Dr. Saravanan Periasamy is a leading researcher in the field of biofilm science and biotechnology. He serves as an Associate Professor at the Centre of Excellence in Biofilms, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. His research focuses on microbial biofilms, exopolysaccharide characterization, and antibiofilm therapeutics. He has completed a prestigious DST-SERB-funded project with impactful scientific outcomes. Dr. Saravanan has published over 30 research papers in reputed SCI and Scopus-indexed journals. He has also contributed five book chapters with international publishers, including CRC Press. His editorial contributions include guest editing for Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology and Frontiers in Pharmacology. He actively reviews manuscripts for major publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. Dr. Saravanan’s research excellence is reflected in his 4,474 citations and h-index of 19. He continues to advance innovations in microbial biotechnology through impactful research and academic leadership.
Featured Publications
Kolenbrander, P. E., Palmer, R. J., Jr., Periasamy, S., & Jakubovics, N. S. (2010). Oral multispecies biofilm development and the key role of cell–cell distance. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 8(7), 471–480. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2381
Periasamy, S., Joo, H. S., Duong, A. C., Bach, T. H. L., Tan, V. Y., Chatterjee, S. S., … & Otto, M. (2012). How Staphylococcus aureus biofilms develop their characteristic structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(4), 1281–1286. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1115006109
Lee, K. W. K., Periasamy, S., Mukherjee, M., Xie, C., Kjelleberg, S., & Rice, S. A. (2014). Biofilm development and enhanced stress resistance of a model, mixed-species community biofilm. The ISME Journal, 8(4), 894–907. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.194
Periasamy, S., & Kolenbrander, P. E. (2009). Mutualistic biofilm communities develop with Porphyromonas gingivalis and initial, early, and late colonizers of enamel. Journal of Bacteriology, 191(22), 6804–6811. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01006-09
Periasamy, S., & Kolenbrander, P. E. (2010). Central role of the early colonizer Veillonella sp. in establishing multispecies biofilm communities with initial, middle, and late colonizers of enamel. Journal of Bacteriology, 192(12), 2965–2972. https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01631-09