Dr. A.R. Suresh Babu        Assistant Professor (UGC FRP) Phone (Off): +91 4942407413 Email: <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> Office    : Department of Chemistry, University of Calicut

Education

Post doctoral Fellow University of Strasbourg , France

Post doctoral Fellow ENS (École normale supérieure de Cachan) Paris France

Post doctoral Fellow University of Angers, Angers France

PhD Organic Chemistry , University of Madras

MSc Organic Chemistry, University of Madras

Specialization

Organic Chemistry

Research Interest

Organic synthesis (includes greener methods) Carbon based nanomaterials (graphene, CNTs), metallocenes, biopolymers, quantum dots, natural products, steroids, porphyrins, carbohydrate chemistry, nucleosides and nucleotides, Ionic liquids, Phytochemistry, supramolecules, electrochromic materials, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, Metal-Organic Framework (MOFs) and Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), other nanomaterials for various applications.

Honors & Awards

• Served as a resource person for refresher course under FIP programme, conducted by UGC 2018 at University of Calicut, Kerala.

• Selected as UGC-Assistant Professor, under Chemical Sciences by University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India.

• CNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, France 2013

• ANR Postdoctoral Researcher, France 2012

• Recommended for postdoctoral research by Indo-French centre for the promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) 2012.

• Nominated under the INSPIRE scheme by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

• Recipient of National Junior and Senior Research Fellowship (JRF-SRF) Award from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

• Recipient of National Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Award from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India and declared as one among top 20% in the session.

• Recipient of National lectureship award from joint CSIR-UGC (University Grant Commission), Government of India.

• Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering (GATE) Scored 91.11 percentile conducted by HRD, Government of India (All India Rank:165)

Publications (Total: 61)

Selected publications

Journals

1. Triazolobithiophene Light Absorbing Self-Assembled Monolayers: Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry Applications. Ghislain Tsague Kenfack, Andreas Schinkovitz, Suresh Babu. A. R , Kamal Elouarzaki, Marylène Dias, Séverine Derbré, Jean-Jacques Helesbeux , Eric Levillain , Pascal Richomme and Denis Séraphin. Molecules 2011, 16, 8758-8774.

2. A facile synthesis of novel ferrocene grafted spiro-indenoquinoxaline pyrrolizidines via one-pot multicomponent-[3+2]-cycloaddition of azomethine ylides. Suresh babu A. R, Gavaskar, D.; Raghunathan, R. Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53, 6676-6681.

3. An expedient ultrasonic-assisted one-pot four component synthesis of novel ferrocene grafted pyrrolidine heterocycles via [3+2]-cycloaddition of azomethine ylides. Suresh babu A. R, Gavaskar, D.; Raghunathan, R. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2013, 745-746, 409-416.

4. An expedient one-pot sequential five component synthesis of highly substituted spiro-pyrrolidine-heterocycles. Gavaskar, D.; Suresh babu A. R, Raghunathan, R. Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 2217- 2220.

5. Ionic liquid accelerated multicomponent sequential assembly of ferrocene grafted spiro-heterocyles. Gavaskar, D.; Suresh babu A. R, Raghunathan, R. Dharani, M.; Balasubramanian, S. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2014, 768, 128-135.

6. Degradation-by-design: Surface modification with functional substrates that enhance the enzymatic degradation of carbon nanotubes Adukamparai Rajukrishnan Sureshbabu, Rajendra Kurapati, Julie Russier, Isacco Bartolini, ABianco, Moreno Meneghetti, Cécilia Ménard-Moyon. Biomaterials 2015 72, 20-28.

7. An expedient sequential one-pot four component synthesis of novel steroidal spiro-pyrrolidine heterocycles in ionic liquid Suresh Babu, A. R; Gavaskar D.; Raghunathan, R.; Dharani Sofi, S. Balasubramanian, S. Steroids 2016, 109, 1-6.

8. Covalent chemical functionalization enhances the biodegradation of graphene oxide. 2D Materials 2017, 5, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa8f0a

9. Mint leaf derived carbon dots for dual analyte detection of Fe (III) and ascorbic acid. RSC Advances 2019, 9,12070 - 12077

Workshops and Conferences (Recent)

1. Chief-guest and as a Resource person, delivered lecture during National Seminar (30^th January 2019) conducted at MES Kalladi College, Kerala.

2. National Seminar on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences IFCS-2019 , 19-21^st March, 2019, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, INDIA.