymatic Antioxidants
of Fresh-cut Pineapple
Wei Keat Yeoh, Asgar Ali and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
116. Comparison of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction (UAE) and Hot Water Extraction (HWE) of
Carbohydrates and Phenolic Compounds in Pleurotus pulmonarius Mushroom
Nur Amalina Amirullah, Nurhayati Zainal Abidin, Noorlidah Abdullah
and
Sivakumar
Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
117. Sonocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine-B using Pilot-scale Triple Frequency Ultrasound
Cavitation Reactor (TF-USCR)
Shridharan Parthasarathy, Sivakumar Manickam, Liew Yuh Xiu, Lim Vun Yau, Choo Weng King
and Bibi Rushdana Doobory
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
118. Simultaneous Effects of Alkaline and Ultrasound Treatments on the Thermal and
Morphological Properties of Sisal Fibres
Prakash Krishnaiah, Sivakumar Manickam and C.T. Ratnam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
119. Impact of Ultrasonication on the Solubility of Gaharu Tea in Water
Zain Taha and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
120. Ultrasound as An Extraction Technique for the Isolation of Polysaccharides from
Ganoderma Lucidum
Ibrahim Alzorqi, Surya Sudheer and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
121. Selective encapsulation and release of emulsion droplets via coupling ultrasound and
microfluidic technologies
Matthew S. T. Lok, T. Joyce Tiong, Jit-Kai Chin and Sivakumar Manickam
2nd
Asia-Oceania Sonochemical Society (AOSS-2) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-28
July, 2015.
122. Sonocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B using Pilot-scale Triple Frequency Ultrasound
Cavitation Reactor (TF-USCR)
S.Parthasarathy, S.Manickam, X.Y. Liew, Y.V. Lim, K.W. Choo, D.R. Bibi, R.L.Gomes
13th
Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering in the 21st
Century, Barcelona, Spain, Sep 30 – Oct 3, 2014.
123. Development of Stable Aqueous Graphene Dispersion by Ultrasonic Cavitation
Renu Geetha Bai, Kasturi Muthoosamy and Sivakumar Manickam
1st
International Conference on Ultrasonic-based Applications: From Analysis to Synthesis
(Ultrasonics 2014), Lisbon, Portugal, Sep 15-17, 2014.
124. Biocompatible silver decorated reduced graphene oxide for antimicrobial and biosensing
applications
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Renu Geetha Bai, Lim HN, Huang NM, Chai CH and Sivakumar
Manickam
5th
EUCheMS (European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences) Chemistry
Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug 31 – Sep 4, 2014.
125. Exfoliation and Generation of Nanographene sheet dispersion induced by Greener
Ultrasound Cavitation
Sivakumar Manickam, Renu Geetha Bai and Kasturi Muthoosami
5th
International IUPAC conference on Green Chemistry (ICGC5), Durban, South Africa,
August 17-21, 2014.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
126. Intensification of Extraction of Water-soluble Antioxidant Polysaccharides from G. lucidum
using Ultrasound: A detailed comparison with Conventional methods
Sivakumar Manickam and Ibrahim Alzorqi
The 14th
Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS14), Avignon, France, June 2-
6, 2014.
127. COMSOL Simulation of Acoustic Pressure Fields for Ultrasonic Vial Tweeter
Timm Joyce Tiong, Ibrahim Alzorqi and Sivakumar Manickam
The 14th
Meeting of the European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS14), Avignon, France, June 2-
6, 2014.
128. Nano-hybrid Graphene and Graphene Oxide as a Biomedical cargo for enhanced delivery of
Curcumin into Cancel cells
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Hong Ngee Lim, Huang Nay Ming and Sivakumar Manickam
The 7th
World Congress on Biomimetics and Nano-Bio, South Korea, August 26-30, 2013
129. A Novel Multifunctional template using Graphene Oxide and Fluorescent probe as a
Biomedical Cargo for better visualization of Curcumin into cancer cells
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Sivakumar Manickam, Hong Ngee Lim and Huang Nay Ming
3rd
Conference on Innovation in Drug Delivery: Advances in Local Drug Delivery, Pisa, Italy,
Sep 22-25, 2013.
130. In-situ Green Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Nanosheets using Medicinal Mushroom
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Renu Geetha Bai, Surya Mudavasseril Sudheer, Hong Ngee Lim, Huang
Nay Ming and Sivakumar Manickam
4th
International Conference on Nanotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications (ICNFA
2013), Toronto, Canada, 12-14 August, 2013.
131. Green Synthesis of Graphene Nanosheets using a Medicinal Mushroom Extract
Renu Geetha Bai, Kasturi Muthoosamy and Sivakumar Manickam
3rd
Euro-India International Conference on Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering, India, 9-10
August, 2013.
132. Palm oil mill effluent (POME) polishing using activated carbon (AC) and adsorption and
novel ultrasound (US) cavitation technology
Shridharan Parthasarathy, Rafie Rushdy Mohammed, Sivakumar Manickam, Chong Mei Fong
and Rachel L Gomes
6th
International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (GSC-6), Nottingham, UK,
August 4-7, 2013.
133. Graphene and Graphene Oxide as a Docking station for modern drug delivery system
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Renu Geetha Bai, Surya Mudavasseril Sudheer, Hong Ngee Lim, Huang
Nay Ming and Sivakumar Manickam
NanoBio 2013 (Advances in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnologies), Anna
University Tiruchirappalli, India, 27-29 June, 2013.
134. Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs) as a feasible and potential multifunctional drug
carrier for conjugating Insulin
Chee Meng Ng and Sivakumar Manickam
European Summit for Clinical Nanomedicine (CLINAM) and Targeted Medicine, Basel,
Switzerland, 23-25 June, 2013.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
135. Palm oil based O/W Nanoemulsion generation and Nanoencapsulation of
Chemotherapeutically active ingredient Curcumin using Liquid Whistle Hydrodynamic
Cavitation Reactor (LWHCR)
Sivakumar Manickam and Shridharan Parthasarathy
International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical
Technology (PharmaTech 2012), KLCC, KL, Malaysia, November 20-21, 2012
136. Green chemical processing using Liquid Whistle Hydrodynamic Cavitation Reactor (LWHCR)
to generate Nanoemulsion and Nanoencapsulation of pharmaceutically active ingredient
Curcumin
Sivakumar Manickam, and Shridharan Parthasarathy
4th
International IUPAC conference on Green Chemistry (ICGC4), Iguassu, Brazil, August 25-
29, 2012
137. Ganoderma Lucidum: The Wonder Medicine
Sivakumar Manickam, and Surya Sudheer
13th
Medicinal and Aromatic plants seminar (MAPS -13), KL, Malaysia, September 25-26,
2012
138. Designing a novel nanoscale drug delivery platform using Graphene, Dye and Pluronic F127
as Nanohybrid Vehicle for improved efficacy of Curcumin into cancer cells
Kasturi Muthoosamy, Hong N Lee and Sivakumar Manickam
A European Conference/Workshop on the Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of
Graphene (GrapHEL Conference/Workshop), Mykonos, Greece, September 27-30, 2012
139. Curcumin encapsulated Nanodispersion generated by Ultrasound and Solvent diffusion
evaporation methodology – Process optimization using Response Surface Methodology
(RSM) of experimental design
Sivakumar Manickam, Tan Khang Wei and Siah Ying Tang
Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012 (Elsevier), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 15-17, 2012
140. Utilisation of Higee method for Green preparation of Silver Nanoparticles
Chee Meng Ng, Chen and Manickam Sivakumar
14th
Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2012), Singapore,
Feb 21-24, 2012
141. Response Surface Optimization assisted development of novel Ganoderic acid encapsulated
Nanodispersion using the combined Ultrasonic cavitation and Solvent evaporation
methodologies
Sivakumar Manickam, Tan Khang Wei and Siah Ying Tang
Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012 (Elsevier), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 15-17, 2012
142. Enhancing the Efficacy of Chitosan by a Novel Nanoemulsion formulation
Maysoun A. Mustafa, Asgar Ali and Sivakumar Manickam
7th
International Postharvest Symposium (IPS 2012), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 25-29,
2012
143. Carboxylation of Carbon Nanotubes using Acoustic Cavitation at room temperature
Chee Meng Ng and Manickam Sivakumar
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
3rd
International Congress on Green Process Engineering (GPE-2011), Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, Dec 6-8, 2011
144. The Role of Acoustic Cavitation in the Carboxylation of Carbon Nanotubes
Chee Meng Ng and Manickam Sivakumar
2011 World Congress on Engineering and Technology (CET 2011, Shangai, China, Oct 28-30,
2011
145. Mucoadhesion study on Curcumin containing Chitosan nanoparticles for possible delivery
to the colon
Lay Hong Chuah, Nashiru Billa, Clive Roberts, Jonathan Burley and Sivakumar Manickam
UK PharmSci 2011 Conference, Nottingham, UK
146. Encapsulation of Pharmaceutical materials in the Nanodroplets created by a Simple, Unique
and Green Technique, Ultrasonic Cavitation
Manickam Sivakumar, Siah Ying Tang and Tan Khang Wei
European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes (EUROMAT 2011),
Montpellier, France, Sep12-15, 2011
147. Formulation Development and In-Vitro studies of Resveratrol through self-
microemulsifying drug delivery system
Khoo Siok Luan, Sivaram Nallamolu, Chitneni Mallikarjun and Sivakumar Manickam
24th
Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA) Congress), Bali, Indonesia,
Sep13-16, 2012.
148. Application of Chitosan in the form of nanoemulsions to control Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides of dragon fruits
Noosheen Zahid, Sivakumar Manickam and Asgar Ali
11th
International Annual Symposium on Sustainability Science and Management, Universiti
Malaya Terengganu (UMT), Malaysia, July 9-11, 2012
149. Using ethanolic extract of propolis as a natural fungicide to control Postharvest
Anthracnose of dragon Fruits
Noosheen Zahid, Sivakumar Manickam and Asgar Ali
11th
International Annual Symposium on Sustainability Science and Management, Universiti
Malaya Terengganu (UMT), July 9-11, 2012
150. Optimisation for the preparation of Curcumin loaded nanoemulsion using Response
Surface Methodology (RSM)
Tan Khang Wei and Manickam Sivakumar
13th
Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2010), Taipei,
Taiwan, Oct 5-8, 2010
151. Design and Evaluation of Aspirin-loaded Submicron scale Water-in-Oil-in-Water Multiple
Emulsions
Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
13th
Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE 2010), Taipei,
Taiwan, Oct 5-8, 2010
152. Fabrication and Characterisation of Curcumin Nanoemulsion based on Nanoemulsifying
approach assisted by ultrasound cavitation
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Tan Khang Wei and Sivakumar Manickam
International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical
Technology, Pharma Tech 2010, Kuala Lumpur, 25-26 May, 2010.
153. Preparation and Evaluation of Aspirin-loaded Multiple Submicron emulsions
Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical
Technology, Pharma Tech 2010, Kuala Lumpur, 25-26 May, 2010.
154. Utilisation of Ultrasound Cavitation in the Carboxylation of Carbon Nanotubes for further
chemical derivatisation
Chee Meng Ng and Manickam Sivakumar
International Conference and Exhibition on Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmeceutical
Technology, Pharma Tech 2010, Kuala Lumpur, 25-26 May, 2010.
155. Effects of homogenization and ultrasonication on curcumin-chitosan nanoparticles.
LH Chuah, N. Billa and M. Sivakumar
International Conference on Nanotechnology – Research and Commercialisation (ICONT
2009), 14 17 Dec 2009, Langkawi, Malaysia.
156. A Novel Formulation and Optimisation of Aspirin Nanoemulsion prepared by Cavitation
induced by Ultrasonic waves
Siah Ying Tang and Manickam Sivakumar
International Conference on Nanotechnology – Research and Commercialisation (ICONT
2009), 14-17 Dec 2009, Langkawi, Malaysia.
157. Fabrication and Characterization of Ganoderic acid Nanoemulsion or Reverse
Nanoemulsion as Colloidal Carrier
Tan Khang Wei, Sivakumar Manickam, Chin Siew Kian and Law Chung Lim
International Conference on Nanotechnology – Research and Commercialisation (ICONT
2009), 14-17 Dec 2009, Langkawi, Malaysia.
158. Ultrasonic Cavitation: A Green Process Engineering Technique for the Efficient Treatment
of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME).
Manickam Sivakumar and Norhaida Zainal Abidin
2nd
International Congress on Green Process Engineering and 2nd
European Process
Intensification Conference, 14-17 June 2009, Venice, Italy.
159. Cavitational solution for the production of Nanomaterials
Manickam Sivakumar
6th
International Materials Technology Conference & Exhibition, 24-27 Aug 2008, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
160. Magnetization and Phase Transition Characteristics near TN in Nanoscale Multiferroic
BiFeO3
Ranabrata Muzumder, Sushmita Ghosh, Parthasarathi Mondal, Dipten Bhattacharya, Subrata
Dasgupta, Nandini Das, Amarnath Sen, A.K. Tyagi, Manickam Sivakumar, T. Takami and H.
Ikuta
8th
International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (Nano 2006), August 20-25, 2006,
IISc Bangalore, India.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
161. Synthesis of yttrium hydroxide and oxide doped with europium nanosheets
Atsuya Towata, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Teruyuki Kozuka, Manickam Sivakumar, and
Yasuo Iida
Joint Meeting of the 8th International Symposium on Hydrothermal Reactions (ISHR-8) and 7th
International Conference on Solvothermal Reactions (ICSTR-7) held in Sendai, Japan, August 5
9, 2006.
162. Fabrication of Nanosized Pt on rutile TiO2 using standing wave sonochemical reactor
(SWSR) Observation of enhanced Catalytic oxidation of CO
Manickam Sivakumar, Atsuya Towata, Kyuichi Yasui, Toru Tuziuti, Masahiko Tsujimoto, Ziyi
Zhong, Luwei Chen and Yasuo Iida
10th
European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS-10), June 4-8, 2006 at Hamburg, Germany.
163. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) - A Novel Carrier System for Antitumour Drugs –
Characterization, In-Vitro & In-Vivo Studies.
K. Ruckmani, M. Sivakumar and P.A. Ganeshkumar
International Conference on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug delivery (Nano 2006), Feb 17-
18, 2006, NIPER, Chandigarh, India.
164. A New Ultrasonic Cavitation approach for the Synthesis of Zinc Ferrite Nanocrystals
M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, A. Towata, T. Tuziuti and Y.Iida
2nd
International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN), 6-11
February 2005, Queenstown, New Zealand.
165. Protein release from Yeast as an evaluation method of physical efficiency of Sonochemical
reactor
Y.Iida, T.Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M.Sivakumar and A.Towata
34th
Symposium of the UIA (Ultrasonic Industry Association), 13 - 15 March, 2005, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA.
166. Effects of ultrasound frequency on the preparation of sonicated liposomes
Y.Iida, M.Sivakumar, A. Towata, T. Kozuka, T.Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M. Shibakami and K. Kawasaki
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM 2005), 15 -20,
December 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
167. Numerical simulation for single-bubble sonochemistry
K.Yasui, T. Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM 2005), 15 -20,
December 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
168. Generation of oxygen atom in sonochemical reactions
K.Yasui, T. Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
World Congress on Ultrasonics merged with Ultrasonic International (WCU/UI'05), 28th
August -1st
September 2005, Beijing, China.
169. Influence of dissolved-air concentration on spatial distribution of multibubble system for
Sonochemistry
T. Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
World Congress on Ultrasonics merged with Ultrasonic International (WCU/UI'05), 28th
August -1st
September 2005, Beijing, China.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
170. Numerical simulation for sonoluminescence and sonochemistry
K.Yasui, T. Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
PFPC Sonochemistry Symposium, July 20, 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
171. 酵母からのタンパク質抽出量測定によるソノケミカル反応装置の物理効果評価法
Y.Iida, T.Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M.Sivakumar and A.Towata 25回超音波エレクトロニクスの基礎と応用に関するシンポジウム
(超音波シンポジウム運営委員会), 28th
Oct 2005, Sapporo, Japan (Presented in Japanese).
172. Fabrication of bimodal (micro/macro) alumina materials using yeast cells as templates
A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka, K. Ohta and Y.Iida
International Symposium on Surface Science and Nanotechnology (The Surface Science
Society of Japan-SSSJ), 14th
Nov, 2005.
173. ユーロピウム含有アパタイト粒子合成における超音波照射の影響
A.Towata, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida 化学工学会第70年会, 名古屋大学 (化学工学会), 23rd
March 2005, Nagoya, Japan
(Presented in Japanese).
174. テンプレートとして酵母を利用したジルコニア中空粒子の合成
A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka and Y.Iida 化学工学会 (化学工学会), 15th
Sep, 2005, in 岡山.
175. Synthesis of wrinkle hollow TiO2 particles using yeast cells as templates
A.Towata, M.Sivakumar, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka and Y.Iida 第22回日韓国際セラミックスセミナー (第22回日韓国際セラミックスセミナー組織委 会), 24th
Nov, 2005, Nagoya, Japan.
176. 超音波キャビテーションにおける多数気泡の光散乱
T.Tuziuti, K.Yasui, M.Sivakumar, A.Towata and Y.Iida 先進製造プロセス研究部門 研究発表会, 14th
December 2004, Tsukuba, Japan (Presented
in Japanese).
177. Acoustic cavitation induced preparation of Pt/TiO2 catalysts: observation of unusually
increased photocatalytic activity of the Pt/TiO2-rutile
M.Sivakumar, Y.Iida, K.Yasui and T.Tuziuti
9th
European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS-9), April 25 -30, 2004 at Badajoz, Spain.
178. Raman Spectra Database of Minerals and Inorganic Materials on the Web
Y.Iida, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, T.Kozuka, A.Towata and M.Sivakumar
19th
International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS2004), August 8 -13, 2004 at
Queensland, Australia.
179. Comparison of 3 Dosimeters for Sonochemical reactions
Y.Iida, K.Yasui, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and A.Towata
13th
Symposium of the Japan Society of Sonochemistry (JSS), November 11-12, 2004, Tokyo,
Japan.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
180. Ultrasonic Cavitation in 1D and 2D Microspace
Y.Iida, T.Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar, A.Towata and K.Yasui
13th
Symposium of the Japan Society of Sonochemistry (JSS), November 11-12, 2004, Tokyo,
Japan.
181. Generation of Oxygen atom in Sonochemical Reactions
K.Yasui, T. Tuziuti, M.Sivakumar and Y.Iida
13th
Symposium of the Japan Society of Sonochemistry (JSS), November 11-12, 2004, Tokyo,
Japan.
182. Sonochemical Synthesis of Pt/TiO2 Photocatalyst and its evaluation
M.Sivakumar, T. Tuziuti, K.Yasui, A. Towata and Y.Iida
Ceramic Society of Japan, December 3, 2004, Nagoya, Japan.
183. Ultrasound mediated Nanophase formation of SrFe12O19
M.Sivakumar, and A.Gedanken
12th
International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry (ISSC), Oct 6-11, 2002, Eilat,
Israel.
184. Sonochemical Decomposition of Fe(CO)5 to Fe2O3 Nanoparticles : Understanding with
Power Density Factor
M.Sivakumar, and A.Gedanken
21st
IVS General Conference – Nanohappenings Israel (NH), Sep 11-12, 2002, Tel Aviv, Israel.
185. Large scale destruction of Pollutants using Acoustic Cavitation
M.Sivakumar, P.R. Gogate and A.B.Pandit
17th
International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering (ISCRE), Aug 25-28, 2002,
Hong Kong, China.
186. Ultrasound enhanced Degradation of Rhodamine B: Effect of Power Density
M.Sivakumar and A.B.Pandit
7th
European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS-7), May 14 -17, 2000 at Toulouse, France.
187. Hydrodynamic Cavitation assisted Degradation of Rhodamine B: A Technologically viable
Wastewater Treatment technique
M.Sivakumar and A.B.Pandit
International conference on Science and Technology under Chemical Society of Canada, Oct
12-13, 2000 at New Delhi, India.
188. Optimisation of Alkaline Hydrolysis of Methyl Benzoate-Effect of Ultrasound
M.Sivakumar, P.SenthilKumar, Sukti Majumdar and A.B.Pandit
International Conference and Exhibition on Ultrasonics (ICEU-99), New Delhi, 2-4 Dec, 1999,
India.
189. Ultrasound Enhanced PTC Reactions
M.Sivakumar, P.SenthilKumar and A.B.Pandit
14th
National Symposium on Catalysis, December 16-18,1998, at Anna University, Chennai,
India.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
THESIS EXAMINED
PHD
1 Candidate: Mr. V. Sankar
Thesis title: Formulation Development and In Vitro Evaluation of Zidovudine Niosomes
Degree: PhD, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology
Year: 2010
University: Bharathidasan University, India
2 Candidate: Mr. Chin Siew Kian
Thesis title: Maximising the Retention of Crude Ganoderic Acids & Water Soluble
Polysaccharides Content of Ganoderma Lucidum Using Two – Stage Dehydration Method
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2011
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
3 Candidate: Ms. Chan Yi Jing
Thesis title: A Complete Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment System Using Novel
Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor IAAB
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2011
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
4 Candidate: Ms. Poh Phaik Eong
Thesis title: Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Under Thermophilic Condition Using
Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket-Hollow Centered Packed Bed (UASB-HCPB) Reactor
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2011
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
5 Candidate: Mr. K. Badri Narayanan
Thesis title: Biological Synthesis and Characterisation of metal nanoparticles and their
potential degradation of 4-nitrophenol
Degree: PhD, Biotechnology
Year: 2011
University: Pondicherry University, India
6 Candidate: Ms. Muhammed Shafee Muneera Begum
Thesis title: Design and Development ….. Pantoprazole
Degree: PhD, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology
Year: 2011
University: Bharathidasan University, India
8 Candidate: Mr. Cheah Kean How
Thesis title: Analysis and Fabrication of Ceramic MEMS-scale Micropropulsion for Space
applications
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2012
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
9 Candidate: Mr. Bharat A Bhanvase
Thesis title: Studies on Polymer Nanocomposite by In-Situ Emulsion Polymerisation with and
without Ultrasound Techniques.
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2012
University: University of Pune, India
10 Candidate: Mr. Srinu Naik
Thesis title: Optimisation of Parameters for Biological Denitrification of Wastewater in Gas-
Liquid-Solid Bioreactor.
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2012
University: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India
11 Candidate: Mr. Kai Seng Koh
Thesis title: Synthesis, Characterisation of Hydroxylammonium and its low power Electrolytic
decomposition in Microcombustion chamber
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2013
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
12 Candidate: Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh
Thesis title: Studies of Immobilized Lipase from Candida sp. and its activity study for
Glycerides production
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2013
University: Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India
13 Candidate: Ms. CAVALIERI Francesca
Thesis title: Ultrasonic Synthesis and Characterisation of Multifunctional Microspheres
Degree: PhD, Chemistry
Year: 2013
University: University of Melbourne, Australia
14 Candidate: Mr. Saleem Zainoddin Shaikh
Thesis title: Development and Validation of Analytical Methods for Tobramycin and Sodium
Hyaluronate in Ophthalmic Formulations
Degree: PhD, Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology
Year: 2014
University: Bharathidasan University, India
15 Candidate: Mr. Siamak Pilban Jahromi
Thesis title: Synthesis and Characterisation of Nickel Oxide Nanostructure as Electroactive
materials for Supercapacitors
Degree: PhD, Physics
Year: 2015
University: University of Malaya, Malaysia
16 Candidate: Anisa Ur Rahmah
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
Thesis title: Advanced Oxidation Process of Wastewater Containing Oxytetracycline
Antibiotic Contaminant using UV/H2O2 System
Degree: PhD Chemical Engineering
Year: 2015
University: University Technology Petronas, Malaysia
17. Candidate: Ms. Suganti Ramrad
Thesis title: Improving the properties of reclaimed waste tire rubber by blending with
poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) and electron beam radiation
Degree: PhD, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2015
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
THESIS EXAMINED
MPHIL/MSC
14 Candidate: Mr. Yong Hua Tai
Thesis title: Boron Removal from Wastewater by using Palm Oil Mill Boiler (POMB) bottom
ash
Degree: MPhil, Chemical Engineering
Year: 2010
University: University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus
15 Candidate: Ms. Jasmina Zukan
Thesis title: The Sonochemical Synthesis of Nanoparticles
Degree: MSc, Chemistry
Year: 2008
University: University of Melbourne, Australia
16 Candidate: Ms. Nur Nadiah Binti Abdul Rashid
Thesis title: Formulation of Nanoemulsions for Production of Anticancer Drugs using Betulinic
acid
Degree: MSc
Year: 2013
University: University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia.
MEMBERSHIPS - PROFESSIONAL BODIES
1. Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (MAIChE)
2. Life Member, UDCT Alumni Association (UAA)
3. Life Member, Catalysis Society of India (CSI)
4. Member, American Chemical Society (MACS)
5. Associate Member, Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), UK
6. Member, IChemE – Pharma Special Subject Group
7. Fellow, Higher Education Academy (HEA), UK.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
REVIEWER- JOURNALS
• AAPS PharmSciTech
• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
• Advanced Powder Technology (Elsevier)
• Advances in Environmental Research (TechnoPress)
• American Chemical Science Journal (Sciencedomain International)
• Anaerobe (Elsevier)
• Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier)
• Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Wiley)
• Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Wiley Interscience)
• Catalysis Today (Elsevier)
• Central European Journal of Chemistry (Versita with Springer Verlag)
• Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier)
• Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification (Elsevier)
• Chemical Engineering and Technology (Wiley)
• Chemical Product and Process Modelling (Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress))
• Chemosphere (Elsevier)
• Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (Elsevier)
• Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (Elsevier)
• Current Pharmaceutical Analysis (Bentham Science Publishers)
• Current Nanoscience (Bentham Science)
• Drug Delivery Letters (Bentham Science)
• Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy (Informa Healthcare)
• European Journal of Chemistry
• Food Chemistry (Elsevier)
• Fuel (Elsevier)
• Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society)
• International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)
• International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation (Inderscience)
• International Journal of Nanomedicine (Dove Medical Press)
• International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Elsevier)
• Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (The Institute of Pure and Applied Physics, Japan)
• Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier)
• Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (Korean Society of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry)
• Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (Springer)
• Journal of Microencapsulation (Informa Healthcare)
• Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology (Elsevier)
• Journal of Physical Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
• Materials Chemistry and Physics (Elsevier)
• Materials Express
• Materials Letters (Elsevier)
• Minireviews in Medicinal Chemistry (Benthamscience)
• Molecules (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland)
• Pharmaceutical Development and Technology (Informa Healthcare)
• Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (Bentham Science)
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
• Polymer Composites (Wiley)
• Powder Technology (Elsevier)
• Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (Elsevier)
• Scientia Pharmaceutica (The Austrian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
• Scientific Research and Essays (Academic journals)
• Separation and Purification Technology (Elsevier)
• Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry (Taylor
& Francis)
• Talanta (Elsevier)
• Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry (Taylor & Francis)
• Toxicology Research (Royal Society of Chemistry)
• Tribology Transactions (Taylor & Francis)
• Ultrasonics Sonochemistry (Elsevier)
• Waste and Biomass Valorisation (Springer)
REVIEWER- RESEARCH PROPOSALS
• Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF)
• Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF)
• National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chile
• Universiti Malaya, High Impact Project Proposal
RESEARCH COLLABORATORS
Dr. Vijayanand Moholkar, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Guwahati, India
� Dr. Yasuo Iida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, AIST,
Nagoya, Japan
� Prof. Gedanken, Department of Chemistry and Kanbar Laboratory for Nanomaterials,
Bar-Ilan University Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan Univ,
Israel
� Prof. A.B. Pandit, Chemical Engineering Division, University Institute of Chemical
Technology (UICT), University of Mumbai, Matunga, Mumbai – 400 019, India.
� Prof. Ruckmani, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Anna
University, Tiruchi, India
� Prof. Muthupandian Ashokkumar, Department of Chemistry, University of Melbourne,
Australia.
� Prof. Giancarlo Cravotto, Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Dipartimento di Scienza e
Tecnologia del Farmaco, University of Turin, Italy.
� Prof. Cristina Leonelli, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e dell'Ambiente
Facolta' di Ingegneria, Universita' degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy.
� Dr. R.V. Mangalaraja, Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
University of Concepci´on, 270, Edmundo Larenas, Concepci´on, Chile.
� Prof. Chantal Pichon, Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire (CBM) – CNRS, UPR 4301 rue
Charles sadron, 45071 Orleans cedex 02 France.
� Prof. Pao-Chi Chen, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Lunghwa
University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar
RESEARCH CITATIONS AND H-INDEX (USING SCOPUS)
(AS OF 22.06.2015)
Number of citations : 1555
h-index : 22
Average citations : 21.6
The h Index – 22
IMPACT FACTORS OF THE PUBLISHED JOURNAL PAPERS
Average impact factor: 2.9
Curriculum Vitae – Manickam Sivakumar