Dr Muggundha Raoov s/o Ramachandran is an analytical chemist and currently a Senior Lecturer at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia. Dr. Muggundha received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Malaya in 2015 and fully funded by Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (SLAB/SLAI Scholarship). He received his M.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis from University of Malaya and his bachelor degree in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry (1st class) from the University of Malaysia Terengganu in 2011 and 2009, respectively. He was attached to Cluster of Integrative Medicine, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) as a Senior Lecturer after completed his Ph.D. To date, more than 40 ISI journals have been published with h index of 11 which comprised of 358 citations in the field of ionic liquids in separation sciences, extraction techniques and new material development for analytical applications. Besides publication, he has also managed to won few Gold Medals in few research innovation competition such as International Invention, Innovation and Design (IIID UITM CNS 2018), Universiti Teknologi Mara Negeri Sembilan, 2018, Penang International Inventation, Innovation and Research Design Platform (PIID 2017), Universiti Teknologi Mara, 2017 and Johan Pertandingan Inovasi GEN PJ MBPJ 2018 KATEGORI IPT, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya, 2018. He also received best Oral Presenter award at The International Conference of Analytical Sciences (SKAM), 2018 and Certificate of Excellence in Publication from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 2018. He has secured few national grants such Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS, MOE) and Internal Research Grant as a Principle Investigator and Co-researcher. At this moment he is actively supervising BSC, MSC and PHD research mode students and with his expertise, he has been appointed as reviewers, panel, and examiners. Dr Muggundha Raoov s/o Ramachandran has also received professional recognition as Registered Chemist from Institute of Chemistry (IKM, Malaysia), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Malaysian Ionic Liquid Research Society (MILRS). He welcomes the potential candidate to join his research group. 

Research Interest

• Trace Chemical Analysis 

• Ionic Liquid Based Extraction Techniques

• Separation Science 

• Development of Ionic Liquid Materials

• Adsorption of Toxic Pollutants