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1. T. P. Mohammed,# K. G. Sharma,# M. P. Sivaramakrishnan, S. Muthuramalingam, P. Vadivelu,* M. Velusamy* and M. Sankaralingam,* Iron(III) Complexes of Tridentate (NNO) Ligands: Efficient Catalysts for the Synthesis of Aminophenoxazinones in Aqueous Medium, J. Inorg. Biochem., 2025, 113120, (#equivally contributed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2025.113120 

2. T. P Mohammed,^# M. Shinan,^# M. Sankaralingam*, Tailoring Sulfoxidation: Multifaceted Role of Manganese Porphyrins, Tetrahedron, 2025, 185, 134837. (^#equal contributors). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2025.134837 

3. P. Maharana, R. V. Sankar, M. Sankaralingam, C. Gunanathan*, Synthesis of functionalized lactones: catalytic cross-coupling of 1,2-diols and allylic alcohols, Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 11947-11950. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC02207J Featured as a cover image for the issue. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC90262B

4. T. P Mohammed, M. Velusamy, M. Sankaralingam*, Bioinspired Copper(II) Complexes Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Aminophenols with Broader Substrate Scope, J. Inorg. Biochem., 2025, 270, 112906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2025.112906.

5. A. Rajeev^#, S. Muthuramalingam^#, V. Murugan, M. Costas, P. Vadivelu*, and M. Sankaralingam*, Unveiling the Catalytic Activity of Nickel(II) Complexes of Pentadentate Ligands in Aromatic Oxidations, ChemCatChem., 2025, 17, e202401645 (^#equal contributors). https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401645. Cover image: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202580602.

6. A. Rajeev,^# T. P. Mohammed,^# A. George,^# and M. Sankaralingam*, Direct Methane to Methanol Conversion: An Overview of Non-Syn Gas Catalytic Strategies, Chem. Rec. 2025, 25 e202400186. (^#equal contributors).  https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202400186 and cover image  https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202580201.

7. M. M. Kandy*, T. P. Mohammed, A. George, and M. Sankaralingam*, Biomimetic Methodology as a Sustainable Tool for Enhanced Photocatalytic Reduction of CO₂, Catalysis Today, 2025, 447, 115112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.115122.

8. T. P. Mohammed, S. Roy, and M. Sankaralingam*, Copper(II) Complex of Pentadentate N5 Ligand as Catalyst for 2-Aminophenol Oxidation, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2025, 574, 122372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2024.122372.

9. A. Rajeev, S. Muthuramalingam and M. Sankaralingam,* Selective Synthesis of Cyclic Alcohols from Cycloalkanes using Nickel(II) Complexes of Tetradentate Amidate Ligands, RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 30440-30451. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA05222F. This paper has been selected for the 'RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Award 2024’ in the Catalysis category by the journal. 

10. A. Das, and M. Sankaralingam*, Unravelling the Mechanism of Apoptosis Induced by Copper(II) Complexes of NN2 Pincer Ligands in Lung Cancer Cells, Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 14364-14377 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT01075B.

11. A. Rajeev, A. T. Thomas, A. Das and M. Sankaralingam*, C-H Bond Activation Facilitate by Nickel(II) Complexes Having Mighty Claws, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2024, 27,  e202400205. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202400205 (Featured as Front Cover: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202482401)

12. T. P. Mohammed, A. S. Thennarasu, R. Jothi, S. Gowrishankar, M. Velusamy, S. Patra and M. Sankaralingam*, Investigation of the inherent characteristics of copper(II) Schiff base complexes as antimicrobial agents, New. J. Chem., 2024, 48, 12877-12892. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ01271B. (Featured as Front Cover: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ90105C)

13. D. D. Malik, W. Ryu, Y. Kim, G. Singh, J.-H. Kim, M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, M. S. Seo, M. Sundararajan, D. Ocampo, M. Roemelt,* K. Park,* S. H. Kim,* M.-H. Baik,* J. Shearer,* K. Ray,* S. Fukuzumi,* and W. Nam*, Identification, Characterization, and Electronic Structures of Interconvertible Cobalt-Oxygen TAML Intermediates, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 13817-13835. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14346.

14. A. Das, T. P. Mohammed, and M. Sankaralingam*, Biological Activity of Copper Porphyrins, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2024, 506, 215661 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215661.

15. A. Das, R. Sangavi, S. Gowrishankar, R. Kumar, and M. Sankaralingam*, Deciphering the Mechanism of MRSA Targeting Copper(II) Complexes of NN₂ Pincer Type Ligands, Inorg. Chem., 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02480.

16. A. Das, and M. Sankaralingam*, Are Zn(II) pincer complexes efficient apoptosis inducers? A deep insight into their activity against A549 lung cancer cells, Dalton Trans., 2023, 53, 14465-1476. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT02419A.

17. T. P Mohammed, A. George, M. P. Sivaramakrishnan, P. Vadivelu, S. Balasubramanian, and M. Sankaralingam*, Deciphering the Effect of Amine Versus Imine Ligands of Copper(II) Complexes in 2-Aminophenol Oxidation, J Inorg. Biochem., 2023, 247, 112309 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112309.

18. S. Patra^#, A. Das^#, S. Bhunia, A. Rajeev, and M. Sankaralingam* Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen using Nickel Complexes with Tridentate N3 Ligands, Catal Today, 2023, 423, 13972.(^#equal contributors). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.12.003.  

19. A. S. Thennarasu,^# T. P. Mohammed,^# and M. Sankaralingam*, Mononuclear copper(II) Schiff base complexes as effective models for phenoxazinone synthase, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 21684-21694. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ03934F (^#equal contributors).

20. A. Rajeev, M. Balamurugan, and M. Sankaralingam*, Rational Design of First-Row Transition Metal Complexes for the Oxidation of Arenes: A Homogenous Approach, ACS Catal., 2022, 12(16), 9953–9982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01928

21. A. Das, T. P. Mohammed, R. Kumar, S. Bhunia, and M. Sankaralingam*, Carbazole appended trans-dicationic pyridinium porphyrin finds supremacy in DNA binding/photocleavage over non-carbazolyl analogue, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 12453-12466. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00555G.  Featured as a cover image https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT90132C.

22. T. P. Mohammed, and M. Sankaralingam*, Reactivities of high valent manganese-oxo porphyrins in aqueous medium, Tetrahedron, 2022, 103, 132483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2021.132483. Featured as a cover image.

23. A. Das, A. Rajeev, S. Bhunia, M. Arunkumar, N. Chari, and M. Sankaralingam*, Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of nickel(II) complexes of tridentate N3 ligands, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2021, 526, 120515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2021.120515

24. D. D. Narulkar, A. Ansari, A. K. Vardhaman, S. S. Harmalkar, G. Lingamallu, V. M. Dhavale, and M. Sankaralingam, S. Das, P. Kumar, S. N. Dhuri* A side-on Mn(III)-peroxo supported by a non-heme pentadentate N3Py2 ligand: Synthesis, characterization and reactivity studies, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 2824-2831.https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT03706K

25. W. P Sohtun, S. Muthuramalingam, M. Sankaralingam, M. Velusamy*, and R. Mayilmurugan*, Copper(II) complexes of tripodal ligand scaffold (N₃O) as functional models for phenoxazinone synthase, J. Inorg. Biochem., 2021, 216, 111313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111313

26. M. M. Kandy,* Anjana Rajeev K, and M. Sankaralingam,* Development of proficient photocatalytic systems for enhanced photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide, Sustain. Energy Fuels., 2021, 5, 12-33. This article is part of the themed collection: Sustainable Energy and Fuels Recent Review Articles. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE01282C

27. X. Lu, Y.-M. Lee, M. Sankaralingam, S. Fukuzumi*, and W. Nam*, Catalytic Four-Electron Reduction of Dioxygen by Ferrocene Derivatives with a Nonheme Iron(III) TAML Complex, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59(24), 18010-18017.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02400

28. M. Sankaralingam, M. Balamurugan, and M. Palaniandavar,* Alkane and alkene oxidation reactions catalyzed by nickel(II) complexes: Effect of ligand factors, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2020, 403, 213085. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854519303327

29. D. G. Karmalkar,M. Sankaralingam, M. S. Seo, R. Ezhov, Y.-M. Lee, Y. N. Pushkar,* W.-S. Kim,* S. Fukuzumi,* and W. Nam,* A High-Valent Manganese(IV)-Oxo-Ce(IV) Complex and Its Enhanced Oxidizing Reactivity, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2019, 52, 16124-16129. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201910032

30. S. Muthuramalingam, M. Sankaralingam, M. Velusamy, and R. Mayilmurugan,* Conversion of Atmospheric CO₂ into Cyclic Carbonates Using Nickel(II) Catalysts of Diazepane Based Ligands, Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 12975-12985.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01908.

31. S. S. Harmalkar, R. J. Butcher, V. V. Gobre, S. K. Gaonkar, L. R. D’Souza, M. Sankaralingam, I. Furtado, and S. N. Dhuri,* Synthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Properties of Mononuclear Copper(II) Compounds of N,N′-di(quinolin-8-yl)cyclohexane-1,2-diamine, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119020.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169319306127

32. D. S. Harmalkar, G. Santosh, S. B. Shetgaonkar, M.Sankaralingam,* and S. N. Dhuri*, A putative heme manganese(V)-oxo species in the C-H activation and epoxidation reactions in an aqueous buffer, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 12900-12906.https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ01381D. Featured as cover image for the issue New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 12877-12878. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ90115A.

33. C.-M. Lee,^#* M. Sankaralingam,^# C.-H. Chuo, T.-H. Tseng, P. P.-Y. Chen,* M.-H. Chiang,* X.-X. Lee, Y.-M. Lee, and W. Nam,* A Mn(IV)-peroxo complex in the reactions with proton donors, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 5203-5213, (# equally contributed). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9DT00649D

34. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, Y. Pineda-Galven, D. G. Karmalkar, M. S. Seo, S. H. Jeon, Y. N. Pushkar,* S. Fukuzumi,* and W. Nam,* Redox Reactivity of a Mononuclear Manganese-Oxo Complex Binding Calcium Ion and Other Redox-Inactive Metal Ions J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 1324-1336. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b11492.

35. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, D. G. Karmalkar, W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* A Mn(III)-Aqua Complex as a New Active Oxidant in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 12695-12699.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.8b07772.

36. D. G. Karmalkar, X.-X. Li, M. S. Seo, M. Sankaralingam, T. Ohta, R. Sarangi,* S. Hong,* and W. Nam,* A Manganese(V)-Oxo Tetraamido Macrocyclic Ligand (TAML) Cation Radical Complex: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Studies, Chem.-Eur. J., 2018, 24, 17927-17931. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804898.

37. C. Saracini, D. D. Malik, M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* Enhanced Electron-Transfer Reactivity of a Long-Lived Photoexcited State of a Cobalt-Oxygen Complex, Inorg. Chem., 2018,57, 10945-10952. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01571.

38. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee,* W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* Amphoteric reactivity of metal-oxygen complexes in oxidation reactions, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2018, 365, 41-59. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010854517307361.

39. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, S. H. Jeon, M. S. Seo, K.-B. Cho, and W. Nam,* A mononuclear manganese(III)-hydroperoxo complex: Synthesis by activating dioxygen and reactivity in electrophilic and nucleophilic reactions, Chem Commun., 2018, 54(10),1209-1212. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cc/c7cc09492b.

40. G. Muneeswaran,* M. Pandiaraj, S. Kartheeswaran, M. Sankaralingam, K. Muthukumar, and C. Karunakaran, Molecular dynamics simulation approach to explore atomistic molecular mechanism of peroxidase activity of apoptotic cytochrome c mutants, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked - 2018,11, 51-60.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352914818300613?via%3Dihub. 

41. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, X. Lu, A. K. Vardhaman, W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* Autocatalytic dioxygen activation to produce an iron(V)-oxo complex without any reductants, Chem Commun., 2017, 53(59), 8348-8351.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/cc/c7cc03742b.

42. M. Sankaralingam, Y.-M. Lee, W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* Selective oxygenation of cyclohexene by dioxygen via an iron(V)-oxo complex-autocatalyzed reaction, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56(9), 5096-5104.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00220.

43. M. Sankaralingam, P. Vadivelu, and M. Palaniandavar,* Novel nickel(II) complexes of sterically modified linear N4 ligands: Effect of ligand stereoelectronic Factors and solvent of coordination on nickel(II) spin-state and catalytic alkane hydroxylation, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46(22), 7181-7193.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2017/dt/c7dt00576h.

44. T. Devi, Y.-M. Lee, J. Jung, M. Sankaralingam, W. Nam,* and S. Fukuzumi,* A chromium(III)-superoxo complex as a three-electron oxidant with a large tunneling effect in multi-electron oxidation of NADH analogues, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.,2017, 56(13), 3510-3515. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/anie.201611709.

45. G. Muneeswaran,* S. Kartheeswaran, M. Pandiaraj, K. Muthukumar, M. Sankaralingam, and S. Arunachalam, Investigation of structural dynamics of Thrombocytopenia Cargeeg mutants of human apoptotic cytochrome c: A molecular dynamics simulation approach, Biophy. Chem., 2017, 230, 117-126.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301462217303095.

46. S. Hong, Y-M. Lee, M. Sankaralingam, A. K. Vardhaman, Y. J. Park, K.-B. Cho, T. Ogura, R. Sarangi,* S. Fukuzumi,* and W. Nam,* A manganese(V)-oxo complex: Synthesis by dioxygen activation and enhancement of its oxidizing power by binding scandium ion, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(27), 8523-8532.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b03874. 

47. M. Sankaralingam, S. H. Jeon, Y.-M. Lee, M. S. Seo, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi,* and W. Nam,* An amphoteric reactivity of a mixed-valent bis(µ-oxo)dimanganese(III,IV) complex acting as an electrophile and a nucleophile, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45(1), 376-383. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/dt/c5dt04292e.

48. M. Sankaralingam, M. Balamurugan, M. Palaniandavar,* V. Prabha,* and C. H. Suresh, Nickel(II) complexes of pentadentate N5 ligands as catalysts for alkane hydroxylation using m-CPBA as oxidant: A combined experimental and computational study, Chem.-Eur. J., 2014, 20(36), 11346-11361. Selected as a Frontispiece article for the issue. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.20140239.

49. M. Sankaralingam, N. Saravanan, N. Anitha, E. Suresh, and M. Palaniandavar,* Biomimetic iron(III) complexes of facially and meridionally coordinating tridentate 3N ligands: Tuning of regioselective extradiol dioxygenase activity in organized assemblies, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(18), 6828-6841.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/dt/c3dt52350k.

50. M. Sankaralingam, and M. Palaniandavar,* Tuning the olefin epoxidation by manganese(III) complexes of bisphenolate ligands: Effect of Lewis basicity of ligands on reactivity,Dalton Trans., 2014, 43(2), 538-550.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/dt/c3dt51766g.

51. M. Sankaralingam, and M. Palaniandavar,* Diiron(III) complexes of tridentate 3N ligands as functional models for methane monoxygenases: Effect of the capping ligand on hydroxylation of alkanes, Polyhedron,2014,67, 171-180. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277538713006384.

52. N. Saravanan, M. Sankaralingam, and M. Palaniandavar,* Manganese(II) complexes of tetradentate 4N ligands with diazepane backbones for catalytic olefin epoxidation: Effect of nucleophilicity of peroxo complexes on reactivity, RSC Adv., 2014,4(23), 12000-12011. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2014/ra/c3ra44729d.

53. M. Sankaralingam, P. Vadivelu, E. Suresh, and M. Palaniandavar,* Mixed ligand nickel(II) complexes as catalyst for alkane hydroxylation reactions using m-chloroperbenzoic acid as oxidant, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2013, 407, 98-107.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169313004027.

54. K. Sundaravel, M. Sankaralingam, E. Suresh, and M. Palaniandavar,* Biomimetic iron(III) complexes of N₃O and N₃O₂ donor ligands: Protonation of coordinated ethanolate donor enhances dioxygenase activity, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40(33), 8444-8458. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2011/dt/c1dt10495k.

55. R. Mayilmurugan, M. Sankaralingam, E. Suresh, and M. Palaniandavar,* Novel square pyramidal iron(III) complexes of linear tetradentate bis(phenolate)  ligands as structural and reactive models for intradiol-cleaving 3,4-PCD enzymes: Quinone formation vs intradiol cleavage, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39(40), 9611-9625.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2010/dt/c0dt00171f.

56. N. Kannan,* and M. Sankaralingam, Electrochemical removal of solochrome dark blue dye with and without commercial activated carbon-a comparison, Indian J. Environ. Prot., 2009, 29(3), 231-237.

Book/Book Chapters

1. A. Das, A. George, M. Sankaralingam,* Book: Point-of-Care Technology for Portable Testing Devices, Chapter 6: A visible and colorimetric nanobiosensor-based point-of-care detection of cardiovascular disease biomarkers-Elsevier publication, 2025, 161-183 (ISBN: 978-0-443-33030-8). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-33030-8.00008-1
2. A. Rajeev K., M. Sankaralingam,* Chapter Title: ‘Highlights of Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions Catalysed by Nickel Complexes’ for publication in Bentham Science Book Series: Chemical reaction mechanisms, Mechanism of Oxidation reactions, Oxygen Atom Transfer Reactions, 2023, Vol. 1, 62-90 https://doi.org/10.2174/9789815050929123010007
3. M. M. Kandy, M. Sankaralingam,* Book: 2D nanomaterials for CO₂ conversion into chemicals and fuels, RSC Publishers, Chapter 1: A fundamental approach towards carbon dioxide conversion to chemicals and fuels: Current trends for CO₂ utilization technologies, 2022, 1-35 (ISBN: 978-1-83916-311-1). https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839165542-00001
4. M. Jaccob, M. Sankaralingam, N. J. Britto, Activation of small molecules by transition-metal complexes, RSC Publishers, Chemical Modelling: 2020, 15, 131-172. (ISBN: 978-1-78801-369-7). https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788015868-00131
5. R. Suresh, M. Pandiaraj, M. Sankaralingam, K. Giribabu, Book: Graphene-based electrochemical sensors for biomolecules-Elsevier publication, chapter title: Graphene-metal chalcogenides modified electrochemical sensors, 2019, 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815394-9.00006-6

Patents Filed/Granted

1. Dr. M. Sankaralingam and Athulyadas, “Method for preparing a potent copper(II) complex as an apoptosis inducer in lung cancer” (Indian Patent Granted; 202341041869).

Theory Courses

• I MSc-CY6301-Basic Concept of Inorganic Chemistry and Main Group Elements

• I MSc-CY6311-Chemistry of Coordination Compounds

• II MSc-CY7301-Organometallic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

• II MSc-CY7352-Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins

• I BTech-CY1001D-Chemistry 

Laboratory Courses

• I MSc-CY6391- Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

• I BTech- CY1094D-Chemistry Laboratory

• 2025 - Institute Research and Development Award-Early Career received from NIT Calicut

• 2024 - Elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Chennai

• 2024 - Graeme Hanson-AsBIC Early Career Researcher Award, received from AsBIC Society

• 2024 - GD Naidu Award for the Young Scientist

• 2022 - Guest Researcher, University of Paris City, France

• 2020 - Cash Price Award for the best paper publication from NIT Calicut 

• 2019 - Young Scientist Award in Chemistry by Venus International Research Award

• 2018- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award in Chemical Sciences-Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

• 2014 - Post Doctoral Research Fellow-Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

• 2011 - CSIR-Senior Research Fellow-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India

• 2010 - DST-International Travel Grant- to attend 5th AsBIC in Taiwan 

• 2010 - CSIR-International Travel Grant- to attend 5th AsBIC in Taiwan

• 2008 - DST-Junior Research Fellow-Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

• ISRO-RESPOND, Government of India, (ISRO/RES/3/1055/24-25)- Rs.23,01,400/- (Co-PI); Prof. G. Unnikrishnan (PI) (2025-2027)

• SERB-CRG (CRG/2023/002850), Government of India- Rs.47,13,196/- (2024-2027)

• DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award (IFA17-CH286), Government of India - Rs. 35,00,000 (2018-2023) 

• Faculty Research Seed Grant-National Institute of Technology Calicut - Rs.5,00,000 (2019-2021)

• Student Innovative Project Scheme for UG/PG Students 2024-2025-National Institute of Technology Calicut - Rs.75,000 (2024-2025)

• Student Innovative Project Scheme for UG/PG Students 2023-2024-National Institute of Technology Calicut - Rs.85,000 (2023-2024)

• Student Innovative Project Scheme for UG/PG Students 2022-2023-National Institute of Technology Calicut - Rs. 90,000 (2022-2023)

• Bioinorganic Chemistry

• Biomimetic Inorganic Chemistry

• Bioinspired Catalysis

• Electrocatalysis

• Small Molecule Activation (O₂, H₂, H₂O and CO₂)

• Medicinal Chemistry

1. Understanding the structure-function activity of metalloenzymes using biomimetic/bioinspired complexes

2. Design and synthesis of earth-abundant transition metal catalysts for clean energy, organic transformations, and health sciences

3. Identifying the short-lived intermediates in stoichiometric and catalytic reactions

Interested and highly motivated candidates for their PhD and Post-Doc in Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biomimetic/Bioinspired Catalysis, Small Molecule Activation and Electrocatalysis can contact me.

Email: msankaralingam@nitc.ac.in

Office: 0495-228-5325

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sankaralingammuniyandi/

Doctoral Scholar

PhD Ongoing 

1. Thasnim P Mohammed - January 2021- ongoing
    GATE
    MSc: National Institute of Technology Calicut
    Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Biomimetic Metal-Oxygen Intermediates and its Reactivities

2. Akhila George - July 2022 - ongoing
    GATE
    MSc: Christ College, Irinjalakuda
    Topic: Biomimetic Studies of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases 

3. Alagudurai - July 2022- ongoing
    External (Part-time)
    MSc: ANJA College, Sivakasi
    Topic: Synthesis, Characterization of Biologically Active Molecules and Its Applications

4. Vysakh Babu-July 2023-ongoing
    External (Part-Time)
    MSc: The Cochin College, Fort Kochi
    Topic: Investigation of the phytochemicals for cosmetics and their impact on skin health and synergistic properties of its Copper & Zinc complexes for Enhanced Skin Health

5. Manoj A - July 2024 - ongoing
    GATE
    MSc: Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
    Topic: Biomimetic Studies of Metal-Oxygen Intermediates 

6. Fida P. - July 2025 - ongoing
    UGC-JRF
    MSc: National Institute of Technology Suratkal
    Topic: Biomimetic Studies of Nickel-Oxygen Intermediates 

PhD completed 

2. Dr. Anjana Rajeev K. - July 2019 - April 2025 (Defence Date: 30.04.2025)
    UGC-JRF-SRF
    MSc: University of Calicut
    Topic: Selective Oxidation of Unactivated C-H Bonds Using Nickel(II) Complexes

1. Dr. Athulyadas-September 2018-February 2024 (Defence Date: 19.02.2024)
    DST-Inspire Scholar
    MSc: Amritha Vishva Vidyapeetham, Kollam
    Topic: Porphyrin and Non-Porphyrinato Complexes of Late Transition Metals and Their Biological Applications

Master Students

Alumni

1. Rajesh Kumar, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2018-April 2019)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Trans Cationic Copper(II) Porphyrin Complex   
   Present Position: PhD at IIT Roorkee, India

2. Himanshu Kaushik, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2018-April 2019)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Nickel(II) Complex of Monoamidate Ligand
   Present Position:

3. Sweta A., Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam (Feb.2019- July 2019)
    Topic: Synthesis and Characterization and Imaging Property of Nickel(II) Complex of Tridentate N3 Ligands
    Present Position: PhD at Stony Brook university, USA

4. Thasnim P. Mohammed, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2019-July 2020)
    Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Trans Cationic Manganese(III) Porphyrin Complex
    Present Position: PhD at NIT Calicut

5. Shaheen PP, NIT Calicut (Dec.2019-July 2020)
    Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese(III) Complexes of Tripodal Tetradentate Bis(phenolate)amine Ligands
    Present Position:

6. Abinaya Sushana T, NIT Calicut (Jan. 2021-May 2021)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(II) Complexes of Tridentate Schiff base Ligands Phenoxazinone Synthese Mimicking Activity
   Present Position: PhD in University of California, Riverside, USA

7. Ashitha Lakshmanan, NIT Calicut (Jan. 2021-May 2021)
   Topic: Catechol Oxidase Activity of Copper(II) Complexes of Tripodal Bispyridyl Ligands
   Present Position:

8. Nagarajan, M, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2021-May 2022)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(II) Complexes of NNN Type Pincer Ligands Phenoxazinone Synthese Like Activity
   Present Position: Hindustan Unilever (R&D), Bangalore

9. Drisya KP, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2021-May 2022)
   Topic: Synthesis, Characterization and Free Radical Scavenging Activity of Zn(II) Complexes of NN2 Pincer Ligands 
   Present Position:

10. Arnold Tharun Thomas, NIT Calicut (Jan. 2023-May 2023)
   Topic: Selective Cyclohexane Oxidation Using Nickel(II) Complexes of Pincer-Type Tridentate Ligands
   Present Position: Project Assistant at JNCASR, Bangalore

11. Sharmi Roy, NIT Calicut (Jan. 2023-May 2023)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(II) Complexes Pentadentate Ligands: Phenoxazinone Synthese Activity
   Present Position: PhD in Pennsylvania State University, USA

12. Aina S Raichal, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2023-May 2024)
   Topic: Cobalt Porphyrin as Molecular Catalyst for Hydrogen Production
   Present Position:

13. Devika Santhosh, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2023-May 2024)
   Topic: Selective styrene oxidation to benzaldehyde using nickel(II) complex of pentadentate ligand
   Present Position: 

14. Navya Vijayan, NIT Calicut (Dec. 2023-May 2024)
   Topic: Aminoquinoline based fluorescent probes for Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ ions sensing
   Present Position: 

15. Augustina CS, NIT Calicut (July 2024-May 2025)
   Topic: Synthesis and Characterization of Aminquinoline-based Copper(II) Complex as a biomimetic model complex of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase 
   Present Position: 

16. Muhammed Shinan KA, NIT Calicut (July 2024-May 2025)
   Topic: Manganse porphyrin: A catalyst for the selective oxidation of sulfur compounds to useful oxides under solvent free conditions
   Present Position: 

17. MS Vasudev, NIT Calicut (July 2024-May 2025)
   Topic: A ligand-free strategy for the oxidation of cyclohexane using nickel salts
   Present Position: 

Summer Internship

1. Mohammed Hussain, NIT Calicut (May 2019-July 2019)
2. Thasnim P. Mohammed, NIT Calicut (May 2019-July 2019) 
3. M. K. Ragul, NIT Calicut (June 2019-July 2019)
4. Deepa Davison E, NIT Calicut ( May 2022-June 2022)
5. Ashish Kumar Samal, NIT Calicut ( May 2022-June 2022)
6. Fathimathu Zuhara.K Farook College (April 2023-May 2023)

• Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India has highlighted our research contribution from DST-Inspire Faculty Award project.

https://dst.gov.in/dst-inspire-faculty-fellow-synthesising-earth-abundant-metal-complexes-mimics-enzymatic-processes

https://www.facebook.com/100064382571801/posts/pfbid033yA9BFvDyXsNYGs9YcxZfomqnc5wY5MFCU1MNQkhAMZBenQNA3oebBpbU4n6rwDZl/?sfnsn=wiwspmo&mibextid=mMAx51 

• Received the prestigious 'GD Naidu Award for the Young Scientist-2024'  for the research contributions to the field of Bioinorganic Chemistry, especially ‘contribution in designing and isolating metal complexes to mimic the biological functions of many dioxygen activating enzymes which have immense applications in clean energy and health science’. The award is given by Makkal Sinthanai Peravai Erode, at 20^th Erode Book Festival on 11.08.2024. 

Dr. Sankaralingam received his M.Sc. (2008) degree from ANJA College affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University and completed PhD (2014) in Bioinorganic Chemistry from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli under the supervision of Prof. M. Palaniandavar. Then, he moved to EWHA Womans University, Seoul, South Korea to work with Prof. Wonwoo Nam and Prof. Shunichi Fukuzumi as a postdoctoral researcher and spent 4.4 years. He joined the National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode as an Assistant Professor in August 2018 to start his independent career. His research interests are Bioinorganic Chemistry, Bioinspired and Biomimetic Catalysis, Small Molecule Activation, and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Currently, his research group is focusing on Bioinspired and Biomimetic Chemistry Research by ‘Designing and synthesizing the earth-abundant transition metal catalysts for clean energy, organic transformations and health sciences. He has received several prestigious awards such as DST-Inspire Faculty Award in Chemical Sciences (2018), Government of India; Guest Researcher Award from University Paris City, France (2022) and G.D. Naidu Award for the Young Scientist in 2024; and Graeme Hanson-AsBIC Early Career Award in 2024 from Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Society. He is Elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Chennai in 2024.

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sankaralingammuniyandi/