Dr. Lohith J.J. — Academic & Research Portfolio

A high-performance, dynamic academic portfolio and CMS-driven research repository for Dr. Lohith J.J., Professor & Head of Department — Computer Science & Engineering (IoT & Cybersecurity including Blockchain Technology) at Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology (NCET), Bengaluru, India.

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🌟 Key Features

• Dynamic Headless CMS Integration: Powered by Sanity Studio v3, allowing non-technical content updates for publications, awards, invited talks, employment timeline, education, skills, and profile bio without editing source code.
• Single-Click Document & Asset Management: Direct file asset uploads for publication PDFs, award certificates, and high-resolution profile imagery managed seamlessly via Sanity CDN.
• Automated Live Metrics & Sanity Sync: Serverless daily automated cron job using Python & GitHub Actions to scrape real-time citations, h-index, and paper counts from Google Scholar and OpenAlex API, mutating Sanity dataset records in real-time.
• Academic & Technology Design System: Built with an Emerald & Graphite typography-driven design system engineered specifically for academic rigor, readability, and visual excellence.
• Interactive Knowledge Dissemination: Filterable catalog featuring 28+ invited talks, FDPs, and keynotes delivered across NITs, IITs, and premier institutions, formatted with balanced grid layouts.
• Direct Collaboration Contact: Serverless Formspree integration forwarding research collaboration and FDP invitation inquiries straight to Gmail via asynchronous AJAX handling.
• Pure & Lightweight Architecture: Built using Vanilla HTML5, CSS3, and ES Modules without heavy JavaScript frameworks for instant page load times and 100% cross-device responsiveness.

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🛠️ Technology Stack

• Frontend Core: HTML5, Vanilla CSS3 (Custom Properties & Tokens), Modern JavaScript (ES Modules)
• CMS Backend: Headless Sanity Studio v3, GROQ Query Engine, Read-Only Public CDN API (apicdn.sanity.io)
• Typography: Manrope (Clean Body & UI) & IBM Plex Mono (Data Display)
• Automation / Metrics Sync: Python 3.12, scholarly library, OpenAlex REST API, Sanity Mutation API, GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Forms & Integration: Formspree AJAX API
• Deployment & Hosting: GitHub Pages on Custom Domain (drlohithjj.in)

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📁 Repository Structure

DrLohithJJ_portfolio/
├── .github/workflows/
│   └── sync-scholar.yml       # Nightly GitHub Action for Scholar & Sanity sync
├── assets/
│   └── Dr Lohith J J.jpeg     # High-resolution academic profile photo
├── data/
│   ├── initial_sanity_data.ndjson # NDJSON seed dataset (65 documents)
│   └── scholar.json           # Fallback metrics store
├── scripts/
│   ├── main.js                # ES Module main UI controller & event listeners
│   ├── sync_scholar.py        # Python scraper & Sanity mutation aggregator
│   └── sanity/
│       ├── client.js          # Tokenless read-only Sanity CDN client
│       ├── queries.js         # Centralized GROQ query definitions
│       └── loader.js          # Asynchronous DOM card renderer & animation observer
├── studio/                    # Headless Sanity Studio v3 Admin Dashboard
│   ├── sanity.config.js       # Sanity Studio configuration
│   ├── sanity.cli.js          # Sanity CLI settings
│   ├── package.json           # Studio dependencies
│   └── schemas/               # 14 Content schemas (profile, publication, award, etc.)
├── styles/
│   ├── main.css               # Design system component styles & responsive grid
│   ├── reset.css              # Baseline CSS reset
│   └── variables.css          # Color tokens & typography scale
├── index.html                 # Main single-page application structure
├── ADMIN_GUIDE.md             # Non-technical admin guide for Dr. Lohith
├── CNAME                      # Custom domain configuration (drlohithjj.in)
└── README.md                  # Project documentation

🤖 Automated Daily Citation Sync

The automated workflow (.github/workflows/sync-scholar.yml) runs every night at 00:30 UTC (6:00 AM IST) on GitHub Actions cloud servers:

1. Executes scripts/sync_scholar.py.
2. Queries Google Scholar & OpenAlex API for updated metrics.
3. Applies safety checks to ensure citation counts never regress.
4. Mutates the scholarStats document inside Sanity CMS using secure SANITY_WRITE_TOKEN.
5. Updates local data/scholar.json fallback store, keeping the portfolio updated automatically.

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📜 License & Rights

© 2026 Dr. Lohith J.J. All rights reserved.
Source code released under the MIT License.