Peer-reviewed articles
*Joint first authors **Corresponding author
1. Nannu Shankar, S.**, O’Connor, A., Mital, K., Zhang, Y., Theodore, A., Shirkhani, A., ... & Wu, C. Y. (2024). Cellular responses of lung cells cultured at an air-liquid interface are influenced by spatial nanoparticle deposition patterns in an in vitro aerosol exposure system. Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-12. [link]
2. O’Connor, A., Santeli, A.V., Nannu Shankar, S., Shirkhani, A., Baker, T., Wu, C.Y., Mehrad, B., Ferguson, L., Sabo-Attwood, T. (2024). Toxicity of microplastic fibers containing azobenzene disperse dyes to human lung epithelial cells cultured at an air-liquid interface. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 136280. [link]
3. Washeem, M., Vass, W. B., Becker, D. W., Shirkhani, A., Nannu Shankar, S., Zhang, Y., ... & Wu, C. Y. (2024). Assessment of a Membrane Filter Coated with Hygroscopic Glycerol for Improved Recovery of Airborne Viable Bacteriophage MS2. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 24, 240182. [link]
4. Vass, W.B., Shirkhani, A., Washeem, M., Nannu Shankar, S., Zhang, Y., Moquin, T.L., Messcher, R.L., Jansen, M.D., Clugston, J.R., Walser, M.P., Yang, Y., Lednicky, J.A., Fan, Z.H., Wu, C.Y. (2024). Occupational exposure monitoring of airborne respiratory viruses in outpatient medical clinics. Aerosol Science and Technology. [link]
5. Vass, W.B., Nannu Shankar, S., Lednicky, J.A., Alipanah, M., Stump, B., Keady, P., Fan, Z.H., & Wu, C.Y. (2024). Concentrating viable airborne pathogens using a virtual impactor with a compact water-based condensation air sampler. Aerosol Science and Technology. [link]
6. Nannu Shankar, S., Srinivasan, B., & Nyayiru Kannaian, U. P. (2024). Airborne Culturable Fungi in the Indoor and Outdoor Environments of Shrines in Chennai, India. Atmosphere, 15(7), 754. [link]
7. O'Connor, A., Nannu Shankar, S., Lewis, A., Ferguson, L., Wu, C.Y., & Sabo-Attwood, T. (2024). A CTS team approach to assess the in vitro toxicity of microplastic fibers to human lung epithelial cells cultured at an air-liquid interface. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 8(s1), 92-92. [link]
8. Zhang, Y., Nannu Shankar, S., Vass, W.B., Lednicky, J.A., Fan, Z.H., Agdas, D., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2024). Air change rate and SARS-CoV-2 exposure in hospitals and residences: A meta-analysis. Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-27. [link]
9. Chen, Y., Chen, J., Nannu Shankar, S.**, Amanatidis, S., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., Kreisberg, N., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2024). The BioCascade impactor: A novel device for direct collection of size-fractionated bioaerosols into liquid medium. Aerosol Science and Technology, 1-12. [link]
10. Nannu Shankar, S.**, Vass, W.B., Lednicky, J.A., Logan, T., Messcher, R.L., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2024). The BioCascade-VIVAS system for collection and delivery of virus-laden size-fractionated airborne particles. Journal of aerosol science, 175, 106263. [link]
1. Nannu Shankar, S.*, Vass, W.B.*, Lednicky, J.A., Yang, Y., Manzanas, C., Zhang, Y., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2023). Detection and isolation of infectious SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants collected from residential settings. Aerosol Science and Technology, 57(11), 1142-1153. [link]
2. Nannu Shankar, S., Mital, K., Le, E., Lewis, G.S., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., Sabo-Attwood, T., & Wu, C.Y. (2023). Assessment of Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) for online monitoring of delivered dose in an in vitro aerosol exposure system. Toxicology in vitro, 92, 105650. [link]
3. Li, H., Nannu Shankar, S., Witanachchi, C.T., Lednicky, J.A., Loeb, J.C., Alam, M.M., Fan Z.H., Lauzardo, M., Mohamed, K., Eiguren-Fernandez, A. & Wu, C.Y. (2023). Lack of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples collected from September 2020-February 2021 in a university that followed CDC reopening guidance. Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, 7, 100061. [link]
4. Nannu Shankar, S., Dinakaran, D., Chandran, D., Mantha, G., Srinivasan, B., & Kannaian, U.P.N. (2023). Adsorption kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamics of a textile dye V5BN by a natural nanocomplex material: Clinoptilolite. Energy Nexus, 10, 100197. [link]
5. Nannu Shankar, S., O’Connor, A., Le, E., Theodore, A., Sabo-Attwood, T., Lewis, G.S., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2023). 126 A CTS team approach to reliable delivery of aerosols to lung cells at the air-liquid interface (ALI), through Dosimetric Aerosol in Vitro Inhalation Device (DAVID). Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(s1), 37-38. [link]
1. Vass, W.B., Lednicky, J.A., Nannu Shankar, S., Fan, Z.H., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., & Wu, C.Y. (2022). Viable SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant detected in aerosols in a residential setting with a self-isolating college student with COVID-19. Journal of Aerosol Science, 165, 106038. [link]
2. Nannu Shankar, S., Witanachchi, C.T., Morea, A.F., Lednicky, J.A., Loeb, J.C., Alam, M.M., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 in residential rooms of two self-isolating persons with COVID-19. Journal of aerosol science, 159, 105870. [link]
3. Li, H., Nannu Shankar, S., Witanachchi, C.T., Lednicky, J.A., Loeb, J.C., Alam, M.M., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2022). Environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in two restaurants from a mid-scale city that followed US CDC reopening guidance. Aerosol and air quality research, 22(1). [link]
1. Li, H., Nannu Shankar, S., Witanachchi, C.T., Lednicky, J.A., Loeb, J.C., Alam, M.M., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2021). Environmental surveillance and transmission risk assessments for SARS-CoV-2 in a fitness center. Aerosol and air quality research, 21(11). [link]
2. Dhakshinamoorthy, M., Ponnusamy, S.K., Kannaian, U.P.N., Srinivasan, B., Nannu Shankar, S., & Packiam, K. K. (2021). Plant-microbe interactions implicated in the production of camptothecin–An anticancer biometabolite from Phyllosticta elongata MH458897 a novel endophytic strain isolated from medicinal plant of Western Ghats of India. Environmental Research, 201, 111564. [link]
3. Chandrasekar, A., Vasantharaj, S., Jagadeesan, N.L., Nannu Shankar, S., Pannerselvam, B., Bose, V.G., ... & Shanmugavel, M. (2021). Studies on phytomolecules mediated synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles for biomedical and environmental applications. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 33, 101994. [link]
4. Seerangaraj, V., Sathiyavimal, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Nandagopal, J.G.T., Balashanmugam, P., Al-Misned, F.A., ... & Pugazhendhi, A. (2021). Cytotoxic effects of silver nanoparticles on Ruellia tuberosa: Photocatalytic degradation properties against crystal violet and coomassie brilliant blue. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(2), 105088. [link]
1. Lednicky, J.A., Lauzardo, M., Fan, Z.H., Jutla, A., Tilly, T.B., Gangwar, M., Usmani, M., Nannu Shankar, S., Mohamed, K., Eiguren-Fernandez, A., Stephenson, C.J, Alam, M.M., Elbadry, M.A., Loeb, J.C., Subramaniam, K., Waltzek, T.B., Cherabuddi, K., Morris, J.G. & Wu, C.Y. (2020). Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 100, 476-482. [link]
2. Lednicky, J. A., Lauzardo, M., Fan, Z. H., Jutla, A., Tilly, T. B., Gangwar, M., Usmani, M., Nannu Shankar, S., Mohamed, K., ... & Wu, C. Y. (2020). Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients. medRxiv, 2020-08. [link]
3. Lednicky, J.A., Nannu Shankar, S., Elbadry, M.A., Gibson, J.C., Alam, M.M., Stephenson, C. J., ... & Wu, C.Y. (2020). Collection of SARS-CoV-2 virus from the air of a clinic within a university student health care center and analyses of the viral genomic sequence. Aerosol and air quality research, 20(6), 1167. [link]
4. Kannaian, U.P.N., Edwin, J.B., Rajagopal, V., Nannu Shankar, S., & Srinivasan, B. (2020). Phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity of coconut cotyledon. Heliyon, 6(2). [link]
1. Prakash, N.U., Nannu Shankar, S., Aishwarya, V., Preethy, S., Benetta, S., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2019). Synthesis of AgNPs Using Flowers Exhibiting Different Photoresponse. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 574(1), 012005. [link]
2. Prakash, N.U., Nannu Shankar, S., Divakarraj, D., Deepa, S., & Srinivasan, B. (2019). Antioxidant potency and GC-MS composition of Origanum majorana Linn. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 32(5), 2117-2122. [link]
3. Prakash, N.U., Nannu Shankar, S., Gowtham, K., Suresh, S., Sampathkumar, B., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2019). A study on the impact of fire crackers on airborne microflora during Diwali. Heliyon, 5(8). [link]
4. Nannu Shankar, S., Moorthy, R., Natarajan, A., Srinivasan, B., & Prakash, N.U. (2021). In silico evaluation of multispecies toxicity of natural compounds. Drug and chemical toxicology, 44(5), 480-486. [link]
5. Prakash, N.U., Sriraman, V., Devika, V., Peneena, V., Nannu Shankar, S., Bhuvaneswari, S., & Sampathkumar, B. (2019). Comparative studies on phytochemistry, antioxidant and antibacterial activity of direct and sequential extracts of Chromolaena odorata leaves. International journal of research in pharmaceutical sciences, 10(2), 914-921. [link]
6. Nannu Shankar, S., Bhuvaneswari, S., Balamurugan, A., & Prakash, N.U. (2019). First report of Leptoxyphium kurandae (Sooty mould) infection on Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Correa. Journal of Plant Pathology, 101, 1233-1233. [link]
7. Nannu Shankar, S., Vasantharaj, S., Mani, U., Shanmugavel, M., Jayashree, R., & Gnanamani, A. (2019). Encapsulated enhanced silver nanoparticles biosynthesis by modified new route for nano-biocatalytic activity. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 18, 101045. [link]
1. Vasantharaj, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Shanmugavel, M., Manikandan, E., Gnanamani, A., & Senthilkumar, P. (2018). Surface active gold nanoparticles biosynthesis by new approach for bionanocatalytic activity. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 179, 119-125. [link]
1. Srinivasan, B., Nannu Shankar, S., Srinithi, A., & Prakash, N.U. (2017). First report of Colletotrichum falcatum causing anthracnose in cardamom. Plant Pathology & Quarantine, 7(2), 175–179. [link]
2. Prakash, N.U., Sriraman, V., Ranjithkumar, M., Nannu Shankar, S., Divakarraj, D., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2017). Antioxidant potency and GC-MS composition of leaves of Artocarpus altilis (Park). Fosb. Der Pharma Chemica, 9(5), 102-106. [link]
3. Omer, M.F., Renuga, V., Nannu Shankar, S., & Prakash, N.U. (2017). Adsorption Isothermal Studies on the Removal of Bod and Cod of a Leather Tannery Effluent using Clinoptilolite. International Journal of ChemTech Research, 10(1), 496-500. [link]
1. Bhuvaneswari, S., Caroline, R., Krishnan, D.A., Nannu Shankar, S., Karthick, N.A., & Prakash, N.U. (2016). Antibacterial Evaluation of Metallic Salts Against Infectious Bacteria. Indian Journal of Applied Microbiology, 19(1), 43-47. [link]
1. Bhuvaneswari, S., Nannu Shankar, S., & Udayaprakash, N.K. (2015). Ajinomoto: Antibacterial Impact. Indian Journal of Applied Microbiology, 18, 28-33. [link]
2. Udayaprakash, N.K., Ranjithkumar, M., Deepa, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Al-Arfaj, A.A., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2015). Antioxidant, free radical scavenging and GC–MS composition of Cinnamomum iners Reinw. ex Blume. Industrial Crops and Products, 69, 175-179. [link]
1. Prakash, N.U., Lakshmi, R.P., Karthick, N.A., Balamurugan, A., Nannu Shankar, S., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2014). In silico Relative Compound Toxicity of Pedilanthus Tithymaloides Against Oral Rat. International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Drug Analysis, 2(11), 870-873. [link]
2. Prakash, N.U., Ranjithkumar, M., Nannu Shankar, S., Lakshmi, R.P., Deepa, S., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2014). Antioxidant, free radical scavenging activity and GC-MS studies on Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.) poit. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6(11), 284-287. [link]
3. Bhuvaneswari, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Deepa, S., & Prakash, N.U. (2014). Studies on antioxidant activities of six cultivars of Piper betle Linn. Int. J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci, 6(11), 270-273. [link]
4. Prakash, N.K.U., Balamurugan, A., Nannu Shankar, S., Karthick, N.A., Lakshmi, R.P., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2014). In silico evaluation of relative compound toxicity of Pedilanthus tithymaloides against Pimephales promelas. Der Pharma Chemica. 2014, 6(5), 105-110. [link]
5. Prakash, N.K.U., Balamurugan, A., Nannu Shankar, S., Karthick, N.A., Lakshmi, R.P., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2014). In silico prediction of relative compound toxicity of Pedilanthus tithymaloides against Daphnia magna. International Journal of Pharm Tech Research, 6(6), 1908-1913. [link]
6. Prakash, N.U., Deepa, S., Nannu Shankar, S., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2014). Quality assessment for the presence of heavy metals in herbal materials from the markets of Chennai, India. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci, 6(8), 574-578. [link]
7. Bhuvaneswari, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Balamurugan, A., Siril, A., Kasinathan, V., Karthikeyan, P.T., & Prakash, N.U. (2014). Studies on the Phytochemistry and Bioefficacy of Industrial Crops Coffea canephora and Gravillea robusta from Kolli Hills. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5, 147-151. [link]
8. Smila, K.H., Priyanka, J.D., Srinithya, B., Nannu Shankar, S., & Udayaprakash, N.K. (2014). Studies on phytochemistry and bioefficacy of cultivars of Piper betle Linn. Int J Res Pharm Sci, 5(2), 94-98. [link]
9. Santhanakrishnan, D., Nannu Shankar, S., & Chandrasekaran, B. (2014). Studies on the phytochemistry, spectroscopic characterization and antibacterial efficacy of Salicornia brachiata. International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, 6(6), 430-432. [link]
10. Udayaprakash, N.K., Bhuvaneswari, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Arulmozhi, R., Kavitha, K., Aravitha, R., & Bharathiraja, B. (2014). Studies on Phytochemistry, Antioxidant, Antibacterial, Larvicidal and Pesticidal activities of aromatic plants from Yelagiri hills. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6(5), 325-328. [link]
11. Bhuvaneswari, S., Deepa, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Prameela, L., Udayaprakash, N.K. (2014). Antioxidant activity and phytochemistry of various flowers from Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5(1), 40-45. [link]
12. Udayaprakash, N.K., Bhuvaneswari, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Prameela, L., Bhagya, R., Radhika, B., Balamurugan, A., & Arokiyaraj, S. (2014). Antioxidant activity of common plants of Northern Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6(4), 128-132. [link]
1. Udayaprakash, N.K., Bhuvaneswari, S., Balamurugan, A., Radhika, B., Bhagya, R., Nannu Shankar, S., Prameela, L., Sarojini, S., Vigneshwari, R., Chandran, M., & Arokiyaraj, S. (2013). Studies on Phytochemistry of 100 Plants in Chennai, India. British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2013, 3(3), 407-419. [link]
1. Arokiyaraj, S., Nannu Shankar, S., Bhagya, R., Radhika, B., Prameela, L., & Udayaprakash, N.K. (2012). Phytochemical screening, antibacterial and free radical scavenging effects of Artemisia nilagirica, Mimosa pudica and Clerodendrum siphonanthus – An in vitro study. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2(2), S601-S604. [link]
1. Udayaprakash, N.K., Nannu Shankar, S., Radhika, B., Vaishnavi, S., Prameela, L., & Bhuvaneswari, S. (2011). Evaluation of thermophilous fungi in horse and camel dung as a biocompost material. International Journal of Applied Biology, 2(3), 8-11. [link]