PHD SUPERVISORS

Area of Specialisation

• Organic chemistry (organic synthesis and reaction mechanism)
• Heterocyclic chemistry (synthesis and biological activity evaluation of heterocyclic compounds)
• Bio-organic chemistry (understanding of reaction mechanism/ drug metabolism in biological system)
• Green chemistry (design and development of greener strategies for synthesis of compounds; applications of green catalysts; greener reaction conditions)

2023

•  Madhushree B N 

2024

•  Swetha M 

Area of Specialisation

• Electrochemical and photochemical CO2 reduction
• Electrochemical and photochemical functionalization of heterocycles
• C-H activation of various organic molecules
• Development of chiral organocatalysts as well as transition metal complexes.
• Asymmetric CO2 fixation to organic molecules

2023

•  Nandini M

2024

•  Sushma A

Area of Specialisation

• Conducting polymers
• Nanoparticles/nanocomposites-synthesis
• Applications of nanocomposites in the following fields: Energy storage, Environmental remediation, Organic synthesis

2023

• Ms Hannah Harshini Joseph

2024

• Nivedita Ghosh

Area of Specialisation

• Protein Chemistry
• Green synthesis of organic compounds and its applications

2023

•  Manoj P 

Area of Specialisation

• Solid State Chemistry
• Materials Chemistry
• Nanoscience

2024

• Avinash C M

Area of Specialisation

• Carbohydrate chemistry
• Asymmetric multi-step total synthesis
• Development of synthetic methodology
• Supramolecular chemistry

2023

•  J Saurab Jain 

Area of Specialisation

• Electrochemistry
• Developing electrochemical sensors for biologically significant molecules such as endocrine disruptors, neurotransmitters, amino acids, flavonoids, heavy metal ions, pharmaceutically significant molecules, and environmentally hazardous molecules.
• Application of the developed sensors in the determination of target analyte in real samples such as blood serum, cerebral fluid, urine, milk, fruit juices…etc. Pulse techniques such as differential pulse voltammetry, anodic/cathodic differential pulse voltammetry, stripping voltammetry, hydrodynamic linear sweep voltammetry, and amperometry are used for the quantification
• Electropolymerization, drop-casting, bulk modification, and covalent modification using biocompatible and new-generation materials for modification of the electrodes.
• Developing electrocatalysts for redox reactions and studying charge transfer kinetics by electrochemical impedance study.
• Study of the behavior of the modified electrodes in the surfactant medium using different electrochemical techniques.

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Area of Specialisation

• Sustainable chemistry
• Waste management
• Green Chemistry
• Ionic liquids
• Biomass conversion
• Catalysis
• Electrocatalysis

2023

•  Geethanjali 

Area of Specialisation

• Design of Ceramic Nanomaterials Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organic Dyes and other pollutants
• Investigation of photo luminescent oxide nanoparticles for Theranostic (biological) applications and solid-state lighting
• Design and Development of Oxide nanoparticles and Nanocomposites for Gas Sensors
• Design of Ferroic materials

2024

• Kavitha N A

Area of Specialisation

• Renewable Energy Materials
• Solar Thermal Energy Storage
• Heat Transfer Fluids
• Nanofluids
• Organic Electronics
• Conjugated Polymers

2024

• Jaseentha A

Area of Specialisation

• Heterogeneous catalysis; Photocatalysis
• Acid-catalyzed organic transformations
• Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants
• Photocatalytic synthesis of fine chemicals

2024

• Nowsin Khatun

• Vicelia Gracinda Alphonse

Area of Specialisation

• Computer aided drug design
• Molecular docking
• Synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry
• Design and synthesis of bioactive heterocyclic compounds
• Single crystal XRD studies
• Computational chemistry

2024

• Tushar K P