Muktineni Ravi Kumar

Professor, Physics, GSS, VSP

rmuktine@gitam.edu

My area of research is concerned with the identification of sources of environmental pollution in Visakhapatnam through the elemental analysis of water, aerosol and soil samples. Accelerator facility at Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar was used for Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) experiments to analyze trace elements and heavy metals in water, aerosol and soil samples collected from different geographical locations of Visakhapatnam city.

Research Publications
  • Analysis of blood serum of lung cancer patients using particle induced X-ray emission.
  • Trace elemental analysis of normal, benign hypertrophic and cancerous tissues of the prostate gland using PIXE technique.
  • Estimation of trace elements in some anti-diabatic medicinal plants using PIXE technique.
  • Effect of radiation therapy on trace elemental concentration on hair samples of cervix cancer patients - PIXE technique.
  • Trace elemental analysis of Carcinoma Kidney and Stomach by PIXE method
Expertise
  • Application of PIXE technique to estimate trace elements in biological, medicinal plants and environmental samples.
Muktineni Ravi Kumar