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1.  Dr. (Mrs.). S. Velmathi

   Lecturer

   Department of Chemistry

   National Institute of Technology

   Trichy-620 015

   India

   Academic Profile:

   B.Sc. Chemistry (1993) - Bharathi Women’s College,Chennai                                                                                                     

   M.Sc. General Chemistry (1995) – Presidency College, Chennai

   Ph.D Organic Chemistry (2001) – University of Madras, Chennai

   Field of Specialization:  Synthetic Organic Chemistry

   Professional Experience: 

   1.        August 2006 onwards- Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, National Institute Technology (NIT), Trichy-620 015

   2.        April 2002- November 2002 Research Associate in SPIC Science Foundation, Chennai-32

   3.        April 2001 - March 2002 CSIR extended SRF

   4.        April 1998 - March 2001－CSIR Senior Research Fellow.

   5.        1996 October –1998 March Junior Research Fellow in a project sponsored by SPIC – Biotech division

   6.        1995 July -1996 October Junior Research Fellow in the project sponsored by ICAR.

   Visiting scientist:
   • At Fuel Cell Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (May-July, 2007)
   • Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, USA, (Dec-Feb 2008)
   Post Doctoral Fellowship:
   • At Research Institute for Innovations in Sustainable Chemistry, Advanced Polymer Group, National Institute of Advanced Industrial science and Technology, AIST Central 5-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. (2003 –2006)

   Awards Received: 

   • DST-SERC Fast Track Young Scientist Award –2007, Research Grant of 20 lakhs
   •   Received the best poster award in the 5^th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2005
   • Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR, India – April 1998
   • Senior Research Fellowship (Extended), CSIR, India-April 2001

   Research Publications:

   • Novel Three Dimensional Cubic Fm3m Mesoporous Aluminosilicates with Tailored Cage Type Pore Structure and High Aluminum Content Pavuluri Srinivasu, Sher Alam, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Sivan Velmathi, Dhanashri P. Sawant, Winfred Böhlmann, Subhash P. Mirajkar, Katsuhiko Ariga, Shivappa B. Halligudi, Ajayan Vinu In press Advanced Functional Materials, 2008. Impact factor 6.9
   • Heteropoly acid encapsulated SBA-15/TiO₂ nanocomposites and its unusual performance in acid catalyzed organic transformations Dhanashri P. Sawant, Josena Justus, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Katsuhiko Ariga,  Pavuluri Srinivasu, Sivan Velmathi,  Shivappa B. Halligudi and Ajayan Vinu In press Chemistry: A European Journal, 2008. Impact factor 5.2 
   • Unusual Catalytic Performances of Three Dimensional Cage Type Mesoporous Aluminosilicates in the Acetylation of Aromatics V. V. Balasubramanian, P. Srinivasu, D. P. Sawant, R. R. Pal, K. Ariga, J. Justus, S. Velmathi, Sher Alam, and A. Vinu In press, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials , 2008. Impact factor 3.3
   • Hexagonally Ordered Mesoporous Highly Acidic AlSBA-15 with Different Morphology: An Efficient Catalyst for Acetylation of Aromatics Josena Justusa,, Dhanashri P. Sawant, Pavuluri Srinivasu, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian , Sivan Velmathi, Sher Alam, and Ajayan Vinu In press, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials , 2008. Impact factor 3.3
   • Extremely Rapid Synthesis of Aliphatic Polyesters by Direct Poly condensation of 1:1 Mixtures of Dicarboxylic acids and Diols using Microwaves, Sivan Velmathi, Ritsuko Nagahata and Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Polymer Journal, vol. 39, No.8, pp. 841-844, 2007). Impact factor 0.92
   • Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of poly(butylene succinate) by direct polyesterification of dicarboxylic acid with diol catalyzed by distannoxane catalyst under microwave irradiation. Sivan Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 26, 1163-1167, 2005. Times Cited: 6 Impact Factor 3.2
   • Synthesis of poly(ethylene terephthalate –co-isophthalate) by copolymerization of ethylene isophthalate cyclic dimer and Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate. Ritsuko Nagahata, Jun-ichi Sugiyama, Sivan Velmathi, Y. Nakao, M. Goto, and K. Takeuchi. Polymer Journal, vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 1-6, 2004 Times Cited: 4 Impact factor 0.92
   • Novel heterobimetallic catalysts for asymmetric Michael reactions. S.Velmathi, S. Swarnalakshmi and S. Narasimhan.　Tetrahedron: Asymmetry,14 (1), 113 – 118, 2003. Times Cited: 9 Impact factor 2.47
   • Effect of Microwave in chiral switching asymmetric Michael reaction S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Molecules, 8, 256 – 262, 2003. Times Cited: 4 Impact factor 0.3
   • Synthesis of novel chiral auxiliaries S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Ind. J. Chem Sec B, 41 B, 1666-1669, 2002. Times Cited: 1 Impact factor 0.35
   • Microwave assisted enantioselective Michael reaction using BINOL – Al – Li catalyst. S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Synthetic Communications, 32(24), 3791-3795, 2002. Times Cited: 7 Impact factor 1.02
   • Diisopropyl-2-(2-benzyl-1-phenylethyl) malonate, M. N. Ponnuswamy. A. Jeya bharathy, S. Narasimhan and S. Velmathi Acta crystallographica Section E, vol. 58, part – 3, o334-o335, 2002. Impact factor 0.5
   • Novel enantiomer – switching catalysts for asymmetric reductions and Michael reactions S. Narasimhan, S. Velmathi, R. Balakumar and V. Radhakrishnan. Tetrahedron Letters, 42, 719-721, 2001. Times Cited: 8 Impact factor 2.48
   • Novel chiral switching ligands for enantioselective asymmetric reduction of prochiral ketones. S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Molecules, 6, 988-995, 2001. Times Cited: 5 Impact factor 0.3
   • Tandem reduction of bromo compounds using tetra butylammonium borohydride S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi. Synthetic communications, 29 (4), 685 – 689, 1999. Impact factor 1.02
   • Chemoselectivity of tetrabutyl ammonium borohydride towards bifunctional esters. S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi. Synlett, 12, 1321-1322, 1998. Times Cited: 4 Impact factor 2.7
   • Lac sulfur assisted synthesis of symmetrical thoureas. K. Ramadas, N. Janarthanan and S. Velmathi. Synthetic communications, 27, 2255-2257, 1997. Times Cited: 6 Impact factor 1.02
   • Lac sulfur on alumina-Triethanolamine. An effective reagent for the synthesis of guanidines. K. Ramadas, S. Velmathi and S. Sukanya. Tetrahedron letters. 37, 5161, 1996. Impact factor 2.48
   • p-Toluene sulfonic acid an efficient catalyst for PBS synthesis under MW irradiation. Sivan Velmathi, Ritsuko Nagahata, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi (communicated to Polymer 2008)
   • Synthesis of Aryl nitriles in water, Sivan Velmathi and Nicholas E. Leadbeater, Manuscript under preparation.2008
   • A new co catalyst system for direct condensation of dicarboxylic acid and diols using MW. Sivan Velmathi, Ritsuko Nagahata, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Manuscript under preparation).
   • Rapid Synthesis of Trimellitimides and Pyromellitimides – Potential Monomers for Polyamide-imide and Polyester-imide using Microwave irradiation, Sivan Velmathi, Ritsuko Nagahata and Kazuhiko Takeuchi (Manuscript under preparation)
   • Synthesis and characterization of novel adamantine containing polyester-imides using microwaves. Sivan Velmathi, R. Nagahata and K. Takeuchi, (Manuscript under preparation).
    Patents:
   • R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Synthesis of aliphatic polyester using microwaves”, Japanese Patent JP, 2006-169397, A.. Classification International
   • R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Method for producing aromatic carboxylic acid imides”, Japanese Patent , JP, 200711395, Classification International
   • R. Nagahata, S. Velmathi, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi, “Synthesis of aliphatic polyester with SnCl₂ catalyst using MW under vacuum”, Japanese Patent App. No. 2006-174806   
   Papers presented in International conferences Contributed oral presentations:
   1. Rapid and eco friendly synthesis of Imides and Bis imides using microwaves, S. Velmathi, U. Balakrishnan, N. Ananthi, P. Chandrasekahar, R. Ananthi Presented at the National Seminar on Recent developments in Green Chemistry, Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Karunya University, August 25, 2007
   2. Microwave assisted rapid and environmentally friendly route for the synthesis of trimellitimides and pyromellitimides. S. Velmathi. R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 5^th International symposium on microwave science and its application to related fields held at Tsukuba, Japan, November 2-4, 2005.
   3. Microwave assisted synthesis of Poly (butylene succinate) using distannoxane catalyst. S. Velmathi. R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 4^th International symposium on microwave science and its application to related fields held at Takamatsu, Japan, July 27-30, 2004.
   4. Novel enantiomer switching catalysts for asymmetric Michael reaction. S. Velmathi. Presented in 9^th NOST symposium held at Trivandrum, India. Dec 13-16, 2001.
   5. Novel chiral oxazaborolidines in asymmetric synthesis, S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Presented in 31^st Great lakes regionalmeeting of the American chemical society held at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. June 1-3, 1998.
   6. New bimetallic chiral reagents in asymmetric synthesis.  S. Narasimhan, S. Swarnalakshmi, R. Balakumar and S. Velmathi Presented in 31^st Great lakes regional meeting of the American chemical society held at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. June 1-3, 1998.

   Contributed Poster presentations:
   1. Microwave Assisted Rapid Synthesis of Bio degradable Poly(alkylene succinates) K. Takeuchi, S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, Presented in 1^st European Chemistry Congress held at Budapest, Hungary, 27-31, August, 2006
   2. Eco-friendly Method of Synthesis of Chiral Trimellitimides and Pyromellitimides Using Microwaves S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi presented in 6^th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2006
   3. Microwave assisted synthesis and characterization of novel adamantine containing poly ester-imides S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, and K. Takeuchi. Presented in 8^th International Polymer Conference held in Fukuoka, Japan, July 26-29, 2005.
   4. Rapid and eco friendly synthesis of poly (butylene succinate) by distannoxane catalyst using Microwaves. S. Velmathi, R. Nagahata, J. Sugiyama, K. Takeuchi Presented in 5^th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Network symposium held at Tokyo, Japan, March 7-8, 2005 (Received the best poster award)
   5.  Chemo selectivity of Tetra butyl ammonium Borohydride S. Velmathi, S. Swarnalakshmi,

      xR. Balakumar and S. Narasimhan. Presented in Chemists Meet December 1997, held at IIT Madras.

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