SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES
Life Science
Dr. S.ChrisFelshia
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| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Nature of Employment | : | Regular |
| Date of Joining | : | 31/07/2023 |
| Qualification | : | M.Tech., PhD., |
| Email ID | : | chrisfelshia@crescent.education |
| Scopus id | : | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=42mXFlcAAAAJ&hl=en |
Educational Background
- Ph.D Biotechnology-Microbiology, Madras university, 2022
- Tech Biotechnology, SRM university, 2011
- Tech Biotechnology, Anna university, 2009
Teaching and research Experience
- Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, BS Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Vandalur, Chennai (July 2023 – till date)
- Senior Project Associate, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai
(January 2021 – June 2023) - Senior Research Fellow (SRF), CSIR-CLRI, Chennai (July 2016 – December 2020)
Honors and Awards
- Awarded First prize for AWSAR augmentative writing and won 1 lakh cash prize in national level from The Honourable President of INDIA, Dr. Ramnath Kovind – National science day 2020, Delhi (Augmentative writing in science – GOVT of INDIA, DST)
- International Conference of Energy Security and Chemical Engineering Congress Malaysia, Penang (July 2019) – Awarded Certificate of achievement for Paper Presentation
- IIT Madras – Best poster award at Indian Institute of Technology, Bioprocessing, Chennai, 2015. Maximum phenol tolerance and subsequent degradation profile of a Bacillus sp strain
Research areas
- Microbiology
- Nanotechnology
- Molecular biology
- Wastewater treatment
- Enzymology
- Immunology
Research outcomes
a. Research grants
Seed grant completed
- Crescent seed money- Advanced Hybrid System for Halogenated Phenol (2,4-Dichlorophenol) removal from Wastewater: Graphene Oxide Functionalized Chitosan-Magnetite Nanocomposite and Microorganism Integration, 2023- 2024, Rs.70,000.
b. Publications
- International journals: 7
- Conference presentations: 1
- Novel genomic sequences submitted to GenBank, NCBI, USA: 2
c. Research guidance
M.Sc – Students’ project guidance
Completed projects: 3
| S.No | Name of the student | Title of the project | Year of award | Outcomes |
| 1 | Maryam Mahboobha B | Development of a magnetic nanochitosan-based sheet conjugated with ppo for enhanced bisphenol A degradation | May 2025 | Publications: Paper- communicated- 1 Conference presentation – 1 |
| 2 | Asrar ahamed p | Eco-Friendly Collagen–Graphene Oxide–Iron Composite for Heavy Metal Removal: Zinc and Lead | May 2025 | Publications: Paper- communicated- 1 Conference presentation – 1 |
| 3 | Srimathi | Advanced Hybrid System for Halogenated Phenol (2,4-Dichlorophenol) Removal from Wastewater: Graphene Oxide Functionalized Chitosan-Magnetite Nanocomposite and Microorganism Integration | May 2024 | Publications: Paper- communicated- 1 Conference presentation – 1 |
