Biography

Prof. Balasubramaniam (Bala) Natarajan
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kansas State University, USA

Associate professor


Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

1997 - 2002 Ph.D., Colorado State University Fort Collins, Electrical Engineering

1993 - 1997 B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Electrical Engineering


Publications (selected)

  1. Dass, R., Mohandoss, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma-assisted degradation of organic pollutants in wastewater and its reuse for enhanced seed germination and plant growth. New Journal of Chemistry.
  2. Mohan, H., Mohandoss, S., Kamalakannan, S., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma-assisted Ag-CoFe2O4 as an efficient visible-light photocatalyst for pollutant degradation. RSC Advances, 16(40), 45890-45904.
  3. Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Kamalakannan, S., et al. (2026). Non-thermal plasma assisted reduction of hexavalent chromium(vi) using hydrazine hydrate: impact on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) seed germination and plant growth. RSC Advances, 16(35), 35174-35187.
  4. Murugesan, P., Thangarathinam, K., Balasubramanian, N., et al. (2026). Hybrid Herbal-Synthetic Sunscreen Formulations: Boosting SPF With Hippophae Rhamnoides and Sapindus Mukorossi Extracts. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 198(2), 1316-1336.
  5. Kamalakannan, S., Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., et al. (2026). Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding in Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymer Mesoporous C3N5, C3N6, and C3N7 Nanostructures for Solar Hydrogen Production. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 9(1), 372-384.
  6. Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Bernaurdshaw, N., et al. (2025). Exploring Halogenation and Hydrogen Bonding in Conjugated Poly (3-Thienylboronic Acid)/g-C3N5 Nanosheet Heterojunctions for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Under Visible Light Irradiation. ChemPhotoChem, 9(9).
  7. Mohandoss, S., Ingavale, S., Swami, A., et al. (2025). Sustainable Electroreduction of Oxygen: Polyoxometalate-Carbon Composites as a Noble Metal-Free Catalyst. Energy & Fuels, 39(25), 12217-12225.
  8. Pasupathi, M., Moscow, S., Natarajan, B., et al. (2025). Green approach for the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles and their enhanced sun protection factor in the presence of octocrylene. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, 44(3), 250-266.
  9. Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). Impact of Phosphorus Doping on Triazine- and Triazole-Based Mesoporous C3N5, C3N6, and C3N7 with Excellent Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Langmuir, 41(18), 11394-11406.
  10. Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). Z-scheme based fabrication of Cu2CdSnS4/Au/g-C3N4 ternary heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production. Optical Materials, 164, 117051.
  11. Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Neppolian, B., et al. (2025). The highly efficient visible-light-induced photoactivity of novel Cu2CdSnS4/Pt/g-C3N5 ternary heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic methylene blue degradation and hydrogen production. Fuel, 395, 135187.
  12. Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2025). A Review Paper on Non-Thermal Plasma Catalysis for CH4 and CO2 Reforming into Value Added Chemicals and Fuels. Catalysts, 15(3), 287.
  13. Kogulakrishnan, K., Nithiyanantham, S., Koteeshwari, R., et al. (2025). Investigations on the structure, magnetism, electricity, and electrochemistry of copper-doped manganese ferrite: Sol-gel technique. Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, 313, 117999.
  14. Kogulakrishnan, K., Nithiyanantham, S., Koteeshwari, R., et al. (2024). Research on cadmium-injected manganese ferrite made through the sol-gel method, focusing on its structure, magnetic properties, electrical conductivity, and electrochemical behavior. Materials Science and Engineering B-Advanced Functional Solid-State Materials, 310, 117721.
  15. Rajagopalan, R., Shankar, S. S., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2024). Halogenation Strategy: Simple Wide Band Gap Nonfullerene Acceptors with the BODIPY-Thiophene-Backboned Polymer Donor for Enhanced Outdoor and Indoor Photovoltaics. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 16(34), 45265-45274.
  16. Mohan, H., Mohandoss, S., Prakash, A., et al. (2024). Cold plasma assisted synthesis of spinel-CoFe2O4 nanoparticle with narrow bandgap and high magnetic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 167, 112754.
  17. Pasupathi, M., Natarajan, B., & Kumar, T. (2024). Enhanced sun protection factor of octocrylene with green tea and bhringraj extracts. Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology, 43(2), 134-147.
  18. Mohandoss, S., Mohan, H., Balasubramaniyan, N., et al. (2024). Pearl Millet Seed Surface Modification and Improved Germination by Non-thermal Plasma Discharge: Understanding the Role of Reactive Species. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 44(2), 1031-1051.
  19. Kamalakannan, S., Balasubramaniyan, N., Bernaurdshaw, N., et al. (2023). Impact of nitrogen doping on triazole-based graphitic carbon Nitride-TiO2 (P25) S-scheme heterojunction for improved photocatalytic hydrogen production. Nanoscale Advances, 5(21), 5907-5922.
  20. Munikoti, S., Agarwal, D., Das, L., et al. (2024). Challenges and Opportunities in Deep Reinforcement Learning With Graph Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Review of Algorithms and Applications. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 35(11), 15051-15071.

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