Assistant Professor of Physics • Postgraduate & Research Coordinator
Researcher and educator working across nonlinear dynamics, quantum chaos, theoretical and computational physics, photonics, biophysics, materials discovery and science/technology education.
Profile
Education, national-level qualifications and the academic foundation behind a career in physics.
Thesis title: Studies in Quantum Chaos: From an almost exactly solvable model to Hypersensitive operators
Research
Research interests, funded projects, computational methods and Ph.D. research profile.
Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Chaos
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Photonics
Biophysics
Materials Discovery
Science/Technology Education
Experience
Teaching and research appointments across Vivekananda College, SASTRA University, NCERT/RIE, IIT Madras and PRL.
Vivekananda College (Residential & Autonomous), College with Potential for Excellence, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai - 625234
Additional Responsibility: Postgraduate and Research Coordinator
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur - 613401, Tamil Nadu
Physics Section, Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysore - 570006, Karnataka
Vivekananda College (Residential & Autonomous), College with Potential for Excellence, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai - 625234
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SASTRA University, Thanjavur - 613401, Tamil Nadu
Computational Neuroscience Lab, IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
IIT Madras
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Publications
A complete publication record spanning quantum chaos, photonics, biophysics, 2D materials and nanomaterials.
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Sakthivel Vishnu Priya, Velmurugan Ajithkumar, Perumal Varalakshmi, N. Meenakshisundaram, Jamespandi Annaraj Turn-off fluorescent Schiff base chemosensors for highly sensitive hydrazine detection in aqueous media and intracellular imaging, J. Molstr. 147374
Ashita Jose, N. Meenakshisundaram, and K V P Latha Band Structure Engineering and Interfacial Charge modulation in ReS2/1T'-MoS2 and ReS2/1T'-WS2 Heterostructures for Tunable Hydrogen Adsorption, J. Appl. Phys. 138, 184306
Vasanthi Chellappa, N. Meenakshisundaram, Jamespandi Annaraj and Suresh Sagadevan Hydrothermal synthesis of MnO2 nanorods for efficient electrochemical detection of environmental anthropogenic pollutants and nitrobenzene, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 160, 112015
Prahalad Kanti Barman, Pranshoo Upadhyay, Ramesh Rajarapu, Sharad Kumar Yadav, Latha K. V. P., Meenakshisundaram N., and Pramoda K. Nayak Twist-Dependent Tuning of Excitonic Emissions in Bilayer WSe2, ACS Omega, 7, 7, 6412-6418.
K. Roja, Priya Mehta, M. Premalatha, K. Jeyadheepan, C. Gopalakrishnan, N. Meenakshisundaram, Kamatchi Sankaranarayanan, Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents and photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue, Desalination and Water Treatment 156, 292.
Santhia Carmel, Adhithan Pon, N Meenakshisundaram, R. Ramesh and Arkaprava Bhattacharyya, Bandgap Scaling and Negative Differential Resistance behavior of Zigzag Phosphorene Antidot Nanoribbons (ZPANRs), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 14855.
S M Ramachandran, K V P Latha and N Meenakshisundaram, Calculation of the atomic electric dipole moment of Pb2+ induced by nuclear Schiff moment, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 50, 145003.
M.S.Sameeha, Soumya Joy, N. Meenakshisundaram, R.K. Karn, C. Gopalakrishnan, P. Karthick, K. Jeyadheepan, K. Sankaranarayanan, Phase Tuned Synthesis of Titanium Di-Oxide Nanoparticles for Room Temperature Enhanced Ammonia Detection. RSC Advances Vol.7,37720.
K. Sankaranarayanan, N. Meenakshisundaram, Micro-viscosity induced conformational transitions in Poly-L-Lysine. RSC Advances, Vol.6, 74009.
N. Meenakshisundaram, K. Sankaranarayanan, Role of Interfacial viscosity and pH in L-Phe, L-Trp molecular rotors. Spectroscopy & Spectral Analysis Vol. 5, 35.
Kamatchi Sankaranarayanan, N. Meenakshisundaram, Influence of Ficoll on urea induced denaturation of Fibrinogen. AIP Advances Vol. 6, 035150.
N. Meenakshisundaram, Design and Analysis of Dual Periodic Optical Superlattices using Walsh- Hadamard Transform Matrix, Optical and Quantum Electronics, 48, 176.
N. Meenakshisundaram, The Analysis of Eigenstates of a Few Generalized Quantum Baker's Maps Using Hadamard and Related Transforms, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 26, 1650057.
Gargi Rastogi, N. Meenakshisundaram and Kamatchi Sankaranarayanan, Propensities to ATP binding sites in Myosin II domains, Research Journal of Biotechnology, 10, 78.
N. Meenakshisundaram, Hypersensitivity to perturbation of some crucial operators relevant to quantum computation, Physica Scripta, 90, 035102.
N. Meenakshisundaram, L. Vignesh and P. Sabareesan, Tailoring of Bandgaps in Magnonic Antidot Waveguides by Varying Bias Field, Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 7, 814.
N. Meenakshisundaram, Krishnamoorthy Pandiyan and Raman Kashyap, A Systematic Approach for Designing Quasi-Periodic Optical Superlattice using Hadamard Matrix, Journal of Optics (IOP), 16, 015204.
K.N. Magdoom, D. Subramanian, V.S. Chakravarthy, B. Ravindran, Shun-ichi Amari and N. Meenakshisundaram, Modeling Basal Ganglia for understanding Parkinsonian Reaching Movements, Neural computation, 23, 477.
Arul Lakshminarayan and N. Meenakshisundaram, Using the Hadamard and related transforms for simplifying the spectrum of the quantum baker's map, J. Phys. A, 39, 11205.
N. Meenakshisundaram and Arul Lakshminarayan, The Fourier transform of the Hadamard transform: Multifractals, Sequences and Quantum Chaos, Allied Publishers, Ed. M. Lakshmanan and Rajasekar, pp-69, Chennai, India, February.
N. Meenakshisundaram and Arul Lakshminarayan, Multifractal eigenstates of quantum chaos and the Thue-Morse sequence, Phys. Rev. E 71, 065303.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Courses taught, curriculum development, project guidance and continuing academic development.
Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in Basic Sciences (Online) conducted by the UGC - Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (Formerly UGC - Human Resource Development Centre), Madurai Kamaraj University - Nov. 07- Nov. 20, 2024.
Summer Faculty Research Fellowship - 2022 - IIT Delhi - June 7 - July 26, 2022
Two Days In-service Teacher Training Program Sponsored by TNSCHE and Organized by Sri Meenakshi Government College for Women(A), Madurai - May 5 - May 6, 2022
Refresher Course in Physics (Online) Organized by UGC-HRDC, Sambalpur University, Odisha during September 16 - 29, 2021
Passed the Rigaku School for Advanced Topics in Practical Crystallography test with Honors, June 24, 2021
Rigaku School for Advanced Topics in Practical Crystallography - June 7 - June 18, 2021
Summer Faculty Research Fellowship - 2020 (Online) - IIT Delhi - June 8 - July 24, 2020
127th Orientation Course, HRDC- Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. - Feb. 1 - Feb. 28, 2019
Canopy - Advanced Python training courses (6 Self-Paced Courses) - Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2017
Computational Materials Physics (Self-Paced Course), Ghent University, Belgium - Sep. 2016 - Dec. 2016 & Sep. 2017 - Dec. 2017
Project: Discovery of new stable Quaternary Crystals
NME-ICT- Introduction to Research Methodology - IITB (Subscribed it as Research Methodology Course for Research Scholars/Part-time Ph.D./M.Sc./M.Tech. students as contact course - Pilot project) - Jan. 2014 - May 2016
Educational Technology for Engineering Teachers (IITBX-ET601X) - Jan. 2016 - May 2016
Signals and Systems (IITBX- ES210X) - Jan. 2016 -Apr. 2016
Technical Communication for Science and Engineering (IITBX-HS791X) - (Graded 6 students) - Jan. 2016 - May. 2016
Statistics and R for Life Sciences- Self-Paced Courses (HarvardX- PH525.1X, PH525.2X and PH525.3X) - Jan. 2015 - Sep. 2015
Solar Energy-Fundamentals, Technology and Systems (TU-Delft, Netherlands, ET.3034TU) - Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python (MITX-6.001X) - Feb. 2014 to Apr. 2014 & Jan. 2016 - May. 2016
Classical Mechanics (MITX-8.001X) - Sep. 2013 - Nov. 2013
2-Day ISTE Workshop on Research Methods in Educational Technology (Using Virtual Learning Environment - Moodle) - 02 Feb. 2013 and 09 Feb. 2013
Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation (BerkeleyX-CS191X) - Feb. 2013 - Apr. 2013
MOOC Course Offered: GATE-Physics - Video lectures on Mathematical Physics (SASTRA University, May 2016) (https://youtu.be/3OY8MoXfdBk)
Revision of M.Sc. Ed., (Physics) Syllabus, RIE Mysore
Development of General Physics, Advanced Physics Labs, Electronics (Analog and Digital) Lab and Computational Physics Lab for M.Sc. Ed (Physics), RIE Mysore
Introduced 10 experiments based on Experimental Physics Kit developed by Prof. R. Srinivasan for the M.Sc. Ed (Physics), RIE Mysore
Curriculum development for core courses and laboratory courses of M.Sc. Physics following choice-based credit system with Outcome-Based Education, SASTRA University and revising it subsequently.
Introduced 5 experiments based on Experimental Physics Kit developed by Prof. R. Srinivasan for M.Sc. Physics, SASTRA University
Question paper Setter for Ph.D. and M.Sc. Physics entrance exams, SASTRA University for 3 years
Training UG students for JAM/University entrance exams for pursuing M.Sc. and PG students for GATE/NET/University entrance exams for pursuing Ph.D. and training them for facing Ph.D. interviews at IITs/NITs/Universities etc., since June 2002.
Syllabus framing for M.Sc. Physics course as Postgraduate and Research Coordinator of Physics, Vivekananda College, Madurai.
Active learning
Outcome-Based Education
Reinforcement learning
Activity-Based Learning
Reward-Based Learning
Cooperative learning
Flipped learning
Peer learning
Mini-projects and Concept-Centered Experiments
Problem solving
Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
Electricity and Magnetism
Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Relativity
Allied Physics I & II
Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Solid State Physics
Nuclear Physics
Numerical Methods
Modern Physics
Astrophysics
Spectroscopy
Physics for Competitive Examinations
Solar Energy
Space Science
Fibre Optic Communication
Medical Instrumentation
Physics of Music
Science of Renewable Energy Sources
Liquid Crystals
Mathematical Physics - I
Optics
Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
Solid State Physics
E-contents developed - see Annexure I.
Academic Engagement
Conferences, workshops, academic visits, collaborations, invited talks and resource-person engagements.
Atomistic Modelling Workshop on Amsterdam Modelling Suite, organised by Nyro Research India, Kochi and SCM, Netherlands from June 07 to June 11, 2021
Workshop and Symposium on Advanced Simulation Methods: DFT, MD and Beyond Basic Principles and Modern Insights" (ASM2019), IIT Delhi, Mar. 6 to Mar. 10, 2019
Science Academies' Lecture Workshop on Emerging trends in Material Science, Jan. 03 and Jan. 04, 2017, P.G. and Research Department of Physics, Raja Doraisingam Govt. Arts College, Sivagangai, India.
National Level Workshop on Genomic Analysis and Protein Designing using Internet Tools, Oct. 6, 2016, Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Vivekananda College, Madurai, India.
One-day Workshop on Verilog Programming, Dec. 15, 2015, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
Science Academies' Lecture Workshop on Nonlinear Physics, Jan. 23-35, 2014, Post Graduate and Research Department of Physics, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, India. as listed in CV
International Conference on Multidisciplinary Frontiers of Medicinal Chemistry: Synthesis, Molecular Biology & Technology, Jan. 18 and Jan. 19, 2013, Department of Chemistry, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
7th National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (NCNSD-2012), July 12 - 15, 2012, IISER Pune, India.
30th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics, Sponsored by various Academy of Sciences, July 11 - July 27, 2011, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
Special course on Analytical Methods, July 7 - July 19, 2010, National Centre for Catalysis Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
3rd National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (NCNSD-2006), Feb. 6-8, 2006, Ramanujan Institute for Advanced study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, Nov. 28 - Dec. 18, 2004, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India.
National School on Nonlinear Dynamics, Dec. 21-27, 2003, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (NCNSD-2003), Dec. 28-30, 2003, IIT Kharagpur, India
Resource Person, Seven Days National Faculty Development Program on Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) 09-16th October, 2023, Organized by Teaching Learning Center, Christ College Autonomous, Irinjalakuda, Thrissur in Collaboration with Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram and Directorate of Research, University of Calicut.
Topics Covered: Open Access Publishing, Publication Misconduct & AI tools in Academia and Research.
Coordinator, Science Academies' Lecture Workshop on Recent Trends in Applied Physics for Technology, Dec. 29 and Dec. 30, 2017, Vivekananda College, Madurai, India.
Coordinator, One-day Hands-on Workshop on LaTeX for Faculties, Research Scholars and M.Tech. (2014 & 2015), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
Organizing Committee Member, 1st International Conference on Opto-Electronics and Photonic Materials (ICOPMA 2015), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Thin Films & Applications (ICTFA 2013), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India.
Resource Person, 46th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics, Sponsored by various Academy of Sciences, Mar. 5 - 20 Mar. 2013, Indian Academy of Sciences, Jalahalli, Bangalore, India.
Resource Person, 38th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics, Sponsored by various Academy of Sciences, June 5 -June 20, 2012, Department of Physics, B.S. Abdur Rehman University, Vandalur, Chennai, India.
IIT Madras
JNCASR, Bengaluru
IIT Delhi
BARC, Mumbai
IIT Bombay
RIE Bhopal
Pondicherry University
Jain University
15.09.2023 - Inaugural address on the Intercollegiate Physics Meet organized by the Department of Physics, Lady Doak College, Madurai and delivered a talk on the topic "Women Physicists Who Changed the World"
31.08.2023 - Served as Resource Person to Inaugurate the Fourth Dimension Forum, a forum handled by the PG Students, Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranaar University, Tirunelveli and delivered a Special lecture on "Computation and Quantum Modeling"
13.07.2023 - Invited lecture on the Student Induction Programme for the 1st Year Integrated M. Sc. Physics students on the topic "An Invitation to Physics - The Halliday and Resnick Way", Manonmaniam Sundaranaar University, Tirunelveli.
10.03.2022 - 12.03.2022 - PG Level Entrance Exams - Training Program (CSIR-NET/GATE/JEST) for M.Sc., Physics Students of Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur.
19.07.2021 - 31.07.2021 - PG Level Entrance Exams - Training Program (CSIR-NET/GATE/JEST) for M.Sc., Physics Students of Sacred Heart College, Tirupattur through online mode.
08.06.2020 - Resource person for the CSIR- NET & UGC-NET Online Coaching Class Organized by IQAC & TARGET CE, AVC College, Mayiladuthurai.
22/23.02.20 - CSIR-NET - Physical Sciences - Special Lecture Program - Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
27.01.20 - CSIR-NET Coaching - Physical Sciences - Cluster of Colleges Program, Department of Physics, SFR College for Women, Sivakasi.
15.11.19 - Phosphorene antidot nanoribbons - a novel 2D material for nanoscale applications, IASST, Guwahati.
06.06.19 - Novel 2D materials for nanoscale applications, JNCASR, Bangalore.
20.03.19 - Valedictory Address - UG and PG Association of Physics titled "So you want to be a Physicist?" at Fatima College, Madurai.
10.03.19 - Investigation on the electrical and transport properties of phosphorene antidot nanoribbons for nanoscale applications, ASM 2019, IIT Delhi.
16.01.19 - 2D materials for nanoscale applications, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
11.01.19 - One-day workshop on "Physics for Competitive Exams (GATE/NET/SET/JEST etc.,)" - Department of Physics, The American College, Madurai.
07.01.19 - Invited Lecture titled "What, Who, When, Where, How, Why of a Career and You" - Lakshmi College of Education, Gandhigram.
16.05.14 - The Walsh-Hadamard transform: From Sequences to phase reversal quasi-phase matched grating structures, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
Life Member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers (10392, L6627)
Life Member, Vigyan Bharathi
ICT E‑Content
Twenty-three digital learning resources prepared for physics education, competitive examinations and academic career guidance.
Lecture materials and academic guidance resources from the CV annexure.
ICT e-contents prepared by Dr. N. Meenakshisundaram, Assistant Professor of Physics, Vivekananda College, Madurai.
08 · Contact
For research collaboration, academic interaction, invited lectures, physics education and student mentoring.