Dr. N. K. Renuka Professor Phone (Off): +91-4942407413 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.              Office    : Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Ph.D. : Cochin University of Science and Technology (2001)

M.Phil.: Cochin University of Science and Technology (1997)

M.Sc. : University of Calicut (1995)

Professional Experience

Teaching

            PG : 18 years

            UG : 3 years

Research : 18 years

Academic Positions Held

1. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut (Since 07-04-2019)
2. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut (07-04-2016 to 06-04-2019).
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut (01-01-2006 to 06-04-2016).
4. Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut (07-04-2004 to 31-12-2005).

Positions held

• Warden, Calicut University Ladies’ Hostel
• Warden, Ladies’ Hostel, Calicut University Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Co-coordinator, Erudite Lecture Programme, University of Calicut
• Co-coordinator, Frontier Lecture Programme, University of Calicut
• Member, Frontier Lecture Programme Advisory Committee, University of Calicut
• Member, Board of Studies (UG & PG) in Polymer Chemistry, University of Calicut
• Member, PG Board of Studies, Applied Chemistry, University of Calicut

Membership in Academic / Professional  Bodies

• Board of Studies in Chemistry, St Joseph’s College, Devagiri (Autonomous), Calicut
• Board of Studies in Chemistry, Farook College (Autonomous), Feroke
• Board of Studies in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Calicut
• Research Advisory Committee, Govt. college, Madappally
• Research Advisory Committee, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri                          
• Research Advisory Committee, St.Thomas College, Thrissur
• Research Admission Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut
• Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India

Research Areas

Materials Science, Green Chemistry

• Metal Oxides
• Carbon nanomaterials
• Mesoporous materials
• Sensors
• Catalysis
• Atmospheric Water harvesting 

Research Supervision

Post Doctoral                   : 1 (presently doing)

Ph.D. Guidance                :13

• Completed : 9 (Awarded 8; Thesis submitted 1)

1. Akhila A. K., Graphene Based Fluorimetric Sensors and Hydrophobic Surfaces (2022)
2. Ansi V. A., Sugar derived carbon dots as sensor, luminescent marker and reducing agent (2021)
3. Arsha Kusumam T. V., ZnO Arichitectures for gas sensing and photocatalytic applications (2020)
4. Anju M., Graphene based sorbents and sensors for environmental applications (2018)
5. Nikhila M. P., Photocatalytic and biological applications of Titania based nanostructures (2018)
6. Divya T., Morphology controlled synthesis and Applications of Ceria based nanostructures (2017)
7. Shijina A, V., Preparation, characterisatio and catalytic activity studies of mesoporousalumina and supported analogues (2014)
8. Praveen A. K., Catalyzed synthesis and efficiency of biodiesel derived from non -edible vegetable oils (2013)
9. Varsha Raveendran P. T., Biomedical and reducing applications of carbon nanodots derived from medicinal plants (Thesis submitted)

• Presently doing : 4

Ph.D. Co-Guidance : 2

1. Sangeetha K.G., Synthesis, characterisation and studies on S, N, O donor ligands and their metal complexes (2019)
2. Priya Varma C. , Synthesis and characterisation of metal complexes with chelating ligands (2019)  

M.Phil. Guidance : 9 

1. Shijina A. V.
2. Jensy Mohan T.
3. Akhila A. K.
4. Ansi V. A.
5. Vinitha P. S.
6. Binsha
7. Indu V.
8. Thasleena Panakkal
9. Sreedhanya P. V.

Masters’ project supervision : 8

Project handled

Title : Studies on the catalytic activity of Mesoporous metal oxides for automotive exhaust gas purification, Duration :(2010-2013)

Funding Agency :Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE)

Research Publications

Journals : 63

Conference Proceedings : 25

Selected Publications

1. Akhila A. K., Suresh Babu A.R., Aji A. Anappara, Renuka N. K, Specific ultralow level chemo-recognition using Graphene-fluorophore supramolecular assembly: Fine- tuning the fluorophore framework, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 266 (2022) 120408
2. Madhushree R , Jadan Resnik Jaleel UC, Dephan Pinheiro, Renuka N. K., Sunaja Devi K. R., Juhyeon Park, Sivakumar Manickam, Myong Yong Choi , Architecture of visible-light induced Z-scheme MoS 2 /g-C 3 N 4 /ZnO ternary photocatalysts for malachite green dye degradation, Environmental Research, 214 (2022) 113742
3. Varsha Raveendran and Renuka Neeroli Kizhakayil, Fluorescent Carbon Dots as Biosensor, Green Reductant, and Biomarker, ACS Omega, 6, 36 (2021) 23475.
4. Ansi V.A, Sreelakshmi P., Raveendran Poovathinthodiyil, Renuka N.K., Table sugar derived carbon dot—A promising green reducing agent, Materials Research Bulletin 139 (2021) 111284
5. M, Anju, N. K. Renuka, Magnetically actuated graphene coated polyurethane foam as potential sorbents for oils and organics, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13 (2020) 1752
6. A. K. Akhila and N. K. Renuka, Coumarin–graphene turn-on fluorescent probe for femtomolar level detection of copper(II), New Journal of Chemistry, 43 (2019) 1001
7. VA Ansi, NK Renuka, Sensors and Actuators B:Chemical, Table sugar derived Carbon dot–a naked eye sensor for toxic Pb 2+ ions, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 264 (2018) 67
8. Divya T., Nikhila M.P., Anju M., Arsha KusumamT.V., Akhila A.K., RavikiranY.T ., Renuka N.K., Nanoceria based thin films as efficient humidity sensors,  Sensors and
Actuators A: Physical,  261 (2017) 85
9. M. P. Nikhila, N. K. Renuka, Novel template free synthetic strategy to single crystalline multishelled hollow nanospheroids of titania with boosted application potential, RSC Advances 6 (2016) 24210
10. Anju Mohan and Renuka Neeroli Kizhakayil, Graphene-Rhodamine Nanoprobe for Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Hg 2+ Ion Assay,  ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (22)(2016)14125
11. Divya, T., Renuka, N.K., Modulated heterogeneous Fenton-like activity of 'M' doped nanoceria systems (M = Cu, Fe, Zr, Dy, La): Influence of reduction potential of doped cations, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 408 (2015) 41

12. Renuka, N.K., Shijina, A.V., Praveen, A.K., Aniz, C.U., Redox properties and catalytic activity of CuO/γ-Al 2 O 3 meso phase, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 434 (2014) 195

13. Renuka N. K., Structural characteristics of quantum-size ceria nanoparticles synthesized via simple ammonia precipitation, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 513 (2012) 230