Leena R. did her schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya. She studied B.Sc. Chemistry (1999-2002) and M.Sc. Chemistry (2002-2004) at Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi. She did her Ph.D. (2007-2013) at Cochin University of Science and Technology. Subsequently, she joined Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam as Scientific Assistant and later moved to Baselius College, Kottayam as Assistant Professor. She was selected for FLAIR (Fostering Linkages in Academic Innovation and Research) and completed the national internship at IIT Madras in 2015 and international internship at University of Southampton, United Kingdom in 2016. Since August 2017, Leena R. has been working as Assistant Professor at the Cochin University of Science and Technology. Her research area comprises of chemical modification of electrodes for sensing applications and luminescent materials particularly porphyrins for molecular recognition.
• Porphyrin based fluorescent sensors
• Graphene and spinels as electrochemical probes
• Boron Doped Diamond electrodes for sensing applications
• Porphyrin based Dye Sensitized Solar cells
• Synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical porphyrins
Research articles (Latest 10)
• Selective fluorescence sensing of adenine via the emissive enhancement of a simple cobalt porphyrin, Journal of Fluorescence, Springer Vol. 31, 2021
• Water soluble porphyrin for the fluorescent determination of cadmium ions, Journal of Fluorescence, Vol. 30, 2020
• Manganese porphyrin sensor for the determination of bromate, Journal of Food Science and Technology, Vol. 53, 2016
• A lead (II) selective PVC membrane potentiometric sensor based on a tetra azamacrocyclic ligand, Journal of Inclusive Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry , Vol. 78, 2014
• MWCNT modified gold electrode sensor for the determination of propyl gallate in vegetable oils, Food Analytical Methods, Vol. 6, 2013
• Quantum Dots (QDs) based fluorescent sensor for the selective determination of Nimesulide,, Journal of Fluorescence, Vol. 7, 2013
•Sensing through polymeric films – Voltammetric determination of some pharmaceuticals, Proceedings of the Fifth ISEAC triennial International Conference on Advances and Recent Trends in Electrochemistry, 2013
•Sensitive determination of nitrite in food samples using voltammetric techniques, Food Analytical Methods, Vol. 7, 2012
•Electrocatalysis and determination of PAM chloride using carbon nanotube modified gold electrode, Micro and Nano Letters, Vol. 7, 2012
•Mechanistic study of the facile oxidation of trimethoprim on a manganese porphyrin incorporated glassy carbon electrode, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ACS Vol. 15, 2011
• FLAIR national internship at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala, in the year 2015
• FLAIR international internship at University of Southampton, UK from Higher Education Council, Government of Kerala, in the year 2016
• Member, Board of Studies in Biological and Chemical Sciences, Integrated M.Sc.Programme, CUSAT, 2018 onwards
• Peer Reviewer of international journals like a) Journal of fluorescence, Springer b) Sensors and Materials, Myu Scientific Publishing c) Material Today’s: Proceedings, Elsevier
• Theoretical Spectroscopy
• Spectroscpic applications to inorganic complexes
• Electrochemistry
• Boron Doped Diamond (BDD) Electrode and porphyrin modified BDD electrode for the electrochemical determination of peptides" (UGC- 2019 -2021 , Total outlay Rs.1000000)
• Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins as fluorescent probes " (CUSAT- 2018 -2020 , Total outlay Rs.325000)
• Portable device for preliminary diagnosis of preeclampsia-BDTD (DST-DBT) (2021-2022), Rs. 24,44,083 (Co PI)