Dr. Mallikarjunaiah K J

• Synthesis, characterization and study of physical properties of magnetic crystalline materials and non-magnetic amorphous systems(glasses) for various technological applications
• Design and fabrication of Zero-field NMR, Pulsed NMR Spectrometers at MSRUAS and create SSNMR center

• 2019 - Member, Syllabus framing committee: MSc courses, Bangalore Central University
• 2019 - Chief guest: Inaugurated the Science lecture series in Kannada organized by KRVP
• 2019 - Judge: KRVP Science exhibition for BSc students, Bangalore University, INDIA
• 2017 - Chairperson, Half Yearly Research Review Meeting, MSRIT, Bengaluru, INDIA
• 2013 - 2016 - Distinguished Campus Colleague: University of Arizona Associate (Honorary Position), Tucson, USA
• 2013 - Judge: INTEL international science and engineering fair, Phoenix, USA
• 2011 - Co-chair: Membrane structure session, 55th BPS meeting, Baltimore, USA
• 2007 -  NMRS travel award: from NMRS (INDIA) to present my research work at the international conference on magnetic resonance (RUSSIA)

Ph.D. Dissertation:

• NMR Instrumentation and Studies in Ammonium and Methyl Substituted Ammonium Compounds.

Book

Solid-state NMR and its implications in molecular dynamics study

K. J. Mallikarjunaiah and Ramakrishna Damle (Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011, Germany) -Reference book for Bangalore University and MSRUAS https://www.amazon.com/Solid-State-implications-molecular-dynamics-study/dp/3844306765

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: 18+

International Journal (14) + Invited Perspective (1) + Book Chapter (1) + Review (1) + National Journal (2)

• A facile synthesis of raspberry-shaped Fe3O4 nanoaggregate and its magnetic and lithium-ion storage properties Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2022, 282, 115771 Sumit Ranjan Sahu, M. Jagannathan, Ravi Gautam, Vallabha Rao Rikka, R. Prakash, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and G Srinivas Reddy
• Effect of Aluminum Substitution on Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nickel Ferrites: Raman and 57Fe IFNMR Studies M. Manjunatha, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, G. Srinivas Reddy, K. P. Ramesh and S. V. Bhat (collaborator: IISc)
• UV–Vis absorption spectroscopic analysis of Er3+ ion doped oxyhalide glasses, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022, 49, 1646-1649 G. Chandrashekaraiah, C.N. Reddy, V.C.V. Gowda, and K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
• Effect of aluminium substitution in magnetically affluent inverse spinel ferrites studied via 57Fe-Internal field NMR Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1209, 127956-60 M. Manjunatha, G. Srinivas Reddy, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and K.P. Ramesh (IF:3.19)
• Determination of magnetic properties of spinel ferrites using 57Fe zero field NMR M. Manjunatha, G. Srinivas Reddy, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, R. Damle, and K.P. Ramesh AIP Conference Proceedings 2020, 2265, 030587
• Elastic Moduli and Collective Dynamics of Phospholipids are Revealed by Solid-State 2H NMR Spectroscopy Biophysical Journal 2020, 118, 85a Trivikram R Molugu, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, Horia I Petrache, Saptarshi Chakraborty, Rana Ashkar, Michael F Brown
• Low-cost Novel Synthesis Route to Prepare Cobalt Ferrite Based Nanocrystals Material Research Express, 2019, 6, 106120. G. Srinivas Reddy, M. Jagannathan, Lailesh Kumar, Gadige Paramesh, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
• Perspective (Invited article): Flexible Lipid Nanomaterials Studied by NMR Spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics (PCCP), 2019, 21, 18422-18457. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06179c K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown (IF: 3.567)
• Estimation of Structural Composition of the Inverse Spinel Ferrites using 57Fe Zero Field NMR Ceramics International, 2019, 45, 9245-9253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.02.002 M. Manjunatha, G. Srinivas Reddy, R. Damle, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and K.P. Ramesh (IF:3.45)
• Determination of Phase Composition of Cobalt Nanoparticles using 59Co Internal Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2019, 32, 3201-3209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-5083-7 M. Manjunatha, G. Srinivas Reddy, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, R. Damle, and K.P. Ramesh (IF:1.24)
• Book Chapter: Solid-State 2H NMR Studies of Water-Mediated Lipid Membrane Deformation # Springer International Publishing AG 2017 G.A. Webb (ed.), Modern Magnetic Resonance, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28275-6_89-1 T. R. Molugu, X. Xu, S. Lee, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and M. F. Brown.(2018)
• Review: Area per Lipid and Elastic Deformation of Membranes: Atomistic View from Solid-State Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy. Biochimica Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Biomembranes, 2015, 1848, 246-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.06.004 Jacob J. Kinnun, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, Horia I. Petrache, and Michael F. Brown. (IF:3.79)
• Solid-state 2H NMR Demonstrates Correspondence of Hydration and Osmotic Pressures in Lipid Membrane Deformation. Biophysical Journal, 2011, 100, 98-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.010 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, A. Leftin, J. J. Kinnun, M. J. Justice, A. L. Rogozea, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• 1H and 19F NMR Relaxation Time Studies in (NH4)2ZrF6 Superionic Conductor, Applied Magnetic Resonance, 2009, 35, 449-458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-009-0176-2 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K.P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• Study of Molecular Dynamics and Cross Relaxation in Tetramethylammonium Hexafluorophosphate (CH3)4NPF6 by 1H and 19F NMR. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2008, 34, 180-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2008.08.002 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, R. Damle, and K.P. Ramesh.
• 1H NMR Study of Internal Motions and Quantum Rotational Tunneling in (CH3)4NGeCl3, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2008, 46, 110-114. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrc.2097 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. J. Singh, K.P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• Study of Molecular Reorientation and Quantum Rotational Tunneling in Tetramethylammonium Selenate by 1H NMR, Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 2007, 32, 11-15. (one of the top 5 papers of SSNMR-2007) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssnmr.2007.07.003 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. C. Paramita, K. P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• Study of Molecular Dynamics and Phase Transitions in Trimethylammonium Trichlorogermanate Using 1H NMR and DSC Measurements, Physica Status Solidi – b, 2007, 244, 3809-3816. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.200743104 K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• Conditioning and Automation of NMR Signal Acquisition, Vignanabharathi, 2005, 17, 50-55. (National- peer reviewed)K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and R. Damle.
• Modulation Schemes of Wide-line NMR Signal Absorption, Journal of Instrument Society of India, 2002, 32, 1-8. (National- peer reviewed) N. Sasidhar, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and R. Damle.

Full length papers in conference proceedings journal

• Correlation among the oxide ion polarizability, optical basicity and interaction parameter in Gd3+ ions doped oxyhalide borate glasses Journal of Physics: Conference Series (AIP) 2021, 2070, 012050 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2070/1/012050 G. Chandrashekaraiah, V.C.V. Gowda, A Jayasheelan, C.N. Reddy, and K. J. Mallikarjunaiah
• Spectroscopic Analysis of Lead Borate Systems AIP Conference Proceedings 2018, 1942, 070021 https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5028819 Akash Daniel Georgi, K. P. Ramesh, and K. J. Mallikarjunaiah

Selected Conference Presentations: (Total 35 +)

(All BPS abstracts are published in Biophysical Journal, Impact factor~ 4)

• Membrane Deformation Modulated by Hydration and Cholesterol Unveiled by Solid-State 2H NMR Spectroscopy (BPS-2021, virtual, USA (22-26 February, 2021). Biophysical Journal 120 (3), p41a. T. R. Molugu, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, Milka Doktorova, George Khelashvili, Rana Ashkar, and M. F. Brown.
• Deuterium NMR Spectroscopy in Colloid and Surface Chemistry K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, M. F. Brown et al. American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, March 31-April 4, 2019, Orlando, Florida, USA Molugu, T., Lee, S., Mallikarjunaiah, K. J., Kinnun, J., Job, C., Petrache, H., & Brown, M. (2019, March). (Deuterium NMR spectroscopy in colloid and surface chemistry. In ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (Vol. 257). 1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.)
• Phospholipid Head Groups Govern Emergent Bending Energy of Membranes with Implications for Lipid-Protein Interactions (platform presentation at BPS-2019), Baltimore, USA (March 2-6, 2019). Annual Biophysical Society meeting. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, T. R. Molugu, Horia Petrache, and M. F. Brown. (+ 2 more posters)
• Hydration-Mediated Elastic Deformations in Biological Membranes. (BPS-2017), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (11 February, 2017). Biophysical Journal 112 (3), p76a. T. R. Molugu, S. K. Lee, X. Xu, R Musharrafieh, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, C. Job, and M. F. Brown.
• Elastic Deformation and Collective Dynamics in Lipid Membranes: A Solid-State 2H NMR study. (BPS-2016), Los Angeles, USA (February 27-March 2, 2016). Biophysical Journal 110 (3), 369a. S. K. Lee, T. R. Molugu, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and M. F. Brown.
• Solid-state NMR relaxometry and structural deformation in biomembrane function. 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Hawaii, USA (December 15-20, 2015). M. F. Brown, X. Xu, J.J. Kinnun, A. Leftin, S. Lee, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, T. R. Molugu, and A.V. Struts
• Experimental and theoretical comparison of pressure effects on lipid bilayer fluctuations, Annual Biophysical Society (BPS-2014) Meeting, San Francisco (USA), Feb 16-19, 2014, Las Angeles. Biophysical Journal 106 (2S1), 80a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. Feng, B. Mertz, and M. F. Brown.
• Generalized model-free spectral density analysis applied to rhodopsin activation in membranes, (BPS-2014), Biophysical Journal 106 (2S1), 651a-652a. X. Xu, A. V. Struts, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and M. F. Brown.
• Intermembrane forces and membrane deformation observed via dehydration and osmotic pressure, (BPS-2014) Biophysical Journal 106 (2S1), 287a. J. J. Kinnun, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, L. A. Palacio, M. F. Brown, and H. I. Petrache.
• Restructuring of Membrane Bilayers due to Osmotic Pressure: Deuterium Solid-State NMR Study, (Oral: BPS-2013) Biophysical Journal 104 (2S1), 33a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, M. Zheng, E. P. Myers, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Model-Free Spectral Density Mapping Applied to Dynamics of Rhodopsin in Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy, (Oral: BPS-2013) Biophysical Journal 104 (2S1), 41a-42a. X. Xu, A. V. Struts, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, and M. F. Brown.
• Area per Lipid and Elastic Deformation of Membrane Bilayers under Osmotic Stress, (BPS-2013) Biophysical Journal 104 (2S1), 588a-589a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Membrane Structure and Intermembrane Forces Observed with Small Angle X-ray Scattering, (BPS-2013) Biophysical Journal 104 (2S1), 81a. J. J. Kinnun, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, L. A. Palacio, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Suppression of Cooperative Motions in Phospholipid Membranes by Osmotic Stress: Deuterium NMR Relaxation Study. (BPS-2013) Biophysical Journal 104(2S1), 81a T. R. Molugu, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, C. Job, and M. F. Brown.
• Solid-State 2H NMR Reveals Changes in Membrane Flexibility due to Osmotic Pressure, (BPS-2012) Biophysical Journal 102(3S1), 292a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah and M. F. Brown.
• Membrane Area Deformation under Osmotic Stress: Deuterium NMR Approach, (BPS-2012) Biophysical Journal 102(3S1), 505a-506a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Intermembrane Forces Probed by Osmotic Stress and Solids-State 2H NMR Spectroscopy, (BPS-2012) Biophysical Journal 102(3S1), 82a. J. J. Kinnun, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Hydration-Mediated Slow Dynamics in Phospholipid Membranes, (BPS-2012) Biophysical Journal 102(3S1), 389a. T. R. Molugu, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, C. Job, and Michael F. Brown.
• Membrane Structure Deformation and its Area Compressibility Modulus: 2H NMR and SAXS study (Oral: BIOPHEST-2012). University of Arizona, Tucson. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah.
• Area Deformation of Membranes from the Perspective of 2H NMR and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, (Oral: BPS-2011) Biophysical Journal 100 (3S1), 173a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, A. Leftin, L. A. Palacio, M. J. Justice, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Thermodynamic Equivalence of Hydration and Osmotic Stress in Membrane Deformation, (Oral: BPS-2011) Biophysical Journal 100 (3S1), 364a. J. J. Kinnun, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, A. Leftin, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• What’s Water Got to Do with Membrane Structure and Dynamics, (Oral: BIOPHEST-2011) Arizona State University, Phoenix. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah.
• Osmotic Membrane Deformation Revealed by Solid-State 2H NMR and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, (BPS-2010) Biophysical Journal 98 (3S1), 282a. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, A. Leftin, J. J. Kinnun, M. J. Justice, A. L. Rogozea, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown
• Collective Membrane Dynamics under Osmotic Stress, (BPS-2010) Biophysical Journal 98 (3S1), 665a. Leftin, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. J. Kinnun, H. I. Petrache, and M. F. Brown.
• Equivalence of Hydration and Osmotic Pressures for Lipid Membranes Established by Solid-state 2H NMR, (Platform: BIOPHEST-2010) University of Arizona, Tucson. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah.
• Study of Structural Deformation of Biomembranes by 2H NMR Study: An Experimental Approach, (Oral: BIOPHEST-2009), Arizona State University, Phoenix. USA K. J. Mallikarjunaiah.
• 1H and 19F NMR Study in Tetramethylammonium Hexafluorophosphate (CH3)4NPF6, Proc. of NMRS –2008, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, New Delhi, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• NMR Instrumentation and Studies in Ammonium and Methyl Substituted Ammonium Compounds, (Oral: Best thesis category) Proc. of DAE-, Mysore University, Mysore, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah.
• 1H and 19F NMR Relaxation Time Studies in (NH4)2ZrF6Superionic Conductor, (Zavoisky100) International Conference on "Modern Development of Magnetic Resonance" Kazan State University, Kazan (Russian Federation), K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• 1H NMR Study of Molecular Dynamics in Trimethylammonium Trichlorogermanate (CH3)3NHGeCl3, , 18, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 08, 2007. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. Jugeshwar Singh, K.P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• 1H NMR Study on Tetramethylammonium Selenate ((CH3)4N)2SeO4, Proc. of DAE-, Bharkattulla University, Bhopal, Dec. 26-30, 2006. K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, K. C. Paramita, K. P. Ramesh, and R. Damle.
• Computer Controlled Programmable Pulse Generator for Pulsed NMR Measurements, (Oral: Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, K. J. Mallikarjunaiah, J. T. Devaraju, and R. Damle.

• Indian Biophysical Society : Life member
• Biophysical Society (BPS), USA : Early Careers Member (2009-2013)
  Early Careers Committee (2013-2016)
• National Magnetic Resonance Society (NMRS) : Life Member
• Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) : Life Member
• Indian Association of Physics teachers (IAPT) : Life Member