- Currently Pursuing
- Alumni
- Visiting Students
Ms. Sulfath N.
Sulfath joined our group in July, 2021.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.: Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala.
- M.Sc.(Chemistry) : Sree Narayana College, Kollam (Affilated to University of Kerala).
- Research interests: Experimental and theoretical investigations of gas phase kinetics of reactions between VOCs and radicals of atmospheric interest.
Mr. Kaustubh A. Belange
Kaustubh joined our group in July, 2021.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.: Amolakchand College, Amravati University.
- M.Sc.(Chemistry) : Pune University.
- Research interests: Experimental and theoretical investigations of gas phase kinetics of reactions of atmospheric interest.
Mr. Arjun Ravikumar
Arjun joined our group in February, 2021 as an Interdisciplinary student. He is co-guided by Dr. Dali Naidu of Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Tech. (Chem. Eng.) : Government Engineering College, Calicut.
- M.Tech. (Chem. Eng.) : NIT Tiruchirappali.
- Research interests: Development of Prototype Photo-synthesizer for Degradation of VOCs in the Landfill Gases.
**In April, 2022, Arjun was selected as a Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF).
Ms. Shifali
Shifali joined our group in July, 2020.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.: Dev Samaj College For Women, Firozpur, Punjab.
- B.Ed.: Guru Teg Bahadur College, Punjab.
- M.Sc.(Chemistry) : Panjab University, Chandigarh.
- Research interests: Experimental and theoretical investigations of gas phase kinetics of reactions of atmospheric interest.
Ms. Gopika S. Madhu
Gopika joined our group in January, 2020.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Union Christian College, Aluva, Kerala.
- M.Sc. : National Institute of Technology Calicut.
- Research interests: Investigation of gas phase kinetics of reactions of atmospheric interest using CRDS coupled with LIF technique.
Ms. Bishnupriya Kar
Bishnupriya joined our group in July, 2019.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Samanta Chandra Shekhar Autonomous College, Puri, Utkal University.
- M.Sc. : Central University of Karnataka.
- Research interests: Investigation of gas phase kinetics of reactions of atmospheric interest using LIF and RR techniques.
Mr. Amit Debnath
Amit joined our group in July, 2019.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Siliguri College, University of North Bengal.
- M.Sc. : University of North Bengal
- Research interests: Kinetics of reactions of Criegee intermediates with C1-C3 carbonyl compounds.
Mr. Fredy Joy
Fredy joined our group in July, 2018.
- EDUCATION:
- Integrated BS-MS : IISER Thiruvananthapuram.[2017]
- Research interests: To investigate the kinetics of atmospherically relevant aromatic radicals with stable molecules using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) technique.
Mr. Akshay Kumar R.
Akshay joined our group on December, 2019.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Christ University, Bangalore.
- M.Sc. : Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
- Research interests: To investigate the kinetics of radical-radical reactions in the earth's troposphere.
Mr. Prasanna Kumar Bej
Prasanna joined our group on July, 2018.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Fakir Mohan University, Baleswar, Odisha.
- M.Sc. : Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.[2016]
- Research interests: To investigate the kinetics of radical-radical reactions in the earth's troposphere.
Mr. Subhadarsi Nayak
Subhadarsi joined our group in July, 2017.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Pattamundai College, Utkal University.
- M.Sc. : Dr.H.S.Gour Central University, Sagar, M.P.[2016]
- Research interests: Kinetics of Thermal decomposition of Bio-fuels and fuel additives at higher temperatures by using Single Pulse Shock Tube (SPST) technique.
Ms. Rishu
Ms. Rishu is pursuing her M.Sc. in Chemistry from IIT Madras (2021-2023).
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Honours): 2017-2020, Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi.
- Investigation of gas phase kinetics of reactions of atmospheric interest using Relative Rate (RR) technique.
E-mail ID : cy21c042@smail.iitm.ac.in
Dr. M. P. Padma Priya
Dr. Padma joined our group as an Institute Post-doc Fellow (IPDF) in February, 2021.
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She completed her Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. G. R. Rajarajeswari, Anna University, Chennai. Prior to her PhD, she had also worked as an Executive in Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Dr. Koushik Mondal
Mr. Mondal submitted his thesis in June, 2022 and successfully defended it on July, 2022. He was awarded the Ph.D. degree at the 59th Convocation of IIT Madras, held on 13th of July, 2022.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta.
- M.Sc. : Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.
- Title of his thesis: Investigation of Gas-Phase Kinetics of IO, Formyl and Phenyl Radicals with C1, C2 Aliphatic Ethyl Esters and Alcohols in Tropospherically Relevant Conditions.
Koushik joined our group on Jan, 2017.
Dr. Avinash Kumar
Mr. Kumar has submitted his thesis in December, 2019 and successfully defended it on April, 2020.
He was awarded the "Prof. Ramamurthy Award for Best Thesis in Chemistry" for the academic year 2019-'20!
Title of his thesis :"Photo-oxidation Reactions Initiated by OH Radicals and Cl atoms on Halogenated Hydrocarbons, Formates and Acrylates in the Conditions Relevant to the Earth's Atmosphere."
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- EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry):2015, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, Maharashtra.
- B.Sc. (Honours Chemistry):2013, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi.
- Measuring the accurate kinetics for the gas-phase reactions of HFCs (Hydro Fluoro Carbons) Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds (OVOCs) and Hydro carbons with OH radical and Cl atoms using Pulsed Laser Photolysis (PLP)-Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). Estimating the global warming potential (GWP) and ozone depletion potential (ODP), which are considered as indexing parameters to assess the impact of releasing compound on climate change.
- EDUCATION:
He is currently working as a post-doctoral fellow at Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Finland with Prof. Matti Rissanen.
Contact No : +919158201552E-mail ID : avichem19@gmail.com
Dr. Parth Gupta
Mr. Gupta has submitted his thesis in December, 2019 and successfully defended it in March, 2020!!
Title of his thesis :"Atmospheric Chemistry of Hydrofluoroolefins, Esters, Alkanes, Alkenes and Aldehydes Initiated by Atmospheric Oxidizers: Kinetic & Mechanistic Aspects".
- EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry): 2015, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning, Prashanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthy, A.P.
- B.Sc. (Chemistry Honors): 2013, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher learning, Whitefield, Bangalore.
Research interests :- Computational investigation on the reaction of relevant radicals species with dominant organics in the troposphere.
Parth joined our group in July, 2015.
Presently, he is working as a Senior Research Scientist in R & D of Alembic Pharmeceuticals Ltd., Hyderabad.
Dr. Revathy Kaipara
Ms. Kaipara has submitted her thesis in January, 2020 and successfully defended it in May, 2020!!
Title of her thesis :"Kinetic & Mechanistic Investigations on OH Radical, Cl Atom and Criegee (CH2OO) initiated Photo-Oxidation Reactions with Saturated and Unsaturated Esters, & Carbonyl Compounds".
- EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry): 2014, PSGCollege of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu.
- B.Sc (M.P.C): 2012, St.Mary's College of Technology, Trissur, Kerela.
- Calculating the Global warming potentials, Ozone depleting potentials, Ozone formation potentials and Atmospheric Life time of the volatile organic compounds which are releasing into the Earth's Atmosphere.
Revathy joined our group in July, 2015.
Presently, she is working as a Senior Research Scientist in the R & D of Alembic Pharmeceuticals Ltd., Hyderabad.
Contact No : 04422575193E-mail ID : revathykaipara@gmail.com
Dr. Kuzhanthaivelan S.
Mr. Kuzhanthaivelan has submitted his thesis in May, 2020 and successfully defended it in July, 2020!!
Title of his thesis :"Kinetic Investigations on the Autoignition Chemistry of Modern Oxygenated Biofuel Compounds and their Reactions with Peroxy Radicals".
- EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry) 2013, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamilnadu
- B.Sc. (M.P.C) 2011, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamilnadu
- Kinetics of the oxidative decomposition mechanism for modern bio-fuels and fuel additives by using high level computational methods.
- Calculations of Auto ignition delays for bio fuels by using computational methods.
Velan joined our group in April, 2015.Presently, Dr. Velan is working as a Research Investigator at ThinkMolecular Technologies Pvt.Ltd. , Bangalore.
Contact No : 9003472500E-mail ID : s.kuzanthaivelan@gmail.com
Dr. Ramya C. Balan
Mrs. Ramya successfully defended her thesis on April, 2019 and recieved her degree recently in the IITM 56th convocation.
Title of her thesis: "Cl atom and OH radical initiated photo-oxidation reaction kinetics and mechanistics of saturated, unsaturated, cyclic and non-cyclic hydrocarbons".
After finishing her PhD, she has worked as a Research Associate in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
EDUCATION :
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- M.Sc (Chemistry), 2009 , Sree Narayana College Nattika (University of Calicut), Kerala.
- B.Sc (M.P.C), 2006, Little Flower College Guruvayur(University of Calicut), Kerala.
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Presently, she is working as an Air Quality Research Scientist in R & D of Devic Earth Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Contact No : 04422575242E-mail ID : remyacbalan@gmail.com
Dr. Siripina Vijaya Kumar
Dr Vijay graduated from RK group in July, 2017.
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Title of his thesis:"OH radical and Cl atom initiated photo-oxidation reaction kinetics of series of unsaturated hydrocarbons".
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M.Sc. (Chemistry),April -2011 ,
Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
B.Sc. (M.P.C), April- 2008,
M.S.N.Degree college, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
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Mr Vijay joined our group in Dec, 2013.
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Past Affiliation:
Working as an Assistant Professor under TEQIP-III programme in Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, MP.
Presently, he is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associatein Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, with Prof. James Anderson.
Contact No : +919884684577E-mail ID : vijay.siripina@gmail.com
Dr. Arathala Parandaman
Dr. Parandaman has graduated from RK group in 2016.
Title of his thesis: "Thermal decomposition studies of model biofuels, hydrochloroethers and alkyl silanes using single pulse shock tube and computational methods".
- M.Sc (Chemistry), April 2008, Sri Krishnadevaraya University Campus, Anantapur, AP.
- B.Sc (M.P.C), April 2006, P.V.K.N.Govt.Degree college, Chittoor, AP.
He is currently working as a Post Doctoral Research Associate at Department of Chemistry, University at Albany-The State University of New York, USA, under the guidance of Prof. Rabi Musah.
Dr. Parandaman previously worked as a Post Doctoral Research Associate with Prof. Amitabha Sinha, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA.
EDUCATION
Mr Parandaman joined our group in 2011.E-mail ID : dhamanmail@gmail.com
Dr. C. Ramanjaneyulu
Mr. Ramanjaneyulu received his Ph.D. in February, 2016.
Title of his thesis was - "Atmospheric implications and reaction kinetics of emitted volatile organic compounds into the Earth's atmosphere: An experimental and computational study."
EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry),April 2008,National Institute of Technology Warangal, Andhra Pradesh.
- B.Sc (M.P.C), April 2006.Govt.DegreeCollege, Kurnool, A.P.
- Quantum chemical calculations on the kinetics of OH, NO3radicals and Cl atom reactions with Volatile organic compounds by using Ab initio and DFT Methods.
- Calculating the rate coefficients, life times and Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) for Gas Phase reactions in the Earth's atmosphere by using Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer (CRDS) and Laser induced fluorescence (LIF) techniques. He temporarily worked as a senior faculty in Chemistry at FIITJEE. He is deeply associated with Hare Krishna Movement at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He joined our group on July, 2011.
Dr. Srinivasulu Gonu
Dr. Gonu Srinivasulu graduated from RK group in 2015.
- Title of his thesis: "Absorption of transient species and kinetics of oxidation of fluorinated alcohols and esters in the earth's atmosphere: An experimental and computational study".
After obtaining his PhD from RK Group, Dr.Gonu Srinivasulu worked as a Post Doctoral Research Associate with Prof. John Crowley, Max Planck Institute (MPI), Mainz, Germany.
- M.Sc (Physical Chemistry),April 2008,Sri Krishnadevaraya University Campus, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
B.Sc (M.P.C), April 2006.S. G.S Arts College, Tirupati, A.P.
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Mr Gonu joined our group in 2009.
He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Government Degree College, Andhra Pradesh.
E-mail ID : gonusrinu@gmail.com
Dr. M. Bala Ganesh
Dr.M.Bala Ganesh has graduated from Prof R.K. group in July-2015.
- Atmospheric implications of replacement compounds to Chlorofluorocarbons and simple Bio-fuels: Experimental and computational studies.
He is currently working as a Post Doctoral Research Associate in the department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan.
- Ph.D.(Physical Chemistry), July-2015 from Department of Chemistry, IITMadras, Tamilnadu.
- M.Sc. (Chemistry),April -2009 from Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamilnadu.
- B.Sc (M.P.C), April- 2007. Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamilnadu.
Dr. Manas Ranjan Dash
Dr.Manas has graduated from RK group in 2014. Title of his thesis:
- "Kinetics of Biogenically emitted compounds into the Earth's atmosphere with OH radicals and Cl atoms and Lower Hydrocarbons with C2H radicals: Experimental and Computational studies".
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- Dr.Manas Ranjan Dash recently worked as a
- After his PhD from the RK Group, Dr. Dash also worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow in Max Planck Institute (MPI), Mainz, Germany.
He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
E-mail ID : manas.iitm@gmail.com
Dr. G. Sudhakar
Dr.Sudhakar received his Ph.D. in September, 2014.
Title of his thesis - "Thermal decomposition studies of halogenated hydrocarbons and biofuels using single pulse shock tube and computational methods."
Dr.Sudhakar is currently working as a Senior Technical Officer in Fetch Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
He joined our group in July, 2009.
Dr. Mohammad Akbar Ali
Dr. Akbar Ali has graduated from RK group in 2011.
Title of his thesis: "Computational studies on structural and thermodynamic aspects of cyclic phenyleneacetylenes and reactions of OH radicals with Hydrofluorocarbons and Bromine oxide."
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Dr.Akbar Ali worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow with Prof.John R.Barker, University of Michigan, USA.
He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in department of Chemistry, King Faisal University, Al Hufuf, Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Akbar Ali worked as an Assistant professor in the department of Chemistry, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea. E-mail ID : aamohamad@kfu.edu.sa
Dr. J. Vijaya Sundar
Dr. Vijay worked in our group as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2020).
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He completed his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. V. Subramanian, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Chennai.
He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. E-mail ID : vijayscien@gmail.com
Dr. Madhu Samolia
Dr. Madhu worked in our group as a Post-doc research associate from Dec. 2018 to April 2020.
- She completed her PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from IIT Ropar in 2015 under the guidance of Dr. T. J. Dhilip Kumar.
She is currently working as a Post Doctoral Researcher in the Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, USA.E-mail ID : cy18wpf03@smail.iitm.ac.in
Dr. Makroni Lily
- Dr. Lily was a Post Doctoral Fellow in our group.
- She completed her PhD under Prof. A K Chandra in Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.
- Research Interests: To investigate the kinetics of oxygenated hydrofluorocarbons with oxidizing species like Cl atom, OH radical, etc.
Presently, she is working as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, China, under the supervision of Prof Fengyi Liu.
Dr. Fakhra Jabeen
Post-Doc, 2011
- Kinetic parameters for the reactions of fluorinated olefinds and ethers in atmospherically relevant conditions.
She is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Jazan University, Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Rupam Gayen
Mr. Rupam has completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry from IIT Madras (2020-2022).
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Honours): 2017-2020, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
- Theoretical investigation of kinetics of chlorine monoxide radicals with organic esters of atmospheric interest using high level computational methods.
He has received a Ph.D. offer at Friedrich–Alexander University (FAU), Erlangen–Nürnberg, Germany, with Prof. Ana-Suncana Smith.Contact No : +91 8619237699E-mail ID : rupamledger24@gmail.com
Dr. Veerabhadrarao Kaliginedi
M.Sc. Project 2008-2009
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- Kinetics of OH Radical Reaction with CH3OCH2F(HFE-161) in the temperature range of 200-400K.
- Past Affiliation: He is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Supramolecular Nanomaterials and interfaces Laboratory (SUNMIL), MXH 130 (Bâtiment MXH), Institute of Materials (IMX), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (IPC) departmnt of Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Mr. Anand Kumar Yadav
Mr. Anand has pursued his MSc from IIT Madras. He is currently working as a teacher in a reputed coaching centre at Delhi giving guidance for competitive exams.
- He completed his BSc in Chemistry Honors from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi in 2016.
- Experimental investigation of VOCs with Cl atoms.
Mr. Shankupar Rynjah
Mr Shankupar pursued his M.Sc. from IIT Madras.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Honours): 2013-2016, NEHU, Shillong College.
- Kinetics of the oxidative decomposition mechanism for modern bio-fuels and fuel additives by using high level computational methods.
Presently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Nongstoin College, West Khasi District, Meghalaya.
Contact No : +91-9176050615E-mail ID : rynjahshankupar@gmail.com
Mr. Satya Prakash Joshi
Mr. Joshi pursued M.Sc. from IIT Madras.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc. : Rajadhani College, Delhi University.
- Research interests:
- Kinetics of Thermal decomposition of Bio-fuels and fuel additives at higher temperatures by using Single Pulse Shock Tube (SPST) technique.
Presently, he is working as a PhD Research Scholar in the Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, under the supervision of Prof Arkke J. Eskola.
E-mail ID : satyaprakashjoshi7@gmail.com
Mr. Badimela Upendra
MSc Project Student 2009-2010
- Kinetics of the Reaction of OH radical with Ethylene, Fluoroethylene, 1,1-difluoroethylene and tran-isomers of the 1,2-difluoroethylene in the temperature range of 200-400K; ab initio, density functional theory and transition state theory calculations
He is currently at Scintist C position in Hydrological Processes (HyP), National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Earth System Science Organisation under the Ministry of Earth Scinces, Government of India.
Ms. Preeti Verma
Preeti pursued M.Sc. from IIT Madras.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Honours): 2010-2013, Hindu College, Delhi University.
- Measuring the accurate kinetics for the gas-phase reactions of HFCs (Hydro Fluoro Carbons) and Hydro carbons with OH radical and Cl atoms using Pulsed Laser Photolysis (PLP)-Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). Estimating the global warming potential (GWP) and ozone depletion potential (ODP), which are considered as indexing parameters to assess the impact of releasing compound on climate change.
Ms. D. S. Lakshmi Prasanna
M.SC. Project 2009-2010
- Kinetic parameters for the reaction of OH radical initiated atmospheric oxidation of E-2-pentenal: ab initio and transition state theory calculations
Ms. Nabadyuti Barman
M.SC. Project 2010-2011
- Fluorinated Thioethers-Do they substitute HFEs?
Mr. Sanapala Govindam
M.SC. Project 2012-2013
- kinetic parameters for the abstraction of H-atom by OH radicals from 4-hydroxy-2-butanone in the temperature range of 200-400K: Denisty functional theory (DFT) and Canonical Variational Transition (CVT) state theory calculations
Mr. Tirupathi Manthini
M.SC. Project 2012-2013
- Kinetics of the thermal decomposition reactions of 2,2-dichloroethylether and 2,2-difluorodiethylether in the temperature range of 500-2000K: Density functional theory and conventional transition state theory calculations.
Mr. Sahebrao Shinde
M.SC. Project 2012-2013
- Rate coefficients for the Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction from Benzene, Toluene and p-xylene by C2H radicals between 200 and 400K; ab-initio and Canonical Variational Transition State Theory (CVTST) Calculations
Mr. Prasad Yarra
M.Sc. Project 2009-2010
- Kinetics of the reaction of NO3 and OH radicals with CF3CH2OCH3 (HFE-263fa1) in the temperature range of 200-400K: ab initio, density functional theory and transition state theory calculations
Mr. Buthapillli Manohar
M.SC. Project 2010-2011
- Kinetics of the reaction of SH Radical with FCH2SCH3, FCH2SCH2F, F2CHSCH2F and F2CHSCHF2 in the temperature range of 200-400K: ab initio and transition state theory calculations
Mr. Muhammad Mustafa
Education:
- B.Sc.(Hons) Chemistry- 2013 from Delhi University.
- M.Sc. Chemistry-2015 from IIT Madras, Chennai.
- Kinetics of the thermal decomposition of 3-pentanone behind the reflected shock waves in the temperature range of 1168-1280 K.
He is currently working as a teaching staff in the department of Chemistry, RPS Degree College, Mahendergarh, Haryana.
Ms. Nishtha Saxena
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Ms. Nishtha did a Summer Research Internship in our lab from May-July, 2022.
Research interest: OH-initiated photo-oxidation reactions of tropospheric interest using experimental and theoretical methodologies.
She is a native of Lucknow, U.P. and did her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Amity University Lucknow Campus.
She is currently pursuing her M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai.
Ms. Arzoo
Arzoo joined our group in Jan, 2022.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.: S.A. Jain College, Ambala, Haryana
- M.Sc.(Chemistry) : IIT Roorkee
- Research interests: Experimental and theoretical investigations of gas phase kinetics of reactions of VOCs of atmospheric interest Due to some personal reasons and health issues, she had to discontinue her Ph.D. on June'22. We wish her all the best for her future endeavors.
Mr. Sahil Yadav
Mr. Sahil has completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry from IIT Madras (2020-2022).
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Chemistry Hons): Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.
- Theoretical investigation of kinetics of OH and Cl radicals with VOCs of atmospheric interest using high level computational methods.
Mr. Raja Khatri
Raja joined our group in July, 2020.
- EDUCATION:
- B.Sc.(Physics) : Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi.
- M.Sc.(Physical Sciences) : Bose Institute, Kolkata.
- Research interests: Spectroscopic investigation of molecules of atmospheric interest. On Jan'22, Raja had to drop out of his Ph.D. programme due to his poor health. We wish him all the best and bright future.
Ms. Nguyen Xuan Dieu Linh
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Ms. Linh did a summer internship in our lab from July-August, 2019.
Research interest- Cl initiated photo-oxidation reactions of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran in atmospheric condition : an experimental investigation.
She is a native of Hanoi, Vietnam and currently pursuing her BSc in Chemistry from Vietnam National University - University of Science (VNU-HUS).
She was awarded with the GRIESHMA (Global Research Internship for Engineering Science Humanities and Management) Scholarship, an initiative by IIT Madras.
Ms. Fathima Shifana A. R.
Ms. Fathima did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2019.
Research interest- Photo-oxidation reaction kinetics of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro isopropyl methacrylate with OH radicals: an experimental investigation.
She did her BSc from Farook College, Calicut.
She is currently pursuing her MSc from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.
Ms. Nalini Ramya R M
Ms. Nalini did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2019.
Research interest- Gas phase photo-oxidation reaction of 1,1,1,3,3,3- hexafluoro isopropyl methacrylate with Cl atoms: an experimental study.
She did her BSc from Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya (JNRM), Port Blair.
She is currently pursuing her MSc from Women's Christian Collge, Chennai.
Ms. Shruti Moorthy
Ms. Shruti did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2018.
Research interest-Kinetic investigation of reaction of OH and Cl atom with fluoroethers.
She did her BSc from Ruia College, Mumbai University.
She is currently pursuing MSc from Mumbai University and doing her research internship at IIT Bombay.
Ms. Sravani Potham
Summer internship May-July,2017 from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
- Photo-oxidation of ethyl methacrylate initiated by Cl atom in earth's atmosphere: An experimental and computational study
Ms. Sowjanya Hebbar
Summer internship May-July,2017 from NIT Surathkal, Karnataka.
- Theoritical investigations on the reaction kinetics of cycloalkanes with Cl atom and OH radical.
Mr. Hari Prasad D. Alwe
- Hari Prasad visited our in April,2013 from Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India.
- He learned DFT, ab initio calculations using Transition State Theory and Canonical Variational Transition State theory to compute the rate coefficients for gas phase reactions.
- Current Afiliation: Hari Prasad is a Post-Doctrol Associate at University of Minnesota, USA.
Ms. Devatha Gayatri
- Gayatri was a visitor (Aug-Dec,2014) from Department of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- She did relative rate experiments with Ramanjaneyulu on Gas phase kinetics of Chlorine atoms with a series of esters.
Ms. Subbalaxmi M.
Subbalaxmi was a visitor (Sept-Oct, 2014) from Rajahmundry Arts college, Andhra Pradesh.
Ms. Pappu Samhita
Summer internship May-June,2015
- Experimental (298K) and computational (200-2400K) Investigations on the Gas phase reaction of 2-chloropropane with Cl atmos
Ms. Abinaya
Summer Internship May-June, 2010
- Kinetics parameters for the Reaction of OH radical with Ethylene, Fluoroethylene in the temperature range of 200-400K; ab initio, density functional theory and transition state theory calculations
Ms. Nandhini Subbukani
Summer Internship May-June,2015
- Theoretical Investigations on the effect of Nitrogen doping on arm chair Carbon nano tube with (5,5) chairality using semi-empirical and DFT methods
Mr. Ramadurai
Summer internship May-June,2014
- Kinetics of the thermal decomposition reactions of 2-chloroethyl acetate in the temperature range of 200-2500K: Density functional theory and conventional transition state theory calculations
Mr. Ahmed Salaf A. P.
Salaf joined in the Ph.D. programme in July 2014.
- EDUCATION:
- M.Sc. (Chemistry):April -2010, Maulana Azad College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
- B.Sc.:April- 2008, MES Ponnani College, Ponnani, Kerala.
- Biological Computational Calculations
- Measuring the absolute kinetics for the gas-phase reactions of Hydro carbons with OH radical and Cl atoms using Pulsed Laser Photolysis (PLP)-Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). Estimating the global warming potential (GWP) and ozone depletion potential (ODP), which are considered as indexing parameters to assess the impact of releasing compound on climate change.
Ms. Anusha
Ms. Anusha was an intern M.Sc student from Udipi, Karnataka Summer internship May-June,2015
- Rate coefficients for the Hydrogen Abstraction reaction of Ethyl tert-butyl ether with Cl atoms over the Temperature range of 200-2400K: CVT/SCT ab initio and Hybrid meta DFT methods