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DR. SAUMYA VARGHESE

St Joseph's College (Autonomous)Devagiri

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Saumya Varghese

Associate Professor
Research & Postgraduate Department of Chemistry
St.Joseph’s College, Devagiri
Calicut – 673 008, Kerala, India
Tel: +91 9847092157
E-mail: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2009 – 2012): National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science And Technology Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research Trivandrum – 695 019 Kerala, India
Title: "Biomimetic And Quantum Cluster Based Electrochemical Sensors For Selected Biomolecules"

M.Sc. (2004 – 2006): Department of Chemistry, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha.
B.Sc. (2001 – 2003): Department of Chemistry, Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha _________________________________________________________________________
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Junior & Senior Research fellow (01 / 2009 – 11 / 2012)
Institution : National Institute For Interdisciplinary Science And Technology Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research Trivandrum
Adviser : Dr. T. Prasada Rao
Thesis title : "Biomimetic and Quantum Cluster Based Electrochemical Sensors for Selected Biomolecules”.
Research Area: Conducting polymer /Atomic Quantum clusters / electrochemical sensor/ion selective electrodes.
Publications and patents : 11
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Thirteen years of teaching experience in P G and U G level as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Calicut

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RECOGNISED AS RESEARCH GUIDE UNDER CALICUT UNIVERSIRY
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SKILLS
• Hands on experience with SEM, TEM, MALDI-TOF, IR Spectrophotometry, Spectrofluorimetry, DLS, Autolab( For Cyclic Voltammetry, Differential Pulse V0ltammetry, Linear sweep Voltammetry, Square Wave Voltammety etc.), Ion analyser and multiparameter instrument.

PROJECTS- COMPLETED

• 2248- MRP/15-16/KLCA023/UGC-SWRO
Design of phosphate silicate and arsenate potentioselectrode based on
floatation and preconcentration of hydrophobic multi component ion
associates of heteropoly molybdate and the cationic base”
Funding Agency –UGC
Amount Sactioned-4,90,000


RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Patent
1. 1.Varghese Saumya, K. P. Prathish and T. Prasada Rao Metal oxide modified and and unmodified molecularly imprinted conducting polymer film based aqueous aminoacid sensor, U.S Patent, 2013 Publication number US20130306485 A1 Inter National Publication date: 21 Nov 2013.
2. P.V. Subha, Varghese Saumya and T. Prasada Rao “Nano structured silver oxide film based aqueous voltammetric pesticide sensor and the process of preparing said sensor” WIPO Pub. No. WO2013/114404 A1 Inter National Publication date: 08-08-2013.
Publications
3. Varghese Saumya, K. P. Prathish and T. Prasada Rao In situ copper oxide modified molecularly imprinted polypyrrole film based voltammetric sensor for selective recognition of tyrosine. Talanta 85 (2011) 1056– 1062
4. Varghese Saumya, K. P. Prathish, S. Dhanya and T. Prasada Rao Mechanistic aspects of tyrosine sensing on an in- situ copper oxide modified molecularly imprinte polypyrrole coated glassy carbon electrode. J. of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 663 (2011) 53-58
5. Varghese Saumya and T.P. Rao, in: S.K Aggarwal, S.K Guin(Eds.), Mechanistic studies of tyrosine sensing at copper oxide modified molecularly imprinted poly pyrrole coated GCE in acetate medium.4th DM-ISEAC -2011 Conference proceedings, pp.252-258
6. Varghese Saumya and T. Prasada. Rao Copper quantum cluster-polypyrrole composite film based zero current chronopotentiometric sensor for glutathione. Analytical Method 4 (2012) 1976-1982
7. S. Dhanya, Varghese Saumya and T. Prasada Rao, Synthesis of silver nanoclusters, characterization and application to trace level sensing of nitrate in aqueous media, Electrochimica Acta 102(2013)299-305
8. Varghese Saumya*, P. V Subha and T.P Rao, Electrochemical characterization of nanostructured silver oxide film modified polycrystalline silver electrode, Devagiri Journal of Science 3(2017)121-126
Conference presentations
1.Varghese Saumya, K. P. Prathish, and T. Prasada Rao, Metal ion mediated and/ or metal oxide modified molecularly imprinted polypyrrole film based Electrochemical sensor for L-Tyrosine (Poster presentation), 9th International Symposium on Advances in Electrochemical Science And Technology, held at Hotel Green Park, Chennai, India during 2-4 December 2010.
2.Varghese Saumya and T. Prasada. Rao Mechanistic studies of tyrosine sensing at copper oxide modified molecularly imprinted poly pyrrole coated GCE in acetate medium (Oral presentation) 4th DM-ISEAC -2011 held at Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India)

Employment

  • St Joseph's College (Autonomous)Devagiri Assiatant Professor StageII
    2012 - Present

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Publications (4)