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Bhaskar Ramachandran

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INDUSTRIAL Clorox, Pleasanton, CA

EXPERIENCE Scientist II

June 2007-Present

PROFESSIONAL University of California, Los Angeles, CA

EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor Omar M. Yaghi

July 2006-April 2007

PROFESSIONAL University of California, Los Angeles, CA

EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Researcher with Professor M. Frederick

Hawthorne

March 2003-June 2006

EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

September 1997- Ph.D. in Chemistry, February 2003

February 2003 Advisor: Professor Larry G. Sneddon

Thesis Title: "Design, Synthesis and Characterization of

New Functionalized Tricarbadecaborane

Anion Ligands and their Transition Metal Coordination

Chemistry "

August 1995- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

May 1997 M.Sc. Chemistry First Class Degree

Elected class representative/leader

Project Title: " Oxidation and Epoxidation Catalyzed by

Mn Porphyrin Complex : A Biomimetic

Model for Cytochrome P-450 "

Project Advisor: Professor Vancheesan

August 1992- Presidency College, University of Madras, Madras,

India

May 1995 B.Sc. Chemistry First Class Degree (Mathematics and

Physics Minor)

Won inter-collegiate chemistry symposia competition

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Formulation Scientist Clorox, Pleasanton, CA

June 2007-Present . Played lead role in formulating Silicone

emulsion based Armor All vinyl, leather car protectant

sprays and wipes lotion

currently available in stores.

. Developed new patentable

technology for next generation of car care products yielding a cost

savings greater than $ 3 million while maintaining

performance and schedule requirements.

. Simplified processing requirements / reduced

costs for manufacturing protectant sprays

simultaneously improving product performance and

obtaining consumer noticeable claims.

. Possess experience in working with different

types of surfactants, Carbopol, Acusol and other

rheology modifiers, opacifiers, silicone cosmetic wax, silicone polyethers,

super spreaders, functionalized silicones etc.

. Possess knowledge in formulating hard surface

cleaners (spray and wipes)

. Formulated products with fragrances to achieve

air freshening / fragrance lingering

. Identified microencapsulation technology as a new

way to deliver Silicone actives in emulsion

and gel based products (Work in progress)

. Familiar with PVOH, acrylic binder technologies

to reduce lint/modify feel in non-woven wipes.

. Experienced in working with ingredients used

in personal / skin care products.

. Conducted consumer surveys on competing products.

. Supported cross-functional teams including

package and process development, analytical

services etc. by providing technical information to project

team members and ensuring critical

goals are met in a timely fashion.

. Worked with Legal and Regulatory to ensure all product

claims, raw materials and labels are

in compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

Postdoctoral Research University of California, Los Angeles, CA

July 2006-April 2007 . Explored Chemical Vapour Deposition route

for generating nanometal clusters in Metal

Organic Frameworks (MOF) pores for use as catalyst and

enhance gas storage capabilities

. Identified new ligands for building porous

crystalline MOFs for use as catalysts, gas storage etc.

. Played the lead role in a Department of Defense

funded project for utilizing MOFs as air purifying

sorbents for protection against Chemical Warfare

Agents (CWAs), Toxic Industrial Chemicals

(TICs) etc.

. Identified suitable chemical simulants for CWAs and

TICs for initial testing.

. Designed breakthrough experiments of MOFs sorption

capacity for CWAs and TICs

. Gained working knowledge of single crystal and powder

diffraction, gas adsorption measurements

in porous solids, scanning electron microscopy, magic

angle spinning solid state NMR expeiments

Postdoctoral Research University of California, Los Angeles, CA

March 2003- . Designed and developed novel metallacarborane based

molecular rotors

June 2006 . Established new synthetic methodologies for

functionalizing unique boron vertex in carboranes

. Initiated ideas to synthesize carborane based constrained geometry

complexes

. Guided and trained new graduate students

. Designed and setup high-vac line for the group

Doctoral Research University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

January1998- . Designed and prepared a variety of new

tricarbadecaboranyl ligands which increased the

yield,

March 2003 decreased the number of isomers and facilitated

cleaner reactions of the tricarbadecaborane

ligand with transition metal complexes

. Synthesized and characterized early transition-metal

halides that exhibit good cytotoxic activity

against murine and human leukemia, lymphoma growth and

HeLa suspended uterine

carcinoma and potential use as catalysts for

polymerization reactions

. Demonstrated for the first time the novel (6-(4

reversible cage slippage of the

tricarbadecaborane ligand

. Showed that the organic moieties on the side chain of

the cage ligands newly designed were

chemically reactive

. Gained experience in manipulation of air and moisture-

sensitive compounds by means of

Schlenk-line, high-vacuum line and dry-box techniques

. Working knowledge of chemical analysis

using multi-nuclear NMR, GC/MS, ES/MS, IR (DRIFT),

TLC, PCC

. Responsible for maintenance of glove-box, low-risk

solvent purification system and Na-

benzophenone solvent stills

Teaching Assistant . Led general chemistry recitations 3

times/week, approx. 20 students/section

1999. . Conducted quiz, exam review sessions, weekly office hours and

graded and recorded exams

August 1995- Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

May 1997 . Gained substantial training in the syntheses of

versatile organic and inorganic compounds

. Investigated the oxidation and epoxidation reactions

of alkenes by H2O2 catalyzed by Mn porphyrin complex

PUBLICATIONS

Hawthorne, M. Frederick; Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Kennedy,

Robert. "Approaches to Rotary

Molecular Motors" Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2006, 78(7), 1299-

1304.

Robert Butterick III, Bhaskar M. Ramachandran, Patrick J. Carroll and

Larry G. Sneddon

"Chemistry of Mangana- and Rhena-Tricarbadecaboranyl Tricarbonyl

Complexes: Evidence for

an Associative Mechanism of Ligand Substitution Involving an ?6-?4

Cage-Slippage Process

Analagous to ?5-?3-Cyclopentadienyl Ring Slippage". Journal of the

American Chemical Society,

2006, 128(26), 8626-8637.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Knobler, Carolyn B,; Hawthorne, M. Frederick.

"Example of an Intramolecular, Non-classical C-H(( Hydrogen Bonding

Interaction in an Arylcarborane Derivative." Journal of Molecular

Structure. 2006, 785(1-3), 167-169.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Knobler, Carolyn B,; Hawthorne, M. Frederick.

"Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Symmetrical closo-4,7-I2-1,2-

C2B10H10 and [(CH3)3NH][nido-2,4-I2-7,8-C2B9H10]." Inorganic Chemistry.

2006, 45(1), 336-340.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M,; Beno, Cynthia L.; Guzyr, Olexandr,; Knobler,

Carolyn B,; Hawthorne, M. Frederick. "Formation of a novel nido-carborane

dimer during the nucleophilic displacement reaction of nido-carborane."

(Manuscript in Preparation)

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Wang, Ying; Kang, Sang Ook; Carroll, Patrick

J.; Sneddon, Larry G. "Syntheses and Structural Characterizations of

Vanada- and Niobatricarbadecaboranyl Monohalide Complexes."

Organometallics. 2004, 23(12), 2989-2994.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Carroll, Patrick J.; Sneddon, Larry G.

"Syntheses of Functionalized Ferratricarbadecaboranyl Complexes."

Inorganic Chemistry. 2004, 43(11), 3467-3474.

Hall, Iris H.; Durham, Richard W.; Tram, Min; Mueller, Stephanie;

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Sneddon, Larry G. "Cytotoxicity and mode of

action of vanada- and niobatricarbadecaboranyl monohalide complexes in

human HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells." Journal of Inorganic

Biochemistry 2003, 93(3-4), 125-131.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Trupia, Sabrina M.; Geiger, William E.;

Carroll, Patrick J.; Sneddon, Larry G. "Synthetic, Structural, Chemical,

and Electrochemical Studies of the Metallatricarbadecaboranyl Analogues

of Ferrocene, Ruthenocene, and Osmocene and the Observation of a

Reversible ?6-?4 Tricarbadecaboranyl Coordination that Is Analogous to

the ?5-?3 Cyclopentadienyl Ring-Slippage Process." Organometallics. 2002,

21(23), 5078-5090.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Carroll, P. J.; Sneddon, L. G. "Reversible (6-

(4 Coordination in the

Association-Dissociation Reactions of Metallatricarbadecaboranyl

Complexes: An Analogue of

the (5-(3 Cyclopentadienyl Ring-Slippage Process." Journal of the

American Chemical Society 2000, 122, 110**-*****.

PRESENTATIONS

Hawthorne, M. Frederick; Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Kennedy, Robert.

"Approaches to Rotary Molecular

Motors" Abstracts of Papers IMEBORON-XII Conference, Sept 12, Sendai,

Japan.

Hawthorne, M. Frederick; Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Kennedy, Robert.

"Continued progress toward redox-activated commo-metallacarborane rotary

motors." Abstracts of Papers, 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC,

United States, (Oral) Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2005.

Hawthorne, M. Frederick; Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Kennedy, Robert.

"Progress toward metallacarborane rotary motors." Abstracts of Papers,

229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, (Oral) March 13-

17, 2005.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Sneddon, L. G. "Syntheses and Reactions of

Functionalized Tricarbadecaboranyl Anions and their Metal Complexes",

Boron Americas VIII Meeting, Death Valley, CA (Oral) January, 2002.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Sneddon, L. G. "Syntheses of Functionalized

Tricarbadecaboranyl Anions and their Metal Complexes", 222nd ACS National

Meeting, Chicago,IL (Oral) August, 2001.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Carroll, P. J.; Sneddon, L. G.

"Reversible (6- (4 Coordination in

Tricarbadecaboranyl Metal Complexes: An Analog of the (5-(3 Cp Ring

Slippage Process", 220th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C. (Poster)

August, 2000.

Ramachandran, Bhaskar M.; Carroll, P. J.; Sneddon, L. G.

"Reversible (6-(4 Coordination in

Tricarbadecaboranyl Metal Complexes: An Analog of the (5-(3 Cp Ring

Slippage Process", Boron USA VII Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (Poster) June,

2000.

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