Bioceramics Development and Applications

MANICKAM SIVAKUMAR

MANICKAM SIVAKUMAR
Professor of Chemical and Nanopharmaceutical Process Engineering
The University of Nottingham, Malaysia

Biography

Professor Sivakumar Manickam (Siva) is a Chemical Engineer specializing Process Engineering of Nanomaterials especially Nanopharmaceuticals. He is working in the area of Ultrasound and Hydrodynamic Cavitation since 1997. He is working with University of Nottingham, Malaysia campus and his research group concentrates on the process development of cavitation based reactors towards technologically important nanomaterials as well as in water treatment. He is also Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange and is the Director of the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials. He was also the recipient of JSPS fellowship, Japan. He has published ~200 peer reviewed journal and conference papers. He is the Fellow of Higher Education Academy (UK), Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and member of Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN).

Research Interest

Nanotechnology, Nanoformulations, Nano delivery, Nanomaterials

Current Research: Nanotechnology and Water (Wastewater) Treatment:

ï‚· Nanoengineering of Advanced Materials (Synthesis, characterization and process development)

ï‚· Utilisation of highly Energy Efficient Cavitation Technique and Transformation of the same from Lab to Pilot scale for the Synthesis of Nanomaterials and wastewater treatment

ï‚· Development of Nanosuspensions and Nanoemulsions for Pharmaceutical Industries

ï‚· Exploitation of Novel Carbon Nanomaterials such as