Staff
Dr. N. O. Gopal
Professor & Head
Specialization: Biological Nitrogen Fixation; Biofuel; Bioinoculants
Dr. V. Gomathi
Professor
Specialization: Termite gut microbiology; Lignin degradation; Termitomyces biodiversity
Email: kvgmathi@yahoo.co.in
Dr. K. Vijila
Professor
Specialization: Food Microbiology; Value added products
Email: vijiladauphin@yahoo.co.in
Dr. U. Sivakumar
Professor
Specialization: Fermentation; Biocatalysts, Proteomics and Protein Engineering
Email: usiva@tnau.ac.in [Web: http://usivakumar.com]
Dr. D. Balachandar
Professor
Specialization: Soil Microbiology; Quality standards for Bioinoculants.
Email: dbalu@tnau.ac.in
Dr. T. Kalaiselvi
Professor
Specialization: Soil Microbiology; Algal Biofuels
Email: tkalaiselvi@tnau.ac.in
Dr. M. Gnanachitra
Professor
Specialization: Biological nitrogen fixation
Email: gnanachitradavid@gmail.com
Dr. R. Anandham
Assistant Professor
Specialization: Bacterial Endophytes; Pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophs
Email: anandhamranga@gmail.com
Microbiologists in other Directorate / Department
Dr. Z John Kennady
Professor [Posted at Post Harvest Technology Centre]
Specialization: Food Microbiology; Food Quality assessment; Value added products
Email: johnkenz@yahoo.co.in
Dr. S. Karthikeyan
Professor [Posted at Dept of Bioenergy]
Specialization: Fermentation; Environmental Biotechnology; Biomass fuels.
Email: skarthy@tnau.ac.in
Dr. R. Raghu
Assistant Professor [Posted at Dept of Biotechnology, CPMB]
Specialization: Algal biotechnology; Cyanobacteria
Email: raghu.r@tnau.ac.in
Dr. G. Thangamani
Assistant Professor [Posted at Dept of Food Process Engineering]
Specialization: Biofertilizers; Microbial safety of foods
Email: rukkugt@gmail.com