College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences

Degrees:

Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences  (2019-2024),  CSIR-National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), India

Thesis title: Development of GC-MS/MS based affordable confirmatory analytical methodology for dioxins and PCBs in fish and fish products and exploration of a sustainable decontamination strategy (Work carried out at Environmental Technology Division, Supervisor: Dr. K. P. Prathish)

M.Sc. Chemistry (2013-2015), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy, India

B.Sc. Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (2010-2013), Kerala University, India

Research Interests:

My research interests lie in the broad field of environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on developing chromatography and mass spectrometry based analytical methods to monitor ultra-trace levels of persistent organic pollutants in various matrices. Additionally, I am interested in applying analytical chemistry principles to understand, monitor, and mitigate various environmental problems. Currently at the Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences department, I am engaged in a Superfund project titled “Bioavailability as a Central Concept in Determining Remediation Goals and Strategies for PCDD/F-Contaminated Superfund Sites” under the supervision of Prof. Brian J Teppen and Prof. Hui Li.

Selected publications:

1. P S, Kirankumar, K, Sanath., S V, Ajay., Varghese, Amala., K P, Prathish., 2023. Development of a field-deployable analytical workflow for determining current status and indicative human health risks at a historic dl-POPs hotspot. Environ. Pollut. 122161. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122161
2. Ajay, S. V., Kirankumar, P. S.,Sanath, K., Prathish, K. P., & Haridas, A. (2022). An experimental simulation study of conventional waste burning practices in India for the assessment and inventorisation of PCDDF dl-PCB emissions. Journal of environmental management, 303, 114109 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114109
3. Ajay, S. V., Kirankumar, P. S.,Varghese, A., & Prathish, K. P. (2022). Assessment of Dioxin-Like POPs Emissions and Human Exposure Risk from Open Burning of Municipal SolidWastes in Streets and Dumpyard Fire Breakouts. Exposure and Health, 1- 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-021-00450-4
4. Amala Varghese; Kirankumar P S; Ajay S V; K.P. Prathish Foraging animal origin food samples as viable passive indicators of dioxin-like POPs contamination in industry sites: Method development, characterization and risk assessment, Chemosphere, volume 357, 2024, 142078, ISSN 0045-6535, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142078.
5. Jiffin Sam, S. Kirankumar, K. Sanath, K.P. Prathish*, Development of saleable chloride free iron oxide from hazardous waste in titanium industries via layered double hydroxide formation Journal of Environmental Management, 290 (2021), 112566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112566
6. Mohanraju, K., Kirankumar, P. S., Cindrella, L., & Kwon, O. J. (2017). Enhanced electrocatalytic activity of Pt decorated spinals (M₃O₄, M= Mn, Fe, Co)/C for oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cell and their evaluation by hydrodynamic techniques. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, (2017), 164-174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.04.011