Principal Investigators
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Professor Nick Voulvoulis
Personal details
Professor Nick Voulvoulis Professor of Environmental TechnologySend email+44 (0)20 7594 7459
Location
Room 103, Weeks Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London
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Professor Joseph Selvin
Location
Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
Co-investigators
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Professor Shiranee Sriskandan
Personal details
Professor Shiranee Sriskandan Professor of Infectious DiseasesSend email+44 (0)20 3313 1943
Location
8N21ACWB, Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London
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Dr Nandita Banaji
Location
Dept of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry 91605009, India
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Dr. G. Seghal Kiran
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Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
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Dr M. Murugan
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R&D (Formulation Development Division), Sai Mirra Innopharm Pvt. Ltd,
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Dr. M. S. Muthu
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IIT-BHU, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Professor Latha Ragunathan
Location
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Kirumampakkam, Pondicherry-607402 , Pondicherry , Puducherry , India
Research Associates
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Dr Theodoros Giakoumis
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Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
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Dr R. Prathiviraj
Location
Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
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Dr. Ana Vieira
Location
8th Floor, Commonwealth Building, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London
Junior Research Fellows
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Mr Ankit Kumar Malik
Location
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, IIT-BHU, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Mr Gokul Patharaj
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IIT-BHU, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Ms Twidee Chakraborty
Location
Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
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Ms Keerthana Shakthi
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Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
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Ms Medapati Nikitha Lakshmi Suseela
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IIT-BHU, Banaras Hindu University Campus, Uttar Pradesh 221005, India
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Ms Sayaree Pan
Location
Aarupadai Veedu Medical College, Kirumampakkam, Pondicherry-607402 , Pondicherry , Puducherry , India
Microbiology team
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Mr Vishnu Prasad Nair
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Microbiology Department, Pondicherry University, Chinna Kalapet, Kalapet, Puducherry 605014, India
Research Support
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Miss Kelsey McClure
Location
Weeks Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London
Past Researchers
- Ms Anisha MN
- Dr Anna Freeman
- Ms Anushara Prabhakaran
- Mr Kumaresan T N
- Dr Oliver Charity
- Ms Seethalakshmi P S
- Dr Thinesh Thangadurai
- Mr Vishnu Chandran
Institution: Pondicherry University
Department: Microbiology
Anisha has expertise in handling several molecular techniques and bioinformatic tools to study evolutionary dynamics.
In the AMRWATCH project, she contributed to metagenomic DNA isolation, characterization of antimicrobial resistance, sequence analysis and phylogenetic tree construction.
Institution: Imperial College London
Department: Centre for Environmental Policy
Anna is an environmental scientist specialising in environmental management, water quality, freshwater ecology, and climate risk.
She contributed to the project via work packages one and four- specifically by investigating SPR linkages, risk analysis, and dataset interpretation.
Institution: Pondicherry University
Department: Microbiology
Anushara is experienced in the field of molecular biology, genomics and pan genomics.
As part of the AMRWATCH project, she dealt with the isolation, screening and characterization of AMR isolates from water and sediment samples of Puducherry and Chennai. Genomic and metagenomic analysis of the samples were her main focus
Institution: Pondicherry University
Department: Microbiology
Kumaresan is a microbiologist and science communicator for the YouTube Channel “Think Biology Think Vision” which has over 1.4 million views.
He contributed to AMRWATCH through the collection, isolation and screening of samples by microbiological techniques, characterization of antimicrobial resistant organisms and metagenomics of samples.
Institution: Imperial College of London
Department: Infectious Disease
In memory of Dr Oliver Charity
Oliver was a microbiologist who studied pathogen evolution and natural mechanisms of pathogen persistence and development. He used large sequence datasets to gain hypothetical insights into pathogen evolution and tested these hypotheses with molecular biology and wet lab techniques.
He will be greatly missed and forever remembered.
Institution: Pondicherry University
Department: Microbiology
Seetha is a microbiologist whose research interests lie in the understanding of antimicrobial resistance in the animal and human gut microbiome.
As a part of the AMRWATCH project, she assayed antimicrobial resistance in the bacterial community of animals and humans through culture-based, genomic and metagenomic approaches.
Institution: Pondicherry University
Department: Microbiology
Dr Thangadurai is a Molecular Microbial Ecologist.
His role in this project was to design and select sites for sampling, by incorporating inputs from various stakeholders. He participated in awareness programs to teach the science behind antimicrobial resistance to the general public, school students, and policy managers
Institution: Aarupadai Veedu Medical College
Department: Microbiology
Vishnu contributed to Work Package Three through bacteriological characterization and isolation. He also saw to the screening and selection of antimicrobial strains for multi drug resistance.
Contact us
For further information on the project, please contact:
Prinicpal Investigator: Professor Nick Voulvoulis
Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 7459
Centre for Environmental Policy: Weeks Building, 16-18 Prince's Gardens, London, SW7 1NE