Six GRI profs in list of world’s most influential scientists

Dindigul: Six professors from Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI) (Deemed to be University) at Chinnalapatti have been placed in the list of the top 2% of influential scientists in the world, ranked by Stanford University experts.The six GRI scientists who made it to the 2024 impact list were G Muralidharan, department of physics; P Balasubramaniam, department of mathematics; S Meenakshi, department of chemistry; K Marimuthu, department of physics; K Ashokkumar, school of agriculture and animal sciences; and B Malaikozhundan, department of biology.Balasubramaniam is conducting systematic research on transforming low-quality images into high-quality images using fuzzy logic approaches and detecting trauma in the patient's brain through cryptography and processing technology. Muralidharan is involved in research on supercapacitors, while Meenakshi's research consists of developing methods to remove toxic fluoride, chromium, mercury, and toxins from wastewater by absorption.Marimuthu has been researching the emission of white light and laser light through glasses made of rare earth elements and is working on creating glasses to prevent hazardous radiation. Ashokkumar's research is on the genetic diversity of nutritional concentration in millets and rice, and nanoparticles for seed germination and crop growth development. Meanwhile, Malaikozhundan is researching biopolymeric nanoparticles for potent biomedical applications.The list, compiled by Prof John PA Loannidis and his colleagues at Stanford University, classifies the world's best scientists in 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields based on the ranking of at least five research papers published by each scientist. The list includes more than two lakh researchers from around the world, with over 3,500 Indian researchers featured among them.N Panchanatham, vice-chancellor, GRI, appreciated the researchers.