Dr. K. Sathish Kumar received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in Chemical Engineering in 2000 and 2002, respectively, and obtained his Ph.D. in 2010 with research focused on the application of nanoparticles in drug delivery.

His research interests include the synthesis and applications of nanomaterials, nanotechnology, and nanofluids for heat transfer applications, with a recent focus on MXene-based nanofluids. He has supervised more than 15 Ph.D. scholars and is currently guiding six doctoral researchers.

He has published over 70 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals, including around 10 articles on nanofluids, and has contributed five book chapters published by leading international publishers such as Springer and Elsevier. He has also filed two patents in the areas of CO₂ stripping using nanoparticles and preparation of biodegradable plastic using natural substances.

He is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Work Experience: 

24+ years of Teaching and 6+ years of Research

• 2026 – Till Date, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiv Nadar University Chennai
• 2021 – 2026, Professor & Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
• 2010 – 2021, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
• 2006 – 2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
• 2002 – 2006, Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering, Chennai

Publications

(Journals  – 64, Book Chapters – 06)

1. Gayathri Mahavishnu, Sathish kumar Kannaiyan, ‘Using COSMO-RS in the design of deep eutectic solvents for improving the solubilization of water insoluble drugs’, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol.436,128211, 2025.
2. Anitha Thulasisingh, Krithika Ananthakrishnan, Avendhika Raja, Sathishkumar Kannaiyan, Bioprospecting of Novel and Industrially Appropriate Enzymes: a Review, Water Air Soil Pollution Vol.235, 12, 2024.
3. Vaishnavi Mahadevan, Sathishkumar Kannaiyan, Gopinath Kannappan Panchamoorthy, Beneficial synergetic effect of feedstock characteristics and reaction conditions on bio crude production from hydrothermal liquefaction of mixed residential waste, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering Vol.75, 46-61, 2024.
4. Anitha Thulasisingh, Sathishkumar Kannaiyan, Kalpana Pichandi, Cellulose nanocrystals from orange and lychee biorefinery wastes and its implementation as tetracycline drug transporter, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Vol,13, 1175–1188, 2023.
5. Mahadevan Vaishnavi and K. Sathish Kumar, “Comparative studies on catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of mixed household waste into bio crude”, Biomass Conversion and Biorefnery , Vol. 13, pp. 14253-14265, 2023.
6. Sathish Kumar Kannaiyan, “Novel Nano Catalyst Ionic Liquid Assisted Pretreatment of Aloe vera Rinds and Delonix regia Pods: A Comparative Study”, Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 15, pp. 3123-3132, 2023.
7. Rangasamy Parthiban and Kannaiyan Sathishkumar, “Synthesis and characterization of granite dust microparticles reinforced bio-benzoxazine composites”, Polymers from Renewable Resources, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 264-278, 2023.
8. Carlin Geor Malar, M.Seenuvasan, Mohanraj Muruegasan, S.B.Ron Carter, K.Sathish kumar, Modeling of Urea Hydrolysis kinetics using genetic algorithm coupled Artificial Neural Networks in urease immobilized magnetic nanoparticles, Chemosphere, Vol.303, 1-9, 2022.
9. Irshad Ahmed Mansoor Ahmed, K.Sathish Kumar, A.Sivarajani, Comparative energy bandgap analysis of zinc and tin based chalcogenide quantum dots, Revista Mexicana de Físic, Vol.68, 1-8, June 2022.
10. Thulasisingh, A. and Kumar, K. and Yamunadevi, B. and Poojitha, N. and SuhailMadharHanif, S. and Kannaiyan, S, Biodegradable packaging materials, Polymer Bulletin, Vol.79 (2), 4467-4496, 2022.
11. Boobalan C, Kannaiyan SK. A correlation to predict the thermal conductivity of MXene-silicone oil based nanofluids and data driven modeling using artificial neural networks. Int J Energy Res. 2022; 46(15): 21538-21547. doi:10.1002/er.7786
12. Gandhiraj v, Sathish kumar K. Green synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using Indigofera aspalathoides leaf extract and study of its Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Anti-cancerous activities. Rom Biotechnol Lett. 2021; 26(3): 2606-2617. DOI: 10.25083/rbl/26.3/2606-2617
13. Fedal Castro Nagarajan and Sathish Kumar Kannaiyan and Chitra Boobalan, A Proficient approach to enhance heat transfer using cupric oxide/silica hybrid nanoliquids, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol.147, 5589—5598, 2021.
14. K. Sathish Kumar, R. Rengaraj, G.R. Venkatakrishnan and A. Chandramohan, Polymeric materials for electromagnetic shielding – A review, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol.47, 4925-4928, 2021.
15. K.Bogeshwaran and K.Sathish Kumar and B. Karunanithi and M. Srividhya and G. Gowri, Exfoliation Of Nanographene from Waste Batteries And Its Application In Methylene Blue Dye Removal, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, Vol.66,  5358—5364, 2021.
16. Karunanithi, B. and Kannaiyan, S.K. and Balakrishnan, K. and Muralidharan, S. and Gopi, G., Adsorption of Brilliant Blue and Malachite Green by Nano-graphene Exfoliated from Waste Batteries, Chemical Engineering and Technology, Vol.44, 1877-1889, 2021.
17. Muthusamy, B, Ramalingam, S, Chandran, S.K. and Kannaiyan, S.K, Multivariate polynomial fit: Decay heat removal system and pectin degrading Fe nanobiocatalyst activity, IET Nanobiotechnology, Vol.15, 173-196, 2021.
18. Thulasisingh, A. and Kannaiyan, S, Biocompatible electrospun papain/chitosan NP/PVA nanofibrous scaffolds’’, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol.44:119, 2021.
19. Bogeshwaran Karunanithi and K. Sathish Kumar and Karunanithi Balakrishnan and Srividhya Muralidharan and Shreya Suresh and Vinatha Viswanathan and Malarvizhi Angamuthu, ‘Characteristic study of exfoliated graphene particles from waste batteries’”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.38, 915-927,2021.
20. Carlin Geor Malar, M Seenuvasan & K.Sathish Kumar, Anil Kumar, R.Parthiban, “Review on surface modification of nanocarriers to overcome diffusion limitations: An enzyme immobilization aspect”, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Vol.158, 107574, 2020.
21. K Sathish Kumar, Gayathiri P K, “Functionalised nanoformulation of swertiamarin with enhanced stability and hemocompatibility: synthesis, characterisation and anticancer evaluation” Materials Technology, https://doi.org/10.1080/10667857.2020.1769260, 2020.
22. M.I.Ahmed, K.S.Kumar, E.E.Anand, A.Sivaranjani, ” Optical Attenuation of PbSexS1-x quantum dots With Vegards law and Brus Equation Use” Journal of Ovonic Research, Vol.16, No.4, 245-252, 2020.
23. Sathish Kumar K, Chitra B, Fedal castro Nagarajan, Srinivas sivaraman, “Intensification of heat transfer rate using alumina-silica nanocoolant” International journal of heat and mass transfer, Vol.149, 119127, 2020.
24. Anitha T, Sathish kumar K, Kalpana Pichandi, “Cellulose nanocrystals from orange and lychee biorefineray wastes and its implementation as tetracycline drug transporter”, Biomass conversion and Biorefinery, DOI 10.1007/s13399-020-01168-0,2020.
25. Carlin Geor Malar, M Seenuvasan & K.Sathish Kumar, “Basic study on lipase immobilized nanoparticles”, Nanotechnology for environmental engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204-018-0048-9, 2019.
26. M. Irshad Ahmed & K.Sathish Kumar, “Modelling of electronic and Optical properties of Cu2SnS3 quantum dots for optoelectronic applications” Material Science-Poland, DOI: 10.2478/msp-2018-0103, 2019.
27. Carlin Geor Malar, M Seenuvasan & K.Sathish Kumar, “Improvisation of diffusion coefficient in surface modified magnetite nanoparticles a novel perspective” Material science and Engineering C, Vol.103,109832, 2019.
28. M. Irshad Ahmed & K.Sathish Kumar, “Studies on Cu2SnS3 quantum dots for O-Band Wavelength detection” Material Science-Poland, DOI: 10.2478/msp-2019-0022.
29. Subhashini.S, Sathish Kumar K, “Isolation and characterization of biogenic calcium oxalate crystals from Amorphophallus paeoniifolius”, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, DOI 10.1007/s13562-019-00493-4, 2019.
30. Carlin Geor Malar, K Sathish Kumar, M S Seenuvasan, “Prominent studies on surface properties and diffusion coefficient of Urease conjugated Magnetic Nanoparticles”, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-018-2719-1, 2018.
31. K. Sathish Kumar, KR Rohit Narayanan, S Sidarth, R Pawan kumar, R Badri Narayanan, R Goutham, V Samynathan, “Synthesis of MgO/TiO2 nanocomposite and its application in photocatalytic degradation”, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2017-0136, pp.1-14.2018.
32. Sathish Kumar K, Chitra B, Fedal castro Nagarajan, Srinivas sivaraman, “Modelling of thermal conductivity and density of alumina/silica in water hybrid nanocolloid by the application of artificial neural networks” Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, , Vol.27, 726-736, 2019.
33. B. Chitra, K.Sathish Kumar, “Sonication effects and Thermal properties of silica-paraflu nanofluids” Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Vol.36, No.3, pp.153-159, 2017.
34. B. Chitra, K.Sathish Kumar, Avinash U, Abhaiguru R, Sneha S,Tiju Thomas “Comparison of experimental and calculated thermophysical properties of alumina/cupric oxide hybrid nanofluids” Journal of Molecular liquids, Vol.244, pp.469-477, 2017.
35. C. G.Vignesh, V.K.Keshav, R.Sujatha, R.boopathy, K.Sathish kumar, “Computation of system availability using fifth order runge-kutta method for furnace draft air cycle in a thermal power plant”, International Journal of Pure and Applied mathematics, Vol.117, NO.21, pp.341-360, 2017.
36. G Karthiga, Sathish Kumar K, R.Parthiban, K.Kalishwarlal “An Insight Study on HPLC fingerprinting of Mukia Madraspetna:Mechanism of bioactive constituents in metal nanoparticle synthesis and its activity against human pathogens”, Microbial Pathogenesis, Vol.102, pp.120-132, 2017.
37. M Seenuvsan, G Vinodhini, Carlin geor Malar, N Balaji, K Sathish Kumar, “Magnetic nanoparticles a versatile carrier for enzymes in bioprocessing sectors” IET nanobiotechnology, doi: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2017.0041, 2017.
38. Shekar P, K Sathish Kumar, Goprikrishan V and Radhakrishnan M, “HPTLC fingerprint profile of antibacterial compound produced from forest soil streptomyces SFA5” Bangladesh Journal of pharmacology, Vol.11, pp.295-300, 2016.
39. T. Anitha, P S Kumar, K Sathish Kumar, “Synthesis of nanosized blended polyvinyl alcohol for the removal of Eosin yellow dye from aqueous solution” Journal of water process engineering, vol.13, pp.127-136, 2016.
40. B. Chitra & K.Sathish Kumar “Heat transfer enhancement using single and double base fluids”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol.221, 1128-1132,2016.
41. G Karthiga, Sathish Kumar K and P Senthil Kumar, “Green synthesis of novel silver nanocomposite hydrogel based on sodium alginate as an efficient biosorbent for the dye wastewater treatment: Prediction of isotherm and kinetic parameters” Desalination & Water treatment pp.1-14, 2016.
42. G Karthiga, Sathish Kumar K, “Synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles using Mukia maderaspatna plant extract and its anticancer activity”, IET nanobiotechnology, doi: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2015.0054,
43. Shekar P, K Sathish Kumar, Goprikrishan V and Radhakrishnan M, “Antiprofilerative activity of yellow pigment from forest soil streptomuces species SFA5 against breast cancer cell line MCF-7, Bangladesh Journal of pharmacology, vol.10, pp.65-653,2015.
44. T.Anitha, P S Kumar, K Sathish Kumar, B Ramkumar S Ramalingam, Adsoprtive removal of Pb(II) ions from polluted water by new synthesize chitosan-polyacrylonitirle blend: Equilibrium, kinetic, mechanism and thermodynamnic approach” Process safety and Environmental Protection, vol.98, pp.187-197, 2015.
45. T. Anitha, P S Kumar, K Sathish Kumar, K Sriram, J Feroz Ahmed, “Biosorption of Lead (II) ions onto nanosized chitosan particle blended Poly vinyl alchol : adsoprtion isotherms, kinetics and Equilibrium studies”, Desalination and Water Treatment, pp.1.-11, 2015.
46. T. Anitha, P.Senthil Kumar and K.Sathish Kumar, “Binding of Zn(II) ions to Chitosan-PVA blend in aqueous environment: Adsorption Kinetics and equilibrium studies” Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, DOI 10.1002/ep.11943, 2014.
47. M. Seenuvasan, Prabhakaran Kalai Selvi, M.Anilkumar, J.Iyyapan, K.Sathish Kumar, “Standardization of non-edible pongamia pinnata oil methyl ethyl ester conversion using hydroxyl content and GC-MS analysis”, Journal of Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers vol.45, 1485-1489, 2014.
48. Monica Thukkaram, Soundarya Sitaram, Sathish Kumar Kannaiyan, and Guruprakash Subbiahdoss, “Antibacterial efficacy of Iron oxide nanoparticles against biofilms on different biomaterial surfaces” International journal of biomaterials, Volume 2014, Article ID 716080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/
49. Muthulingam Seenuvasan, K.Sathish Kumar, Carlin Geor Malar, Sridhar Preethi, Nagarajan Balaji, Madhava Anil Kumar, “Characterization, Analysis and Application of Fabricated Fe₃O₄-Chitosan-Pectinase nanobiocatalyst”, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 172, pp.2706-2719, 2014.
50. P. Shekar, K.Sathish Kumar, S.Anuradha, M.Radhakrishan, M.Balagurunathan, “Optimization of medium components for antibacterial metabolite production from Marine Streptomyces SP.PUA2 using Response Surface Methodology, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences, Vol.6(7), 475-480, 2014.
51. Karthiga Devi G, Sathish Kumar K, Arivalagan K, “Microwave assisted nanohydrogels for drug delivery systems” International Journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, Vol. 6(4), 118-123,2014.
52. Muthulingam Seenuvasan, Carlin Geor Malar, Sridhar Preethi, Nagarajan Balaji, Jeyaraj Iyyappan, Madhava Anil Kumar, K.Sathish Kumar, “Fabrication, characterization and application of pectin degrading Fe₃O₄–SiO₂ nanobiocatalyst”, Material science and Engineering C, Vol.33, 2273-2279, 2013.
53. Madhu Bala Sathyanarayanan, Reneta Balachandranath, Yuvasri Genji Srinivasulu, Sathish Kumar Kannaiyan, and Guruprakash Subbiahdoss, “The Effect of Gold and Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles on Biofilm-Forming Pathogens” ISRN microbiology, Volume 2013, Article ID 272086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/272086.
54. K.Sathish Kumar, “Gold nanoparticles decorated polylactic acid-co-ethyl cellulose nanocapsules for 5-fluorouracil drug release”, International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials, Vol.4 No.1, pp.12-20, 2012.
55. K.Sathish Kumar, Ashwin narayanan, karthick sarathy, nagarjun and Ramakrishnan, “Synthesis and kinetic studies on controlled release of 6-Thioguanine Entrapped PEG-co-PLA polymer nanoparticles”, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol.9, A101, 2011.
56. K.Sathish Kumar, V.Selvaraj and M.Alagar, “Studies on controlled release of gold/tuberculosis drug complex entrapped polyethylene terephthalate-co-polylactic acid polymer nanoparticles” International Journal of Nanoparticles, Vol 4, pp.314-320, 2011.
57. P. Senthil Kumar, S. Ramalingam and K. Sathish Kumar, “Removal of methylene blue dye from aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from cashew nutshell as a new low-cost adsorbent”, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 28(1), pp. 149-155, 2011.
58. K. Sathish Kumar and V. Jaikumar, “Gold and Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Based Ethylcellulose Nanocapsules for Cisplatin Drug Delivery”, Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (2011), 10 (3): 415-424.
59. K. Sathish Kumar, P. Senthil Kumar, S. Vijayalakshmi “Anticancer studies of drug encapsulated polyethylene terephthalate-Co-polylactic acid nanocapsules”, Journal of Pharmacy & BioAllied Sciences, Vol 3/ Issue 2/ April-June 2011.
60. P. Senthil Kumar, C. Vincent, K. Kirthika, and K. Sathish Kumar, “Kinetics and equilibrium studies of Pb²⁺ ions removal from aqueous solutions by use of Nano SilverSol Coated Activated Carbon”, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 27 (2), pp. 339-346, 2010.
61. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika and K.Sathish Kumar, “Bael Tree Leaves as a Natural Adsorbent for the Removal of Zinc (II) Ions from Industrial Effluents”, Adsorption Science & Technology, Vol. 27 (5), pp. 503-512, 2009.
62. P. Senthil Kumar, K. Kirthika and K.Sathish Kumar, “Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions by anionic exchange resins”, Adsorption Science & Technology, Vol. 26 (9), pp. 693-703, 2008.
63. K. Sathish Kumar, V. Selvaraj and M. Alagar, “Synthesis of PET – PLA/Drug Nanoparticles and Their Effect with Gold Nanoparticles for controlled Drug Release in Cancer Chemotherapy”, Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol. 2008, pp 1-4, 2008, doi:10.1155/2008/389512.
64. V. Selvaraj, M. Alagar and K. Sathish Kumar, “Synthesis and Characterization of Metal nanoparticles decorated PPY – CNT composite and their electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid and formaldehyde for fuel cell applications”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Vol. 75, pp. 129 – 138, 2007.

Projects

1. Title: Developments of graphene – PVA membrane for water treatment process
   Investigator: Dr. K.Sathish Kumar (Principal Investigator)
   Funding Agency: DSIR, New Delhi
   Fund Allocated: ₹6.30 Lakhs
   Project Duration: 2023–2025
   Status: Completed
2. Title: An analysis of Chola irrigation system using vulnerability parameters in graph theory
   Investigator: Dr. K.Sathish Kumar (Co-Principal Investigator)
   Funding Agency: IKS, MoE
   Fund Allocated: ₹2.5 Lakhs
   Project Duration: 2024–2025
   Status: Completed

Consultancy Project

1. Title: Fabricated of super hydrophobic antimicrobial, antitear, antishear hand gloves from Phyto constituents
   Investigator: Dr. K.Sathish Kumar (Knowledge Partner)
   Industry Partner: EDII, Chennai & Hain Bio solutions, Chennai.
   Project Cost: ₹2.5 Lakhs
   Project Duration: 2020-2022
2. Title: Production of acetate derivatives through a novel ionic liquids process
   Investigator: Dr. R.Anantharaj(PI)  & Dr. K.Sathish Kumar (Co-PI)
   Industry Partner: Sheenlac Paints Limited, Chennai.
   Project Cost: ₹6.5 Lakhs
   Project Duration: 2015-17
   Status: Completed
3. Title: Enhancement of Fuel properties
   Investigator: Dr. R.Anantharaj (PI)  & Dr. K.Sathish Kumar (Co-PI)
   Industry Partner: Jayashakthi Chemical Private Limited, Chennai.
   Project Cost: ₹3.54 Lakhs
   Project Duration: 2020-2021
   Status: Completed

Awards

• Received Best Faculty award during the year 2007, 2012 & 2013.
• Runner up in Entrepreneurship week-India 2013 organized by Wadhwani Foundation.
• Received Best Researcher award for the 2017-18 organized by Education Expo TV, New Delhi.

Area of Research

• Nanomaterials
• Drug delivery
• Enzyme immobilization,
• Nanofluids
• Biological and Environmental applications of nanomaterials.

Links

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Cqa8Tp8AAAAJ
• Scopus Author ID: https://www.scopus.com/pages/authors/6603882642
• Web of Science Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1771331