Our Faculty

Research Area

1. Development of Expanded and contracted porphyriniods
   1. as theranostic agents
   2. as imaging and photothermal agents
   3. as aromatic and antiaromatic model compounds.

2. Porphyrinoid chemistry towards biomedical applications
   1. Design and development of various porphyrin based theranostics.
   2. Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) with Porphyrinic Materials
   3. Synthetic Cytochrome P450 models to explore the metabolic pathways of drugs.

3. Exploring porphyrinoids towards
   1. Development of Porphyrin based fluorescence Sensors
   2. Supramolecular chemistry: Non-covalent / Intermolecular Interactions of Fluorinated Porphyrins

Projects Completed

• Development of far red or near infrared (NIR) emitting fluorophores: As potential dyes for early cancer detection. [Rahul Soman (PI)at Prof. PK Panda Lab University of Hyderabad]
  Funding Body: DST-SERB
  Status: Completed
• Design of new class of indolizine fused pi- extended porphyrinoids towards theranostic applications [Rahul Soman (PI) at Prof. PK Panda Lab University of Hyderabad]
  Funding Body: DSKPDF-UGC
  Status: Completed

2021

• 3 Jul 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Introduction of a Versatile PDT Photosensitizer: Meso- Diester Boron(III)subchlorins and its μ-oxo Dimer ” in International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP 11) organized by Society of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines (SPP). [Webinar]
• 8 May 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Design of bowl shaped ring contracted chlorins and antiaromatic expanded porphyrins” in NITC diamond jubilee celebrations webinar series at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, India. [Webinar]
• 8 Mar 2021 – Presented oral virtual presentation entitled “Bowl Shaped Ring Contracted Porphyrins as Versatile Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)” in Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry (RAMC 2021) at School of Chemistry and Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials and Applications, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India. [Webinar]
• 4 Mar 2017 – Presented Poster and oral presentation entitled “One pot synthesis of stable meso-substituted subchlorin and first subchlorin dimer” in Chemfest 2017 at School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. [Oral and Poster]

2017

• Presented poster on the topic “One pot synthesis of stable meso-substituted subchlorin and first subchlorin dimer” in “Chemfest 2017” held in University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. [Oral and Poster]

• Department of Science and Technology – Science and Engineering Research Board awarded SERB National Postdoctoral fellowship. (No. PDF/2016/000685)
• University Grand Commission (UGC) awarded D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral fellowship. (No. CH/17-18/0252)
• Awarded Best Poster in “International Conference on Advances in New materials June 2014 (ICAN 2014)” held in University of Madras, Chennai.
• Elected as PhD Councillor of Science (2013-14) at NIT Calicut, Students Affairs Council.
• Registered Pharmacist under Kerala State Pharmacy council (Registration no. 35807).
• Member of Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines – (SPP, https://www.spp-jpp.org/) (Membership No. SPP03298).
• MHRD Junior Research fellowship (JRF) from 2010 to 2012.
• MHRD Senior Research fellowship (SRF) from 2012 to 2015.
• Life member of Indian Pharmacists Graduates Association (IPGA Membership no. LM 3659).
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering in Pharmacy (GATE-PY 2009)
• Qualified Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT 2010 and GPAT 2014)