Biography

Phillip has almost 35 years’ experience in light- and electron microscopy imaging, analysis, and sample preparation. He has experience in biological and medical microscopy both clinical and research- environments. He has worked at such prestigious institutions as Red Cross Children’s Hospital, UCT, SAMRC and Duke University. He is currently embracing the challenges of High-Resolution TEM imaging and analysis of various nanomaterials.

Publications

  • Dwarka, D; Murugan, N; Thaver, V; Baijnath, H. 2017. Preparation Techniques of Strelitzia nicolai Aril Tissue for Scanning Electron Microscopy. Journal of Advanced Microscopy Research 12, 1–7.

 

  • Ligham-Soliar, T; Murugan, N. 2013. A New Helical Crossed-Fibre Structure of b-Keratin in Flight Feathers and Its Biomechanical Implications. PLOS One, 8

 

  • Gallager, S., Hill, J.M., Murugan, N., Botha, C.E.J. 2018. A moderate elevation in [CO2] results in potential hypervirulence on SABBIErica. South African Journal of Botany 114, 44–60.

Research profiles