ALAGAPPAN S

@karunya.edu

Associate Professor (Agronomy)
Karunya Institute of Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

organic farming , precision farming, sustainable agriculture
597

Scholar Citations

13

Scholar h-index

16

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Selective polyphenol extraction during ultrasound-assisted low-temperature extraction of black, white, and green tea
    MZ Bekker, J Wang, S Alagappan
    Applied Food Research, 102161 , 2026
    2026
  • Modelling Black Soldier Fly Larvae Growth Performance Based on Chemical Composition and Rearing Conditions—A Machine Learning Approach
    S Alagappan, L Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1-11 , 2026
    2026
  • The influence of the nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors on the prediction of crude protein in black soldier fly larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) using near-infrared …
    S Alagappan, JR Nastasi, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 1-6 , 2026
    2026
  • Plastics and persistent chemical contaminants in food waste: challenges for the circular economy
    A Kolobaric, S Alagappan, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino, J Chapman
    Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 100996 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Comparison of Benchtop and Portable Near-Infrared Instruments to Predict the Type of Microplastic Added to High-Moisture Food Samples
    A Kolobaric, S Alagappan, J Čaloudová, LC Hoffman, J Chapman, ...
    Sensors 26 (1), 210 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Influence of the waste substrate and extraction method on the lipid profile of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens)
    CM Sanchez, S de Lamo Castelvi, S Alagappan, LC Hoffman, O Yarger, ...
    Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 1 (aop), 1-11 , 2025
    2025
  • Environmentally Friendly and Rapid Quality Control Methods for the Sustainable Edible Insect Industry
    S Alagappan, C Mendez Sanchez, S De Lamo-Castellví, LC Hoffman, ...
    Processes 13 (12), 4014 , 2025
    2025
  • Process Analytical Technologies (PAT) in the Food Industry: An Agile Tool for Traceability and Sustainability
    S Alagappan, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 1-8 , 2025
    2025
  • Tracing the addition of black soldier fly larvae to barley flour using near infrared spectroscopy-Effects of batch and processing treatment
    J Čaloudová, M Pospiech, LC Hoffman, S Alagappan, O Yarger, ...
    Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 145, 107774 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Investigating the effect of larval instar, post-harvest treatments, and substrate on the nutritional profile of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens)
    S Alagappan, H Hong, D Mikkelsen, S Olarte Mantilla, P James, O Yarger, ...
    Animal Production Science 65 (8), AN24108 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • A feasibility study on the use of near infrared spectroscopy to predict fatty acid concentration in intact black soldier fly reared in different waste streams
    S Alagappan, L Hoffman, O Yarger, D Cozzolino
    Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 330, 125628 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • The Combination of Machine Learning Tools with the Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) to Enhance the Analysis of Starchy Food Ingredients and Products
    JR Nastasi, S Alagappan, D Cozzolino
    Applied Sciences 15 (6), 3376 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Microbial safety of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on food waste streams
    S Alagappan, A Dong, L Hoffman, D Cozzolino, SO Mantilla, P James, ...
    Waste Management 194, 221-227 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 23
  • Effect of larval instar and post-harvest treatments on heavy metals in BSFL and frass reared on commercial food waste streams
    S Alagappan, S Mallard, D Cozzolino, D Mikkelsen, P James, SO Mantilla, ...
    International Journal of Food Science and Technology 59 (11), 8214-8223 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Optimising and industrialising black soldier fly (BSF) production-redirecting food waste to livestock feed production using insects
    S Alagappan
    2024
  • Exploring the use of portable infrared spectroscopy as a quality assurance tool for the Australian Native/Traditional food industry: a case study on finger lime (Citrus …
    JR Nastasi, KR Perry, S Alagappan, A Kolobaric, JM King, EW Hoffman, ...
    International Journal of Food Science and Technology 59 (10), 7570-7579 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Current and potential applications of vibrational spectroscopy as a tool in black soldier fly production and the circular economy
    S Alagappan, A Kolobaric, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Applied Sciences 14 (16), 7318 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Assessment of the Addition of Cricket ( Acheta domesticus ) Powder to Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) and Flaxseed ( Linum usitatissimum ) Flours: A Chemometric …
    JR Nastasi, S Ma, S Alagappan, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Applied Sciences 14 (16), 7131 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • The missing link between shelf life and food waste: are infrared sensing technologies underutilised?
    D Cozzolino, S Alagappan, LC Hoffman
    Trends in Food Science & Technology 148, 104494 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 23
  • Monitoring compositional changes in black soldier fly larvae after processing (drying and blanching) using near infrared spectroscopy
    D Cozzolino, S Alagappan, M Ochoa, S Zhang, O Yarger, LC Hoffman, ...
    Infrared Physics & Technology 138, 105212 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Neural network based texture analysis of liver tumor from computed tomography images
    K Mala
    International Journal of Biomedical Sciences 2, 33-40 , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 73
  • Evaluation of clinical significance of dermoscopy in alopecia areata
    AS Guttikonda, C Aruna, D Ramamurthy, K Sridevi, SKL Alagappan
    Indian Journal of Dermatology 61 (6), 628-633 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 72
  • Neural network based texture analysis of CT images for fatty and cirrhosis liver classification
    K Mala, V Sadasivam, S Alagappan
    Applied Soft Computing 32, 80-86 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 68
  • Legislative landscape of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) as feed
    S Alagappan, D Rowland, R Barwell, SMO Mantilla, D Mikkelsen, ...
    Journal of insects as Food and Feed 8 (4), 343-356 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 57
  • Organic side streams (bioproducts) as substrate for black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) intended as animal feed: chemical safety issues
    S Alagappan, D Rowland, R Barwell, D Cozzolino, D Mikkelsen, ...
    Animal Production Science 62 (17), 1639-1651 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 35
  • Near Infrared Spectroscopy as a Traceability Tool to Monitor Black Soldier Fly Larvae ( Hermetia illucens ) Intended as Animal Feed
    S Alagappan, LC Hoffman, SMO Mantilla, D Mikkelsen, P James, ...
    Applied Sciences 12 (16), 8168 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 30
  • Impact of different sources of organic manures in comparison with TRRI practice, RDF and INM on growth, yield and soil enzymatic activities of rice-greengram cropping system …
    S Alagappan, R Venkitaswamy
    American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 10 (2), 1-9 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 28
  • MRI image segmentation using unsupervised clustering techniques
    D Selvathi, A Arulmurgan, ST Seivi, S Alagappan
    Sixth International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia … , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 25
  • Microbial safety of black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) reared on food waste streams
    S Alagappan, A Dong, L Hoffman, D Cozzolino, SO Mantilla, P James, ...
    Waste Management 194, 221-227 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 23
  • The missing link between shelf life and food waste: are infrared sensing technologies underutilised?
    D Cozzolino, S Alagappan, LC Hoffman
    Trends in Food Science & Technology 148, 104494 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 23
  • Nutritional analysis, volatile composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties of Australian green ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)
    S Alagappan, M Chaliha, Y Sultanbawa, S Fuller, LC Hoffman, G Netzel, ...
    Future Foods 3, 100007 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • Monitoring compositional changes in black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) sourced from different waste stream diets using attenuated total reflectance mid infrared spectroscopy and …
    LC Hoffman, S Zhang, S Alagappan, V Wills, O Yarger, D Cozzolino
    Molecules 27 (21), 7500 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for monitoring the nutritional composition of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) and frass
    S Alagappan, L Hoffman, D Mikkelsen, SO Mantilla, P James, O Yarger, ...
    Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 104 (3), 1487-1496 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 16
  • Evaluating the use of vibrational spectroscopy to detect the level of adulteration of cricket powder in plant flours: the effect of the matrix
    S Alagappan, S Ma, JR Nastasi, LC Hoffman, D Cozzolino
    Sensors 24 (3), 924 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • Near infrared spectroscopy for prediction of yeast and mould counts in black soldier fly larvae, feed and frass: a proof of concept
    S Alagappan, A Dong, D Mikkelsen, LC Hoffman, SMO Mantilla, P James, ...
    Sensors 23 (15), 6946 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 11
  • Deep learning techniques and optimization strategies in big data analytics: automated transfer learning of convolutional neural networks using Enas algorithm
    M Krishnamoorthy, S Suresh, S Alagappan
    Deep learning techniques and optimization strategies in big data analytics … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 10
  • The Combination of Machine Learning Tools with the Rapid Visco Analyser (RVA) to Enhance the Analysis of Starchy Food Ingredients and Products
    JR Nastasi, S Alagappan, D Cozzolino
    Applied Sciences 15 (6), 3376 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Effect of larval instar and post-harvest treatments on heavy metals in BSFL and frass reared on commercial food waste streams
    S Alagappan, S Mallard, D Cozzolino, D Mikkelsen, P James, SO Mantilla, ...
    International Journal of Food Science and Technology 59 (11), 8214-8223 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Exploring the use of portable infrared spectroscopy as a quality assurance tool for the Australian Native/Traditional food industry: a case study on finger lime (Citrus …
    JR Nastasi, KR Perry, S Alagappan, A Kolobaric, JM King, EW Hoffman, ...
    International Journal of Food Science and Technology 59 (10), 7570-7579 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Monitoring compositional changes in black soldier fly larvae after processing (drying and blanching) using near infrared spectroscopy
    D Cozzolino, S Alagappan, M Ochoa, S Zhang, O Yarger, LC Hoffman, ...
    Infrared Physics & Technology 138, 105212 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7