Divagar Murugan

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Academic Record

B.Sc (2011 - 2014)
Biotechnology
SRM University (University rank holder)

M.Sc (2014 - 2016)
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
University of Madras (University rank holder)

Summer research fellowship (May-July 2015)
 sponsored by IASc (Bangluru), INSA (New Delhi) and NASI (Allahabad)

Ph.D (Jul 2017 - present)
DST Inspire Fellow
Interdisciplinary Research Program, Dept. of Biotechnology & Applied Mechanics
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Work Experience

Project Associate (July 2016 – June 2017)
Biosensors Laboratory, Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras

Research Interests

  • Fiber optic biosensors
  • Nanomaterial coatings
  • Core-shell magnetic nanoparticles
  • Nano based drug delivery

Current Work:

My research is on exploring various nanomaterial coatings to enhance the sensitivity of fiber optic chemical sensors. In addition, I also work on exploring core-shell magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles of varying shapes and size for fiber optic immunoassay development. The core-shell magnetoplasmonic nanoparticles were potentially be explored in sorting of immune complex from blood fluids and utilized for absorbance based fiber optic immunoassay. Further, my research focus on developing a highly sensitive and selective point of care fiber optic immune sensor for a disease marker with optimized parameters.

Journal publication

Divagar M, Gowri A, Sangeeth John, V. V. R. Sai (2018), “ Graphene Oxide coated U-bent plastic optical fiber based chemical sensor for organic solvants”, Sensors and Actuators B Chemcial (2018) 262, 1006-1012. Available online, doi: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.02.059

Sankari D, Divagar M (2015), “ Comparative analysis of amylase production by Proteus sp from different soil habitat”, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences (2015) 262, 1006-1012.

T.G. Nithya, Divagar M, L. Juliet (2014), “ Evaluation of invitro anti diabetic activity of seendhil herbal formulation", Asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research, Vol. 7, (1), 91-93.

Conferences


Divagar M, VVR Sai (2018) ,"Fiber Optic Plasmonic Sandwich Immunosensor: Influence of AuNP Label Size and Concentration," 2018 IEEE SENSORS, New Delhi, India, 2018, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/ICSENS.2018.8589779.



Divagar M, Kuzhandai Shamlee, VVR Sai (2018), Poster: Influence of core and bend diamters of U-bent POF probes on evanescent wave absorbance sensitivity, Photonics 2018 12-15 December 2018.

Divagar M(2013) , Poster: Rapid wound healing using proliferating stem cells layered on porous scaffolds, International stem cell summit- 2013, Lifeline Multispeciality Hospitals, Chennai. Second prize.

Email:

divagar01@gmail.com