Dr. Rosabella K Puthur

Rosabella K Puthur was born in Pavaratty, a village situated in Thrissur district in Kerala. After her schooling she joined Little Flower College Guruvayoor. She is a consistent meritorious performer with first ranks in B Sc. and M Sc. Chemistry in Calicut University in the year 1979 and 1981, respectively. Rosabella was awarded Ph. D degree from Cochin University of Science and Technology in “Theoretical Chemistry” in 2001. Her professional career started as junior lecturer at St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda soon after her post graduation. She has guided more than twenty five M Sc. projects of students from various colleges in Calicut University. She has organized three UGC sponsored National Seminars at St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda. She was the coordinator of four Science Academy’s Lecture Workshop at St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda. She was selected as a member of UG board of studies in Chemistry of Calicut University in 2005 and a member of PG board of studies in Chemistry of Calicut University in 2006. Rosabella was a participant in the twenty-fourth mid-year meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held in Bangalore and 79th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held in Chandigarh in the year 2013. She is a Research Supervisor at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore and presently guiding six Ph. D students. Rosabella retired as Head of Department of Chemistry from St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda in May, 2015.

Contact

Email : rosabella@sacredheartcollege.ac.in

Contact No : 9447832870

Academic Profile

Education

  • B Sc. Chemistry from Calicut University with First Rank
  • M Sc. Chemistry from Calicut University with First Rank
  • Ph. D in Theoretical Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.

 

Postdoctoral / Professional Experience

Awarded summer fellowships sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2001 and 2004

Research Interests

Rosabella’s research interests focus on Theoretical chemistry and Computational chemistry. Now she is concentrating on computational studies on photochemical reactions

Research Projects Undertaken

  • UGC sponsored minor research project on “Computational Study of the Reaction of Nitric Oxide with Acetone, successfully completed in the year 2008.
  • UGC sponsored minor research project on “Photocatalytic Reduction of Nitrous Oxide Using TiO2 – A Computational Study, successfully completed in the year 2014.

Publications

  1. K L Sebastian and Rosabella Puthur, Breaking of a polymer–multidimensional classical transition state theory and beyond, Chemical Physics Letters 304, 399-404 (1999)
  2. Rosabella Puthur and K.L. Sebastian, Theory of Polymer breaking under tension, , Physical review B 66, 24304 (2002)

Conferences

  1. Participated two-day International Seminar on “New Horizons in Chemistry” held at St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda on 5th & 6th September, 2013.
  2. Participated World Congress on Research and Innovations 2013 held at St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda on 17th – 20th December, 2013.
  3. Participated one-day workshop on “Microscale Experiments” held at St. Joseph’s College Irinjalakuda on 26th July, 2016.
  4. Participated Science Academies Lecture Workshop on “Recent Advances in Materials Science” held at Payyanur College Kannur on 24th & 25th June, 2013.
  5. Participated the National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Chemistry” held at KKTM Govt. College Kodungallur on 28–30 January, 2012.
  6. Participated National Seminar on “Applications of Computers in Chemistry” held at KKTM Govt. College, Kodungalloor on 19th February, 2013.

Invited Lectures

Rosabella delivered series of lectures on Statistical Thermodynamics at Christ College, Irinjalakuda in 2001 and 2004. She had given talks on Computational Chemistry at St. Thomas College, Thrissur, at Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur and at Mother College of Arts and Sciences

Positions Held in the College

Visiting Faculty

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