About
Dr. S. Karuppusamy obtained his M.Sc. (1996) degree from Madurai Kamaraj University and Ph.D (2002) from Gandhigram University, Tamil Nadu. He was a Post Doctoral Fellow of Sri Krishndevaraya University (2000 – 2004), Anantapur. At present he is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, The Madura College, Madurai since 2008. He has published 120 scientific research papers in nationally and internationally reputed journals. He is the co-author of Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Vols. 3 nad 5), Flora of Eastern Ghats (Vols. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Orchids of Eastern Ghats (2018), Caralluma (sensu lato) – Antiobesity plants (2012), Biodiversity in India (Vol.7), Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India (CRC, Press, 2019) and Camptothecin producing plants (Elsevier, 2020). He is the recipient of Young Botanist Award 2006 from Indian Botanical Society and Fellow award from Indian Botanical Society (2013). He also recipient of Rolla S. Rao award from Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) (2012) and Fellow of Indian Angiosperm Taxonomy (2012). He has also received a prestigious Prof. Y.S.Murthy gold medal award from Indian Botanical Society for contribution of Angiosperm Taxonomy. He is the Principal Investigator of major research projects funded from UGC, New Delhi, NIF, Ahmedabad, SERB, New Delhi and TBGP-Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Greening Project, Forest Department of Tamil Nadu. He is life member of many scientific societies in India. His research interests in the areas of Angiosperms Taxonomy, Phytochemistry, Ethnopahrmacology, Plant tissue culture and conservation biology.
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Madura College Assistant Professor2008 - Present
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Publications (31)
- Tree Flora of Andhra Pradesh, India Save
- Plant diversity, structure and regeneration potential in tropical forests of Western Ghats, India Save
- Camptothecin producing plants Save
- A new species of Luisia (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae) from the Western Ghats of India Save
- Selection of Material using IWDNN Algorithm for Multiphase Material Component Design Save
- Nanoengineered chlorin e6 conjugated with hydrogel for photodynamic therapy on cancer Save
- Investigation of optical limiting and third-order optical nonlinear properties of 2-Nitroaniline by Z-scan and f-scan techniques Save
- Impact of goods and services tax on business units in Dindigul district Save
- Classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Copd) using regression with gabor filtration and random forest classification Save
- Classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using gabor filter with SVM classifier Save