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Education
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References
Awards
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Parvathy Mini

Chennai

Summary

A passionate scientific chemistry researcher with 6+ years of research experience with expertise in supramolecular chemistry, lanthanide chemistry, analytical chemistry, spectroscopy and electrochemistry.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Postdoctoral Researcher

Angstromlabratoriet, Uppsala University
10.2021 - 10.2023
  • Research Area: Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Expertise and skills: Organic synthesis, Air-sensitive techniques, Electrochemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
  • My work involves designing, synthesis, characterization and study of energy transfer mechanism in lanthanide complexes

Research Candidate

Monash University
01.2017 - 03.2021
  • Research Area: Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Expertise and skills: Organic synthesis, Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
  • My research involved the development of lanthanide-based chemosensors for the detection of hydrogen sulfide in environmental and biological samples
  • I also worked as a part of collaborative project on the development of colorimetric sensors for detection of ammonia in Australian water bodies

Teaching Assistant

Monash University
01.2017 - 10.2018
  • CHM1011: Year I Chemistry Lab Demonstration
  • CHM1052: Chemistry 2 Advanced (1st year) - Lecturer support, assisting with active learning

Project Assistant

CSIR-NIIST
03.2016 - 12.2016
  • Research Area: Organometallic Chemistry
  • Expertise and skills: Organic synthesis, Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
  • My work involved the designing, synthesis and characterization of fluorescent tags for security applications

Guest Lecturer

Mahatma Gandhi College
09.2015 - 02.2016
  • Teaching Areas: Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Advanced Organic Spectroscopy and Material Science
  • My role as guest lecturer involved conducting lectures, lab supervision and evaluation of undergraduate and postgraduate students
  • I was also responsible for the project conception and supervision of research project for undergraduates

Education

Master of Science - Chemistry

Amrita University
India
06.2015

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Kerala University
India
06.2013

Skills

  • Syntheses
  • Formation of lanthanide complexes
  • Bimetallic complexes
  • Air sensitive techniques
  • Glove-box
  • TLC
  • Liquid nitrogen use
  • Argon use
  • Sample preparation suitable for X-ray crystallography
  • Elemental analysis
  • Luminescent assay evaluation
  • Quantum yield determination
  • Lifetime studies
  • Binding studies
  • Limit of detection
  • Low temperature 77K studies
  • Steady state emission
  • Excitation
  • Competition assays
  • Development of assays for the detection of analytes
  • Flash column chromatography
  • HPLC
  • Liquid-liquid extraction
  • Crystallization
  • Filtration
  • 1 and 2D multinuclear NMR
  • MS
  • LCMS
  • GCMS
  • FTIR
  • Polarimetry
  • UV-vis-NIR
  • TPSC
  • Melting point
  • Cyclic voltammetry

Websites

Publications

  • Detection of aqueous and gaseous hydrogen sulfide with lanthanide-macrocycle binary complexes, 10.1039/D3DT02150E, First Author
  • A Highly Efficient Red-Emitting Luminescent Paper-Based Sensor for Hydrogen Sulfide, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC00745E, First Author
  • Time-Resolved Terbium-Based Probe for the Detection of Zinc(II) Ions: Investigation of the Formation of a Luminescent Ternary Complex, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01771, Second Author
  • Mixed-ligand lanthanide complexes supported by ditopic bis(imino-methyl)-phenol/calix[4]arene macrocycles: synthesis, structures, and luminescence properties of [Ln2(L2)(MeOH)2] (Ln = La, Eu, Tb, Yb), 10.1039/D0DT02303E, Third Author
  • Investigation of a Bimetallic Terbium(III)/Cu(II) Chemosensor for the Detection of Aqueous Hydrogen Sulfide, Currently under review, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, First Author

References

  • Associate Prof. Kellie Tuck, Monash University, Room 250, Building 23S, Clayton, VIC, Australia, 3800, +61 (0)3 9905 4510, +61 410 524 525, kellie.tuck@monash.edu
  • Prof. Eszter Borbas, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 75120, eszter.borbas@kemi.uu.se
  • Dr. Zeena S. Pillai, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, India, +91 938 814 2281, zeenapillai@am.amrita.edu

Awards

  • Monash Alumni Mentor, 2024
  • Featured Publication in HOT article collection by Dalton Transactions, 2023
  • Certificate in Introduction to Forensic Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2022
  • Carl Tryggers Stiftelse Scholarship, 2021-2023
  • Cover page for Chemical Communications, 2020
  • Graduate Research Completion Award, 07/01/20 - 09/30/20
  • Post Graduate Travel Grant, 2018
  • Best Poster Award in RACI Annual Victorian Postgraduate Inorganic Symposium, 11/01/17
  • Deans International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 01/01/17 - 07/31/20
  • Deans Postgraduate Research Scholarship, 01/01/17 - 07/31/20
  • Runner-up in Inter University Chess competition, 07/01/12

Presentations

  • Poster presentation at ICFE-11, Italy, 06/01/19
  • Oral presentation at MetalloSupramolecular-4 Symposium, Melbourne, 02/01/19
  • Poster presentation at RACI Organic Chemistry conference 'ORGANIC18', 12/01/18
  • Poster presentation at ICFE-10, Lausanne, Switzerland, 09/01/18
  • Poster presentation at RACI Annual Victorian Postgraduate Inorganic Symposium, 11/01/17
  • Poster presentation at RACI Centenary Congress, 07/01/17

Timeline

Postdoctoral Researcher

Angstromlabratoriet, Uppsala University
10.2021 - 10.2023

Research Candidate

Monash University
01.2017 - 03.2021

Teaching Assistant

Monash University
01.2017 - 10.2018

Project Assistant

CSIR-NIIST
03.2016 - 12.2016

Guest Lecturer

Mahatma Gandhi College
09.2015 - 02.2016

Master of Science - Chemistry

Amrita University

Bachelor of Science - Chemistry

Kerala University

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