Dr. J. PAVITHRA

Faculty Description

Dr. Pavithra, joined as a Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry from September 2024 under the guidance of Dr. J. Suresh. She completed her PhD, masters and bachelors from Department of Physics, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, India. Her Ph.D thesis title is "Quantum Chemical Exploration of the Photophysical Properties of Sn(IV)tetrakis(4-pyridyl) porphyrins (SnTP) and the Redox Properties of 1,2 and 1,4 - benzoquinone molecules". Her research areas of interest include Electronic Structure Methods, Density Functional Theory, Porphyrin nanostructures, Dye-sensitized solar cells, Hydrogen storage, Sodium ion batteries, Organic cathodes, Excited state properties, Absorption and Emission and Peptide Nucleic Acids. She has published 9 articles and has presented in various International and National conferences. She completed her M.Sc. project in the Theoretical Science Section, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, under the supervision of  Dr. G. Raghavan, entitled, On the Non-Local, Non-Realistic Nature of Entangled Bi- Partite States. Further she has secured Second Rank in B. Sc., (Physics) degree examinations (2014) and has received Post Graduate Fellowship for University Rank Holders, University Grants Commission for the year 2014-2016. Dr. Pavithra also worked as a Reviewer for the "Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences", for the period of April - November 2021). Currently, she is working on the structural and electrochemical properties of the discharged states of quinone-CNT molecules and the interaction study between drugs and Graphene oxide.