Research Interests

Phytometabolomics; Phytochemistry; Food safety; Food Analytical Method Development and Validation; Food Protectants and Infestation Control; Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics for Toxicology; Analytical Toxicology; Environmental Monitoring & Biomonitoring; Bioanalytical Chemistry; Pharmacokinetics & Impurity Profiling; Untargeted Food and Environmental Contaminants Analysis etc.

Selected Publications

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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).
5. Narendra Kumar Nagendla, Seetha Bala Subrahanyam, Satyanand Konda, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Development of liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometric method for the quantitative determination of a novel adjuvant, Imidazoquinoline gallamide in aluminium hydroxide gel-Imidazoquinoline gallamide and COVAXIN. Journal of Separation Science, 2023, 46(20), 2300380. (IF: 2.8).
6. GNV Satyanarayana, Anu Kumar, Alok K Pandey, Manisha T Sharma, Manickam Natesan, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Evaluating chemicals of emerging concern in the river Ganga at two major cities Prayagraj and Varanasi through validated analytical approaches. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30, 1520-1539. (IF: 5.8).
7. Ratnasekhar Ch, Amit Kr Singh, Manoj Kr Pathak, Amarnath S, Chandrasekharan N Kesavachandran, Vipin Bihari, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Saliva and urine metabolic profiling reveals altered amino acid and energy metabolism in male farmers exposed to pesticides in Madhya Pradesh State, India. Chemosphere, 2019, 226, 636-644. (IF: 8.0).
8. Ratnasekhar Ch, Madavi Sonane, Aruna Satish, Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*. Metabolomics reveals the perturbations in the metabolome of Caenorhabditis elegans exposed to titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Nanotoxicology, 2015, 9(8), 994-1004. (IF: 3.4).
9. Mohana Krishna Reddy Mudiam*, Ratnasekhar Ch. Ultra sound assisted one step rapid derivatization and dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometric determination of amino acids in complex matrices. Journal of Chromatography A, 2013, 1291, 10-18. (IF: 4.0).
10. Mudiam Mohanakrishna Reddy; Velayudhan Suresh; Gurumurthy Jayashanker; Beedu Sashidhar Rao; Rajendra Kumar Sarin. Application of Capillary Zone Electrophoresis in the separation and determination of principal gum opium alkaloids. Electrophoresis, 2003, 24, 1437-1441. (IF: 2.4).

Awards / Honours / Affiliations

1. Member, Expert Review Panel on Natural Color Additivities at AOAC, USA
2. Member, Research Advisory Panel & Scientific Advisory Committee, BRIC-NIPGR, New Delhi (2025-2028)
3. Convener, Working Group of WG5/FAD14 to review the limits and test methods of pesticides in the IS 10500:2012 – Drinking Water Specification at BIS, New Delhi
4. Member, National Steering Committee (NSC) Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravyas (BND) program at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi (2025-26)
5. Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports (NPG Journal), Journal of AOAC International (Oxford Press) and Academic Editor, PLoS ONE (upto 2022)
6. Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in the year 2024
7. Honorary Fellow, Association of Biotech and Pharmacy (FABAP), 2024
8. Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS) Eminent Mass Spectrometrist Award-2019
9. BRSI Industrial Medal Award
10. Highest External Cash Flow for Technical Services (2nd prize)
11. Technology Award (First Prize) from CSIR-IICT for innovative work for adjuvant analysis in COVAXIN
12. Director Special Appreciation Award for Skill Development Activities by CSIR-IICT
13. CSIR Technology Award for Innovation-2021 for developing a cost effective and scalable synthetic and analytical process technology for TLR 7/8 agonist molecule (IMDG) used as an adjuvant in COVAXIN (COVID-19 vaccine)
14. Dr. AK Singh Memorial Young Scientist Award in Chemical Sciences
15. Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (FAPAS)
16. Fellow of Telangana Academy of Sciences (FTAS)
17. ABAP Senior Scientist Award
18. CSIR-IICT Special Award for Skill Development Team
19. Highest External Cash Flow Award: Technical Services – Industry Projects, Team Award
20. ABAP Young Scientist Award for Best Oral Presentation (above 30 years category)
21. IRCSET postdoctoral fellowship scheme – 2008
22. BOYSCAST Fellowship - 2007
23. CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship
24. BPRD-Senior and Junior Research Fellowship