Dr. P. M. Sabura Begum received her Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Bharathidasan University in 1988 and master degree in 1990 from university of Calicut. In 1991 she completed her M. Phil from Cochin University of Science and Technology. She obtained her Ph.D in Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology. She started her career in 1994 as Lecturer in M. E. S College Mampad. In 2001 she joined the Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology as Senior Scale Lecturer and 2010 she became associate professor.
Research Guidance

M.Phil –9 completed, ongoing-1

Ph.D— 4 completed, ongoing-5

1. Development of epoxy nanocomposites; Thermal, mechanical, adhesive and microwave properties; -BinduSharmila T. K, 2015.
2. Latex stage and dry stage modification of Nitrile rubber using nanoclay, Graphene and their hybrids – BhavyaBhadran, 2017.
3. Studies on polyaniline nanofiber and its composites: Optical,biological, electrical and Mechanical properties - Divya P.R, 2018.
4. Novel nanocomposites of NR and NBR: Synthesis, Characterisation and property evaluation – Midhun Dominic C.D, 2018.

Research articles (Latest 10)

• Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanowhiskers from Acacia caesia plant., Thomas, S. K., Begum, P. M. S., Midhun Dominic, C. D., Salim, N. V., Hameed, N., Rangappa, S. M., Parameswaranpillai, J., Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020, 50213.

• Synthesis, structural characterization and catalysis of simple and encapsulated Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes of the ligand, 3-{(E)-[(2-hydroxy-4-methylphenyl)imino]methyl}quinoxalin-2(1H)-one. A.P. Sameeha, Manju Sebastian, P.M. Sabura Begum,K.K. Mohammed Yusuff., Chemical Data Collections, 2020, 26 (2020) 100351

• Cellulose Nanofibers Isolated from the Cuscuta Reflexa Plant as a Green Reinforcement of Natural Rubber, Midhun Dominic C.D., Rani Joseph , P.M. Sabura Begum , Meera Joseph,Dileep Padmanabhan , Leonna Angela Morris, Athira S Kumar and Krzysztof Formela, Polymers, 2020, 12, 814.

• Green tire technology: Effect of rice husk derived nanocellulose (RHNC) in replacing carbon black(CB) in natural rubber(NR) compounding, , Midhun Dominic C.D., Rani Joseph , P.M. Sabura Begum, Bipinbal Parambath Kanoth, Julie Chandra, SanmariaThomas, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 230, (2020), 115620

• Chitin nanowhiskers from shrimp shell waste as green filler in acrylonitrilebutadiene rubber: Processing and performance properties ,Midhun Dominic C.D., Rani Joseph, P.M.Sabura Begum, Aswathy Raghunandanan , Nelwin T. Vackkachan , Dileep Padmanabhan , Krzysztof Formela, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020, 245 (2020) 116505

• Structural, spectral and biological investigations on Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes derived from NNO donor tridentate Schiff base: Crystal structure of a 1D Cu(II) coordination polymer, Manjari Jayendran, P.M. Sabura Begum, M.R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Journal of molecular structure, 2020, 1206 (2020) 127682

• Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes from a thiosemicarbazone derivative: Investigating the intermolecular interactions, crystal structures and cytotoxicity Nimya Ann Mathews, Jinsa Mary Jacob , P.M. Sabura Begum , M.R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2019, 1202 (2020) 127319

• Synthesis, characterization, biological screening and molecular docking of Zn(II) and Cu(II) complexes of 3,5‐ dichlorosalicylaldehyde‐N4 ‐cyclohexyl thiosemicarbazone, Nimya Ann Mathews, P.M. Sabura Begum, M.R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Applied organometallic chemistry, 2019

• Structural aspects, spectroscopic and third order nonlinear optical properties of mixed ligand complexes from NNO tridentate Schiff base: Crystal structure of a rare proton bridged Ni(II) complex. Manjari Jayendran,, Sajin Ponnan,, P.M. Sabura Begum, M.R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019, 495 (2019) 118968

• Cd(II) and Ni(II) complexes from a tridentate NNO Schiff base: Crystal structures, spectral aspects and Hirshfeld surface analysis Manjari Jayendran, M. Sithambaresan , P.M. Sabura Begum , M.R. Prathapachandra Kurup, Polyhedron, 2019, 158 (2019) 386–397

• A comparative investigation of aminosilane/ethylene diamine–functionalized graphene epoxy nanocomposites with commercial and chemically reduced graphene: static and dynamic mechanical properties, T. K. Bindu Sharmila, Sreesha Sasi, N. R. Suja, P. M. Sabura Begum, Eby Thomas Thachil, Emergent Materials, 2019

• Member, Board of Studies in Polymer Science, University of Calicut.
• Executive member CUSAT Women’s Welfare Organization.
• Member, Academic Committee, CUSAT
• Member, Placement committee, CUSAT.
• Member, Board of studies in Applied Chemistry, CUSAT

• International conference on Materials for The Millenium 2007, 2010, 2016-Co-organiser
• National conference on Current Trends in Chemistry 2008,2011,2012,2013,2018, 2020 –Co-organiser
• Magic of Chemistry for School students 2010 - convenor
• National conference on Current Trends in Chemistry 2014 – Convenor

• Deputy co-ordinator - UGC-SAP- 1 crore 32lakhs – (2016-21)
• Principal Investigator – DoECC – Rs 23, 72,151/- (2018-2020)