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Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (2014), Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

M.Tech. Nanotechnology (2010), Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India

M.Sc. Physics (2008), Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

Research Interests

• Synthesis of novel 1D, 2D and multi-dimensional nanostructured materials
• Development of UV, Visible and Near-Infrared light active photocatalysts
• Photocatalytic hydrogen generation by light mediated water splitting reaction
• Coating pre-synthesized nanomaterials using atomic layer deposition (ALD)
• Ultrafast phenomena and nonlinear optics: Design of efficient optical limiters
• Development of functional materials for electrochemical device applications

Career

• UGC-Assistant Professor, Mar 2018 – Present: Department of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India; 
  Department of Materials Science, Mangalore University, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
• Visiting Professor, 03 May 2023 – 03 July 2023: Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• DST INSPIRE Faculty, Oct 2015 – Feb 2018: Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, India
• Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Dec 2016 – May 2017*: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. (*Visited during the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award period for carrying collaborative research work)
• Postdoctoral Researcher (Brain Korea 21 Plus fellow), Sep 2014 – Aug 2015: Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Honors and Awards

• JYU Visiting Fellowship Grant 2023: University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• DST INSPIRE Faculty Award: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
• Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Plus Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
• Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award: Graduate School, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Professional activities and Recognitions

• Member of International Scientific Committee: The 3rd International Workshop Advances on Photocatalysis (AdvPhotoCat-EE2021)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Nanomaterials
• Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Photoenergy 
• Reviewer for reputed journals such as RSC Advances, Nanotechnology, Journal of Materials Science, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Chemosphere, Carbon etc. (Publons Review)    

Publications

1. Bismuth-rich Bi₄O₅Br₂ anchored on g-C₃N₄ nanosheets: Enhanced visible-light performance for simultaneous photocatalytic degradation of emerging pollutants and spectroscopic insights
   Elza Johnson, Amar Raj, Shijina Kottarathil, Andreas Johansson, and Kishore Sridharan*
   Separations and Purification Technology 364 (2025) 132521; PDF
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2025.132521

2. Probing the photocatalytic CO₂ reduction potential of non-stoichiometric bismuth oxyhalides: A case study on Bi₂₄O₃₁Br_xI_10-x nanosheets

   Elza Johnson, Matthew Garvin, V.K. Amritha, Kishore Sridharan*, Neda Poudineh, Ruaraidh McIntosh,  Susana Garcia, Santanu Das, and Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu

   Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 199 (2025) 112517; PDF 

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2024.112517
   
   

3. Combating eukaryotic and prokaryotic harmful algal blooms with visible-light driven BiOBr_xI_1-x/MFe₂O₄/g-C₃N₄ (M = Co & Ni) recyclable photocatalysts

   Anjitha A, Shijina K, Ajayan KV, Sindhu Swaminathan, Irene M.C Lo, and Kishore Sridharan*

   Environmental Science: Nano 12 (2025) 262-275; PDF

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4EN00955J
   
   

4. Boosting photocatalytic efficiency and nonlinear optical response of graphitic carbon nitride by infusing carbon nanotubes

   Elza Johnson, Nirmal Reji, A Anjitha, K Shijina, and Kishore Sridharan*

   Journal of Molecular Structure 1321 (2025) 140089; PDF

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2024.140089
   
   

5. Modified Negative Permittivity and X-band Microwave Absorption in Polyvinyl Alcohol–MWCNT Metacomposites

   P Swetha, Sindhu Swaminathan*, Kishore Sridharan, Shahin TH Mohamed, and S Faheema

   Composites Communications 52 (2024) 102161; PDF

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coco.2024.102161
   
   

6. Investigation of negative permittivity in BaTiO3/TiN metacomposites at the radio frequency region

   P Swetha, Dharsana M Vidyadharan, Kishore Sridharan, M Binesh, Sindhu Swaminathan*

   Materials Chemistry and Physics 317 (2024) 129156; PDF

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129156
   
   

7. Synergistic influence of iodine and hydrogen peroxide towards the degradation of harmful

   algal bloom of Microcystis aeruginosa

   K.V. Ajayan*, P.J. Chaithra, Kishore Sridharan, P. Sruthi, E. Harikrishnan, and C.C. Harilal

   Environmental Research 237 (2023) 116926; PDF

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116926
   
   

8. Biofunctionalized CdS quantum dots: A case study on nanomaterial toxicity in the photocatalytic wastewater treatment process
   Kavitha Shivaji, Kishore Sridharan, D David Kirubakaran, Jayaramakrishnan Velusamy, Seyedeh Sadrieh Emadian, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Anitha Devadoss, Sanjay Nagarajan, Santanu Das, Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu*
   ACS Omega 8 (2023) 19413-19424 
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00496
   
   

9. Cost efficient fabrication of flexible polymer metacomposites: Impact of carbon in achieving tunable negative permittivity at low radio frequency range

   P Swetha, R Aswini, M Binesh, Muhammed Shahin T.H., Kishore Sridharan*, and Sindhu Swaminathan*

   Materials Today Communications 34 (2023) 105287

   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.105287 
   
   

10. Facile synthesis of gram-scale mesoporous Ag/TiO2 photocatalysts for pharmaceutical water pollutant removal and green hydrogen generation

    Yassine Cherif, Hajer Azzi, Kishore Sridharan, Seulgi Ji, Heechae Choi, Michael G. Allan, Sihem Benaissa, Karima Saidi-Bendahou, Lois Damptey, Camila Silva Ribeiro, Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Sanjay Nagarajan, M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Moritz F. Kuehnel, and Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu*

    ACS Omega 8 (2023) 1249-1261

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c06657
    
    

11. Enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance of KBiFe2O5/g-C3N4 heterojunction photocatalyst under visible light

    Durga Sankar Vavilapalli*, Raja Gopal Peri, B Muthuraaman, Kishore Sridharan, MS Ramachandra Rao, Shubra Singh

    Physica B: Condensed Matter 648 (2023) 414411 

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412367
     

12. Solar Hydrogen Fuel Generation from Wastewater—Beyond Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: A Perspective
    Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu*, Kishore Sridharan, Sanjay Nagarajan, Sengeni Ananthraj, Peter Robertson, Moritz F Kuehnel, Ángel Irabien, Mercedes Maroto-Valer
    Energies 15 (2022) 7399 
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15197399
    
    
13. A robust photocatalyst using silver quantum clusters grafted in titanium dioxide nanotubes 
    Sulakshana Shenoy and Kishore Sridharan* 
    Surfaces and Interfaces 30 (2022) 101941  
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.101941
    
    
14. Priming with Nanoscale Materials for Boosting Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crop Plants 
    Amritha M.S., Kishore Sridharan*, Jos T. Puthur*, and Om Parkash Dhankher 
    Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 69 (2021) 100017-100035
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03673
    
    
15. A review on nanostructured silver as a basic ingredient in medicine: physicochemical parameters and characterization
    Gabriel M. Misirli, Kishore Sridharan and Shirley M. P. Abrantes
    Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 12 (2021) 440-461
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.12.36
    
    
16. Advanced Two-Dimensional Heterojunction Photocatalysts of Stoichiometric and Non-Stoichiometric Bismuth Oxyhalides with Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Applications
    Kishore Sridharan*, Sulakshana Shenoy, S. Girish Kumar, Chiaki Terashima, Akira Fujishima and Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu
    Catalysts 11 (2021) 426
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040426
       
17. Bimetallic nanoparticles grafted ZnO hierarchical structures as efficient visible light driven photocatalyst: An experimental and theoretical study
    Sulakshana Shenoy, Kartick Tarafder and Kishore Sridharan*
    Journal of Molecular Structure 1236 (2021) 130355
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130355
    
    
18. Rapid sonochemical synthesis of copper doped ZnO grafted on graphene as a multi-component hierarchically structured visible-light-driven photocatalyst
    Sulakshana Shenoy, Saeed Ahmed, Irene MC Lo, Shubra Singh and Kishore Sridharan*
    Materials Research Bulletin 140 (2021) 111290
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2021.111290
    
    
19. Graphitic C₃N₄/CdS composite photocatalyst: Synthesis, characterization and photodegradation of methylene blue under visible light
    Sulakshana Shenoy, Kartick Tarafder and Kishore Sridharan*
    Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter 595 (2020) 412367
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412367
    
    
20. Bismuth oxybromide nanoplates embedded on activated charcoal as effective visible light driven photocatalyst
    Sulakshana Shenoy and Kishore Sridharan*
    Chemical Physics Letters 749 (2020) 137435
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2020.137435
    
    
21. Ultrashort and short pulse nonlinear optical investigations in thiolated nine-atom silver quantum clusters embedded in one-dimensional TiO₂ nanotube matrix
    Kishore Sridharan*, Pranitha Sankar and Reji Philip*
    Optical Materials 94 (2019) 53-57
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2019.05.033
     
22. Cadmium sulfide nanostructures: Influence of morphology on the photocatalytic degradation of erioglaucine and hydrogen evolution
    Sulakshana Shenoy, Eunyong Jang, Tae Joo Park, Chinnakonda S. Gopinath and Kishore Sridharan*
    Applied Surface Science 483 (2019) 696-705
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.018
    
    
23. Porous cobalt chalcogenide nanostructures as high performance pseudo-capacitor electrodes
    Karthik S. Bhat, Sulakshana Shenoy, H.S. Nagaraja and Kishore Sridharan*
    Electrochimica Acta 248 (2017) 188-196
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.07.137
    
    
24. Crystallization kinetics of Sn doped Ge₂₀Te_80-xSn_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) chalcogenide glassy alloys
    Brian Jeevan Fernandes, N. Naresh, K. Ramesh, Kishore Sridharan,* and N. K. Udayashankar*
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 721 (2017) 674-682
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.070
    
    
25. Melt quenched vanadium oxide embedded in graphene oxide sheets as composite electrodes for amperometric dopamine sensing and lithium ion battery applications
    M. Sreejesh, Sulakshana Shenoy, Kishore Sridharan,* D. Kufian, A.K. Arof and H.S. Nagaraja*
    Applied Surface Science 410 (2017) 336-343
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.02.246
    
    
26. Ultrafast and short pulse optical nonlinearity in isolated, sparingly sulfonated water-soluble graphene
    Sreekanth P, Kishore Sridharan,* D. Koushik, P. Sankar, V.P.M. Pillai and Reji Philip*
    Carbon 111 (2017) 283-290
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.10.009
     
27. Nonlinear transmission and optical power limiting in Magnesium ferrite nanoparticles: effects of laser pulsewidth and particle size
    Sreekanth P, Kishore Sridharan,* A.R. Abraham, H.P. Janardhanan, N. Kalarikkal and Reji Philip
    RSC Advances 6 (2016) 106754-106761
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6RA15788B
    
    
28. Microwave assisted growth of stannous ferrite microcubes as electrodes for potentiometric nonenzymatic H₂O₂ sensor and supercapacitor applications
    Bindu K, Kishore Sridharan,* Ajith K.M., H.N. Lim and H.S. Nagaraja*
    Electrochimica Acta 217 (2016) 139-149
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.083
    
    
29. Eliminated phototoxicity of TiO₂ particles by atomic-layer-deposited Al₂O₃ coating layer for UV-protection applications
    Eunyong Jang, Kishore Sridharan, Young Min Park and Tae Joo Park
    Chemistry - A European Journal 22 (2016) 12022-12026
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201600815
     
30. Memory type switching behavior of ternary Ge₂₀Te_80-xSn_x (0 ≤ x ≤ 4) chalcogenide compounds
    Brian Jeevan Fernandes, Kishore Sridharan,* P. Munga, K. Ramesh and N. K. Udayashankar*
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 (2016) 295104
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/49/29/295104
     
31. Superior photostability and photocatalytic activity of ZnO nanoparticles coated with ultrathin TiO₂ layer through atomic-layer-deposition
    Kishore Sridharan, Eunyong Jang, Young Min Park and Tae Joo Park*
    Chemistry - A European Journal 21 (2015) 19136-19141
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201502876
        
32. Nonlinear optical investigations in 9-atom silver quantum clusters and graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets
    Kishore Sridharan, P. Sreekanth, Tae Joo Park and Reji Philip*
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 (2015) 16314-16320
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02372
     
33. Silver quantum clusters (Ag₉) grafted graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and dye degradation
    Kishore Sridharan, Jung-Hyun Park, Jong-Ho Kim*, Jung-Ho Lee*, and Tae Joo Park*
    Chemistry: A European Journal 21 (2015) 9126-9132
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201500163
    
    
34. Anomalous growth of multi-phased and multi-dimensional Manganese oxide-Metal (Fe, Co and Ni) oxide nanostructures: synthesis and optical limiting properties
    Kishore Sridharan, Nivya Roy, Reji Philip* and Tae Joo Park*
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 611 (2014) 82-90
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.05.041
    
    
35. Transition metal (Fe, Co and Ni) oxide nanoparticles grafted graphitic carbon nitrides as efficient optical limiters and recyclable photocatalysts
    Kishore Sridharan, Tintu Kuriakose, Reji Philip* and Tae Joo Park*
    Applied Surface Science 308 (2014) 139-147
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.04.121
     
36. Impurity mediated large three photon absorption in ZnS:Cu nanophosphors
    R. Sreeja, Kishore Sridharan, Reji Philip, M. K. Jayaraj*
    Optical Materials 36 (2014) 861-866
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2013.12.002
    
    
37. Deformation assisted fabrication of uniform spindle, tube and rod shaped nanoscale 3D TiO₂ architectures and their photocatalytic activity
    Kishore Sridharan, Eunyong Jang, Tae Joo Park*
    CrystEngComm 15 (2013) 8241-8245
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3CE41481G
    
    
38. Non-Hydrothermal synthesis and optical limiting properties of One-Dimensional Se/C, Te/C and Se-Te/C core-shell nanostructures
    Kishore Sridharan, Muhamed Shafi Ollakkan, Reji Philip*, Tae Joo Park*
    Carbon 63 (2013) 263-273
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2013.06.079
     
39. Novel visible light active graphitic C₃N₄-TiO₂ composite photocatalyst: Synergistic synthesis, growth and photocatalytic treatment of hazardous pollutants
    Kishore Sridharan, Eunyong Jang, Tae Joo Park*
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 142-143 (2013) 718-728
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.05.077
       
40. Thorn-ball shaped TiO₂ nanostructures: Influence of Sn²⁺ doping on the morphology and enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity
    Kishore Sridharan and Tae Joo Park*
    Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 134-135 (2013) 174-184
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.017
     
41. Single step synthesis and optical limiting properties of Ni–Ag and Fe–Ag bimetallic nanoparticles
    Kishore Sridharan, T. Endo, SG Cho, J Kim, Tae Joo Park* and Reji Philip*
    Optical Materials 35 (2013) 860-867
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2012.10.053
     
42. Synthesis, characterization, and nonlinear optical properties of donor–acceptor conjugated polymers and polymer/Ag nanocomposites
    MG Murali, Udayakumar Dalimba* and Kishore Sridharan
    Journal of Materials Science 47 (2012) 8022-8034
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6692-8
    
    
43. Investigations on the electrical, thermal and optical properties of the nonlinear optical Allyl Thiourea Mercury Chloride single crystals
    G Sreekanth, S Chandralingam, Jacob Philip, MS Jayalakshmy, Reji Philip, Kishore Sridharan, R Santhosh Kumar and Ginson P Joseph*
    Materials Research Bulletin 47 (2012) 4043-4047
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.08.063 
    
    
44. A comparative study on the optical limiting properties of different nano spinel ferrites using Z-scan technique
    Jeevan Job Thomas, Shiji Krishnan, Kishore Sridharan, Reji Philip and N. Kalarikkal*
    Materials Research Bulletin 47 (2012) 1855-1860
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.04.067 
    
    
45. An Optical Limiter Based on Silver-Silica Nanocomposites
    PB Anand, CSS Sandeep, Kishore Sridharan, TN Narayanan, S Thomas, R Philip and MR Anantharaman*
    Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine 4 (2012) 33-38
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/asem.2012.1115
    
    
46. Synthesis and nonlinear optical properties of Lead Telluride nanorods
    Kishore Sridharan, V. Tamilselvan, K. Narasimha Rao, D. Yuvaraj and Reji Philip*
    Optical Materials 34 (2012) 639-645
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2010.09.024
    
    
47. Novel N-substituted-5-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-ethyl carboxylates as potential NLO materials
    B Chandrakantha, AM Isloor*, Kishore Sridharan, R Philip, P Shetty, M Padaki and HK Fun
    Arabian Journal of Chemistry 6 (2011) 97-102
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2010.09.024
    
    
48. Optical nonlinearity in lead sulfide microtowers
    V. Tamilselvan, Kishore Sridharan, K Narashimha Rao and Reji Philip*
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 (2010) 385402
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/43/38/385402
    
    
49. Optical Nonlinearity in NiFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles
    Kishore Sridharan, Milan Agarwal, Jacob Philip, Tamio Endo and Reji Philip*
    Transactions of Materials Research Society of Japan 35 (2010) 159-162
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.14723/tmrsj.35.159