Dr. N. Manoj received M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India in 1993. After M. Sc., he joined the research group of Dr. K. R. Gopidas, Photochemistry Research Unit, Regional Research Laboratory-CSIR (Now NIIST-CSIR), Trivandrum, India, with the prestigious Dr. K. S. Krishnan Junior Research Fellowship and obtained his Ph.D. degree (1999) in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. He worked as a post – doctoral research associate at the Department of Chemistry at the Politechnic University of Valencia, Spain (2000-2001) and thereafter at the Lehrstuhl für Umweltmesstechnik, Engler-Bunte Institut, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany (2002-2006). He has undertaken teaching assignments in physical chemistry to MS students as guest faculty at the University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe during the years 2002-2003. Dr. Manoj has joined this Department as a Reader in Organic Chemistry in 2006, became Associate Professor in 2009 since then he teaches Organic Chemistry and leads a research group in Organic Chemistry and Photochemistry. Currently he is the Head of the Department of Department of Applied Chemistry, member of the Board of Studies in Applied Chemistry and a member of the Academic Council of the Cochin University of Science and Technology. He is a life member of Chemical Research Society of India, Association of Chemistry Teachers and Swadeshi Science Movement. His research interests include Photochemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Photoinduced electron Transfer, Dye sensitized solar cells and Chemistry of reactive oxygen species.
• Chemistry of reactive oxygen species.
• Organic synthesis.
• Photochemistry, Photophysics, Photobiology and Photovoltaics.
Research articles (Latest 10)
• Vineetha, P. K.; Krishnan, A., Aswathy, A.; Kala, K.; James, K.; Parvathy, O. C.; Manoj, N. Pyran Based Bipodal D-π-A Systems: Colorimetric and Ratiometric Sensing of Mercury; Experimental and Theoretical Approach, New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 15780-15788.
• Sirajunnisa, P. George, L.H., Manoj, N., Prathapan, S., Sailaja G. S. Lawsone derived Zn (ii) and Fe (iii) metal organic frameworks with pH dependent emission for controlled drug delivery New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 14589-14597.
• Parvathy, O. C.; Aswathy, A.; James, K.; Kala, K.; Ragi, T. M.; Manoj N. A Molecular chameleon: Fluorometric to Pb2+, Fluorescent Ratiometric to Hg2+ and Colorimetric to Ag+ ions, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2021, 407, 113050 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.113050)
• Seena, S.; Aswathy, A.; Manoj, N. Synthesis, Characterization and Singlet Oxygen Generation Studies of Surface-Tethered Triazatriangulenium Cations. Materials Today Proceedings, 2020, 33 (2), 1238 - 1245 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.487
• Vineetha, P. K.; Aswathy, A.; Kala, K.; James, K.; Parvathy, O. C.; Manoj, N. Comparison of DSSC efficiencies in a series of D-π-A systems having heterocyclic based anchoring group, Materials Today Proceedings, 2020, 33 (2), 1257 - 1262 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.494
• Recent Advances in the Transition Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Indazoles, Janardhanan, J.; Bhaskaran, R.P.; Praveen, V.K.; Manoj, N.; Babu, B. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry., 2020, 9,1410-1431. 10.1002/ajoc.202000300.
• Rani Mathew, Anju Mohan, Raina Francis, Manoj, N. Experimental investigations on the effect of non-polar and polar aprotic solvents on the reaction between furan-2-methanamine and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, Chemical Data Collections., 2020, 28, 100397.
• Vineetha, PK.;Aswathy, A.;Shiju, K.; Chandrasekharan, K.; Manoj, N. Structure–property correlations of the nonlinear optical properties of a few bipodal D–π–A molecules – an experimental and theoretical approach, New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 6142-6150.
• Janardhanan, J.; James, K.; Puthuvakkal, A.; Bhaskaran, P.; Suresh, C.H.; Praveen, V.K.; Manoj, N.; Babu, B. Synthesis of hybrid polycycles containing fused hydroxy benzofuran and 1H-indazoles via a domino cyclization reaction, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 10166 – 10175.
• Janardhanan, J.; Mishra, R.; Das, G.; Sini, S.; Jayamurthy, P.; Suresh, C.; Praveen, V.; Manoj, N.; Babu, B. Functionalizable 1H‐Indazoles by Palladium Catalyzed Aza‐Nenitzescu Reaction: Pharmacophores to Donor‐Acceptor Type Multi‐Luminescent Fluorophores Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 7, 2094-2104.
• Chemical Research Society of India – Life member
• Association of Chemistry Teachers – Life member
• Swadeshi Science Movement – Life Member
• Kerala Science and Technology Society – Life Member
• Member, Senate, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)
• Member, Academic Council, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT)
• Member, Board of Studies in Applied Chemistry, CUSAT, Kerala
• Member, Board of Studies in Applied Chemistry, Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala
• Member, Board of Studies in Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
• Organic Chemistry
• Photochemistry and Pericyclic Reactions
• Spectroscopy
• Synthesis and Study of New Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Michael Addition Reactions, UGC, ₹1,303,600/- (2015-2018 )
• UGC-SAP Infrastructure and Research Grant, ₹7,100,000 (2010 – 2015) – Deputy Coordinator
• Novel Heterocyclic Hole Transporting Materials (HTM) for Perovskite Solar Cell Applications, GITA-DST (Indo-Taiwan) /Ongoing , ₹2,287,500/- (2020-2023) – Principal Investigator.
•Exploring the Human Gut Microbe and Metabolites in Health and Parkinson’s Disease- A Window to the Gut Microbiota-Brain Axis Alterations in Parkinson’s Disease, ICMR/Ongoing, ₹1,200,000/- (2019-2022) – Co- Principal Investigator
• Development of Highly Efficient Thin Film Solar Cells With Organic and Inorganic Materials, MHRD-RUSA Approved/Fund not released, ₹2,785,880/- (October 2019) – Co- Principal Investigator.