Shahila Muhammed
IIIT Hyderabad, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
0000-0002-6186-9071
About
Shahila obtained her master's in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) in 2013. Her MSc dissertation, titled "Tandem mass spectrometric studies of gold and silver thiolates" was carried out under the guidance of Prof. T Pradeep at the DST unit of nanoscience, IIT Madras where she acquired training in employing sensitive tandem mass spectrometric methods for molecular structural investigation. During the next three years (2014 January - 2017 January), she worked as a junior research fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER Pune). At IISER Pune, she worked in the biophotonics laboratory with Dr. Mrinalini Puranik, and in the Chemical Origins of Life Lab with Dr. Sudha Rajamani. The projects on substrate recognition of DNA repair proteins, solution state structure, and the photophysics of modified nucleobases from the origins of life perspective provided her with thorough training in vibrational spectroscopy. A transition from experimental research to theoretical chemistry research brought her to the current position. She enrolled in the Ph.D. program in chemistry at the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut) in December 2017 and worked with Prof. Parameswaran Pattiyil (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Lab, NITC) on the thesis titled "Role of Hyperconjugation in Dictating the Molecular Geometry and Reactivity of Low-valent Group-15 Compounds". Her studies explored electronic structure, chemical bonding, and reactivity of several group-15 compounds where pseudo-multiple bonding is present. She defended her PhD thesis in November 2024. During her years at NITC, her research produced several publications in reputed, peer- reviewed, international journals.
Employment
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IIIT Hyderabad Post Doctoral Fellow2026 - Present
Education
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National Institute of Technology Calicut PhD2017 - 2024
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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Junior Research Fellow2014 - 2017
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras MSc2011 - 2013
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University of Calicut BSc2008 - 2011
Projects & Funding
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Publications (11)
- Pseudo‐silapnictene and Bis(pseudo‐silapnictene) – Hyperconjugatively Stabilized Heavier Analogues of Imine and Ethane‐1,2‐diimine Save
- Synthesis and characterization of triazole-functionalized mixed-valent Si(I)–Si(III) and bis(germylene) compounds Save
- Mechanistic Insights Into the [3+1] Cycloadditions of Me3SiN3 on Bis‐Silylene and the Formation of Pseudo‐Silaazatriene Save
- Schwesinger Bases – Phosphazene Bases Stabilized by Multiple Counterpoise Hyperconjugative Interactions Save
- Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted Phosphasilenes and its Rare Homologue Stibasilene >Si=Sb− Save
- Compounds with Alternating Single and Double Bonds of Antimony and Silicon; Isoelectronic to Ethane-1,2-diimine Save
- Insertion Reaction of Me3SiN3 with Bis(germylene) Save
- Stabilization of Reactive Nitrene by Silylenes without Using a Reducing Metal Save
- Stabilization of Reactive Nitrene by Silylenes without Using a Reducing Metal Save
- Synthesis and Application of Silylene-Stabilized Low-Coordinate Ag(I)–Arene Cationic Complexes Save