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.
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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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Author Name (s): VINOD T P,VARSHA LISA JOHN,YAMUNA NAIR
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15214117
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
Date Of Publication: 10-Sep-2024
Category: Article in Research Journal
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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
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
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
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
Name of Student: Juno Rose Attokaran
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: June 2017
Investigator(s): YAMUNA NAIR
Sponsors:
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)
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)
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Date: 2019-05-20
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
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Research and Publications
Name of the Organiser: Christ
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Date: 2016-09-23
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Modern approach to Materials
Name of the Organiser: JNCASR
Level: Regional
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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
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
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Date: 2011-08-19
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Moodle training
Name of the Organiser: Christ University, Bangalore
Level: Institutional
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Date: 2011-07-15
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty development program at Kengeri Campus
Name of the Organiser: Christ University, Bangalore
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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
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Date: 2011-06-02
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
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Date: 2010-08-27
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Application of GC and HPLC
Name of the Organiser: Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation
Level: Regional
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Date: 1970-01-01
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
Type of Book: Chapter
Title : Fluorescent Carbon Nanoparticles: Fundamentals and Applications
ISBN: 978-044313591-0
Month/Year: Sep 2024
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
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
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
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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
Type of the Program: Conference
Role: Participant
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Date: 2023-05-26
Organising Institution: SH Thevara Kochi
Level: International
Type of the Program: Seminar
Role: Participant
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Date: 2018-02-21
Organising Institution: Christ University
Level: Institutional
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
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
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Role: Participant
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Organising Institution: Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally,Kerala
Level: National
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Organising Institution: Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore
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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
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Organising Institution: Christ university and KSTA
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Organising Institution: Dept of Applied Chemistry CUSAT Kochi
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Organising Institution: Christ university and KSTA
Level: Regional
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Organising Institution: Christ university and Academies of Sciences
Level: Regional
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Title:
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Organising Institution: KSTA
Level: Regional
Type of the Program:
Role: Participant
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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
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Organising Institution: Department of applied chemistry CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala
Level: International
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