Research Interests
Microbiology, Marine Biology, Green chemistry, Nanobiotechnology, Environmental toxicology, Aquaculture, Molecular biology, Natural Product discovery
Educational Qualification
M. Sc., M. Phil, Ph. D, NET
Work Experience
1) Teaching Faculty (Biology) at Dr. S. Radha Krishnan Public Inter College, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. July 2022- March 2023.
2) Project Researcher under Project entitled “All India Network Project on Fish health (AINP-FH)” at Aquatic Animal Health and Environmental Division (AAHED), ICAR-CIBA (Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Government of India), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. August 2020 – June 2022.
Achievements/appreciation
• Member of Electron Microscope Society of India (Affiliated to International Federation of Societies for Microscopy).
• Member of The Nematological Society of India, Division of Nematology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.
• Winner of PG Merit Scholarship, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (Session: 2011-2012 and 2012-2013).
• Winner of Bharat Seva Trust Scholarship, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (Session: 2011-2013).
Publications/paper presentation
Seminars and conferences:
1) International Conference on Electron Microscopy and Allied Techniques and XXXVIII Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India- EMSI 2017, July 17-19, 2017, Mahabalipuram-603104, Tamil Nadu, India. Presented paper entitled “Assessment of green route synthesis of silver nanoparticles by mangrove species Rhizophora apiculata of Andaman coast”.
2) International Conference on Frontiers in Nano Biotechnology (ICFNB 2017), September 8-9, 2017, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Presented paper entitled “One pot green biosynthesis of Myristica fragrans extract biosynthesized Zinc oxide nanoparticles as nanomicrocidals against multi-drug resistant bacterial isolates”.
3) Second International Conference on Nanostructured materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2014), Kottayam, Kerala, India. Presented paper entitled “Cytotoxic effect of ZnO nanoparticles on Escherichia coli: A study on metal oxide nanoparticles induced antibiosis”.
4) Second International Conference on Nanostructured materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2014), Kottayam, Kerala, India. Presented poster entitled “Cytotoxic effect of ZnO nanoparticles on Escherichia coli: A study on metal oxide nanoparticles induced antibiosis”.
5) Certificate of participation in workshop on “Ethics in Research” held on July 06-09, 2020 organized by Pondicherry University, Puducherry 605014, India.
6) Certificate of participation in webinar on “How to publish with Oxford journals/ Oxford Medicine Online- Supporting every stage in a Medical career” held on July 9, 2020 organized by EBSCO and Oxford University Press.
7) Certificate of participation in webinar on “Entrepreneurial opportunities in Food Processing sector” held on July 15, 2020 organized by Department of Food Engineering, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), India.
8) Certificate of participation in virtual Training Program on “Microbial Biofilm: Current Research and Applications” held during July 23-29, 2020 organized by School of Life Sciences, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai, India.
9) Certificate of participation on “Molecular Docking tutorial session” streamed on August 01, 2020 organized by Bioshack India.
10) Certificate of participation in webinar on “Roadmap to get quality patents” held on May 11, 2022 organized by Department of Research and Innovation, Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SIMATS School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
11) Certificate of participation in one day webinar on “Water: the Essential of Life” held on May 21, 2022 organized by Department of Research and Innovation, Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SIMATS School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
12) Certificate of participation in webinar on “Integrated data analysis of genomics to proteomics” held on June 06, 2022 organized by Department of Research and Innovation, Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SIMATS School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
13) Certificate of participation in webinar on “Exploring plant-based bioactive compounds as a functional food and drugs in cancer research” held on June 07, 2022 organized by Department of Research and Innovation, Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SIMATS School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
14) Certificate of participation in webinar on “Next-generation fluorescence surfactants for protein sensing” held on June 08, 2022 organized by Department of Research and Innovation, Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SIMATS School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai-602105, Tamil Nadu, India.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book chapters:
• Tijo Cherian, Wajih Jamal, Shibin E., R. Mohanraju (2023) Chapter: Green Technologies for the Removal of Heavy Metals. In Q. Bioremediation Technologies. De Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783111016825-016. (Accepted)
• Tijo Cherian, Wajih Jamal (2023) Chapter: Use of Green Inspired Nanomaterials for the Biological Remediation of Pollutants. In Q. Bioremediation Technologies. De Gruyter. DOI: 10.1515/9783111016825-015. (Accepted)
• Tijo Cherian, Saad Alghamdi, Mohammad Azam Ansari, Khursheed Ali, Nashwa Talaat Shesha, Arun Kumar Shukla, and Hanan A. Al-Dossary (2023) Chapter 11: Microbial nanotechnology. In Q. Nanoremediation. Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823874-5.00003-6. ISBN: 9780128242001.
• Khursheed Ali, Tijo Cherian, Saher Fatima, Quaiser Saquib, Mohammad Faisal, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy (2020) Role of solvent system in green synthesis of nanoparticles. In Q. Saquib, M. Faisal, A.A. Kedhairy, A. A. Alatar (Eds.), Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Applications and Prospects, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5179-6. ISBN: 9789811551796.
• Khursheed Ali, Tijo Cherian, Saher Fatima, Quaiser Saquib, Mohammad Faisal, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, Javed Musarrat, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy (2020) Surface Engineering Techniques Associated with Stability, Biocompatibility and Toxicity of Nanoparticles. In Q. Saquib, M. Faisal, A.A. Kedhairy, A. A. Alatar (Eds.), Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Applications and Prospects, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5179-6. ISBN: 9789811551796.
Research articles:
• Ida Elizabeth George, Tijo Cherian, C. Ragavendran, R. Mohanraju, Hamad Ghaleb Dailah, Rym Hassani, Asaad Khalid, Syam Mohan. 2023. One-pot green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using brittle star Ophiocoma scolopendrina: Assessing biological potentialities of antibacterial, antioxidant, antidiabetic and catalytic degradation of organic dyes. Heliyon. 9; e14538.
• Samson Rokkarukala, Tijo Cherian, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Raju Mohanraju, Syam Mohan. 2023. One-pot green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Sarcophyton crassocaule, a marine soft coral: Assessing biological potentialities of antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-diabetic and catalytic degradation of toxic organic pollutants. Heliyon. 9;e14668.
• Ragavendran Chinnasamy, Kamaraj Chinnaperumal, Tijo Cherian, Kayalvizhi Thamilchelvan, Balasubramani Govindasamy, Cittrarasu Vetrivel, Vivekanandhan Perumal, Peijnenburg Willie, Patcharin Krutmuang. 2023. Eco‑friendly phytofabrication of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Aristolochia bracteolata Lam: its antioxidant potential, antibacterial activities against clinical pathogens and malarial larvicidal effects. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03750-8.
• Ragavendran Chinnasamy, Kamaraj Chinnaperumal, Priyadharsan Arumugam, Murugan Natarajan, Balasubramani Govindasamy, Krithikadatta Jogikalmat, Tijo Cherian, Jothimani Kannupaiyan, Santhosh Sigamani, Peijnenburg Willie. 2023. Phyto‑fabrication of AgNPs using leaf extract of Vitex trifolia: potential to antibacterial, antioxidant, dye degradation, and their evaluation of non‑toxicity to Chlorella vulgaris. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03705-5.
• Kayalvizhi Thamilchelvan, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Desingu Kamalanathan, Ramkumar Rajendiran, Tijo Cherian, Guilherme Malafaia. 2023. In vitro somatic embryo productions from Curculigo orchioides derived gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, its biomedical applications, and their eco-friendly approaches to degradation of methylene blue under solar light irradiations. Environmental Research. 216: 114774.
• Ragavendran Chinnasamy, Kamaraj Chinnaperumal, Manigandan Venkatesan, Krithikadatta Jogikalmat, Tijo Cherian, Peijnenburg Willie, Guilherme Malafaia. 2023. Eco-friendly synthesis of Ag-NPs using Endostemon viscosus (Lamiaceae): Antibacterial, antioxidant, larvicidal, photocatalytic dye degradation activity and toxicity in zebrafish embryos. Environmental Research 218: 114946.
• Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Pachiyappan Rajiv Gandhi, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Vimal Sugumar, R. C. Satish Kumar, Rajendran Ranjith, A. Priyadharsan, Tijo Cherian. 2022. Sustainable development through the bio‑fabrication of ecofriendly ZnO nanoparticles and its approaches to toxicology and environmental protection. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03445-6
• Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Govindasamy Balasubramani, Tijo Cherian, Venkatesan Manigandan, Guilherme Malafala, et al. 2022. Cladophialophora bantiana metabolites are efficient in the larvicidal and ovicidal control of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus and have low toxicity in Zebrafish embryo. Science of the Total Environment. 852: 158502.
• Tijo Cherian, Debasis Maity, R.T. Rajendra Kumar, Govindasamy Balasubramani, Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Suneelkumar Yalla, R. Mohanraju, Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg. 2022. Green chemistry based gold nanoparticles synthesis using marine bacterium Lysinibacillus odysseyi PBCW2 and their multitudinous activities. Nanomaterials. 12: 2940. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12172940.
• Tijo Cherian, W Jamal, S Eranhottu, S K Yalla and R Mohanraju. 2021. Assessment of antibacterial efficacy of the methanolic extract of Bacillus vietnamensis PBChS1 isolated from marine sediments of Chidiyatapu coast, South Andaman. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences. Vol. 50 (12): 1009-1017.
• Shibin Eranhottu, Tijo Cherian, Suneel Kumar Y., Samson R., Richard D.S. and Mohanraju R. 2021. Isolation and characterization of epiphytic bacteria from the leaves of Halophila ovalis (R. Brown) J.D. Hooker, 1858 from South Andaman, India. Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries. 9: 109-116.
• Tijo Cherian, Khursheed Ali, Quaiser Saquib, Mohammad Faisal, Rizwan Wahab and Javed Musarrat. 2020. Cymbopogon citratus functionalized green synthesis of CuO‐nanoparticles: Novel prospects as antibacterial and antibiofilm agents. Biomolecules 10: 169; DOI:10.3390/biom10020169.
• Tijo Cherian, Khursheed Ali, Saher Fatima, Quaiser Saquib, Sabiha M. Ansari, Hend A. Alwathnani, Abdulaziz A. Al-Khedhairy, Majed Al-Shaeri, Javed Musarrat. 2019. Myristica fragrans bio-active ester functionalized ZnO nanoparticles exhibit antibacterial and antibiofilm activities in clinical isolates. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 166: 105716.
• Tijo Cherian, Suneelkumar Yalla, R. Mohanraju. 2019. Antimicrobial potential of methanolic extract of Bacillus aquimaris isolated from the marine waters of Burmanallah coast, South Andaman. International Journal of Bio-Pharma Research. 8(12): 2806-2813.
• Tijo Cherian, Wajih Jamal, Suneel Kumar Yalla and R. Mohanraju. 2018. One-pot green synthesis of biocompatible silver nanoparticles using leaf extract of Piper nigrum. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 8(4): 1082-1088.
• Tijo Cherian, Suneelkumar Yalla and R.Mohanraju. 2018. Assessment of green synthetic route of silver nanoparticles synthesis by mangrove species Rhizophora apiculata of Andaman coast. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 8(3): 819-826.
• Wajih Jamal, Tijo Cherian, Puneet Kumar. 2018. The study on life span of the nematode, Teratorhabditis palmarum. Indian Journal of Nematology 48(2): 212-217.
• Suneel Kumar Yalla, Tijo Cherian and R. Mohanraju. 2018. Antimicrobial potential of secondary metabolites extracted from Vibrio furnissii, a luminescent bacteria associated with squid, Uroteuthis duvauceli. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 8(1): 530-534.
• Sharad Bayyana, Suneel Kumar Yalla, Tijo Cherian, R. Mohanraju. 2018. Isolation and characterization of bioluminescent bacteria associated with Uroteuthis duvaucelli, an Indian squid from Andaman waters. Global Journal of Bio-Science and Biotechnology. 7(3): 353-358.
• Diksha Dikshit, Suneel Kumar Yalla, Tijo Cherian and R. Mohanraju. 2018. Assessment of antimicrobial potential of the ascidian Didemnum psammatode from Andaman Sea. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences. 8(2): 509-514.