The Center for Environmental Nuclear Research (CENR), formerly known as the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, radiates an undying pursuit for knowledge in the form of research. Comprising a plethora of laboratories, the CENR, located on the fourth floor of the University Building, is a host to path - breaking research in many areas. The Center was established in 2009 with grants from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), and Mumbai with the extensive support from Directorate of Research, SRM University. CENR comprises multidisciplinary group of environmental researchers and engineers with experience in a wide spectrum of fields & research. Dr. Kantha D. Arunachalam, Ph.D., M.A. Sc., (Canada) is the Professor and Co - Ordinator, heading the Center for Environmental Nuclear Research.
CENR goal is to become a recognized leader in environmental nuclear research, which conducts research needed to address national environmental contaminant issues and effects of habitat alterations on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems for better understanding of the environment and tocultivate leaders to address the ecological challenges of the 21st century by integrating scientific disciplines to address complex environmental issues.
The Center for Environmental Nuclear Research has the independent laboratory facilities for its research work. It comprises Radiation Instrumentation Laboratory, Tissue Engineering laboratory, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Hydroponics Laboratory, Radio - Chemistry Laboratory, Genomics and Proteomics Laboratory, Nutrition Analysis Laboratory & Wet Lab. Also the Center has a separate Green House to maintain the large number of plants for its research work.
While the CENR is active in a wide range of multidisciplinary studies, the following themes are dominant. The on - going research and development activities of the Center are focussed on Environmental Risk Assessment, Radio Ecological Monitoring, Ecosystem Modelling, Ecotoxicology, Microbial & Molecular Ecology, Spatial Analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS), Sediment & Water Chemistry, Clinical nutrition Immunology & Green Nano medicine. The Center holds project collaboration with School of Civil Engineering and Center for Excellence in Nanotechnology.
The department is engaged in collaborative projects with various schools and Centers of SRM University and Directorate of Medical Research. Also associate with Institutes and R & D Centers like Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research - Kalpakkam, King Institute - Guindy, National University of Singapore [NUS] - Singapore, National Institute of Ocean Technology [NIOT] - Chennai, Environmental Survey Laboratory(ESL), Kalpakkam and interacting with industries Like Hatsun Agro Products Ltd - Chennai,Medox Biotech Pvt Ltd - Chennai for its research activities.

Research

Ph.D. Status in CENR

Ph.D. awarded Candidates
Name of the Candidate
Title of the Thesis
Month & Year of Submission
Ms. E. Tamizhamudu
Callus induction, Cell suspension culture, and Characterization of saponins from Memecylonedule
June 2011
Mr. Raja Pandian
"Development of Sensitive and rapid molecular technique for the detection of Vibrio vulnificusfrom fishes in marine environments".
July 2011
Mr. R. Balaji Raja
Immuno modulatory effects of bioactive milk peptides
Sep 2011
Ph.D. Thesis submitted Candidates
Name of the Candidate
Title of the Thesis
Submitted on
Mrs. S .Subashini
Isolation and Characterization of Antioxidants from Indian medicinal plants
November 2011
Mr. D. Raguanthan
Screening & isolation of thermostablelaccase producing fungi and the application of laccase enzyme for biopulping
November 2011
Ph.D. Synopsis Submitted Candidates
Name of the Candidate
Title of the Thesis
Submitted on
Mrs. Illanjiyam
Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene coding for aerobic Azoreductase from Pseudomonas aurogenosa, Pseudomonas putida
September 2011
List of Ph.D. Scholars
Name of the Candidate
Proposed Title of the Thesis
Expected Date of Synopsis Submission
Mrs. Lilly Baptista
Full Time - Internal
Isolation and Characterization of Gymnemic acid from Gymnemasylvestre and its mechanistic investigation of its hypoglycemic activity
December 2011
Mrs. Meenakumari
(Part Time- Internal)
"Isolation and characterization of microbes from the bio films from the in dwelling catheters of surgical patients"
December 2012
List of Full time Ph.D. Research Scholars
Name of the Candidate
Proposed Title of the Thesis
Funding Agency
Mr. A. Sathesh Kumar
Senior Research Fellow - BRNS Funded Project
Distribution pattern and transport modeling of naturally occurring radionuclides & heavy metals in aquatic ecosystem of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
BRNS
Mr. KameshVishwanathan
Senior Research Fellow - BRNS Funded Project
Evaluation of natural radionuclides and heavy metals in food samples of south coast of Tamilnadu in high background radiation areas (HBRA's)
BRNS
Mr. Jaya Krishnan
Junior Research Fellow - BRNS Funded Project
Accumulation, Toxicity of Heavy metals and Study on Antigenotoxic effects of herbs and milk peptides on fresh water fishes of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Andhra pradesh
BRNS
Mr. Shanmugasundaram
Junior Research Fellow - BRNS Funded Project
Phytoremediation of Cooum river using Hyper Accumulators
BRNS

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