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
India06.2015
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
Kerala University
India06.2013
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
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