Dr. Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam
Ph.D., FRCS Group Leader, ARM Group
Research Areas
Group Head
Dr. Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam
Ph.D., FRCS Group Leader, ARM Group
E-mail: mkr.mudiam@gov.in; director.ipft.gov.in
Research Interests:
- Agrochemical Sciences
- Phytometabolomics
- Phytochemistry
- Food Safety
- Food Analytical Method Development & Validation
- Food Protectants & Infestation Control
- Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics for Toxicology
- Analytical Toxicology
- Environmental Monitoring & Biomonitoring
- Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Pharmacokinetics & Impurity Profiling
- Untargeted Food & Environmental Contaminant Analysis
Biologics and biosimilars characterization etc.
Scientific Staff
Mr. Talari Yohan
Designation: Scientist (OPCW)
Email ID: talari.yohan@gov.in
Research Interests:
- Agrochemical Sciences studies (Residue, Elemental and product chemistry)
- Omics (Metabolomics & Proteomics)
- Pharmaceuticals Testing & Impurity Profiling.
- Bio stimulant Testing.
- Analytical research in regulatory environment (GLP and NABL).
Ph.D Students
Project Personnel
Dr. Satyajeet Rai
Designation: Project Scientist-II
Email ID: studydirector@ipft.gov.in
Research Interests:
- Agrochemical Sciences studies (Residue, Elemental and product chemistry)
- Omics (Metabolomics, Proteomics & Lipidomics)
- Bioanalytical Studies
- Biostimualnts Testing
- Environmental Monitoring & Biomonitoring
- Environmental fate and metabolism,
Environmental analytical research in regulatory environment (GLP and NABL).
Dr. Ranjana Maurya
Designation: Project Scientist-II
Email ID: ranjana.cimap@gmail.com
Research Interests:
- Analytical & Bio-analytical Chemistry
- Phytochemistry
- Agrochemical Sciences studies
- Analytical Method Development & Validation
- Purification & Identification of Certified Reference Material.
- Impurity profiling of Reference Material.
Ms. Iltisha Saifi
Designation: Project Associate-I
Research Interests:
- Agrochemical Sciences studies
- Pesticide Formulations development
Phytochemical and Bio stimulant Research
Mr. Aadarsh Chourasiya
Designation: Research Associate-I
Research Interests:
- Agrochemical Sciences studies
- Pharmaceuticals & Cosmeceutical testing
Phytochemical and Bio stimulant Research
Mr. Nihal Tyagi
Designation: Laboratory Assistant
Mr. Lokendra Pratap Singh
Designation: Laboratory Assistant
Interns / Trainees
Alumni
IPFT as an authorized laboratory for biostimulant testing as per Schedule VI, Part D. Fertiliser (Inorganic, Organic or Mixed) (Control) Order, 1985.
Completed
Promotion of user and environment friendly pesticides and biopesticides formulations and practices for sustainable agricultural growth: Farmer’s Awareness Program cum Workshop sponsored by DCPC under PDS, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, GOI (6 months, Sep 2025 to March 2026)
Ongoing
Augmentation of existing bio-botanical pesticides and their formulation facility as bio-foundry at IPFT funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under Biofoundry and Biomanufacturing Hubs (Duration: 2 years; 2025-2027).
Selected Publications
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M.V. Jagadish, Mukesh K. Singh, Shubham Yadav, Anil Kumar, and Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam. Mass Spectral Fingerprinting of Chemical Weapons Convention-Relevant Sulfur-Oxygen Heterocyclic Alkylphosphonate Esters by EI and PCI GC-MS. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry (Accepted), 2026. (IF: 0.8)
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Priyanka Yadav, M V Jagadish, Prachi Thukral, Ansil A, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Shubham Yadav, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam. Characterisation of amidine based degradation products of Novichok A-series nerve agents using single quadrupole GC-MS. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (Accepted), 2026. (IF: 1.7)
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Kalpana Javvaji, Venugopal Vangala, Shruti S Deshpande, Sujitha Matta, Ramesh Kandimall, Nagaprasad Puvvada, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam, Sunil Mishra. Targeted liposome garcinol formulation for the treatment of colon cancer: Pharmacological and toxicological evaluation. ACS Applied Biomaterials (In press), 2025 (DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.5c00860). (IF: 4.7)
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Kalpana Javvaji, Venugopal Vangala, Shruti S Deshpande, Sujitha Matta, Ramesh Kandimall, Nagaprasad Puvvada, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam, Sunil Mishra. Targeted liposome garcinol formulation for the treatment of colon cancer: Pharmacological and toxicological evaluation. ACS Applied Biomaterials (In press), 2025 (DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.5c00860). (IF: 4.7)
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Shaik, H., Mudiam, M. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolomics to Understand Metabolic Perturbations in Drosophila due to Lead Acetate Exposure. Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 80, 1077–1088 (2025). (IF: 1.1)
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Nihar Ranjan Kar, Devleena Mani, John Buragohain, Bodhisatwa Hazra, EVSSK Babu, Bala Subrahanyam Seetha, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam, Abhayanand S Maurya. Source rock properties, depositional environment and kerogen degradation kinetics of lower Permian shales from the lb river sub-basin, mahandi basin, eastern India. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2025, 48(2), 85-110. (IF: 1.7)
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Nihar Ranjan Kar, Devleena Mani, Bala Subrahanyam Seetha, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, Soumyajit Mukherjee, Swagato Dasgupta, and Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam. Biomarker Evidence of Shifts in Organic Provenance and Depositional Environments of Eocene Carbonaceous Rocks from Petroliferous Barmer Basin, Western Rajasthan, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 2025, 101 (1), 112–122. (IF: 1.4)
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Marhaba, Narendra Kumar Nagendla, Saria Anjum, Varsha Singh, Sireesha Ganneru, Saurabh Pal, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*, Kausar Mahmood Ansari*. Liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry-based metabolomics revealing the effects of zearalenone and alpha-zearalenol on human endometrial cancer cells. Toxicology Research, 2024, 13(5), tfae 169. (IF: 2.1).
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Kattula Bhavita, Munakala Anandarao, Rajnandani Kashyap, Nallamilli Tarun, Nagendla Narendra, Surabhi Naza, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam, Chegondi Rambabu, Addlagatta Anthony. Strategic Enymmatic Enantioselective Desymmetrization of Prochiral Cyclohexa-2,5-dienones. Chem Comm., 2024, 60, 6647-6650. (IF: 4.2)
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Satyanand Konda, Nagendla Narendra Kumar, Mike Williams, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Investigating pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Musi River: A exploratory study in Hyderabad, India. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2024, 14, 100420. (IF: 7.7).
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Rajeev Jain, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Nemat Ali, Mohammad Rashid Khan, Atul Bajaj, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam. Innovative disposable in-tip cellulose paper (DICP) device for facile determination of pesticides in postmortem blood samples: A proof-of-concept study. Journal of Chromatography B, 2024, 1245, 124268 (IF: 2.8).
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Bala Subrahanyam Seetha, Murali Mohan Bhandi, Asif Shaik, Sujitha Matta, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Natural hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry analysis of multi-class metabolites of pesticides, phthalates and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in animal-originated foods. Microchemical Journal, 2024, 199, 110196 (IF: 5.1)
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K Rosangzuala, Ravinder Reddy Patlolla, Asif Shaik, Kethavath Anjali Priya Naik, Gajjala Raveena, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*, Linga Banoth*. Streamlines Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Molnupiravir via Lipase Catalyst. ACS Omega, 2024, 9(4), 4423-4428. (IF: 4.3).
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Satyanand Konda, Uma Rajeswari Batch, Narendra Kumar Nagendla, Suresh Velpula, Sujitha Matta, Karuna Rupula, Prakasham Reddy Shetty, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Silver nanoparticles induced metabolic perturbations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evaluation using UPLC-QTof-MSE platform. Chemical Research In Toxicology, 2024, 37, 1, 20-32. (IF: 3.8)
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Ramya Thati, Bala Subrahanyam Seetha, Pallavi Alegete, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Molecularly imprinted dispersive micro solid-phase extraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography for the determination of four aflatoxins in various foods. Food Chemistry, 2024, 433, 137342. (IF: 9.8)
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Murali Mohan Bhandi, Debasish Swain, Srinivas Ragampeta, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. LC-PDA- QTof-MS characterization of the stress degradation products of Zanubrutinib: A novel BTK inhibitor. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Research, 2023, 236, 115714. (IF: 3.1)