Konda Mani Saravanan

About

Dr. Saravanan got the University First Rank in his M.Sc. and went onto complete his Ph.D. from Bharathidasan University under the supervision of Dr. S. Selvaraj. He then joined Prof. S. Krishnaswamy’s research group at Madurai Kamaraj University in 2013 under the distinguished UGC Dr DS Kothari Post-doctoral fellowship. Subsequently he joined for Post-doctoral work with Prof. P. Karthe in University of Madras. He was awarded the competitive DST-SERB National Post-doctoral fellowship. After that he went on to do research under a well funded Post-doctoral fellowship at Prof. Yanjie Wei’s Computational Biology and Bioinformatics group at Center for High Performance Computing, SIAT of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Dr. Saravanan has more than 10 years of active post-doctoral research and his productivity is seen by the more than 100 peer reviewed research publications that he has to his credit. He also has successful collaborations with diverse research groups as evidenced by his collaborations with scientists from countries such as United States of America, United Kingdom, China and Finland. He is the life member of Indian Biophysical society, China Computer Federation and China Artificial Intelligence Society of Bioinformatics.

Employment

• Chitkara University Professor
  2026 - Present
• Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research Assistant Professor
  2021 - 2025
• SCIGEN Research and Innovation Pvt Ltd Scientist
  2020 - 2021
• Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology Researcher
  2018 - 2020
• University of Madras Post Doctoral Fellow
  2016 - 2018
• Madurai Kamaraj University Post Doctoral Fellow
  2013 - 2016
• Annai College of Arts & Science Lecturer
  2005 - 2007

Education

• Bharathidasan University Ph.D.
  2008 - 2012
• Alagappa University M.Phil
  2007 - 2008
• Annai College of Arts & Science M.Sc
  2002 - 2004
• A Veeriya Vandayar Memorial Sri Pushpam College B.Sc
  1999 - 2002

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (161)

• Examining sleep signals at the cradle of life: can phylogenomic analysis of the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) reveal the fundamental role of sleep?
  Molecular Genetics and Genomics 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1007/s00438-025-02332-9
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• The new science of sleep: Insights from pre-industrial societies and phylogenomics
  Brain Medicine 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.61373/bm026w.0060
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• Genetic Diversity and Geographical Distribution of Japanese Encephalitis Virus
  Journal of Medico Informatics 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.64659/jomi/221919
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• Phylogenomics Traces the Primordial Function of Sleep to an Ancient Conserved Enzyme Network
  Sleep and Vigilance 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/s41782-026-00360-y
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• Sleep–Wake Dysregulation in Human African Trypanosomiasis: From Neuroinvasion to Neuronal Dysfunction
  Clocks & Sleep 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.3390/clockssleep8030042
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• Genomic analysis identifies unreported adaptive mutations in monkeypox virus immune evasion genes
  Virus Genes 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/s11262-026-02235-w
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• Identification of Leukemia Enzyme Inhibitors by Molecular Modeling and Machine Learning Approaches
  Current Chemical Biology 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.2174/0122127968399382250722063606
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• Advancing Maternal Health: Frontiers in Research for Safer Pregnancies and Optimal Outcomes
  Current Womens Health Reviews 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.2174/0115734048445158260212101851
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• Impact of Soil Microbiomes on Mung Bean Cultivation: Insights from 16S rRNA Metagenomics
  Molecular Biotechnology 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1007/s12033-025-01425-5
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• Molecular Insights into Leech-Derived Bioactive Compounds: Biochemical Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential
  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026 4 citations DOI: 10.3390/ijms27052112
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