manpreet kaur

About

Dr Manpreet Kaur, Professor (Chemistry) cum Head, Department of Chemistry, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana since October 03, 2025. She did her B.Sc. (Medical) in 1996 and M.Sc. (Chemistry) in 1999 from Punjabi University Patiala and Ph.D. (Chemistry) in 2005 from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She was awarded Junior Research fellowship (JRF) by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. She bagged Roll of Honour for university position and College Colours for securing merit position in Punjabi University during B.Sc. She joined PAU as Assistant Professor on 25.06.2010 and has research and teaching experience of 22 years. She is actively involved in teaching graduate and postgraduate courses. She has formulated and revised UG and PG courses in Chemistry, e-courses under NAHEP (ICAR), published two text books on Physical Chemistry and two laboratory manuals. She has guided 22 M.Sc., 07 Ph.D. students and some of her students are selected as doctoral fellows in international institutes of repute. She is working as Co-coordinator external examination and member Academic Committee, COBS&H. She has handled major research project funded by UGC New Delhi as Principal Investigator and has 65 research publications of international repute and presented 42 papers in National and International conferences. She has served as guest editor of Magnetochemistry (Impact factor=2.8) She prepared PAU sanitizer as per WHO guidelines for distribution in PAU main campus and outstations as team leader during Covid pandemic. She is a subject expert for selection of candidates for other universities/institutes. She has organized university level and state level ICAR and DST sponsored trainings for students and teachers. Her research field is Materials Chemistry, focused on ferrites and oxides-based composites for potential applications as adsorbents, photocatalysts, and enzyme mimic

Employment

• Punjab Agricultural University Professor
  2010 - Present
• lyallpul Khalsa College Assistant Professor
  2004 - 2010

Education

• Punjabi University Masters
  1997 - 1999

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (72)

• Comparative insights into pristine and mixed oxides of cerium and manganese as polyphenol oxidase mimics
  Nanoscale 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D5NR05197E
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• Augmenting Enzyme Mimic Activity of Magnesium Ferrite Nanoparticles by Manganese and Cerium Ion Doping
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.5c05294
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• Enhancing photocatalytic potential of Mg0.5Ti0.5Fe2O4.5 NPs by optimizing the sintering temperature
  Ceramics International 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.11.488
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• Precise Tuning of SiO2 Thickness in [email protected] Core–Shell Nanocomposites for Augmenting Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c03747
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• A Review on Impacting Parameters for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Effluents by Ferrites and Their Nanocomposites
  Processes 2023 DOI: 10.3390/pr11061727
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• Nanocomposites of Ferrites with TiO2, SiO2 and Carbon Quantum Dots as Photocatalysts for Degradation of Organic Pollutants and Microbes
  Magnetochemistry 2023 DOI: 10.3390/magnetochemistry9050127
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• Recent Advances in Recognition Receptors for Electrochemical Biosensing of Mycotoxins—A Review
  Biosensors 2023 DOI: 10.3390/bios13030391
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• Variation of Physico-Chemical Properties among Different Soil Orders under Different Land Use Systems of the Majha Region in North-Western India
  Sustainability 2023 DOI: 10.3390/su15064779
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• Phosphorous- and Boron-Doped Graphene-Based Nanomaterials for Energy-Related Applications
  Materials 2023 DOI: 10.3390/ma16031155
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• Structural and adsorptive properties of boron- and phosphorous-doped graphene oxide: Insight into effective removal of Pb(II) and As(III)
  Journal of Water Process Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1016/J.JWPE.2023.103539
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