KIRUBAKARAN SHANMUGAM

I am a determined and well-rounded individual with over 23 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. I have a strong background in biochemistry and genetics and am skilled in conducting laboratory and field experiments. I am proficient in advanced laboratory equipment use and techniques and have expertise in data analysis. I am a hardworking and driven professional with superior organizational and analytical skills, and I am dedicated to conceptualizing, designing, and implementing research projects. I am seeking a full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing my interpersonal skills, excellent time management, and problem-solving skills.

• State Pharmacy Council of India (Lifetime Member)
• Medscape Pharmacists

• DBT Fellowship for M.Tech., at Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, (Aug’99 – Jan’01).
• 1st Class with Distinction in M.Tech. degree awarded by Anna University (2001).
• 3rd rank in the nation-wide entrance CEEB (Combined Entrance Examination – Biotechnology) 1999 to get admission into M.Tech. (Biotechnology).
• CSIRO-Preventative Health Fellowship for Ph.D. (Jan’08 to Dec’10).
• JCU Doctoral Scholarship Extension (Jan’11 – Oct’11).
• PhD thesis has received distinction reviews.

Special training on Recombinant Human Insulin Manufacturing Project, Wockhardt-Merind Ltd., Mumbai, India (Dec’03)., 

Summer Trainee in Molecular Oncology Lab, Cancer Institute (W.I.A), Chennai (2000)., 

Internship in Quality Control Department of Fischer Inorganics and Aromatics Pvt. Ltd., Thiruvallur, TN (Dec’97)., 

Indian Immunological Society’s Annual National Conference at Chennai, India (Nov’05)., 

50th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress Golden Jubilee Commemorations and 17th Asian Congress of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mumbai, India (Dec’98)., 

47th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Chennai, India, (Dec’95)., 

Presided Pharmaceutical sciences workshop, Tirumala College of Pharmacy, Nizamabad, India (Apr’15)., 

“Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management”, Periyar Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trichy, India (Jan’97).

• Kirubakaran S, Holmquist L, Steele M, Stuchbury G, Berbaum K, Schulz O, Benavente-García O, Castillo J, Burnell J, Garcia Rivas V, Dobson G, Münch G, Plant-derived Polyphenols Attenuate Lipopolysaccharide Induced Nitric Oxide and TNF Production in Murine Microglia and Macrophages. Mol Nutr Food Res. (2008).
• Kirubakaran S, Maczurek A, Münch G, α-Lipoic Acid in the Treatment of Diabetic Polyneuropathy and Alzheimer’s Disease. Medical Progress. (2007).
• Gunawardena D, Bennett L, Shanmugam K, King K, Williams R, Zabaras D, Head R, Ooi L, Gyengesi E, G. Anti-inflammatory effects of five commercially available mushroom species determined in lipopolysaccharide and interferon-γ activated murine macrophages. Food Chem. (2014).
• Gunawardena D, Shanmugam K, Low M, Bennett L, Govindaraghavan S, Head R, Ooi L, Münch, Determination of anti-inflammatory activities of standardised preparations of plant- and mushroom-based foods. Eur J Nutr (2014).
• Maczurek A, Kirubakaran S, Münch G, Inflammation and the Redox-Sensitive AGE-RAGE pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Alzheimer’s Disease. Ann NY Acad Sci. (2007).
• Kirubakaran S, Maczurek A, Young S, Münch G. α-Lipoic Acid in the Treatment of Diabetic Polyneuropathy and Alzheimer's Disease. Intl J Biomed Pharma Sci. (2007).
• Katrin Berbaum, Kirubakaran Shanmugam, Grant Stuchbury, Florian Wiede, Heiner Körner, Gerald Münch, Induction of Novel Cytokines and Chemokines by Advanced Glycation Endproducts Determined with a Cytometric Bead Array, Cytokine. (2008).
• Dave Chandler, Ameha Woldu, Anton Rahmadi, Kirubakaran Shanmugam, Nicole Steiner, Elise Wright, Obdulio Benavente-García, Oliver Schulz, Julián Castillo, Gerald Münch, Effects of plant-derived polyphenols on TNF-α and nitric oxide production induced by advanced glycation endproducts, Mol Nutr Food Res. (2010).
• Anjaneya S. Ravipati, Lin Zhang, Kirubakaran Shanmugam, Gerald Münch, Sundara Rao Koyyalamudi, Narasimha Reddy, John Bartlett, Ming Jie Wu, Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, total phenolics and flavonoid content of selected 29 Chinese medicinal plant extracts, LWT- Food Science and Technology. (2011).
• Lin Zhang, Anjaneya S. Ravipati, Sundar Rao Koyyalamudi, Sang Chul Jeong, Narasimha Reddy, Paul Smith, John Bartlett, Kirubakaran Shanmugam, Gerald Münch, Ming Jie Wu, Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Activities of Extracts of Selected Chinese medicinal plants and their relation with antioxidant content, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2012).
• Matthew J. Sharman, Giuseppe Verdile, Shanmugam Kirubakaran, and Gerald Münch, “Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease, and Prevention with Antioxidants and Phenolic Compounds - What Are the Most Promising Candidates?” Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease, pp. 233–266, 2019.

• Professor Gerald Muench, Chair of Pharmacology, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia, g.muench@uws.edu.au, +61 298524600, +61 298524718
• Professor S.Elumalai, Registrar, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, ananandal@gmail.com, +91 88254 71883
• Dr.G.Karthikeyan, Associate Professor, Amity University, Delhi, India, karanarohan@gmail.com, gkarthikeyan@amityedu, +91 9840715071

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