Dr. Suja T. D Assistant Professor Email: 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. : Organic Chemistry, CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum, Kerala, India

M. Sc. : Chemistry, University of Calicut

Research interests

Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Anticancer Chemotherapeutics, General Chemistry and Education

Awards and honors

Top in the hottest article list of the Journal Tetrahedron: Intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions in Targeted Syntheses. Nair, V.; Suja, T. D.Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 12247 (First in Top 25 hottest articles for October-December 2009)

Professional Career

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, February 2021-

Principal Investigator, Women Scientists Scheme (WOSA), Department of Chemistry, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, January -February 2021

Chemistry Faculty, Department of vocational studies and skill development (formerly DDUKK), Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, August 2017 - January 2021

Principal Investigator, DST-SERB Young Scientist Project, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, May 2016 – July 2017

Principal Investigator DST-SERB Young Scientist Project, Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, July 2014-May 2016

Research Associate, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, March 2013-March 2014

Chemistry Teacher at Canberra Institute of Technology, Canberra, Australia, (Part time), August 2009-December 2009

Research Assistant and Demonstrator in Prof. Anthony Day’s group at the Australian Defense Force Academy, Canberra, Australia, July 2009-December 2009

Post-Doctoral Fellow in the research group of Prof. Martin G. Banwell at Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, May 2008- May 2009

Post-Doctoral Fellow in the research group of Dr. Kak-Shan Shia at the National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, March2007- March 2008

Sponsored Research Projects

1) Fast Track Project (CS-179/2013) titled “Design and Synthesis of Natural Product Analogues Aimed at the Discovery of Anticancer Therapeutics” funded by SERB- DST, India in July 2013 worth Rs. 29.50 Lakhs (3 years, completed).

2) Women Scientists Scheme (SR/WOS-A/CS-9/2019) project titled “Development of affordable anticancer therapeutic agents based on colchicine and its analogues” funded by DST, New Delhi worth Rs. 33.72 Lakhs (January 2021 onwards, 3 Years)

List of Publications

Book Chapter

1. Cu-catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions, Suja, T. D.; Menon, R. S. in Copper Catalysis in Organic Synthesis, G. Anilkumar and S. Saranya (Eds.), Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2020, pp. 209-237.

In peer-reviewed international journals

As Independent Investigator

1. Concise Synthesis of 1,1-Diarylvinyl Sulfones and Investigations on their Anti-proliferative Activity via Tubulin Inhibition, Reddy, L.; Suja T. D*.; Manupati, K.; Yeeravalli, R.; Vijay, L. D.; Dantiboina, K.; Naik, V. L.; Das, A. Anti-Cancer Agents Med. Chem., 2020, 20, 1469.

2. A unified approach for the synthesis of pyrazole-fused heterocyclic and carbocyclic motifs via one-pot condensation and intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition reaction.Divya, K. V. L.; Meena, A.; Suja, T. D*. Synthesis 2016, 48, 4207.

3. Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of aminonaphthoquinone-sulfonylamidine conjugates and in-vitro evaluation of their antiproliferative activity. Suja T. D*.; Divya, K. V. L.;Naik, L. V.; A. R Kumar, A. R.; Kamal, A. Bioorg. Med Chem Lett, 2016, 26, 2072.

As co-author

4. Bioisosteric replacement of the pyrazole-3-carboxamide moiety of rimonabant. Anovel series of oxadiazoles as CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonists. Cheng-MingChu, Ming-Shiu Hung, Min-Tsang Hsieh, Chun-Wei Kuo, Suja T. D., Jen-ShinSong, Hua-Hao Chiu, Yu-Sheng Chao, Kak-Shan Shia. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2008, 6, 3399.

5. Intramolecular 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions in Targeted Syntheses. Nair,V.; Suja, T. D. Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 12247.

6. Stereoselective Synthesis of 3,4- trans-Disubstituted γ-Lactams by Cerium(IV)Ammonium Nitrate Mediated Radical Cyclization of Cinnamamides. Nair, V.; Mohanan, K.; Suja T. D.; Biju, A. T. Synthesis 2007, 1179 (IF 2.652).

7. A Convenient Synthesis of 2,2-Diaryl Cyclobutanones by Cerium (IV)Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) Mediated Oxidation of Methylenecyclopropanes (MCPs). Nair, V.; Suja T. D.; Mohanan, K. Synthesis 2006, 2531.

8. CAN Mediated Oxidative addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Methylenecyclopropanes: A Facile Synthesis of Spirocyclopropyl Dihydrofurans. Nair, V.; Suja T. D.; Mohanan, K. Synthesis 2006, 2335.

9. Stereoselective Synthesis of 3,4-trans Disubstituted Pyrrolidines and Cyclopentanes via Intramolecular Radical Cyclisations Mediated by CAN. Nair,V.; Mohanan, K; Suja, T. D.; Suresh, E. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 2803.

10. CAN Mediated Stereoselective Cyclisation of Epoxypropyl Cinnamyl Amines to3, 4, 5- Trisubstituted Piperidines and Supramolecular Assembly of the Latter Aided by Ethyl acetate. Nair, V.; Mohanan, K; Suja, T. D.; Suresh, E. Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 705.

11. A Convenient Protocol for C-H Oxidation Mediated by an Azido Radical Culminating in Ritter-type Amidation. Nair, V.; Suja T. D.; Mohanan, K. Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 3217.

12. Cerium (IV) Ammonium Nitrate Mediated Sulfonylation of Styrenes: Some Interesting Observations. Nair, V.; Augustine, A.; Suja, T. D.; Panicker, S. B.; Mathai, S. Res. Chem. Intermed. 2003, 29, 213.

13. CAN Mediated Reaction of Aryl Sulfinates with Alkenes and Alkynes: Synthesis of Vinyl Sulfones, β-Iodovinyl Sulfones and Acetylenic Sulfones. Nair, V.; Augustine, A.; Suja, T. D. Synthesis 2002, 2259.