Ramesh Karunagaran

Research Interests

Engineering Materials Engineering Polymers Polymers and Plastics

Dr Ramesh Karunagaran

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (A) (with PhD)

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.

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.

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 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

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

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

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 Scopus12 WoS9
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 Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3
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 WoS245
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 WoS9
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 Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC1
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 Scopus38 WoS29
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 PMC6
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 PMC3
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 WoS17
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 WoS15 Europe PMC8
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 Scopus68 WoS59
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 Scopus113 WoS102 Europe PMC33

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