Menaga Ilangkovan

Innovative Science Teacher bringing 7 years background instructing students. Expertise in classroom oversight, course planning and behavior management. Successful at collaborating with teachers, administrative leaders and support specialists to meet individual student needs. Engage the students in higher-order thinking process through technology to increase student performance. Generates student enthusiasm for learning through individual connections and motivators and Empowers students through interactive learning, offering fun and educational lessons and exciting science demonstrations.

• Collaborated with Science, Math and ICT team in the development of Science Fair Projects.
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop student tracking spreadsheets.
• Attended Microsoft Team training and courses including

1. 21st century learning design,

2. Prepare to develop AI solutions on Azure

3. Learning Minecraft: Education Edition

4. Microsoft Teacher Academy

• Integrate Flip grid into your classroom to empower student voice.
• Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator
• Certified trainer of The Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE)

Research Publications

1. Yuandani, Menaga, I., Jantan, I., Falina, Amirul F, et al, 2013. Inhibitory effects of standardized extracts of

Phyllanthus amarus and Phyllanthus urinaria and their marker compounds of phagocytic activity of human

leukocyte. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine doi:10.1155/eCAM.603634.

2. Jantan, I., Menaga, I., Mohamad, Y. & Mohamad, H.F. 2014. Correlation betweenthe major components of

Phyllanthus amarus and Phyllanthus urinaria and their inhibitory effects onphagocytic

activity of human neutrophils. BMC Complement Alternative Medicine. 14:429.

3. Menaga, I., Jantan, I., Mesaik, M.A., Bukhari, S.N.A. 2015. Immunosuppressive effects of thestandardized

extract of Phyllanthus amarus on cellular immune responses in Wistar-Kyoto rats. DDDT. 9: 4917–4930.

4. Menaga, I., Jantan, I., Mesaik, M.A., Bukhari, S.N.A. (2016). Inhibitory effects of the standardized extract

of Phyllanthus amarus on cellular and humoral immune responses in Balb/C mice. Phytotherapy Research.

30(8):1330-8. doi: 10.1002/ptr.5633.

5. Yuandani et al. “Inhibitory effects of compounds from Phyllanthus amarus on nitric oxide production,

lymphocyte proliferation, and cytokine release from phagocytes.” Drug design, development and therapy vol. 10

1935-45. 9 Jun. 2016, doi:10.2147/DDDT.S105651

6. Menaga, I., Jantan, I., Mesaik, M.A., Bukhari, S.N.A. 2016. Phyllanthin from Phyllanthus amarus

inhibits cellular and humoral immune responses in Balb/C mice. Phytomedicine.[PHYMED52063].

7. Ibrahim Jantan, Laiba Arshad, Md Areeful Haque, Menaga Ilangkovan. Zerumbone from

Zingiber zerumbet inhibits innate and adaptive immune responses in Balb/C mice.International

Immunopharmacology 73(2019)552-559.

8. Jantan, I., Haque, M.A., Ilangkovan, M., & Arshad, L. (2019). Zerumbone from Zingiber

zerumbet inhibits innate and adaptive immune responses in Balb/C mice. International

immunopharmacology, 73, 552-559 .