1. Curriculum vitae
R Navanietha Krishnaraj Email : biotecnkr@gmail.com
Visiting Faculty,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Mob: +91-9434788111
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, USA, Pin – 57701.
Academic qualifications
Ph.D (Chemical Engineering) 2014
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India
Thesis: Design, Optimisation and Powergeneration from Lignocellulose Fed Microbial
Fuel cells
Specialization: Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Computational Biology
B.Tech Biotechnology, 8.4 CGPA. I class with Distinction.
Experience:
Scientific Officer,
National Institute of Technology Durgapur 16th September 2013 to
30th September 2013
CSIR-Junior ResearchFellow, Biosensors Lab,
Electrodics and Electrocatalysis division, CSIR-
Central Electrochemical ResearchInstitute,
Karaikudi
6th September 2011 to
6th September 2013
At NIT, Durgapur 16th September 2013 to Till date
 Teaching the undergraduate students of B.Tech Biotechnology.
 Carrying out research activities and supporting the researchers in the Department of
Biotechnology.
 Monitoring the sponsored projects in NIT, Durgapur.
At CSIR-CECRI: 6th September 2011 to 6th September 2013
 Developing new configuration of Microbial fuel cells and photosynthetic microbial
fuel cells
 Exploring electron transfer mechanisms of electroactive microorganisms.
 Synthesis and charecterisation of nanomaterials for biomedical applications
Awards:
1. Received Bioenergy-Award for Cutting Edge Research (B- ACER Award) for the
year 2016 supported by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, and
the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
2. CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship from 2011 to 2013 for pursuing PhD through
GATE qualified CSIR-JRF scheme for Engineering Undergraduates.
3. Worked in Indian council for Medical Research-National Institute of Malaria
Research, Guwahati under Indian Academy of Science Summer Research Fellowship
during June-July 2010.
4. Qualified GATE 2011.

2. 5. Received Best Paper Award for Manuscript titled “Tailoring the Surface Architecture
of Bioanodes for Superior Direct Electron Transfer in Biological Fuel Cells” in the
Conference on Experimental Techniques for Material Characterizations, 2015.
SelectedList of Publications in journals:
1. R.Navanietha Krishnaraj, Sheela Berchmans, and Parimal Pal. The three-
compartment microbial fuel cell: a new sustainable approach to bioelectricity
generation from lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose-Springer, 22, 655– 662 (2015).
(Impact Factor-3.476)
2. R.Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. S. Sreeja Kumari, and S.S. Mukhopadhyay.
Antagonistic Molecular Interactions of Photosynthetic Pigments with Molecular
Disease Targets-A New Approach to Treat AD and ALS. Journal of Receptors and
Signal Transduction. Accepted (Impact Factor-1.6)
3. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, R. Karthikeyan, Sheela Berchmans, S. Chandran
and Parimal Pal, Functionalisation of electrochemically deposited chitosan films
with alginate and Prussian blue for enhanced performance of Microbial fuel
cells, Electrochimica Acta, 112, 465– 472 (2013). (Impact Factor-3.7)
4. A. Bhuvaneswari, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Sheela Berchmans,
Metamorphosis of pathogen to electrigen at the electrode/electrolye interface: Direct
electron transfer of Staphylococcus aureus leading to superior electrocatalytic
activity, Electrochemistry Communications, 34, 25–28 (2013). (Published as
Research Highlights in Nature News as “Bugs Producing Electricity from Waste”)
(Impact Factor-4.7)
5. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Sheela Berchmans, In vitro antiplatelet activity of
silver nanoparticles synthesized using the microorganism Gluconobacter roseus: an
AFM-based study. RSC advances, 3, 8953-8959 (2013). (Impact Factor-3.5)
6. R.Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Berchmans, and P. Pal. Symbiosis of photosynthetic
microorganisms with non photosynthetic ones for the conversion of cellulosic mass
into electrical energy and pigments. Cellulose-Springer, 21, 2349–2355 (2014). DOI
10.1007/s10570-014-0319-y. (Impact Factor-3.476)
7. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Chandran, P. Pal and S. Berchmans, Screening of
Photosynthetic Pigments for Herbicidal Activity with a New Computational
Molecular Approach, Combinatorial Chemistry and Highthroughput screening, 16,
777-781 (2013). (Impact Factor-2.0)
8. P.A. Kevin John, M. Muralidharan, J. Muniyandi, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and
G.Sangiliyandi, Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using pine mushroom extract: A
potential antimicrobial agent against E.coli and B. subtilis, Journal of Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry, 20(4), 2325-2321 (2014).(Impact Factor-2.145)
9. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Chandran, P. Pal and S. Berchmans, Molecular
Modeling and Assessing the Catalytic Activity of Glucose dehydrogenase
of Gluconobacter suboxydans with a New Approach for Power Generation in a
Microbial Fuel Cell, Current Bioinformatics, 9(3), 327-330, (2014). (Impact Factor-
2.0)
10. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Chandran, P. Pal and S. Berchmans, Investigations
on the Antiretroviral Activity of Carbon Nanotubes using Computational Molecular
Approach, Combinatorial Chemistry and Highthroughput screening, 17(6), 531-5,
(2014). (Impact Factor-2.0)
11. M. Muralidharan, P.A. Kevin John, J. Muniyandi, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and
G.Sangiliyandi, Biofabrication of gold nanoparticles and its biocompatibility in

3. human breast adenocarcinoma cells (MCF-7),Journal of Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry, 20(4), 1713-1719 (2014). (Impact Factor-2.145)
12. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, Saravanan Chandran, Parimal Pal, P.Varalakshmi and
P.Malliga, Molecular Interactions of Graphene with HIV-Vpr, Nef and Gag Proteins-
A New Approach to Treat HIV Infections. The Korean Journal of Chemical
Engineering. Springer, 31(5), 744-747 (2014). (Impact Factor-1.2)
13. S.R. Dodda, N. Sarkar, K. Aikat, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Bhattacharjee, A.
Bagchi and S. S. Mukhopadhyay, Insights from the Molecular Dynamics Simulation
of Cellobiohydrolase Cel6A Molecular Structural Model from Aspergillus fumigates
NITDGPKA3. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening, 2016, 19,
000-000. (Impact Factor-2)
14. R. Karthikeyan, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, A. Selvam, J. Woon-Chung Wong, P.
K.H. Lee, M.K.H. Leung, S. Berchmans. Effect of composites based nickel foam
anode in microbial fuel cell using Acetobacter aceti and Gluconobacter roseus as a
biocatalysts. Bioresource Technology, 2016, 217,113-120 (Impact Factor-4.8)
15. R.S. Daries Bella, G. Hirankumar, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, D. Prem Anand.
Novel proton conducting polymer electrolyte and its application in microbial fuel cell.
Materials Letters 164, 551–553 (2016). (Impact Factor-2.489)
16. R. Selvaraj, S. Vidhya, R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, S. Perumal, S. Sundaramoorthy,
S. Maruthamuthu, S. Ponmariappan, M. Vijayan. Utilization of soak liquor in
Microbial Fuel Cell. Elsevier-Fuel. 181, 148-156 (2016). (Impact Factor-3.52)
17. A. Pramanik, A.K. Kole, R.N. Krishnaraj, S. Biswas, C.S. Tiwary, P.
Varalakshmi, S.K. Rai, B.A.,P. Kumbhakar, A Novel Technique of Synthesis of
Highly Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles from Broth Constituent and In-vivo
Bioimaging of C. elegans. Journal of Fluorescence. 26(5), 1541-8 (2016). (Impact
Factor-1.601)
18. A. Pramanik, S. Biswas, A.K. Kole, C.S. Tiwary, R.N. Krishnaraj, P. Kumbhakar,
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Amphibious Fluorescent Carbon
Nanorice Towards Anti-counter feiting Application and
Unleashing its Nonlinear Optical Properties, RSC Adv., 6, 99060-99071 (2016).
(Impact Factor-3.289)
Patent Filed:
Process For The Preparation Of Polyhydroxyalkenoate And Use Thereof In Enhancing
Microbial Electrocatalysis, Application No. 46/Kol/2014, Filed On 10-01-2014, Publication
Date (U/S 11a) 07-02-2014. http://Ipindiaservices.Gov.In/ Patentsearch/Search/Index.Aspx
(Search With 46/Kol/2014).
List of Books:
1. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Jong-Sung Yu. Bioenergy: Opportunities and
Challenges. ISBN-10: 1771881097. Apple Academic Press, USA. (Edited)
2. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Rohith S. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An
Introduction.ISBN-13: 978-3-659-62573-2. LAP Lambert Academic
Publishing. (Authored)
List of Book Chapters:
1. R.Navanietha Krishnaraj and Jong-Sung Yu. Systems Biology Approaches for
Microbial Fuel Cell Applications. Bioenergy: Opportunities and Challenges. ISBN-
10: 1771881097. Apple Academic Press, USA.(Authored)

4. Invited Lecture:
1. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, Engineering functionlised Electrodes for enhancing
bioelectrocatalytic for Microbial Fuel Cell Applications, Materials for Energy,
National Conference, 4th -5th September 4-5, 2014.
2. Bioelectrocatalysis for Environmental Biotechnology Applications, CSIR-Institute for
Microbial Technology, Chandigarh on 26th May 2016.
3. Engineering Biological Fuel Cells, Chemistry Society, Avinashilingam University on
15th Sep 2016.
4. Green Technologies for Environmental Management, M. Kumaraswamy College of
Engineering on 30th September 2016.
Selected List of Presentations in Conferences/ Symposiums
1. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, Molecular Interactions of Cyclodextrin molecules with
5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase as a tool for Biosensor applications,
AdMet – 2015, 4th National Conference on Advances in Metrology February 25-27,
2015 at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur.
2. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj, R. Karthikeyan and Sheela Berchmans, Power
generation from two chambered concentric Microbial fuel cell. National conference
on Green chemistry, 24th-25th February 2012.
3. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Sheela Berchmans, Efficacy of grape juice based
natural biofilm on the performance of Microbial fuel cells. International Conference
ISAEST-2013. 28th to 30th January 2013.
4. R. Navanietha Krishnaraj and Sheela Berchmans, Developing a Chitosan-sodium
alginate composite based anode for enhanced power output in cellulose fed Microbial
fuel cell, 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Materials Research Society of
India (MRSI). 11th -13th February 2013.
Administrative Responsibilities:
 Member, Safety committee, CSIR-CECRI (2012-2013)
 Coordinator, Annual Report Committee, NIT Durgapur
 Convener, e-Governance & Institute automation Committee, NIT Durgapur
 Member, IT infrastructure Committee, NIT Durgapur
 Member, Purchase Committee, Dept. of Biotechnology, NIT Durgapur
 Member Secretary for organizing NIT-Cluster meeting, NIT Durgapur
 Nodal Officer, Central Public Procurement Portal
Technical Skills:
Maintain, operate and interpret the results with the following instruments
 Electron microscopy (TEM, SEM, AFM)
 Electrochemical workstation (Cyclic voltammetry, Amperometry, Impedance
spectroscopy)
 Spectroscopy (UV-visible, FTIR, Laser Raman)
 XRD
 HPLC
 Particle size and zeta potential measurement
 Contact angle measurement
 Fluorescence and confocal microscopy
 Electrodeposition and Electrospinning techniques

5. Trainings/Workshops attended
 Participated in a residential training on “Project Management” at Gangtok organized
by National Productivity Council, New Delhi.
 Worked for a project on “Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor rescues ALS-
CSF(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Cerebrospinal Fluid) treated NSC-34 cell lines
from Apoptotic death” in Dept. of Neurophysiology, National Institute for Mental
Health and Neuroscience, Bangalore from Jan-April 2011.
 Received Summer Research Fellowship from Indian Academy of Science and worked
for 2 months in National Institute for Malaria Research (ICMR).
 15 Days Training in Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum on molecular Techniques in
Cancer Research.
 2 Months in National Facility For Marine Cyanobacteria-Plant hormones from
Cyanobacteria.
 Prof. Scherson’s School on Electroanalytical Techniques organized by Electro
Chemical Society-India Chapter, USA.
 Participated in the Refresher course on Materials Characterization and Measurement
sponsored by Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore.
I hereby declare that all the information provided by me in this application is factual and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Navanietha Krishnaraj .R