Dr Retheesh K

Assistant Professor & Research Guide
Department of Chemistry
Government College for
Women
Thiruvananthapuram-695014

Email: retheesh.krishnan@gcwtvm.ac.in, retheesh.krishnan@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Department of Chemistry with Prof. Mukund P. Sibi & Prof. Jayaraman Sivaguru. (July 2014 – June 2016)

  • “Programmed photo-degradation of polymeric materials developed utilizing photo detachable moieties and monomers derived from biomass “
  • “Development of photoacids and photoinitiators for polymerization reactions with molecules derived from biomass “
  •  “Optical properties of silicon quantum dots of various sizes”

National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST)
Trivandrum, Kerala, India

  • Graduate Researcher at Photosciences and Photonics Section (CSIR-NIIST), with Dr. Karical R. Gopidas, January 2008 – February 2013
     Ph. D. in chemistry awarded in October 2013
    Thesis: “Rim-Binding Interaction of N-alkylpyromellitic diimides with β-Cyclodextrin. A Detailed Study of the Novel Complexation and its Utilization in the Design of β-CD based Ternary Complexes for Photo Induced Electron Transfer and Hydrogels” Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

 St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam, M.Sc. Chemistry 2004 – 2006
 Thesis with Prof. T. K. Chandrasekhar at CSIR-NIIST Thesis: ‘‘Synthesis and spectral studies of 5,10,15,20, Meso Tetra Ferrocenyl Porphyrin’’
 The Cochin College, Ernakulam, B. Sc. Chemistry 2001 – 2004

 

Awards & Fellowships
 CSIR-UGC-NET-Junior Research Fellowship: January 2008 to June 2008
 CSIR-UGC-NET-Junior Research Fellowship: July 2008 to June 2010
 CSIR-UGC-NET-Senior Research Fellowship: July 2010 to June 2013
 NSF- NDEPSCoR Postdoctoral Fellowship: July 2014 to June 2016
 RSC Research Fund: January 2021 to July 2022
 Research Grant from Coconut Development Board, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India

Teaching Experience
 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Government College for Women,
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India: From July 2016 to May 2018
 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Government College, Kasaragod, Kerala, India: From March 2013 to June 2014
 Guest Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery, Kerala, India: June 2007 to December 2007

Administrative Experience
 Research Officer, RUSA-State Project Directorate, June 2018 to February 2022
 State Coordinator, FLAIR, February 2018 to February 2022
 State Coordinator, LEAD, June 2019 to February 2022
 State Nodal Officer, EBSB, October 2021 to February 2022

Professional Memberships & Contributions
 Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), India
 Member, Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), UK.
 Reviewer, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands
 Reviewer, RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
 Member, PG Board of Studies, Kannur University, 2017 to 2020.
 Member UG Board of Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2017 to 2020.

Patents
 International Patent: WIPO Publication No. WO/2017/156066 AI, dated September 14, 2017.
 US Patent: US20190047965, dated February 14, 2019.
 US Patent: US20210163424, dated June 03, 2021.

Publications
1. β-Cyclodextrin as an End to End Connector. Retheesh Krishnan and Karical R. Gopidas J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2094 – 2098.

2. Study of β-Cyclodextrin−Pyromellitic Diimide Complexation. Conformational Analysis of Binary and Ternary Complex Structures by Induced Circular Dichroism and 2D NMR Spectroscopies. Retheesh Krishnan, Arikkotira M. Rakhi and Karical R. Gopidas. J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 25004 – 25014.

3. Programmed Photodegradation of Polymeric/ Oligomeric Materials Derived from Renewable Bioresources. Saravanakumar Rajendran, Ramya Raghunathan, Ivan Hevus, Retheesh Krishnan, Angel Ugrinov, Mukund P. Sibi, Dean C. Webster, and Sivaguru Jayaraman. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1159 – 1163. (Highlighted as inside back cover)

4. Synthesis of Silicon Quantum Dots using Cyclohexasilane (Si6H12). Srinivasan Guruvenket, Justin M. Hoey, Kenneth J. Anderson, Matthew T. Frohlich, Retheesh Krishnan, Sivaguru Jayaraman, Mukund P. Sibi and Philip J. Boudjouk. J. Matter Chem. C 2016, 4, 8206 – 8213.

5. Metal Free Visible Light Mediated Photocatalysis: Controlling Intramolecular [2+2] Photocycloaddition of Enones through Axial Chirality. Anthony Clay, Nandini Vallavoju, Retheesh Krishnan, Angel Ugrinov and Sivaguru Jayaraman. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 7191 – 7200.

6. Origin of Stretched Exponential Photoluminescence. Relaxation in Size-Separated Silicon Nanocrystals. Samuel L. Brown, Retheesh Krishnan, Sivaguru Jayaraman, Mukund P. Sibi, Erik K. Hobbie. AIP Advances 2017, 7, 055314.

7. Photoacidity of Vanilin Derivatives. Anthony Clay, Retheesh Krishnan, Mukund Sibi, Dean C. Webster, Steffen Jockusch, Sivaguru Jayaraman. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A Chem, 2018, 355, 38 – 41.

8. Total Synthesis of Aglain Natural Products Foveoglobin A and Perviridisin B: Mechanistic Studies of ESIPT Photocycloaddition. Wenyu Wang, Anthony Clay,Retheesh Krishnan, Neil J. Lajkiewicz, Jayaraman Sivaguru, and John A. Porco, Jr. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 56, 14479 – 14482.

9. Effect of N‐alkyl Substituents on the Hierarchical Self‐Assembly of β‐Cyclodextrin‐linked Pyrene‐Pyromellitic diimide Charge‐ Transfer Complex. Sumesh Babu Krishnan, Retheesh Krishnan and Karical Raman Gopidas. Chem. Eur.J. 2018, 24, 11451 – 11460.

10. Self-Assembly and Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Donor- β-CyclodextrinAcceptor Supramolecular System. Retheesh Krishnan, Sumesh Babu Krishnan, Bijitha Balan and Karical Raman Gopidas. J. Chem. Sci. 2018, 130,134(1-14).

11. Light induced charge and energy transport in nucleic acids and proteins: general discussion. Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Richard Cogdell, Carlos E. Crespo- Hernández,Ankona Datta,
Arijit De, Stefan Haacke, Mahesh Hariharan, John Helliwell, Ashley Hughes, Roberto Improta, Mike Jones, Joshy Joseph, Tolga Karsili, Bern Kohler, Retheesh Krishnan, Anvy Kuriakose, Mahil L, Dimitra Markovitsi, Himani Medhi, Ganga Periyasamy, P. I. Pradeepkumar, Priyadarshi Roy Chowdhury, Manas Sarangi, Igor Schapiro, Gebhard F. X. Schertler, Ilme Schlichting, Javier Segarra- Martí, Rajaram Swaminathan, Vishnu V, Rienk van Grondelle, Ravi Kumar Venkatraman, Ravindra Venkatramani and Anthony Watts. Faraday Discuss. 2018, 207, 153-180.

12. Photo crosslinking between nucleic acids and proteins: general discussion. Vinayak Bhat, Richard Cogdell, Carlos E. Crespo-Hernández, Ankona Datta, Arijit De, Stefan Haacke, John Helliwell, Roberto Improta, Joshy Joseph, Tolga Karsili, Bern Kohler, Retheesh Krishnan, Mahil L, Frederick Lewis, Imon Mandal, Dimitra Markovitsi, Padmaja P. Mishra, Sneha Paul, Ganga Periyasamy, P. I. Pradeepkumar, Priyadarshi Roy Chowdhury, Manas Sarangi, Devika Sasikumar, Igor Schapiro, Gebhard F. X. Schertler, Ilme Schlichting, Javier Segarra-Martí, Rajaram Swaminathan, Vishnu V, Rienk van Grondelle, Reji Varghese and Ravindra Venkatramani. Faraday Discuss. 2018, 207, 283-306.

13. Bionanophotonics: general discussion. Amitava Chandra, Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Richard Cogdell, Ankona Datta, Arijit De, Shaina Dhamija, Murali Golla, Stefan Haacke, Mahesh Hariharan, John Helliwell, Roberto Improta, Ramapurath S. Jayasree,Mike Jones, Joshy Joseph, Tolga Karsili, Bern Kohler, Retheesh Krishnan, Imon Mandal, Dimitra Markovitsi, Himani Medhi, Padmaja P. Mishra, Priyadarshi Roy Chowdhury, Manas Sarangi, Ilme Schlichting, John Seddon, Amit Sharma, Atchimnaidu Siriki, Rajaram Swaminathan, Rienk van Grondelle, Reji Varghese, Ravindra Venkatramani and Anthony Watts. Faraday Discuss. 2018, 207, 491-512.

14. Tuning phosphorescence features of triphenylamines by varying functional groups and intermolecular interactions. Goudappagouda, Kiran Ashokan, Rashmi Nayak,Retheesh Krishnan, Santhosh Babu Sukumaran. Dyes Pigm. 2020, 173, 107931. 15.

15. Self‐assembled Helical Arrays for Stabilizing the Triplet State. Aakash Nidhankar,Goudappagouda, Divya S. Mohanakumari, Shailendra K. Chaubey, Rashmi Nayak, Rajesh Gonnade, G. V. Pavan Kumar, Retheesh Krishnan, Sansthosh Babu Sukumaran. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13079 – 13085.

16. Dicyanodistyrylbenzene based positional isomers: A comparative study of AIEE and stimuli responsive multicolour fluorescence switching. Ramya N. K., Femina C., Suganya Suresh, Divya S. Mohanakumari, Retheesh Krishnan, Reji Thomas. New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 1339-1346.

17. Towards Upcycling Biomass Derived Cross-linked Polymers with Light. Ravichandranath Singathi, Ramya Raghunathan, Retheesh Krishnan, Saravanakumar Rajendran, Mukund Sibi,
Dean C. Webster and Sivaguru Jayaraman. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202203353.

18. Structural studies of a novel tautomeric Schiff base derived from 4-(N,N’- diethylamino)salicylaldehyde and 2-amino-4-methyl phenol: An experimental and theoretical study. S. Asha, Anup Thomas, S. Suma, Retheesh K., K.S. Sandhya, B. Siddlingeshwar, M.R. Sudarsanakumar. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023, 1285(8):135468