(English-speaking employee)
Zakład Zaopatrzenia w Wodę i Biogospodarki (Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
Profil w Systemie Informacji Naukowej PP (Profile in the Scientific Information System of PUT):
E-mail: sivasankar.palaniappan@put.poznan.pl
Pokój (Room): 301B, budynek (building) WTCH – LINK (mapa kampusu/campus map)
Konsultacje (consultations): – LINK (wykaz konsultacji pracowników instytutu/list of consultations of the institute’s employees)
Overview
Sivasankar Palaniappan (born in 1987) is employed as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations of the Poznań University of Technology.
His research focuses on studying the process of methane oxidation by type II methanotrophs, particularly the conditions that control the accumulation of PHB (biopolymer) in a pure culture system. He has a strong background in molecular microbiology, bioinformatics, and NGS data analysis, which have been instrumental in advancing his research. Moreover, he is engaged in whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, transcriptomics, genome mining and multi-omics based strategy to determine the precise gene controls that result in adequate PHB accumulation
In addition to his scientific research, he is also concentrating on the isolation and recovery of taxonomically unique methanotrophic and non-methanotrophic bacteria, as well as the characterization of these newly discovered species.
Education
2016 – PhD degree in Marine Microbiology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University
PhD thesis title: “Marine psychrophilic and psychrotolerant actinobacteria of the Polar frontal waters of the Southern Ocean, their diversity and cryoprotective potentials”2008 – 2010 – Master’s degree in Marine Microbiology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University
Master’s thesis: „Isolation and characterization of Actinobacterial L-asparaginase from industrially polluted marine environment”2005 – 2008 – Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Periyar University
Employment
Since September 2023 – Assistant Professor; Institute of Environmental Engineering; Poznan University of Technology
January 2022 – September 2023 – Post-doctoral Researcher; Institute of Environmental Engineering; Poznan University of Technology
2017 – 2019 – Post-doctoral Fellow; Department of Environmental Science, Periyar University
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND MOST IMPORTANT WORKS
Scientific achievements include articles in international and national journals as well as conference presentations on problems including, e.g.:
- Methanotrophy
- Microbiology
- Isolation of methane oxidizing bacteria from diverse environments
A list of the most important scientific papers available in the Scientific Information System of the Poznan University of Technology: Sivasankar Palaniappan SIN (LINK)
PROJECTS, GRANTS AND RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS
- Project title: Characterization of novel actinobacterial candidates from unique marine and terrestrial habitats to explore their novel bio-fuel potentials
Position: Project Investigator
Project Scheme: NPDF
Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Awards and distinctions
2017 – National Post-doctoral Fellowship, Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, government of India
2010 – Distinction for Master’s in Marine Microbiology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University
Professional memberships
The Society for Actinomycetes Japan – SAJ (Active Member)
Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics – BISMiS (Full Member)
Microbiology Society (Affiliate Member)
Applied Microbiology International (Associate Member)