Reshma Mathew
Case Western Reserve University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
0009-0001-1209-9824
About
Dr. Reshma Mathew is a photochemistry and ultrafast spectroscopy researcher specializing in the investigation of excited-state dynamics and light-induced processes in molecular and nanoscale systems. She has over nine years of experience designing and operating advanced laser-based optical systems to probe ultrafast photophysical and photochemical mechanisms.
She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, where her research focuses on the photophysics and photochemistry of DNA and RNA systems. Using femtosecond transient absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques, her work aims to uncover molecular mechanisms underlying nucleic acid photodamage and resonance energy transfer processes.
Prior to joining CWRU, Dr. Mathew served as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, contributing to the NSF-funded IMOD project. Her work there explored strong light–matter coupling, single-particle nonlinear optics, and exciton–polariton formation in hybrid nanophotonic systems using dark-field scattering and single-particle luminescence spectroscopy.
Dr. Mathew earned her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram, where her doctoral research focused on ultrafast proton-coupled electron transfer and excited-state structural dynamics using femtosecond spectroscopic methods combined with electronic-structure calculations. Her research has led to multiple peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations in the areas of photochemistry, spectroscopy, and nanophotonics.
Her broader research interests include ultrafast spectroscopy, photochemical reaction dynamics, optical instrumentation, and data-driven analysis, with applications spanning photomedicine, nanotechnology, and advanced functional materials.
Employment
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Case Western Reserve University Research Associate2024 - Present
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University of Maryland Baltimore County Postdoctoral Research Associate2022 - 2024
Education
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Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram PhD2016 - 2022
Projects & Funding
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Publications (8)
- UV Excitation of Uracil Results in the Formation of a Ground-State Intermediate in Less Than One Picosecond and Its Decay is Quenched by Nucleophilic Water Addition Save
- Directed Assembly of Gold Bipyramids and Quantum Dots Using Click Chemistry for Plasmon-Exciton Coupling Save
- Alloxazine derivatives as multifunctional agents for photodynamic therapy, cancer cell imaging, and cell proliferation inhibition Save
- Emissive Traps Lead to Asymmetric Photoluminescence Line Shape in Spheroidal CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots Save
- Ultrafast Excited-state Dynamics of 4-Hydroxychalcone: Role of Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Photoacidity Save
- Excited-State Dynamics in 4-[4′(Dimethylamino)styryl]pyridine, a Photobase: Role of Photoinitiated Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Save
- Non-condon Effect on Ultrafast Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer Save
- Excited state structural dynamics of 4-cyano-4′-hydroxystilbene: deciphering the signatures of proton-coupled electron transfer using ultrafast Raman loss spectroscopy Save