Research Projects and Expertise

Research Projects:

  • Development of Solid Acid Catalysts for the Effective Glycolysis of PET polymer Wastes, University Grants Commission (UGC), Amount: 3,15,000.00, 2016-2018 (Completed) (as PI)

  • Isolation and Characterisation of Potent Emulsifiers from Bacteria Isolated from Chennai Harbour Waters, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Amount: 21,38,300.00, 2017-2020 (Completed) (as Co-PI)

  • Conversion of pet polymer wastes into pharmaceutical intermediates using lewis acidic zeolite catalysts, TNSCST, Rs. 7500.00, April 2019 (Completed).

Area of Expertise:

  • Organic Synthesis - Multi component heterocyclic synthesis

  • Catalysis - Zeolite, Clay and MCM-41 materials for organic transformation

  • Natural Products - isolation and structural elucidation

  • Solid waste management - polymer degradation - PET polymer

Skills:

  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry - Heterocyclic Compounds Synthesis

  • Organic Dyes, Textile Chemistry, textile dyes

  • Material Characterization, Nanomaterials, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Fine Chemicals,

  • 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, MS, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Flurorescence spectroscopy