Dr. P.A. Balakumaran

Dr. P. A. Balakumaran
  • Dr. P.A. Balakumaran
  • Scientist
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Professional Experience and Affiliations

  • 2020 – till now - Scientist, CSIR - National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
  • 2017 - 2019 - Manager and Scientist R&D – Proklean Technologies Private Limited, Chennai, India
  • Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 - Subject Matter Expert for Biology – Six Red Marbles, Chennai, India
  • 2018-2019 - Faculty – Academy of Competitive Examinations and Research Training, Chennai, India
  • 2013-2014 - DAAD Fellow and Visiting Scientist, Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • 2012-2016 - CSIR Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India
  • 2011-2012 - Lady Tata Memorial Trust (Mumbai) - Junior Scholar – Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India

 

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2022 SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship, SERB, Govt. of India for research in the field of yeast metabolic engineering at Aachen University, Germany
  • 2013-2014 DAAD Fellowship,Institute of Applied Microbiology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • 2012-2016 CSIR Senior Research Fellowship for research in Biochemical engineering domain
  • 2011-2012 Lady Tata Memorial Trust junior scholarship
  • 2003-2004 Student of the department Award
  • Expert member - Screening Committee - Tamil Nadu start up seed fund (TANSEED);
  • External expert for Interview committee in CSIR – NEERI, Nagpur;
  • External examiner for Ph.D examination and Expert member of Doctoral Committee in Department of Biotechnology, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu.

Reviewer in International Journals:

Journal of Biotechnolgy (Elsevier); Chemosphere ; Heliyon ; Peer J ; Biomass conversion and Biorefinery ; Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry; Journal of hazardous materials, Environmental Research etc.

  1. Member, European federation of Biotechnology
  2. Member, International Metabolic engineering society
  3. Life Member, Society for Biological engineering
  4. Life Member, Association of Microbiologists of India
  5. Life Member, Biotech Research Society of India
  6. Life member, Society of Biological chemists 
  7. Life member, Probiotic association of India
  • Ph.D- Biotechnology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2017
  • M.S. (By Research) - Biotechnology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2011
  • B.Tech – Industrial Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2007
  • Ph.D- Biotechnology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2017
  • M.S. (By Research) - Biotechnology, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2011
  • B.Tech – Industrial Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2007
  1. Rooben Reena, Raveendran Sindhu, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran, Ashok Pandey, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Parameswaran Binod.2022. Insight into citric acid: A versatile organic acid. Fuel. 327. 125181.
  2. Ayon Tarafdar, Ranjna Sirohi, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran, R Reshmy, Aravind Madhavan, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Yogesh Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Sang Jun Sim. 2022. The hazardous threat of Bisphenol A: Toxicity, detection and remediation. Journal of hazardous materials. 423, 1270097.
  3. R Reshmy, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran, K Divakar, Eapen Philip, Aravind Madhavan, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Ranjna Sirohi, Parameswaran Binod, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Raveendran Sindhu. 2022. Microbial valorization of lignin: Prospects and challenges. Bioresource Technology 344, 1-12.
  4. Kongkona Saikiaa,b, Dhanya Vishnua, Abiram Karanam Rathankumara,b,c, Balakumaran Palanisamy Athiyaman, Ramón Alberto Batista-Garcíac, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallole, Hubert Cabanab, and Vaidyanathan Vinoth Kumar. 2020. Development of a magnetically separable co-immobilized laccase and versatile peroxidase system for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to vanillin. Journal of Air & Waste Management Association. Doi: 10.1080/10962247.2020.1760958.
  5. Charumathi J, Balakumaran PA, Sankaranarayanan M 2017. Cofactor engineering improved CALB production in Pichia pastoris through heterologous expression of NADH oxidase and adenylate kinase. PLoS One, 12(7):e0181370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181370.
  6. Charumathi J, Balakumaran PA, Meenakshisundaram S. 2017. Formate co-feeding improved Candida antarctica lipase B activity in Pichia pastoris. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 12(12).
  7. Balakumaran PA, Förster J, Zimmermann M, Charumathi J, Schmitz A, Czarnotta E, Lehnen M, Sudarsan S, Ebert BE, Blank LM, Meenakshisundaram S 2016. The trade-off of availability and growth inhibition through copper for the production of copper dependent enzymes by Pichia pastoris. BMC Biotechnology, 16:20. doi: 10.1186/s12896-016-0251-3.
  8. Balakumaran PA, Meenakshisundaram S 2015. Modelling of process parameters for enhanced production of Coenzyme Q10 from Rhodotorula glutinis. Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 45:398-410. doi: 10.1080/10826068.2014.923447.
  9. Yasodha T, Balakumaran PA, Harikumar M 2008. Karyotyping studies of traffic workers exposed to automobile exhaust. Asian Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Environmental Science, 10:405.

Book chapters:

  1. Kalivarathan Divakar, Muthu Suryia Prabha, Parameswaran Binod, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran. Microbial Enzymes for Production of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. 2023. CRC press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003311164
  2. Reshmy R, Eapen Philip, Aravind Madhavan, Raveendran Sindhu, Parameswaran Binod, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran and Ashok Pandey. Potential utilization of fruit and vegetable wastes: an overview. In “Bioconversion of wastes to value added products”. Editors – Inamuddin and Anish Khan, Springer Nature, Switzerland AG. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-61837-7_11.
  3. Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran, Divakar K, Raveendran Sindhu, Ashok Pandey and Parameswaran Binod. Gut Microbes: Role in production of nutraceuticals. In “Bioprocess technologies for production of nutraceuticals and functional food products”. Editors - Amit Rai, Sudhir P Singh, Ashok Pandey, Christian Larroche and Carlos Ricardo Soccol. Elsevier, 10.1016/B978-0-12-823506-5.00004-7.
  4. Maria Paul Alphy, Palanisamy Athiyaman Balakumaran, Raveendran Sindhu, Ashok Pandey and Parameswaran Binod. Integrated bio-based processes for the production of industrially important chemicals. In “Circular Bioeconomy”. Editor – Sunita Varjaney, Elsevier, 10.1016/B978-0-323-89855-3.00024-8.

 

  1. Ms. Shalu Saseendran
  2. Ms. Amina Beevi

Recombinant protein production, Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Microbial fermentation

If you are curious, self-motivated and interested to work in our above research you are welcome to contact me : balakumaranpa@niist.res.in with your detailed CV and an outline of your research interest in the above mentioned area.