Draft:Bomanna G. Loganathan

Bommanna G. Loganathan (born September 30, 1954) is an Indian-born, Japan-educated American Professor. Presently serving as a professor of Environmental/Analytical Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Services Laboratory at the Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky. [1] [2]. Loganathan has written or edited, alone or collaboratively over 150 scholarly publications including 6 books, book chapters, encyclopedia chapters, scientific journal articles, and numerous reports on environmental contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs).[3][4][5][6][7][8]. He researched POPs in air, water, soil, sediment, and food materials and their harmful effect on human/wildlife health. He is well-known for his scientific contributions on global contamination trends of POPs. Loganathan traveled to more than 20 countries and delivered lectures, seminars, and conducted workshops on persistent man-made chemicals and their impact on the global environment and human/wildlife health. He received numerous awards, honors, and recognitions at the regional, national, and international levels for his outstanding contributions in research, teaching excellence, and for volunteer service. In addition, his contributions to the community, region, the chemistry enterprise, and the world earned him titles such as  “Chemistry Ambassador”[9], “Inspirational Chemist”[10], “American Chemical Society Fellow (ACSF)”[11] and the “United States Fulbright Specialist”.[12] One of his works has been featured in “Calloway County- 200-Yr History Book”[13] and “The American Chemical Society’s National Historic Chemical Landmark-Kelly Pneumatic Iron Process”.[14]

Early Life and Education

Loganathan was born in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. His father, Bommanna Gounder, and mother, S. Periakkal were managing a small agricultural farm for a living. He is 7th of 8 children in the family. He earned his bachelor's degree (1977) at Government Arts College affiliated to the University of Madras, Coimbatore. He received his Masters (1979) and doctorate degrees (1986) from the Center of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Annamalai University, Porto Novo (Parangipettai), India. In 1986, he was selected as a Monbusho (Japanese Government fellowship) fellow [15] and joined Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan where he studied and conducted research on highly toxic environmental pollutants and received his second doctorate from Ehime University in 1990. He came to the United States in June 1990. He received his United States Permanent Resident (Green Card) status in July 1994 under the Outstanding Professor/Researcher category (INA- 203 (b) (1) (b).   Dr. Loganathan became a United States Citizen in March 2001.

Academic Career
After graduation from Ehime University, Japan, Loganathan joined as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Great Lakes Laboratory, SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo New York. After three years of postdoctoral training, he joined Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University System of Georgia, Savannah, GA as a Research Assistant Professor. He served as one of the key investigators for the environmental monitoring and assessment program (EMAP) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s funded project. In addition, he was also teaching biology and environmental sciences evening classes for undergraduate students at Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia. In the year 1997, he joined Murray State University (MSU) as a research associate and continued teaching and conducting research in the Department of Chemistry and Watershed Studies Institute. In 2000, he transitioned to a tenure-track faculty and was subsequently promoted to a full professor. He has been teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate-level courses while conducting his research on classical and emerging new environmental pollutants and mentoring graduate students for their thesis research.

Loganathan is passionate about teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. He has inspired, motivated, and had a positive influence on thousands of students during his twenty-five years of teaching chemistry. His noteworthy teaching and mentoring have allowed him to attain several prestigious awards. In 2022, the MSU Alumni Association named him an MSU Distinguished Professor. In 2013, the MSU Student Government Association bestowed Loganathan with the Max Carman Outstanding Teacher Award. Dr. Loganathan also was named the Karl Hussung Professor in Chemistry in 2012. He also received the 2012 University Distinguished Mentor Award (UDMA) and the MSU Service Learning Mentor of the Year award (2010) for his outstanding mentoring contributions. In addition, Loganathan was also the recipient of the 2010 Sandra Flynn Professor of the Year for his unparalleled service contributions to the MSU international students.

Career As a Researcher
Following the consequential book “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson (in 1962), global awareness of environmental harm by synthetic organic chemicals resulted in the establishment of environmental agencies (the US EPA) in the United States as well as other countries. These environmental agencies were involved in advancing the understanding of the impacts of toxic chemicals and funding/supporting research that helps to reduce/mitigate global environmental pollution by man-made chemicals. Therefore, during the late 20th century, scientists all over the world were scrambling to find the environmental contamination levels of organochlorine chemicals. Due to a lack of suitable trace-level analytical methods, it was challenging for chemists to measure these compounds and evaluate their health effects on humans and wildlife. In this environment, Loganathan began his research on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) at Ehime University, Japan under the mentorship of Professors Ryo Tatsukawa and Shinsuke Tanabe, reputed environmental scientists in Japan. His research work involves analytical method development, environmental monitoring, distribution, environmental transformation, and fate of highly toxic organic contaminants in the global environment and their effect on wildlife and humans.

Loganathan analyzed agricultural pesticides (DDTS, BHCs, HCBs, etc.) and industrial chemicals (polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)) in fish, human adipose tissues, and blubber samples from whales and dolphins and described their levels, long-term trends, and evaluated risk by these pollutants to wildlife and humans. [16] [17] [18]   Based on these studies he described contamination trends of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs on a global scale. [19] [20]  Loganathan’s temporal trend studies were considered one of the pioneering contributions on POPs as his publication traced pesticides and PCB levels in human adipose tissues as early as 1928. Furthermore, Loganathan and his co-worker described for the first time the global organochlorine contamination trends based on spatial, biological, and chemical characteristics viewpoints. [20]

At the Great Lakes Laboratory, State University of New York College at Buffalo, Loganathan performed studies on the Buffalo River Mass Balance Project dealing with persistent organic pollutants (Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins/furans and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons) in Buffalo River fish. This is one of the pioneering studies on the occurrence of brominated flame-retardants (polybrominated diphenyl ethers, PBDEs) in Buffalo River carp. This publication generated a great deal of interest in PBDEs and other brominated flame-retardant contamination in general. Several special symposia, meetings, and legislations were enacted to prevent exposure and to protect the global environment and the health of wildlife and humans.[21]

Further, Loganathan collaborated with his colleagues and others and demonstrated for the first time, the effect of butyltin (mono-, di-, and tributyltin) and phenyltin compounds and their effect on human natural killer cell function.[22] [23]. Following these studies, many other compounds were tested for their effect on the cancer-killing potential of human natural killer lymphocytes. [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

During the last decade, Loganathan expanded his research collaborating with several scientists and focusing on emerging pollutants including “forever chemicals” namely perfluoro-alkyl substances, their environmental distribution and bioaccumulation, biomagnification and effects on biota. Studies performed on the perfluorinated compounds in human blood from several countries and wastewater treatment plant samples from Kentucky and Georgia received considerable attention (cited over 1200 and 420 times respectively) and were recognized as highly cited papers. [29] [30].  In addition, they analyzed emerging pollutants of concern such as melamine and its derivatives, hydroxyl-PAHs,  phthalate and its metabolites, and bisphenol analogs in cow urine and their feed, and compared the levels in China, India, and the United States. [31] [32]  Recently, his collaboration with Korean scientists resulted in describing freely dissolved PAHs using different types of passive samplers in freshwater ecosystems. [33]

Loganathan’s research contributions were recognized at regional, national, and international levels. He received several awards as well as grants from, among others, the National Science Foundation, Kentucky EPSCoR EPA, New York-New Jersey Harbor Discharge Group, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and MSU Alumni Association for his outstanding contributions to Science, Education, and Leadership. Following is a list of selected awards and grants.

2021 and 2023:  United States Fulbright Specialist Awards.

2020 ICEACBS Best Scientist Award from the Voice of Indian Concern for the Environment.

2015   Outstanding Professional Member Research Award, KLS-American Chemical Society.

2014  Global Innovation Grant, American Chemical Society.

2013   Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STA)- Honorable Mention. US EPA.

2011   Top Cited Author (2007-2011) Award, ELSEVIER. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2007 MSU Distinguished Researcher Award.

2010 and 2016 MSU Presidential Research Fellowship.

2002   Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Japan, AIST Summer Fellowship Award.

1992   Outstanding Environmental Researcher Award, Great Lakes Lab. SUNY- Buffalo., NY.

Service to the Community and the Chemistry Enterprise
In addition to teaching and research, Loganathan was involved in a variety of service activities that provided a lasting impact on K-12 students to the global scientific community. As a Coordinator for Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCED) for the Kentucky Lake Section of the American Chemical Society (2014 to present) he has been organizing Earth Week Illustrated Poem Contest for regional school (K-12th grade) students and presents local section level awards and advance the winners to the ACS national level competition. To date, six students from our region won National Level awards.[34]

As a Director of MSU Chemical Services Laboratory, Loganathan supervised a large number of industrial analytical services projects and helped regional industries to identify and remove impurities in their products, resulting in the manufacturing of safe products for consumers.

As a Chair of the Kentucky Lake Section (2014), Loganathan has led the effort to recognize the historical contribution of a chemist in western Kentucky for his outstanding, but relatively unknown activities in the area of steel production. This has resulted in William Kelly’s iron and steel-making process receiving recognition as a National Historic Chemical Landmark. This represents the State of Kentucky's FIRST National Historic Chemical Landmark.[14]

Loganathan has organized and presided over several scientific sessions in national and international symposia including the American Chemical Society's annual meetings, Dioxin Symposia, and Annual meetings of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). He has served as guest editor for Chemosphere, Bulletin of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, etc., He is also an Associate Editor for Sustainable Chemistry journal and reviewer panel member for several international journals dealing with environmental issues.

Dr. Loganathan was an invited speaker at several universities and delivered keynote speeches at international conferences and seminars.[35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41].

Personal Life

Loganathan is married to Kalaiselvi, a Registered Nurse at the Murray Calloway-County Hospital. They have two adult children, Sudan Loganathan and Dheepa Loganathan.

References

1.   Dr. Bommanna G. Loganathan (murraystate.edu)  Chemistry Faculty and Staff | Murray State University. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

2.   08_SET_21_22.pdf (murraystate.edu) Retrieved 2024-02-03.

3.   Ahuja, S., Loganathan, B.G. (Editors). 2021 Contaminants in our water: Identification and Remediation Methods. ACS Symposium Series Volume 1352. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. ISBN 13: ‍9780841298941; eISBN: ‍9780841298934; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2020-1352

4.   Subedi,B., Burgard, D.A., Loganathan, B.G. (Editors). 2019.   Wastewater Based Epidemiology: Estimating Community Drug Consumption.  ACS Symposium Series Volume 1319,  American Chemical Society, Washington DC. ISBN13: 9780841234413; eISBN: 9780841234406;   https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bk-2019-1319

5.   Loganathan, B.G., Khim, J.S., Kodavanti, P.R., Masunaga, S. (Editors). 2016. Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries I. ACS Symposium Series Volume 1243, American Chemical Society, Washington DC. ISBN13: 9780841231979; eISBN: 9780841231962. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/bk-2016-1243

6.   Loganathan, B.G., Khim, J.S., Kodavanti, P.R., Masunaga, S. (Editors). 2016. Persistent Organic Chemicals in the Environment: Status and Trends in the Pacific Basin Countries II. ACS Symposium Series Volume 1244, American Chemical Society, Washington DC. ISBN13: 9780841231993; eISBN: 9780841231986; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/bk-2016-1244

7.   Ahuja, S.,  Andrade, J., Dionysiou, D.,  Hristovski, K. and Loganathan, B.G. (Editors). 2015. Water Challenges and Solutions on a Global Scale. ACS Symposium Series Volume 1206, ACS  Division of Environmental Chemistry Inc., Washington DC. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/book/10.1021/bk-2015-1206

8.   Loganathan, B.G. and Lam, PKS. (Editors). 2012. Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals. pp 636. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. ISBN: 978-1-4398-3830-3. https://www.routledge.com/Global-Contamination-Trends-of-Persistent-Organic-Chemicals/Loganathan-Lam/p/book/9781439838303

9.   Chemistry Ambassador and E. Ann Nalley Award for Volunteer Service. https://kentuckylakeacs.wordpress.com/2019/11/30/in-the-news-dr-bommanna-loganathan-wins-prestigious-volunteer-service-award/

10.  Inspirational Chemist. https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i16/Hurdle-High.html#Loganathan

11.  ACS Fellows Program. https://www.acs.org/funding/awards/acs-fellows.html

12.  The United States Fulbright Specialist- Bogota, Colombia:   https://murraystatenews.org/193294/features/fulbright-specialist-program-selects-professor/ Cartagena, Colombia:

https://www.eluniversal.com.co/cartagena/experto-de-la-universidad-de-murray-dictara-charla-ambiental-en-unicartagena-YG9459450

13.  https://www.acclaimpress.com/books/calloway-county-kentucky-the-first-200-years-1822-2022/

14.  Kelly Pneumatic Iron Process. https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/landmarksdirectory.html

15.  Monbhusho Japanese Government Scholarship. https://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/education/japanese_government_scholarships.html

16.  Loganathan, B.G., Tanabe, S., Tatsukawa, R. and Goto, M. 1989. Temporal trends of organochlorine contamination in lizard goby, Rhinogobius flumineus from the River Nagaragawa, Japan. Environmental Pollution. 62, 237-251. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0269749189901905

17.  Loganathan, B.G., Tanabe, S., Hidaka, Y., Kawano, M., Hidaka, H. and Tatsukawa, R. 1993. Temporal trends of persistent organochlorine residues in human adipose tissues from Japan, 1928-1985. ''Pollution. Environmental''. 81, 31-39. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/026974919390025J

18.   Loganathan, B.G., Tanabe, S., Tanaka, H., Miyazaki, N., Amano, M. and Tatsukawa, R. 1990. Comparison of persistent residues in striped dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba from western North Pacific in 1978-1986. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 21, 435-439. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025326X9090763X

19.  Loganathan, B.G. and Kannan, K. 1994. Global organochlorine contamination: An Overview. AMBIO, The Journal of Human Environment. 23, 187-191. The Royal Swedish Academy of Science. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4314197.pdf

20.  Loganathan, B.G. and Kannan, K. 1991. Times perspectives of organochlorine contamination in the global environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 22, 582-584. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0025326X9190244M

21.  Loganathan, B.G., Kannan, K., Watanabe, I., Kawano, M., Irvine, K.N., Kumar, S. and Sikka, H.C. 1995. Isomer specific determination and toxic evaluation of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated/brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, polybrominated biphenyl ethers, and extractable organic halogen in carp from the Buffalo River, New York. ''Environ. Sci. Technol''. 29, 1832-1838. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es00007a021

22.  Whalen, M.W., Loganathan, B.G., Kannan, K. 1999. Immunotoxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of butyltins on human natural killer cells in vitro. Environmental Research. 81, 108-116. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935199939683

23.  Whalen, M.M., Hariharan, S. and Loganathan, B.G. 2000. Phenyltin inhibition of the cytotoxic function of  human natural killer cells. Environmental Research.  84, 162-169. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935100940830

24.  Whalen, M.M., Loganathan, B.G.,  Yamashita, N. and Saito, T. 2003. Immunomodulation of human natural killer cell cytotoxic function by triazine and carbamate pesticides. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 145, 311-319. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009279703000279

25.  Reed, A., Dzon, L., Loganathan, B.G. and Whalen, M.M. 2004. Immunomodulation of human natural killer cell cytotoxic function by organochlorine pesticides. Human and Experimental Toxicology.  23, 463-471. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1191/0960327104ht477oa

26.   Whalen, M.M., Green, S. and Loganathan, B.G. 2002. Brief butyltin exposure induces irreversible inhibition of the cytotoxic function on human natural killer cells, in vitro. Environmental Research. 88, 19-29. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001393510194318X

27.   Whalen, M.M., Ghazi, S., Loganathan, B.G. and Hatcher, F. 2002. Expression of CD16, CD18 in tributyltin-exposed human natural killer cells. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 132, 159-176. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009279701002976

28.  Whalen, M.M. and Loganathan, B.G. 2001. Butyltin exposure causes a rapid decrease in cyclic AMP levels in human lymphocytes. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 171, 141-148. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041008X0099121X

29.  Kannan, K., Corsolini, S.,  Falandyz, J., Fillmann, G., Senthilkumar, K., Loganathan, B.G. et al. 2004. Perfluooctanesulfonate and related fluorochemicals in human blood from several countries. ''Environ. Sci. Technol.'' 38, 4489-4495. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es0493446

30.  Loganathan, B.G., Sajwan, K.S., Sinclair, E., Kumar, K.S. and Kannan, K. 2007. Perfluoroalkyl sulfonates and perfluorocarboxylates in two wastewater treatment facilities in Kentucky and Georgia. Water Research. 41, 4611-4620. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135407004319?casa_token=VBAbm_MmjDAAAAAA:j8SJVRbL6HFO6QXARezI13q9_-FxarD8xuSQY6l8pq2MIfymIDg4xzk5RBuNKAlxQVJy-L01pndW

31.  Zhu, H., Loganathan, B.G., Kannan, K. 2019.  Occurrence and profiles of melamine and cyanuric acid in bovine feed and urine from China, India, and the United States. ''Environ. Sci. Technol''. 53, 7029-7035. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b00469

32.  Zhu, H., Wang, L., Liu, C., Stryker, Z., Loganathan, B.G., Kannan, K. 2019. Phthalate metabolites, hydroxyl-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and bisphenol analogues in bovine urine collected from China, India and the United States. ''Environ. Sci. Technol''. 53, 11524-11531.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04178. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b04178

33.  Kim, N.Y., Loganathan, B.G., Kim, G.B. 2023. Determination and comparison of freely dissolved PAHs using different types of passive samplers in freshwater. Science of the Total Environment. 892, 164802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164802

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969723034253

34. https://www.acs.org/education/outreach/ccew/plan-an-event/illustrated-poem-contest/winners.html

35. Invited Speaker: Bommanna Loganathan, World Environment Day, June 5, 2023. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India.

36. Plenary Speaker: Boman Loganathan, International Symposium on Environmental Toxicology and Health, Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia. Nov. 16, 17, 2023. Title: Environmental Toxicology: Historical and Future Perspectives.

37. International Panel Discussion with Fulbright Specialists: Title: Innovation and Social Knowledge Transfer: Sustainability Challenges. Panelists: Dr. Bommanna Loganathan, Tasha Howe, Elizabeth Leon. Moderator: Maurico Sabogal. Universidad Ean, Bogota, Colombia. June 17, 2021.

38. Keynote Speaker: Bommanna Loganathan. Title: Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals. Keynote address at the International Conference on "Recent Advances in Applied Sciences, Technology and Health (RASTH 2021)". Organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India. March 03, 05, 2021.

39. Keynote Speaker: Bommanna Loganathan. Title: Legacy and Emerging Environmental Pollutants:  Global Contamination Status and Trends. 2020 International Conference on Environmental, Agricultural, Chemical and Biological Sciences (2020 ICEACBS). Organized by Voice of Indian Concern for the Environment (VOICE) & Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Puducherry, India. January 24, 2020.

40. Invited Speaker: Bommanna Loganathan, Title: Organohalogen compounds and their effect on cancer-fighting potential in humans. Seminar presented to the faculty and students at the College of Science, University of Toyama, Japan. September 3, 2007.

41. Invited Speaker: Bommanna Loganathan. Title:  Man-made chemicals in the environment and their effect on human natural killer cell function. Seminar presented at the Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali "G. Sarfatti", Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy. November 21, 2007.