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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
- +91 44 2257 4231
- rajakumar@iitm.ac.in
THE RK GROUP
Visiting phd
Ms. Nishtha Saxena
Ms. Nishtha did a Summer Research Internship in our lab from May-July, 2022 .
Research interests:
OH-initiated photo-oxidation reactions of tropospheric interest using experimental and theoretical methodologies.
She is a native of Lucknow, U.P. and did her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Amity University Lucknow Campus. She is currently pursuing her M.Sc. in Chemistry from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai.
- Email: saxenanishtha93@gmail.com
Ms. Nguyen Xuan Dieu Linh
Ms. Linh did a summer internship in our lab from July-August, 2019. .
Research interests:
Cl initiated photo-oxidation reactions of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran in atmospheric condition : an experimental investigation.
She is a native of Hanoi, Vietnam and currently pursuing her BSc in Chemistry from Vietnam National University - University of Science (VNU-HUS).
She was awarded with the GRIESHMA (Global Research Internship for Engineering Science Humanities and Management) Scholarship, an initiative by IIT Madras.
Ms. Fathima Shifana A. R.
Ms. Fathima did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2019. . .
Research interest :
Photo-oxidation reaction kinetics of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro isopropyl methacrylate with OH radicals: an experimental investigation.
She did her BSc from Farook College, Calicut.
She is currently pursuing her MSc from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut.
- Email: shifanaarahman@gmail.com
Ms. Nalini Ramya R M
Ms. Nalini did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2019.
Research interests:
Gas phase photo-oxidation reaction of 1,1,1,3,3,3- hexafluoro isopropyl methacrylate with Cl atoms: an experimental study.
She did her BSc from Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya (JNRM), Port Blair.
She is currently pursuing her MSc from Women's Christian Collge, Chennai.
- Email: naliniramyarm@gmail.com
Ms. Shruti Moorthy
Ms. Shruti did a summer internship in our lab from May-July, 2018. .
Research interests:
Kinetic investigation of reaction of OH and Cl atom with fluoroethers.
She did her BSc from Ruia College, Mumbai University.
She is currently pursuing MSc from Mumbai University and doing her research internship at IIT Bombay.
- Email: shrutimoorthy@gmail.com
Ms. Sowjanya Hebbar
Summer internship May-July,2017 from NIT Surathkal, Karnataka. .
Theoritical investigations on the reaction kinetics of cycloalkanes with Cl atom and OH radical.
Mr. Hari Prasad D. Alwe
Hari Prasad visited our in April,2013 from Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India. .
He learned DFT, ab initio calculations using Transition State Theory and Canonical Variational Transition State theory to compute the rate coefficients for gas phase reactions.
Current Afiliation: Hari Prasad is a Post-Doctrol Associate at University of Minnesota, USA.
Ms. Devatha Gayatri
Gayatri was a visitor (Aug-Dec,2014) from Department of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh .
She did relative rate experiments with Ramanjaneyulu on Gas phase kinetics of Chlorine atoms with a series of esters.
Ms. Subbalaxmi M.
Subbalaxmi was a visitor (Sept-Oct, 2014) from Rajahmundry Arts college, Andhra Pradesh.
Ms. Abinaya
Summer Internship May-June, 2010 .
Kinetics parameters for the Reaction of OH radical with Ethylene, Fluoroethylene in the temperature range of 200-400K; ab initio, density functional theory and transition state theory calculations
Ms. Nandhini Subbukani
Summer Internship May-June,2015 .
Theoretical Investigations on the effect of Nitrogen doping on arm chair Carbon nano tube with (5,5) chairality using semi-empirical and DFT methods
Mr. Ramadurai
Summer internship May-June,2014 .
Kinetics of the thermal decomposition reactions of 2-chloroethyl acetate in the temperature range of 200-2500K: Density functional theory and conventional transition state theory calculations
Ms. Anusha
Ms. Anusha was an intern M.Sc student from Udipi, Karnataka Summer internship May-June,2015
Rate coefficients for the Hydrogen Abstraction reaction of Ethyl tert-butyl ether with Cl atoms over the Temperature range of 200-2400K: CVT/SCT ab initio and Hybrid meta DFT methods