Ramesh Karunagaran

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Currently working as a Post Doctoral Researcher to manage industrial projects. I have more than 2 decade of experience in managing industrial projects. Experience in product development, research and development, production management and quality assurance.

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Currently working a Post Doctoral Research Fellow handling industrial projects for the fertilizer industry. My research is focused on the development of environmentally friendly hydrophobic, nutrient rich and abrasion resistant coating materials for fertilizer granules to resist moisture and reduce nutrient release rate. Other research interests include development of polymer/graphene and concreate/graphene composites for mining and construction industries. Broad experience and interest in graphene synthesis using sustainable methods and wide range of characterization. Industrial research experience in development of natural and synthetic rubber composites for tire, railways, construction and household industries.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2018 - ongoing	Post Doctoral Researcher	University of Adelaide
2010 - 2014	Quality and Food and Safety Manager	Cappo Brothers Pvt Ltd
2005 - 2009	Quality Assurance Manager	Palla and Company Ltd
2003 - 2005	Product Development Manager	TMI Embroideries Pvt Ltd
1999 - 2003	Quality Assurance Manager/ Rubber Chemist	Plymouth Industries Pvt Ltd

Language Competencies

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Sinhala; Sinhalese	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
Tamil	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2014 - 2018	University of Adelaider	Australia	Doctor of Philosophy - Chemical Engineering
2003 - 2007	University of Sri Jayawardenepura	Sri Lanka	Masters in Polymer Science and Technology
1993 - 1997	Institute of Chemistry	Sri Lanka	Graduateship in Chemistry

Postgraduate Training

Date Title Institution Country

2018 Post Doctoral Researcher University of Adelaide Australia
Research Interests

Engineering Materials Engineering Polymers Polymers and Plastics

Date	Title	Institution	Country
2018	Post Doctoral Researcher	University of Adelaide	Australia

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Moisidis, I. C., Sakka, M. K., Karunagaran, R., Losic, D., & Athanassiou, C. G. (2022). Insecticidal effect of graphene against three stored-product beetle species on wheat. Journal of Stored Products Research, 98, 1-8. DOI Scopus7 WoS1
2021	Karunagaran, R., Tran, D., Tung, T. T., Shearer, C., & Losic, D. (2021). A unique synthesis of macroporous N-doped carbon composite catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Nanomaterials, 11(1), 1-18. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2021	Farivar, F., Lay Yap, P., Karunagaran, R. U., & Losic, D. (2021). Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) of Graphene Materials: Effect of Particle Size of Graphene, Graphene Oxide and Graphite on Thermal Parameters. C - Journal of Carbon Research, 7(2), 1-12. DOI WoS74
2021	Hung, T. V., Karunagaran, R., Tung, T. T., Dang, N. N., Nguyen, S. X., & Losic, D. (2021). Nitrogen-doped carbon coated nanodiamonds for electrocatalytic applications. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54(8), 1-11. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2020	Ho, V. D., Ng, C. -T., Ozbakkaloglu, T., Karunagaran, R. U., Farivar, F., Goodwin, A., . . . Losic, D. (2020). Investigating the reinforcing mechanism and optimized dosage of pristine graphene for enhancing mechanical strengths of cementitious composites. RSC Advances, 10(70), 42777-42789. DOI Scopus17 WoS7
2020	Ho, V. D., Ng, C. T., Ozbakkaloglu, T., Goodwin, A., McGuckin, C., Karunagaran, R. U., & Losic, D. (2020). Influence of pristine graphene particle sizes on physicochemical, microstructural and mechanical properties of Portland cement mortars. Construction and Building Materials, 264, 1-12. DOI Scopus35 WoS14
2018	Karunagaran, R., Coghlan, C., Shearer, C., Tran, D., Gulati, K., Tung, T., . . . Losic, D. (2018). Green synthesis of three-dimensional hybrid N-doped ORR electro-catalysts derived from apricot sap. Materials, 11(2), 205-1-205-1616. DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2018	Karunagaran, R., Coghlan, C., Tran, D., Tung, T. T., Burgun, A., Doonan, C., & Losic, D. (2018). A facile synthesis procedure for sulfonated aniline oligomers with distinct microstructures. Materials, 11(9), 11091755-1-11091755-11. DOI Scopus4 WoS7 Europe PMC2
2017	Karunagaran, R., Tung, T., Shearer, C., Tran, D., Coghlan, C., Doonan, C., & Losic, D. (2017). A unique 3D nitrogen-doped carbon composite as high-performance oxygen reduction catalyst. Materials, 10(8), 921-1-921-10. DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC2
2017	Karunagaran, R., Coghlan, C., Tung, T., Kabiri, S., Tran, D., Doonan, C., & Losic, D. (2017). Study of iron oxide nanoparticle phases in graphene aerogels for oxygen reduction reaction. New Journal of Chemistry, 41(24), 15180-15186. DOI Scopus18 WoS15
2016	Gulati, K., Johnson, L., Karunagaran, R., Findlay, D., & Losic, D. (2016). In situ transformation of chitosan films into microtubular structures on the surface of nanoengineered titanium implants. Biomacromolecules, 17(4), 1261-1271. DOI Scopus19 WoS14 Europe PMC4
2016	Tung, T. T., Karunagaran, R., Tran, D. N. H., Gao, B., Nag-Chowdhury, S., Pillin, I., . . . Losic, D. (2016). Engineering of graphene/epoxy nanocomposites with improved distribution of graphene nanosheets for advanced piezo-resistive mechanical sensing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4(16), 3422-3430. DOI Scopus65 WoS48
2016	Tung, T., Yoo, J., Alotaibi, F., Nine, M., Karunagaran, R., Krebsz, M., . . . Losic, D. (2016). Graphene oxide-assisted liquid phase exfoliation of graphite into graphene for highly conductive film and electromechanical sensors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8(25), 16521-16532. DOI Scopus106 WoS88 Europe PMC16

Email: ramesh.karunagaran@adelaide.edu.au

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