ACADEMIC RECORD
Ø Graduation (B.Sc.): Chemistry,
1991, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Ø M.Sc. degree:
1993, M. Sc. in Organic Chemistry. Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Title of the M. Sc. Thesis: A Study of 2,4,6-triphenypyrylium cation sensitized photo-oxygenation reactions of a few furan derivatives
Supervisor: Dr. K. R. Gopidas, Scientist, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science &
Technology(NIIST) (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory) (CSIR) Industrial Estate,
Trivandrum - 695019
Ø Ph.D. degree: Chemistry (October 1999) Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India
"Photoinduced Electron Transfer: Design and Study of New Sensitizers to Control Back Electron
Transfer"
Ph.D. advisor: Dr. K. R. Gopidas, Scientist, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science &
Technology(NIIST) (Formerly Regional Research Laboratory) (CSIR) Industrial Estate,
Trivandrum - 695019
SCIENTIFIC OR PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: May 1999 – February 2000
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with Extended Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR) at the Photochemistry Research Unit, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology(NIIST)
-Post – Doctoral Research Associate: March 2000 – December 2001
Post - doctoral research associate in the research group of Prof. Hermenegildo Garcia at the Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
-Post – Doctoral Research Associate: January 2002 – September 2006
Post - doctoral research associate in the research group of Prof. Dr. André M. Braun and Prof. Dr. Esther Oliveros at the Chair of Environmental Analysis and Techniques (Lehrstuhl für Umweltmesstechnik), Engler-Bunte Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
-Reader in Organic Chemistry : October 2006- October 2009
-Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry : October 2009-January 2016
-Head of the Department : May 2013 – May, 2016, June 2022 - September 2022
-Professor in Organic Chemistry : February 2016 to date @ Department of Applied
Chemistry Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, Pin – 682022,
Kerala, India.
-Coordinator, Centre for Integrated Studies, CUSAT : June 2022 - January 2024
-Controller of Examinations, CUSAT: January, 2024 - to date