Department of Zoology

Assistant Professor

Dept of Zoology , 

Thiagarajar College, Madurai  :  From Dec 2013 – Till present

Assistant Professor

Dept of Biotechnology, ,Lady Doak College, Madurai                                    

Post Doctoral Fellow

Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, USA       

Senior Scientist

Department of Nanobiotechnology ,  

Sankara Nethralaya Eye Research Institute, Chennai

GRANTS:

 Young Scientist award, Dept of Biotechnology, Government of India

Project Entitled ‘Effect of Antioxidant Peptides in Modulating the Reactive Oxygen Species in Retinoblastoma Cell Line through Nanoparticles’. Rs.13.2 Lakhs, 2009.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

Senior Research Fellow , Indian council of Medical Research                         

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: 

1. Maheshwaran Senthilnathan, Neka Manickam, Ananthappan Periyasamy, Ramya Vaideki Ganesan, Vasantha Vairathevar Sivasamy, Ramyaa Lakshmi T S, Sustainable Corrosion Mitigation of Mild Steel: Electrochemical and Surface Characterization of Klebsiella and Enterobacter Spp. Biofilms. Journal of Bio-Tribo corrosion DOI- 10.1007/s40735-025-01078-6 ( Dec 2025) 
2. Ramya Vaideki and Ramyaa Lakshmi T S,  Isolation of Entomopathogenic fungus, Aspergillus flavus and its efficacy against Phenacoccus solenopsis (Pseudococcidae; Hemiptera, Indian Journal of Agricultural sciences 95 (10): 1246–1251, Oct (2025).  https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v95i10.149400

3.  Kamlesh Kumar Maurya, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi,  Deepak Kumar,  T. S. Ramyaa, Veena Paul, Aparna Agarwal, Growth Kinetics of Prodigiosin (Food Color) Produced by Novel Serratia marcescens bhu prodig Under Submerged Fermentation (SMF) Molecular Biotechnology., Volume 67, pages 3175–3185, (2025).  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-023-00925-6.

4. Veena Paul , Dinesh Chandra Rai , Ramyaa Lakshmi T.S , Suresh Kumar Srivastava &     Abhishek Dutt Tripathi., A comprehensive review on vanillin: its microbial synthesis, isolation and recovery, Food Biotechnology,  2021, 35:1, 22-49.  DOI: 10.1080/08905436.2020.1869039 

5.  Meena S, Vidya Kalaivani M, Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Ramyaa Lakshmi TS., Optimization and characterization of Alginic  acid  synthesized from a novel strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri., Biotechnology Reports 27 (2020) e00517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00517 

6. Swarnambiga.,A K, Vidya Kalaivani M, Sarah Sathyavathy., Ramyaa lakshmi, T S Reprocess of Copper from Worn Printed Circuit Boards OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 2019, 19 (1): 57.68 

7. S Vandhana,T S Ramyaa lakshmi, D Indra, P R Deepa, S Krishnakumar. ‘Microarray Analysis And Biochemical Correlations Of Oxidative Stress Responsive Genes in Retinoblastoma’ Current Eye Research 2012:;37(9):830-41.  

8. T.S.Ramyaa Lakshmi, Priyanka T, Meenakshi J, Mathangi K.R, Jeyaraman V, Babu M. ‘Low molecular weight heparin mediated regulation of nitric oxide synthase during burn wound healing’.Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters 2011: vol 36 N1 p 706. 

9. T.S.Ramyaa Lakshmi, N.Shanmugasundaram, S.Shanmuganathan, N.Adhirajan, Mary Babu., ‘Efficacy of desulfated heparin mitigating inflammation in rat burn wound model’ Journal of Biomedical and Materials research –Part B. Appl Biomater 2011:97B: 215–223..

10. T.S.Ramyaa Lakshmi, N. Shanmugasundaram, S. Shanmuganathan, K. Karthikeyan, J. Meenakshi and Mary Babu. Controlled release of 2, 3 desulfated heparin exerts its antiinflammatory activity by effectively inhibiting E-selectin. Journal of Biomedical and Materials research –Part A. 2010 Oct; 95A: 118-128.. 

11. Shanmugasundaram.N, S Uma, T.S.Ramyaa Lakshmi, Mary Babu ‘Efficiency of Controlled Topical Delivery Of Silver Sulphadiazine In Infected Burn Wounds’. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009; 89(2):472-82.. 

12. S. Shanmuganathan, N. Shanmugasundaram, N. Adhirajan, T.S. Ramyaa Lakshmi and Mary Babu., ‘Preparation and characterization of chitosan microspheres for doxycycline delivery ’ Carbohydrate Polymers. 2008, Vol 73, Issue 2, pp 201-211.  .

13. Shanmuganathan S, Shanmugasundaram N, Adhirajan N, Ramyaa lakshmi TS, Babu M., ‘Design of shark skin collagen-aloe composite scaffold for tissue engineering’.  Ars pharm. 2008, 49 (4): 321-340. 

BOOK CHAPTERS :

1. Shanmuganathan N, Ramyaa Lakshmi TS, Mary Babu., (2025) Wound Healing in Burns . In : Principles and practices of burn care Sujata Sarabahi, V K Tiwari, Arun Goel and Suvashish Dash (eds). 2nd. Ed, New Delhi, India:  ISBN : 9789356967700. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.; Pg-61-79., 
2. Muthusamy, S., Ajit, S., Nath, A.V., Anupama Sekar, J., Ramyaa Lakshmi, T.S. (2022). Enzymes from Genetically Modified Organisms and Their Current Applications in Food Development and Food Chain. In: Dutt Tripathi, A., Darani, K.K., Srivastava, S.K. (eds) Novel Food Grade Enzymes . pp 357- 382 Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1288-7_13

• Life member in Indian Association of Applied Microbiology
• Life member in Woundcon Society of India