Department of Microbiology

• Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai 2020- till present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Lady Doak College, Madurai 2016-2017 

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Selected as INSA visiting scientist FY 2024-25 for one month.
• Summer Faculty Research Fellow Programme (SFRFP) 2021 at Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT Delhi.
• Qualified Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test TNSET 2012 in life sciences for Lectureship.
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering GATE 2010 in life sciences. 
• Maveeran Sundarlingam Endowment Scholarship award from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, for standing first in order of merit in M. Sc.

• Received Research Grant award from TNSCST under student research project scheme sponsored by the DBT and Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology. 

   

PUBLICATIONS

1. Ummalyma, S. B., Maharajan, T., Sreelekshmy, B. R., & Kaarunya, E. (2025). Carbon Sequestration by Microalgae and Engineering of Microalgal Cells by CRISPR Technology for Efficient CO2 Capture for Carbon Neutral Bioproducts. ACS ES&T Water, 5(9), 4969-4984.
2. Nandhini, V., Kaarunya, E., & Archana, C.M. (2024). In-vitro antibacterial activity of Kodai hill garlic (Allium sativum) aqueous extract against wound infection pathogens including MRSA. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 13 (1), 322-326.
3. Archana, C.M., Kaarunya, E., & Ancy Jenifer, A. (2023). Organoleptic study, microscopic evaluation and fluorescence analysis of Chromolaena Odorata (L.) King and Robinson. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts, 11 (12), 198-207. 
4. Anbarasi, G., Arulmoorthy, M. P., Karunya, E., & Somasundaram, S. T. (2020). Seed germination ability and protein profiling of salt marsh plants at different concentration of sodium chloride. Indian J Exp Biol, 49, 757.
5. Kaarunya, E., Akshya, Mu, Anbarasi, G., Karthikeyan, P., Somasundaram, S.T. and Anantharaman, P. (2017). Effect of Triclosan on growth and proximate composition of diatom Chaetoceros calcitrans. Seaweed Research and Utilization, 39 (2), 51-59. 
6. Kaarunya, E., Sundari, M. S., Somasundaram, S. T., & Anantharaman, P. (2016). Simple approach combining microscopic and molecular techniques to identify diatoms isolated from Vellar Estuary, South East Coast of India. J. Algal Biomass Util, 7, 71-77.
7. Akshaya, M., Kumar, A., Anbarasi, G., Indhumathi, A., Kaarunya, E., Balasubramanian, T., & Somasundaram, T. (2016). Hsp70 and Theta subunit of T complex protein, a response to salt stress in the halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum. Journal of Bioinformatics and Proteomics Review, 2, 1-9.
8. Ravindran, J., Kannapiran, E., Manikandan, B., Francis, K., Arora, S., Karunya, E., Kumar, A., Singh, S. K., & Jose, J. (2013). UV-absorbing bacteria in coral mucus and their response to simulated temperature elevations. Coral Reefs, 32(4), 1043–1050. 
9. Ramakritinan, C. M., Kaarunya, E., Shankar, S., & Kumaraguru, A. K. (2013). Antibacterial effects of Ag, Au and bimetallic (Ag-Au) nanoparticles synthesized from red algae. Solid State Phenomena, 201, 211-230.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Preeti, A., Kanakalakshmi, A., Renugadevi K., Archana, C.M., Anbarasi, G., & Kaarunya, E. (2025). Emerging contaminants of high concern in the water ecosystem: Economic aspects and a Perspective for Sustainable Detection approach. In Emerging contaminants and associated treatment technologies (pp. 115–141). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89591-3_4
2. Archana, C. M., Kanakalakshmi, A., Nithya, K., Kaarunya, E., & Renugadevi, K. (2025). Health effects of emerging contaminants: Effects on humans via ingestion of contaminated water. In Emerging contaminants and associated treatment technologies (pp. 269–306). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89591-3_9