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Dr YAMUNA NAIR

Speciliazation : Chemistry

Qualification : BEd, MSc, MPhil, PhD

Department : SCHOOL OF SCIENCES

Campus : BANGALORE CAMPUS

Dr. Yamuna Nair earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala. Her research focuses on DNA binding studies, optical sensing, and modifications of Metal-Organic Frameworks. She is currently leading research on DNA-related biological applications, fluorescent organic molecules, carbon dots, and luminescent metal-organic frameworks. Dr. Nair serves as a Co-PI on a project funded by the Vision Group of Science and Technology (Government of Karnataka). She has numerous publications in high-impact journals, showcasing her contributions to the field of chemistry. With over 25 years of teaching experience, she offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Analytical, Physical, and Inorganic Chemistry. Currently, Dr. Nair mentors a research team of two Ph.D. scholars and several B.Sc. and M.Sc. students. Her dedication to teaching and research exemplifies her commitment to advancing both scientific understanding and student development.

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Articles in Periodicals

Articles in Journels

2023

Name of Journal: Molecular Diversity

Date Of Publication: 19-Jan-2023

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 2023/1 - 22

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,YAMUNA NAIR,M. C. VINEETHA,M. R. PRATHAPACHANDRA KURUP,SAVAş KAYA,GONCAG�L SERDAROğLU,SULTAN ERKAN

URL: https://www.springer.com/journal/11030

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Name of Journal: Food Chemistry

Date Of Publication: 14-Jun-2023

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): AATIKA NIZAM,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-chemistry

Indexing Agency: Web of Science and Scopus

Name of Journal: ChemistrySelect

Date Of Publication: 01-Feb-2023

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 8/5/202203615 - 202203643

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,JOYNA REBA JOSE,P. MURALI KRISHNA,DARIT PHILIP,M. R. PRATHAPACHANDRA KURUP,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23656549

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2020

Name of Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure

Date Of Publication: 18-May-2020

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 1217/128453

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,YAMUNA NAIR,SRIRAM KRISHNAN VENKATARAMAN,FRANCIS JOY,P MURALI KRISHNA,ANIL KUMAR AGARWAL,PRAMOD KANDOTH MADATHIL,MR PRATHAPACHANDRA KURUP

URL: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/24642

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2022

Name of Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Date Of Publication: 17-Mar-2022

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 617/730 - 744

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,AMY JOSE KOLLANNOOR,KURUVILLA JOSEPH,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-colloid-and-interface-science

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Name of Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal

Date Of Publication: 15-Oct-2022

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 453/2/139798 - 139813

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,AATIKA NIZAM,AYSWARIA DEEPTI,P.S. BABY CHAKRAPANI,AVIJIT KUMAR DAS,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/chemical-engineering-journal

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Name of Journal: ChemistrySelect

Date Of Publication: 06-Apr-2022

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,ROMINA MARIE MATHEW,YAMUNA NAIR,ARUNA S. T.

URL: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23656549

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Name of Journal: European Polymer Journal

Date Of Publication: 01-Nov-2022

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): AATIKA NIZAM,YAMUNA NAIR,RENJITH.S. PILLAI,PRAVEEN N

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/european-polymer-journal

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2015

Name of Journal: Acta Crystallographica Section E

Date Of Publication: 17-Feb-2015

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: E70/E70/o483 - 0484

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/144910

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2021

Name of Journal: Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Date Of Publication: 17-Aug-2021

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 35/9

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,VINEETHA M. C.,FRANCIS JOY,MURALI KRISHNA P.,SRIRAM KRISHNAN VENKATARAMAN,ANIL K. AGARWAL,YAMUNA NAIR,M. R. PRATHAPACHANDRA KURUP

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10990739

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Name of Journal: Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Date Of Publication: 13-Sep-2021

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): VINOD T P,VARSHA LISA JOHN,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15214117

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2024

Name of Journal: Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Date Of Publication: 10-Sep-2024

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): MANOJ B, NAMRATA W. N,NEETHU JOSEPH,SREEHARI K. S,YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15214117

Indexing Agency: Web of Science and Scopus

2013

Name of Journal: Acta Crystallographica Section E

Date Of Publication: 02-Jan-2013

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: E68/9/2709 - 2709

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): YAMUNA NAIR

URL: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/144910

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2019

Name of Journal: Inorganica Chimica Acta

Date Of Publication: 01-Apr-2019

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 491/93 - 104

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): YAMUNA NAIR,M.C. VINEETHA,M. SITHAMBARESAN,M.R. PRATHAPACHANDRA KURUP

URL: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/25270

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Blog

Invited Talks

Films / Videos / Documentaries

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

2023

Name of Student: NIKITA VARGHESE

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: May 2023

Name of Student: ATHIRA J AJITH

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: April 2023

2017

Name of Student: Juno Rose Attokaran

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: June 2017

Research Project

1

Investigator(s): YAMUNA NAIR

Sponsors:

Internal

Investigator(s): VINOD T P, YAMUNA NAIR

Sponsors: Vision Group on Science and Technology (Dept of Electronics, IT, BT, and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka)

External

Workshop / FDP / Training Programme

2019

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Soil analysis training

Name of the Organiser: CHRIST(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2019-08-23

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30 M training on Google class room

Name of the Organiser: CHRIST(DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY)

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2019-06-18

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Pedagogic practices and Research as culture in the department

Name of the Organiser: Christ(Deemed to be University)

Level:

Role: Organiser & Participant

Date: 2019-05-20

2017

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: CHEMISTRY IN HEALTH CARE AND MATERIAL SCIENCE

Name of the Organiser: CHRIST in association with Aten Porus Life Sciences

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-08-09

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Capacity Enhancement Programme on Intellectual Property Rights

Name of the Organiser: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-07-14

2016

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Research and Publications

Name of the Organiser: Christ

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2016-09-23

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Modern approach to Materials

Name of the Organiser: JNCASR

Level: Regional

Role:

Date: 2016-08-29

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: RESEARCH

Name of the Organiser: Christ University

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-03-28

2011

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Attended talk on Emerging scenario of forensic technologies in societal needs

Name of the Organiser: Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2011-08-19

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Moodle training

Name of the Organiser: Christ University, Bangalore

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2011-07-15

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty development program at Kengeri Campus

Name of the Organiser: Christ University, Bangalore

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2011-06-03

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Holistic education training program on societal skills

Name of the Organiser: Christ University, Bangalore

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2011-06-02

2010

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Two day Lecture workshop on organic chemistry

Name of the Organiser: Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore sponsored by Indian Academy of sciences

Level: Institutional

Role:

Date: 2010-08-27

1970

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Application of GC and HPLC

Name of the Organiser: Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation

Level: Regional

Role:

Date: 1970-01-01

Awards / Achievements /Others

2010

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Organizer

Description: National level workshop on Recent advances in Organic Chemistry and biosciences

Organisation: Christ University

Month/Year: February 2010

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Organizer

Description: Workshop on Organic Chemistry

Organisation: Christ University

Month/Year: August 2010

Books

Book Chapters

2024

Type of Book: Chapter

Title : Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Applications

ISBN: 978-044313591-0

Month/Year: Sep 2024

Case Study

Patents

2025

Inventors: YAMUNA NAIR

Type of Specification: Provisional

Granted/Awarded Date: -

Publication/Application Date: 21-Mar-2025

Application/Filing Date: 07-Mar-2025

Publication Number: 28402

Patent Number: 202541020668

Field of Invention: Chemical

Inventors: YAMUNA NAIR

Type of Specification: Provisional

Granted/Awarded Date: -

Publication/Application Date: 14-Feb-2025

Application/Filing Date: 05-Feb-2025

Publication Number: 07/2025

Patent Number: 202541009399

Field of Invention: PHYSICS

Inventors: YAMUNA NAIR

Type of Specification: Provisional

Granted/Awarded Date: -

Publication/Application Date: 17-Jan-2025

Application/Filing Date: 06-Jan-2025

Publication Number: 03/2025

Patent Number: 202541001115

Field of Invention: CHEMICAL

2024

Inventors: YAMUNA NAIR

Type of Specification: Provisional

Granted/Awarded Date: -

Publication/Application Date: 22-Nov-2024

Application/Filing Date: 18-Nov-2024

Publication Number: 47/2024

Patent Number: 202441089073

Field of Invention: PHYSICS

Inventors: YAMUNA NAIR

Type of Specification: Provisional

Granted/Awarded Date: -

Publication/Application Date: 13-Sep-2024

Application/Filing Date: 02-Sep-2024

Publication Number: 37/2024

Patent Number: 202441066214

Field of Invention: CHEMICAL

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

2024

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Design and synthesis of core shell carbon polymer dots with highly stable fluorescence via controlled in-situ polymerization/carbonization for DNA binding studies


Date: 2024-10-17


Organising Institution: Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and technology


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2024-07-04


Organising Institution: SCMS school of engineering and technology


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: ESIPT inspired solid state emitters for picric acid turn on-off-on detection with acidofluorochromism, anticounterfeiting and latent fingerprinting


Date: 2024-02-26


Organising Institution: SRM Institute of Science and Technology


Level: International


2023

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2023-05-26


Organising Institution: SH Thevara Kochi


Level: International


2018

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2018-02-21


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Institutional


2017

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Nickel(II) complex derived from 3-fluoropyridine 2-carboxaldehyde and benzhydrazide: Crystallographic insight into coordination and geometry


Date: 2017-12-07


Organising Institution: KSTA


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2017-06-20


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Syntheses and spectral characterization of manganese(II) and iron(III) chelates of NNO donor aroylhydrazones


Date: 2017-02-03


Organising Institution: COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


Level: National


2016

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Syntheses and characterization of zinc(II) and cadmium(II) complexes of NNO donor aroylhydrazones


Date: 2016-12-20


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally,Kerala


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Synthesis and Characterisation of Novel Acyl hydrazone N?[(E)-(3-Fluoropyridin-2-yl)methylidene]benzohydrazide monohydrate


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Regional


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Presenter


Title: Synthesis and crystal structure of copper(II) complex derived from 3-fluoropyridine 2-carboxaldehyde and benzhydrazide


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ university and KSTA


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Dept of Applied Chemistry CUSAT Kochi


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ university and KSTA


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ university and Academies of Sciences


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: KSTA


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Indian Academy of Science Bangalore


Level: Regional


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Syntheses and characterization of cobalt(II) complexes of NNO donor aroylhydrazone


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Department of applied chemistry CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala


Level: International


Own MPhil / PhD Thesis

1970

Guide Name: Dr M. R. Prathapachandra Kurup

Institution: Other

Month Year: January 1970

Consultancy

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