Dr. K. Giribabu, Scientist, CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi has been selected for "CSIR Young Scientist Award" for the year 2021 in the field of Chemical Sciences for his outstanding contributions. The award will be presented to him on 26^thSeptember, 2021 in CSIR Foundation Day Celebration.

 

Dr. K. Giribabu (born: 18/08/1987) hails from an agricultural family (Father: Mr. R. Krishnan, farmer and Mother Mrs. K. Nappina, home-maker) in Arungundram village, Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu.After his initial schooling at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Boys HigherSecondary School, Chengalpattu, he did his B.Sc. (Chemistry) from RajeswariVedachalam Govt. Arts College, Chengalpattu, M.Sc. (Chemistry) [Gold Medalist] from University of Madras and M. Phil. in Analytical Chemistry. During his M.Sc. days, he received Prof. PBJ award for two consecutive years for his outstanding academic performance. He pursued his Doctoral Research in Inorganic Chemistry at University of Madras and Postdoctoral Research at the Department of Biological Engineering, InhaUniversity, South Korea.

 

On his return to India, he joined CSIR-CECRI ChennaiUnit as SERB-NPD Fellow to work on Li-S batteries. In 2017, he joined CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi as a Scientist in the division of Electrodics and Electrocatalysis, where he focuses on developing electrochemical approaches for non-redox molecules using biorecognition-free approach. He has published more than 80 research articles with a citation and h index of 1695 and 23, respectively. He is currently handling two DST projects for developing sensors for neurotransmitters and prostate cancer biomarker respectively. Currently, three Ph.D. students are working with him for their Ph.D. and he has guided five M. Sc. students for their dissertation.

 

His area of research focuses on developing electrochemical strategies using liquid-liquid interfaces. He has recently developed an electrochemical liquid-liquid interface sensing protocol for sensing of aliphatic biogenic amines, putrescine (1,4-diaminobutane) and cadaverine (1,5-diaminopentane) with a special focus on developing electrochemical methodologies and achromatic assays for sensing of food toxicants.Apart from research, he is actively involved in handling core subjects of B. Tech. in (Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering) and AcSIR students.

This is stated in a press release issued by the CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi.

 

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