Dr. Manoj E. received his Bachelor and Post Graduate degree in Chemistry from University of Kerala in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He took his Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2008 and worked as a UGC Dr DS Kothari Postdoc fellow at the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 2009-2010. He started his career as an ad-hoc Lecturer at the Dept of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT during 2008-2009 and in 2010 he became an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Chemistry, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur. In 2019 he joined at the Dept of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT and he has now over 12 years of teaching and research experience.
• Metallosupramolecular chemistry
• Metal Organic Frameworks
• Biologically active transition metal complexes
Latest Research Articles
• K.K.M. Hashim, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, A novel manganese(II)
bisthiocarbohydrazone complex: Crystal structures, Hirshfeld surface
analysis, DFT and molecular docking study with SARS-CoV-2, Journal of
Molecular Structure, 1246 (2021) 131125.
• P.F. Rapheal, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, H.-K. Fun, Nickel(II) complexes of
N(4)-substituted thiosemicarbazones derived from pyridine-2-carbaldehyde: Crystal structures, spectral aspects and Hirshfeld surface
analysis, Journal of Molecular Structure, 1237 (2021) 130362.
• P.F. Rapheal, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, P. Venugopalan, , Zinc(II) complexes of
N(4)-monosubstituted thiosemicarbazones derived from pyridine-2-
carbaldehyde: Structural and spectroscopic studies, Chemical Data
Collections 33 (2021) 100681
• R.S. Nair, E. Manoj, R. Thankappan, S.K. Chandrika, M.R.P. Kurup, P. Srinivas,
Molecular trail for the anticancer behavior of a novel copper
carbohydrazone complex in BRCA1 mutated breast cancer. Molecular
Carcinogenesis 56 (2017) 1501.
• Formation of an unusual copper(II) complex from the degradation of a
novel tricopper(II) carbohydrazone complex, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, R.P.
John, M. Nethaji, A. Punnoose, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 12
(2009) 952.
• Preparation, magnetic and EPR spectral studies of copper(II) complexes of
an anticancer drug analogue, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, A. Punnoose,
Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 72
(2009) 474.
• Structural and spectral studies of nickel(II) complexes with N(4),N(4)-
(butane-1,4-diyl) thiosemicarbazones, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, Polyhedron, 27
(2008) 275.
• Synthesis and spectral studies of bisthiocarbohydrazone and
biscarbohydrazone of quinoline-2-carbaldehyde: Crystal structure of
bis(quinoline-2-aldehyde) thiocarbohydrazone, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, E. Suresh,
J. Chem. Cryst., 38 (2008) 157.
• Self-assembled macrocyclic molecular squares of Ni(II) derived from
carbohydrazones and thiocarbohydrazones: Structural and magnetic
studies, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, H.-K. Fun, A. Punnoose, Polyhedron, 26
(2007) 4451.
• Macrocyclic molecular square complex of zinc(II) self-assembled with a
carbohydrazone ligand, E. Manoj, M.R.P. Kurup, H.-K. Fun, Inorganic
Chemistry Communications, 10 (2007) 324.
• A metal complex and a process thereof, P. Srinivas, M.R.P. Kurup, E. Manoj, R.S. Nair, Indian Pat. No. 286230 dt 10-08-2017.
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Main group elements
• Coordination chemistry
• Symmetry and Group Theory
• Qualitative and quantitative inorganic analysis
•Structural and biological investigations of transition metal complexes of
Schiff based ligands bearing heterocyclic systems, CUSAT/PL(UGC) -
(2021-2023)-ongoing
•Probing self-assembled novel magnetic materials: - Structural and
spectral investigations, UGC MRP (2014-2016)- completed