Dr. Perumal Ramasamy - CV Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 600 025 E-mail: perumalramasamy@annauniv.edu Phone (Mobile) --- +91 9283286348 perumal.ramasamy@gmail.com ( I ) Academic qualifications (beginning with the present position) 1) Assistant Professor: Department of Applied Science and Technology (March 2013-present) Department of Physics (Dec 2009 March 2013) Anna University, Chennai 600 025 Tamil Nadu, India 2) Project officer: (January 2009 Dec 2009) DST unit on Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry and Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036, India 3) Postdoctoral researcher: (September 2007 October 2008) Department of Materials Science The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania U.S.A. 4) Postdoctoral Research associate (September 2006 August 2007) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University, North Carolina U.S.A 1
5) PhD. in Materials Science and Engineering - (August 2000 - August 2006) Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York U.S.A. Supervisor: Prof. Miriam Rafailovich 6) MSc in Physics - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras (1999-2000). 7) BSc in Physics - Saint Josheph s College, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, Inida (1994 1997) First class with Distinction ( II ) Details of Employment and Nature of Duties i) Assistant Professor: Department of Applied Science and Technology (March 2013-present) Department of Physics (Dec 2009 March 2013) Anna University, Chennai 600 025 Tamil Nadu, India Nature of duty: a) Conducting research in the field of soft matter, nanoscience and crystal growth. b) Guiding graduate students for PhD. c) Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses. d) Handling laboratory for graduate and undergraduate students. ii) Project officer: (January 2009 Dec 2009) DST unit on Nanoscience, Department of Chemistry and Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India 2
Nature of duty: Researched on Nano tubes, nano particleas and nano clusters. iii) Postdoctoral researcher: (September 2007 October 2008) Department of Materials Science The Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania U.S.A. Nature of duty: Researched on starch based single ion conductors for Lithium Ion Batteries iv) Postdoctoral research associate (September 2006 August 2007) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University, North Carolina U.S.A Nature of duty: Researched on DNA nano structures v) Teaching Assistant in Stony Brook University - (August 2000 - August 2006) Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York U.S.A. Nature of duty: Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in materials science and Engineering. ( III ) Recognitions received Raman postdoctoral fellowship for Post Doctoral Research in United States for the year 2013-14 awarded by the University Grants Commission INDIA. List of Projects obtained a) Project from UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research - National Facility for Neutron Beam Research (NFNBR), BARC titled Investigation of the effects of nanoparticles in polymers using Neutrons and Dielectric spectroscopy CRS-M- 176 from 2012 2015. 3
b) Project from BRNS (DAE) titled Understanding Dynamics of Motion and Conductivity of Biomaterials Containing Quantum Clusters in Membranes - Sanction No 2011/37C/21/BRNS from 2011-2014 c) Research Support Scheme for Young Faculty of Anna University from the Center for Technology Development and Transfer of Anna University, Chennai, titled Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy studies of starch membrane containing gold nanoclusters from 2010 2011. List of invited talks i) Chaired a session and presented an invited talk to be delivered in National Conference in Crystal growth and nanoscience (NCCG) sponsored by University Grants Commission of India at Arignar Anna College, Aralvoymoli, Tamil Nadu, India (27 28 January 2011) ii) Invited talk delivered in department of Biology, University of Evora, Evora, Portugal. (11 January 2011) iii) Invited talk delivered in Conference on Crystal Growth in Tamil Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai India, 18 19 October, 2010. iv) Invited talk delivered at Second International Conference on Natural Polymers (ICNP), Kottayam, Kerala, India 24-26, September 2010. National Synchrotron Light Source User at Brook Haven National Laboratory, USA from 2001-2008 Co-organized two national seminars on crystal growth in Anna University Department of Physics in 2010 and 2012. 4
Member of the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society of U.S.A (2003-2008). Member of Indian Association for Crystal growth. Graduate coordinator for the American Society for Engineering Education conference at Stony Brook University during 2004-2005. President of a forum at Stony Brook University for conducting seminars I have mentored high school students for Intel and LYSEF science competitions in U.S.A. Special judge for New York State Science and Engineering Fair (NYSSEF), April 8 th, 2003 in State University of New York at Westbury ( IV ) List of publications 1) Formation and Collapse of Fluorescent Gels by Gold Nanoparticles- Radha Perumal Ramasamy and Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal- Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine Vol. 5, pp. 1 9, 2013 2) Growth improvementofaggase2 single crystalusingtheverticalbridgman technique with steady ampoule rotation and its characterization G. AnandhaBabu a,n, R.Subramaniyan@Raja, N.Karunagaran, R.Perumal Ramasamy, P.Ramasamy, S. Ganesamoorthy, P.K.Gupta - Journal of Crystal Growth 338 (2012) 42 46. 3) A dielectric relaxation study of starch - water and starch - glycerol films Perumal Ramasamy Ionics 2011- DOI 10.1007/s11581-011-0636-1 4) Characterization of <010> directed ammonium malate single crystals grown by Sankaranarayanan Ramasamy method - G. Senthil Murugan, R. Perumal Ramasamy, P. Ramasamy *, G. Bhagavannarayana Journal of Crystal Growth 2011, 328, 58 61 5) Size Tuning of Au Nanoparticles Formed by Electron Beam Irradiation of Au25 Quantum Clusters Anchored Within and Outside of Dipeptide Nanotubes Perumal 5
Ramasamy, Samit Guha, Edakkattuparambil Sidharth Shibu, Theruvakkattil S. Sreeprasad, Soumabha Bag, Arindam Banerjee and Thalappil Pradeep - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19, 8456 8462 6) Synthesis, crystal growth and characterization of a highly efficient organic nonlinear optical Donor-Acceptor single crystal: 2-Amino-5-nitropyridinium- Toluenesulfonate G. Anand babu, R. Perumal Ramasamy, P. Ramasamy, V. Krishnakumar Crystal Growth & Design, 2009, Vol 9, No 7, 3333-3337. 7) Studies on crystal growth. Crystal structure, Optical, Spectral and Thermal Properties of an Organic crystal : Benzophenone hydrazone - G. Anand babu, R. Perumal Ramasamy, P. Ramasamy and S. Natarajan - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2009, 311, 3461-3465. 8) Synthesis, crystal growth and characterization of an efficient nonlinear optical D- π- A type single crystal: 2-Amino pyridinium 4-nitrophenolate 4-nitrphenol - G. Anand babu, R. Perumal Ramasamy and P. Ramasamy Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2009, 117, 326 330. 9) Protein Fingerprinting Using Flat-Surface Electrophoresis - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1061, 1061-MM09-23, 2008 Materials Research Society. 10) Electrostatic field calculations for electrophoresis using surfaces - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi and Gary Halada Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1061, 1061- MM09-25, 2008 Materials Research Society. 11) Examination of Interactions of Oppositely Charged Proteins in Gels Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Lisa M. Miller, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich. - published in Langmuir 2007, Volume 23, Issue 4, pages 2021-2029. 12) An approximate and simple method to trisecting and acute angle Radha Perumal Ramasamy, Mathematical Spectrum, Volume 22, 1989/90, Number 2, Page 48-49. 6
13) Jednoducha metoda triseckce a nanoseckce uhlu (A simple method to trisect and nanosect and angle) Radha Perumal Ramasamy Rozhledy, 69, 1990/1991, pages 65 67. 14) Understanding the role of water in the dynamics of molecular relaxations in starch using dielectric spectroscopy Perumal Ramasamy chapter 26 in "Advances in Natural Polymers, Biopolymers, Biomaterials, and Their Composites, Blends and IPNs" Apple Academic Press. (V) List of conference presentations 1) Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Gold Nanocomposites - S.N. Suraiya Begum and Radha Perumal Ramasamy - 24th Annual General Meeting Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India (February 11-13, 2013) 2) Electrical and Magnetic studies of superparamagnetic chitosan- maghemite nanocomposites - A.Saravanan and Radha Perumal Ramasamy - 24th Annual General Meeting Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India (February 11-13, 2013) 3) Spectroscopic Analysis of Crystallization of Amylose and It s Interaction with Water during Formation of Spherulites Invited talk to be delivered in National Conference in Crystal growth and nanoscience (NCCG) sponsored by University Grants Commission of India at Arignar Anna College, Aralvoymoli, Tamil Nadu, India (28 29 January 2011) 4) Size Tuning of Au Nanoparticles Formed by Electron Beam Irradiation of Au25 Quantum Clusters Anchored Within and Outside of Dipeptide Nanotubes Invited talk Conference on Crystal Growth in Tamil Department of Physics, Anna University, India 18 19 October, 2010. 5) Structural Modifications Observed Using FT-IR Spectroscopy in Protein-Directed Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters Invited talk Second 7
International Conference on Natural Polymers (ICNP), Kottayam, Kerala, India 24-26, September 2010. 6) Insitu FTIR measurements of Amylose Crystallization from aqueous solutions [talk EC2] The 16 th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing China 8-13 August 2010. 7) A dielectric relaxation study of starch - water and starch - glycerol films - [poster PA224] The 16 th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing China 8 13 August 2010. 8) Interactions of proteins in gels, solution and on surfaces [talk] Perumal Ramasamy Polymer physics seminar at Department of Materials science in Pennsylvania State University, USA. Dec 2007. 9) Protein Fingerprinting Using Flat-Surface Electrophoresis [poster - MM9.23] - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich Materials Research Society, Boston, USA 2007. 10) A light scattering study of interactions of oppositely charged proteins in solution [poster - MM9.24] - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich Materials Research Society, Boston, USA 2007. 11) Electrostatic field calculations for electrophoresis using surfaces [poster - MM9.25] - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada Materials Research Society, Boston, USA 2007. 12). Examination of the Interface Formed from Protein Interactions in Gels [poster]- Perumal Ramasamy, Lisa M. Miller, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Miriam Rafailovich [Log #MAR06-2005-005160] American Physical Society, Baltimore, USA 2006. 8
13). Electrophoresis of Proteins Using Surfaces [Talk] Perumal Ramasamy, Miriam Rafailovich, Jonathan Sokolov, Peter Brink, Lisa Miller National Synchrotron Light Source Users Meeting at Brook Haven National Lab, USA 2005. 14). Surface Electrophoresis Cell using ITO conducting walls [Poster- Z8.013]- Perumal Ramasamy, Vladimir Samuilov, Jonathan Sokolov, Miriam Rafailovich American Physical Society Montreal, Canada 2004,. 15). Measurement of electro osmotic flow (EOF) in a DNA surface electrophoresis cell [Poster presentation C1.078] - Perumal Ramasamy, Eli Hoory, Vladimir Samuilov, Jonathan Sokolov, Miriam Rafailovich American Physical Society, Texas 2003. 16). X-ray topography analysis of micropipe dislocations in 6H and 4C Silicon Carbide crystals [poster presentation] - Perumal Ramasamy and Prof. Michael Dudley National Synchrotron Light Source users meeting at Brook Haven National Lab, USA, August 2001. ( VI ) Related web sites i) http://www.drperumalramasamy.com/ ii) http://infrared.nsls.bnl.gov/u10b/research/alumni/swamy.htm iii) http://polymer.matscieng.sunysb.edu/nuggets/electro_osmotic.html 9