SOWMYA DEAN

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E-mail: ac6a3t@r.postjobfree.com, Skype ID:edan5454

OBJECTIVE:

Dedicated and creative educator seeking a position in teaching. KEY SKILLS:

Committed team player able to adapt to new teaching and living environments.

Proven ability in lesson planning.

Designed and taught lessons for chemistry in High School and Junior College.

Focused teaching on student – centered learning.

Conducted weekly sessions and taught new concepts and lab techniques to chemistry students.

Excellent organization and communication skills.

Achieving Industry-Leading Advancements in Solar cells Manufacturing

Proven success driving groundbreaking advancement within the photovoltaic device sector through scientific research and scalable design.

Synthesized next-generation low band gap polymer-based organic polymer solar cells (PSC) technologies with quality nearly equal to inorganic solar cells for less than half the cost.

Languages: English, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS

Ph.D (2014-2018) under the supervision of Dr. K. Sreekumar, Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-22, Kerala, India.

Research work includes: -

Theoretical investigation of the structure and electronic properties of conducting polymers using DFT method.

Synthesis and characterization of various Fluorene and Thiophene based conducting polymers via Conventional Polycondensation and Direct Arylation Route.

Glich route method of polymerization was also used.

NLO, photovoltaic and OLED applications were carried out for the synthesized polymers.

M. Sc. in Pure Chemistry (2006-2008), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India; First Class with distinction (81%)

B. Sc. in Polymer Chemistry (2003-2006), St. Mary’s College, Trichur, Calicut

University, First class (70%)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Qualified UGC/NET- December 2011

Participated and successfully completed the “International Winter Course on Organic Solar cells : Principles and Practices” held during 2-9 November 2016 with Prof. Jean Christian Bernede, University of Nantes, France. EXPERIENCE:

Higher Secondary School Teacher Devamatha CMI Public School 01/06/2008 - 27/02/2009 Trichur, kerala,India

•Developed and implemented a curriculum in accordance with school district guidelines.

• Assisted students with class work and adhered to scheduled daily lesson plans.

• Supervised student behaviour and intervened as necessary.

• Tracked students' progress and provided individual feedback. High School Teacher Jeevan Jyothi Public School

01/06/2009 - 30/03/2010 Trichur, Kerala, India

• Developed assignments and prepared tests designed to gauge proficiency.

• Ensured that curriculum was centred on the abilities of each class.

• Provided assistance to students before during and after class as needed.

• Offered counselling to students in accordance with district guidelines.

• Prepared monthly progress reports and quarterly grades.

(As per the UGC rules (D.O. No.F.17-8/2013(PS)) the period of active service on pursuing research degree counted as a teaching experience for the purpose of direct recruitment to the post of teacher and above.)

Research Fellow St. Thomas College,

(01/04/2010-30/12/2011) Trichur, Kerala, India.

Carried out multiple parallel experiments varying key reaction parameters and analysed results to develop process improvements.

Ran sequential scale up reactions to demonstrate the viability of process improvements.

Implemented improved processes to prepare required amounts of organometallic compounds.

Wrote weekly progress reports and contributed to bi-weekly conference call updates with the client.

Research Fellow Cochin University of Science and Technology

(27/03/2012-02/07/2014) Kochi, Kerala, India.

Theoretically designed novel heterocyclic monomers based on 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, 3,4- propylenedioxythiophene,phenothiazine, fluorene and their ground state geometry optimization.

Calculated the electronic properties of polymers using extrapolation method.

The electronic band structure and density of state calculation of the polymers using periodic boundary condition.

Excitation energy calculation of polymers using TDDFT and ZINDO approaches.

Synthesised suitable monomers and polymers by adopting appropriate synthetic strategies.

Characterization of the synthesized polymers.

Correlation of theoretical and experimental results.

Evaluated the structure- property relationship.

Evaluated the polymers for explosive sensing application (nitroaromatic detector).

Equipments handled: - Work experience in common laboratory methods used in organic and polymer synthesis and with analytical instruments like UV-Visible spectrometer, FT-IR spectrometer, fluorescence spectrometer, TG/DTA, GC-MS, LC-MS, AFM, BET surface area, HPLC etc.

NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE PAPERS

Presented a paper “Synthesis and solvatochromic properties of poly(p-phenylene vinylene) based copolymer : PMEFL” in the National Conference on “Current

Trends in Chemistry (CTriC-2017)” held at the Department of Applied Chemistry,, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kalamassery, Kerala, on 03- 04 February 2017

Presented a paper “Synthesis and Solvatochromic Properties of Poly (p-phenylene vinylene) Based Co-polymers: PMECA, PMEPH and PMEAN” in the

International seminar on “ NEW TRENDS IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY (NTAC-2017)

“ held at the Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara on 09-11 February 2017.

Presented a paper “Synthesis and Characterisation of Newly Synthesized PPV Based Copolymer PMD-PH via Glich Polymerisation Route” in the International

Conference on “Materials for the Millennium” held at the Department of Chemistry,

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kalamassery, Kerala, on 14- 16 January 2016.

Presented a paper “Design And Synthesis Of A Low Band Gap Conjugated

Copolymer 3,4- Ethylenedioxy Thiophene / Phenothiazine For Bulk Heterojunctions Photovoltaic Cell” in the International Conference on “Advances in

Applied Mathematics,Materials Science and Nanotechnology for Engineering and Industrial Applications” held at the Department of science and humanities,Federal

Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT),Angamaly, Kerala on 07-09 January 2016.

Presented a paper “Solvatochromic studies of newly synthesized PPV based copolymer PME-FL via Gilch Polymerisation route” in the National seminar on

“Molecular Approach to Current Advances in Chemistry” held at the Department of

Chemistry, Sacred Heart College, Thevara on 07-08 December 2015.

Presented a paper “Third Order Nonlinear Optical Properties Of Newly

Synthesized PPV Based Copolymer Via Gilch Polymerisation Route” in the

International Conference on “Bio-inorganic & Organometallic Chemistry (NCBOC-

2015)” held at the Department of Chemistry, Sree Shakthi Institute of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore on 15-17 October 2015

AREAS OF INTEREST

Computational study of the structure and electronic properties of conjugated polymers

Evaluation of the electronic band gap using computational methods

Synthesis of conjugated polymers using direct arylation polymerization, Suzuki Coupling and Glich method.

Nonlinear Optical Studies on conducting polymers COMPUTER SKILLS:

Tools: MS Office, Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook.

Operating System: Windows Operating Systems, Chem Office

Computational software such as Gauss View, Gaussian 09.

Languages: C, C++

I have worked in the DST project

A BRIEF PROJECT REPORT

[Technology Systems Development (TSD) programme of DST] Title: Design and Synthesis of Low Band Gap Conjugated Polymers and The Fabrication of Inverted Polymer Solar Cells.

Designed nineteen polymers for photovoltaic applications using validated PBC/B3LYP/6-31G and PBC/HSE06/6-31G methods. The quantum chemically calculated values of the Highest Occupied Crystal Orbital(HOCO) and Lowest Unoccupied crystal Orbital (LUCO) and energy gap are summarized . Out of which four Polymers suitable for the particular application are screened and selected – P3HT–PCBM, EDOT-PHENO, PHENO-BTZ, PHENO-BSE and MEH-PPV. EDOT-PHENO was synthesized through cost effective direct arylation reaction using palladium acetate as catalyst. PHENO- BTZ and PHENO-BSE were synthesized by Suzuki polycondensation reaction. MEH-PPV was synthesized by Gilch polymerization route using potassium t-butoxide as base in dry THF at room temperature.All the polymers were characterized using H 1

NMR, GPC,

Cyclic voltammetry, Differential pulse voltammetry, TGA, UV-Visible etc. The J-V characteristics were studied.The four instruments –AFM, Spin coating unit, solar simulator and Hall measurement system are mainly used instruments in this project. List of Publications arising from the Project

Title of the Paper Journal

Development of a low band gap conjugated

copolymer, poly(2,5-(3,4-Ethylenedioxy)thioph

ene)-alt-3,7-(10-octylphenothiazine)) for bulk

Journal of Materials Chemistry

heterojunction photovoltaic cells (Under review)

Fabrication and characterization of poly[(2- Solar Energy Materials & Solar methoxy-5-(2

’

-ethyl-hexyloxy)phenylene Cells

vinylene] (MEH-PPV) and its application as

(Under revision)

photovoltaic cells

REFERENCES

1 Dr.K. Sreekumar

Professor

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala,India Phone number : 094********

Email :ac6a3t@r.postjobfree.com

2 Dr. S. prathapan

Professor

Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala,India Email : ac6a3t@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth: 1

st

January 1986

Sex: Female

Nationality: Indian

Marital status: Married

Husband Name Dean M David, Kuwait

Phone No: 66103022

Passport No: Z3872199

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