Scientist/Chemist
Resume:
ROBINSON ANANDAKATHIR, Ph.D.
* ***** ***** # *****, ******, MA 01852
Phone: 401-***-****, Fax: 978-***-****
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OBJECTIVE
A challenging position as Research Scientist that will use my education and professional skills for the mutual advancement of knowledge and productive outputs.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
o Highly proficient in diverse areas of organic synthesis with 5+ years of experience
o Design and execute multi-step synthesis with isolation, purification and characterization of various types of organic compounds
o Proficient in the synthesis of small molecules and scale-up process
o Experienced in the synthesis of small molecules and conjugated polymers
o Expert in modern synthetic and analytical techniques
o Proficient in the structure elucidation of organic compounds by spectroscopic methods
o Familiar with application-oriented computer software packages and literature and chemical database search engines
o Able to work both independently and as a team member in a multidisciplinary, high-intensity and dynamic environment
o Excellent management, organizational, problem-solving and communication skills
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Associate Scientist Sept. 2005- Present
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
• Research – Multi-step synthesis of C60-diphenylaminofluorene multi-adducts; Synthesis of small molecules and conjugated polymers for explosives and nerve agents sensors; Synthesis and characterization of hexadecaaniline-grafted polymer and oligoanilines
• Lab Management – Directing graduate students in experimental work, writing monthly progress reports, managing purchase of chemicals, developing new synthetic schemes, maintaining laboratory equipments and notebooks
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Aug. 2003 – Jul. 2005
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Green Chemistry: Novel Aziridination of Chalcones in Aqueous Media
• Probing Lectin and Sperm with Carbohydrate Modified Quantum Dots
Graduate student Aug. 1999 – Jul. 2003
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Samarium Diiodide Promoted Reactions on Thiophene Moieties which includes multi step Synthesis of DNA Intercalators
• Synthesis and Applications of Carbohydrate Encapsulated Nanoparticles
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003
M.Sc. (Chemistry), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India, 1995
B.Sc. (Chemistry), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India, 1993
AFFILIATIONS/AWARDS / HONORS
• Member of the American Chemical Society
• Member of the Sigma Xi - Scientific Research Society
• Member of the Material Research Society
• Graduate Student Fellowship from National Science Council, Taiwan during 1999-2003.
• Best Poster Presentation Award from Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 2003.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Bruker NMR instruments (500 MHz, 400 MHz, 300 MHz and 200 MHz) FT-IR, HPLC, MALDI-TOF, TGA, DSC, SEM, AFM, XPS, UV-Visible and Fluorescence spectrometers
• NMR: XWINNMR; Structure Drawing: Chemdraw; Reaction Searching: Science finder, ISIS/MDL CrossFire Commander, Chemical Abstracts; Curve Fitting: Origin, Microsoft Office Excel; Other: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and Adobe Reader, Omnic
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS (out of 25)
1. Sensory response of pegylated and siloxanated 4 –methylcoumarins: A fluorescence quenching study by nitro aromatics. Kumar, A.; Pandey, M. K.; Anandakathir, R.; Mosurkal, R.; Parmar, V. S.; Watterson, A. C. and Kumar, J. Sensors and Actuators B 2010, xxxx (in press).
2. Novel Fluorescent Polymer for Trace Explosive Detection. Anandakathir, R.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, J. IEEE Homeland Security Conference Proceedings, 2009, 319-322.
3. Stilbene-Based Fluorescent Sensor for Detection of Organophosphorus Warfare Nerve Agents. Anandakathir, R.; Ojha, U.; Ada, E. T.; Faust, R.; Kumar, J. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure App. Chem. 2009, 46, 1217-1222.
4. Synthesis and Characterization of C60 Dyads with Highly Photoactive Dicyanoethylenylated Diphenylaminofluorene Chromophore Antenna. Jeon, S.; So, G.; Anandakathir, R.; Canteenwala, T.; Tan, L.-S.; Pritzker, K.; Chiang, L. Y. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure App. Chem. 2008, 45, 918-925.
5. Large concentration-dependent nonlinear optical responses of starburst diphenylaminofluorenocarbonyl methano[60]fullerene pentads. Elim, H. I.; Anandakathir, R.; Jakubiak, R.; Ji, W.; Chiang, L.Y. Tan, L.-S. – J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 1826-1838.
6. Prolonged Charge-Separated States of Starburst Tetra(diphenylaminofluoreno)[60] fullerene Adducts upon Photoexcitation. El-Khouly M. E.; Anandakathir, R.; Ito, O.; Chiang, L.Y. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 6938-6944.
7. Starburst Encapsulation of C60 by Multiple Hindered Two-Photon Absorptive Diphenylaminodialkylfluorene Arms. Anandakathir, R.; Tan, L.-S.; Chiang, L. Y. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure App. Chem. 2007, 44, 1265-1273.
8. Alternative Synthesis of C60-diphenylaminofluorene Derivatives for Nonlinear Photonic Applications: Method of Preparation and Characterization. Jeon, S.; Anandakathir, R.; Chiang, J.; Chiang, L. Y. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure App. Chem. 2007, 44, 1275-1282.
9. Synthesis and Characterization of Hexadecaaniline-grafted Comb-like Poly(maleic acid-alt-1-octadecene. Anandakathir, R.; Canteenwala, T.; Wang H.-L.; Chiang, L. Y. J. Macromol. Sci. Pure App. Chem. 2006, 43, 1945-1954.
10. Probing Lectin and Sperm Based on Carbohydrate Modified Quantum Dots. Robinson, A.; Fang, J. M.; Chou, P. T.; Liao, K. W.; Chu, R. M.; Lee, S. J. Chem. BioChem. 2005, 6, 1899-1905.
11. Distant Functionalization via Incorporation of Thiophene Moieties in Electrophilic Reactions Promoted by Samarium Diiodide. Yang, S.-M.; Nandy, S. K.; Robinson Selvakumar, A.; Fang; J.-M. Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 3719-3721.
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