Profile of Dr. S.

Abraham John

(i) Designation : Professor

(ii) Qualification : M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Dr. Eng. (TIT, Japan)

(iii) Experience : 17 years

(iv) Specialization : Nanomaterials, Electrochemistry, Sensors

(v) Email id : s.abrahamjohn@ruraluniv.ac.in; abrajohn@gmail.com

(vi) Research Guidance :

Degree Awarded Guiding

M.Phil. 9 -
Ph.D. 14 8

(vii) Publications

S.No Category Total For the period 2015-2019

1. Chapters in books 3 -

2. No. of papers in edited volume

45 15
/proceedings
3. No. of publication in international and
153 43
national journal

Selected publications

Date,
S. Name of the ISBN/
Title of the article I/N Vol. Pages month
No journal ISSN
and year

1. Organic solvent free in situ

growth of flower like Co-
ZIF microstructures on Electrochimica 0013- 254-
I 306 2019
nickel foam for glucose Acta 4686 263
sensing and supercapacitor
applications
2. Silver nanoparticles capped
with carbon dots as a
Analytical and
fluorescent probe for the 1618- 2597-
Bioanalytical I 411 2019
highly sensitive “off–on” 2650 2605
Chemistry
sensing of sulfide ions in
water

3. Highly selective naked eye

detection of vitamin B1 in
the presence of other New Journal of 1369- 2111-
I 43 2019
vitamins using graphene Chemistry 9261 2117
quantum dots capped gold
nanoparticles

4. Ultrasensitive and selective

hydrazine determination in
ACS
water samples using Ag–Cu
Sustainable 2168- 17302-
heterostructures-grown I 12 2018
Chemistry & 0485 17313
indium tin oxide electrode
Engineering
via environmentally benign
methods

5. Displacement reduction
routed Au–Pt bimetallic
nanoparticles: a highly Sustainable 2398- 1588-
I 2 2018
durable electrocatalyst for Energy Fuels 4902 1599
methanol oxidation and
oxygen reduction

(viii) Sponsored Projects

Major projects handled so far Major projects handled during 2015-2019

Nos. 10 Financial Outlay- Rs. 190.21 lakhs Nos. 5 Financial Outlay- Rs. 117.02 lakhs

(ix) Details of projects (2015-2019)

Total amount
S.No Title of the project Funding agency Duration
in lakhs

1. Functionalized gold, silver and

semiconductor nanoparticles as University Grants
2013-2016 7.74
fluorescent sensors for the Commission
determination of toxic chemicals
2. Development of cost effective
diagnostic tools for the
Department of
determination of food 2014-2017 35.75
Biotechnology
adulterants and contaminants
using metal nanoparticles

3. Carbon nanomaterials
functionalized metal Department of
nanoparticles as fluorescent and Science and 2017-2020 33.90
electrochemical sensors for Technology-SERB
clinically relevant biomolecules

4. Metabolically versatile
Paracoccus sp., for the
biomeditation of toxic and Department of
2017-2020 23.23
harmful xenobiotics from Biotechnology
waste water - a prospect of
genomic exploitation

5. Generic smart IOT

Department of
electrochemical platform
Science and 2018-2021 16.40
technology for biomedical
Technology
applications

(x) Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized (2015-2019) : 02

(xi) Seminars/Conferences/Workshops attended (2015-2019) : 60

(xii) Awards and Honours: Tamil Nadu Scientist Award (TANSA) under Chemical
Sciences, 2012.

(xiii) Invited talks in National/International Conferences (2015-2019) : 30

(xiv) Visits abroad (i) University of Malaya, Malaysia (May 16-30, 2015)
(2015-2019)
(ii) Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan (January 26-
29, 2016)

(xv) Additional (i) Director, Centre for Nanoscience and

responsibilities Nanotechnology.
(2015-2019)
(ii) Coordinator, IPR Cell, GRI.

(Updated on May 2019)