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Dr. Jomon Mathew

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

  • DESIGNATION
    Assistant Professor
  • Mobile
    9447927590
  • E-MAIL
    jomonmat@gmail.com
  • EXPERIENCE
  • QUALIFICATION
    MSc, PhD
  • AREA OF INTEREST
    Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
  • ADDRESS
    Kollakombil (H), KSHB Colony Medical College P. O Calicut-8
FACULTY DETAILS

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Ph.D. in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry 2006-2011

National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST-CSIR), Trivandrum, Kerala, India,

  • M.Sc. Chemistry (2002-2004)

    University of Calicut, Kerala, India.

  • B.Sc. Chemistry (1999-2002)

          University of Calicut, Kerala, India.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut 07-12-2017 (FN) - till date.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2017 - Research Guide - University of Calicut, Kerala
  • June 2013 – January 2015, 1.6 years, Post doctoral research fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
  • June 2011-June 2013, 2 years, Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellow, Schulich Faculty of Chemistry and Lise Meitner -Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Technion, Haifa, Israel
  • 2006-2011, 5 years, Research Fellow, Computational Modeling and Simulation Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST-CSIR), Trivandrum, India.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

  • Linux and Windows operating systems.
  • Electronic structure program packages – Gaussian, Gamess, Turbomole, ORCA, NBO, AIM 2000, Topmod.

 AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS

  • Lady Davis fellowship, Technion, Israel, 2011 September – 2013 June.
  • CSIR, India, Senior research fellowship, 2008-2011.
  • CSIR, India, Junior research fellowship, 2006-2008.

 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  1. Quantitative Assessment of the Stereoelectronic Profile of Phosphine Ligands: Jomon Mathew, Tinto Thomas, and Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Inorganic Chemistry, 2007, 46, 10800.
  2. C-H Bond Activation through s-Bond Metathesis and Agostic Interactions: Deactivation Pathway of a Grubbs Second-Generation Catalyst: Jomon Mathew, Nobuaki Koga and Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Organometallics, 2008, 27, 4666.
  3. Use of Molecular Electrostatic Potential at the Carbene Carbon as a Simple and Efficient Electronic Parameter of N-heterocyclic Carbenes: Jomon Mathew and Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Inorganic Chemistry, 2010, 49, 4665.
  4. Assessment of Stereoelectronic Effects in Grubbs First Generation Olefin Metathesis Catalysis Using Molecular Electrostatic Potential: Jomon Mathew and Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Organometallics 2011, 30, 1438.
  5. Assessment of Steric and Electronic Effects of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Grubbs Olefin Metathesis Using Molecular Electrostatic Potential: Jomon Mathew and Cherumuttathu H. Suresh, Organometallics 2011, 30, 3106.
  6. Heteroaromatic Donors in Donor-Acceptor-Donor Based Fluorophores Facilitate Zinc Ion Sensing and Cell Imaging: Sivaramapanicker Sreejith, Kizhumuri P. Divya,  Purushothaman Jayamurthy,  Jomon Mathew, V. N. Anupama,  Divya Susan Philips,  Palappuravan Anees and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, Photochemical and Photobiological  Sciences 2012, 11, 1715.
  7. Imine Containing Benzophenone Scaffold as an Efficient Chemical Device to Detect Selectively Al3+: Sougata Sinha, Rik Rani Koner, Sunil Kumar, Jomon Mathew,  Monisha P. V.,  Imran Kazi and Subrata Ghosh, RSC Advances 2013, 3, 345.
  8. Carboxylated ‘locking unit’ directed ratiometric probe design, synthesis and application in selective recognition of Fe3+/Cu2+ : Sougata Sinha, Sunil Kumar, Rik Rani Koner, Jomon Mathew, Chayan K. Nandi, and Subrata Ghosh. RSC Advances 2013, 3, 6271.
  9. Structurally tuned benzo[h]chromene derivative to detect selectively Pb2+ through ‘Turn-On’ fluorescence signaling: Sougata Sinha, Rik Rani Koner, Sunil Kumar, Jomon Mathew, Chayan K. Nandi, and Subrata Ghosh. Journal of Luminescence 2013, 143, 355.
  10. Quencher displacement strategy for recognition of trivalent cations through ‘turn-on’ fluorescence signaling of an aminoacid hybrid: M. Venkateswarulu, Sougata Sinha, Jomon Mathew, Rik Rani Koner. Tetrahedron Letters 2013, 54, 3683.
  11. One-Pot Zinc-Promoted Asymmetric Alkynylation/Brook-Type Rearrangement/Ene-Allene Cyclization: Highly Selective Formation of Three New Bonds and Two Stereocenters in Acyclic Systems: Polina Smirnov, Jomon Mathew, Anne Nijs, Einat Katan, Miriam Karni, Carsten Bolm, Yitzhak Apeloig and Ilan Marek. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2013, 52, 13717.
  12.  Cysteamine-based cell permeable Zn2+-specific molecular bioimaging materials: from animal to plant cells: Sougata Sinha, Gourab Dey, Sunil Kumar, Jomon Mathew, Trinetra Mukherjee, Subhrakanti Mukherjee, Subrata Ghosh. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2013, 5, 11730.
  13. Green-emissive molecular marker with a TRIS-scaffold for fluorescence imaging of Zn2+ in biological systems: Sougata Sinha, Trinetra Mukherjee, Jomon Mathew, Subhra Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Subrata Ghosh  Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A­ 2014, 277, 75.
  14. Effect of N-α Substitution on the Electropolymerization of N-substituted Pyrroles: Structure-reactivity Relationship Studies: Sunil Kumar, Sada Krishnakanth, Jomon Mathew, Zvika Pomerantz, Jean-Paul Lellouche and Subrata Ghosh Journal of Physical Chemistry C  2014, 118, 2570. 
  15. A yellow-emissive molecular marker: fluorescence imaging of zinc in living systems: Sougata Sinha, Trinetra  Mukherjee, Jomon  Mathew, Subhra  K Mukhopadhyay, Subrata Ghosh accepted Analytica Chimica Acta 2014, 822, 60.
  16. Engineering Fused Coumarin Dyes: Molecular Level Understanding of Aggregation Quenching and Tuning Electroluminescence via Alkyl Chain Substitution: Sunil Kumar, Punita Singh, Ritu Srivastava, Rik Rani Koner, Avijit Pramanik, Jomon Mathew, Sougata Sinha, Madhu Rawat, R. S. Anand and Subrata Ghosh Journal of Material Chemistry C 2014, 2, 6637.
  17. Formation of Three New Bonds and Two Stereocenters in Acyclic Systems by Zinc-Mediated Enantioselective Alkynylation of Acylsilanes, Brook-Rearrangement, and Ene-Allene Carbocyclization Reactions: Polina Smirnov, Einat Katan, Jomon Mathew, Arseni Kostenko,  Miriam Karni, Anne Nijs, Carsten Bolm, Yitzhak Apeloig and Ilan Marek Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014, 79, 12122.
  18. Highly Photostable Zinc Selective Molecular Marker Bearing Flexible Pivotal Unit: Opto-fluorescence  Enhancement Effect and Imaging Applications in Living Systems: Sougata Sinha, Pankaj Gaur, Sagarika Dev, Trinetra Mukherjee, Jomon Mathew, Subhrakanti Mukherjee and Subrata Ghosh Dalton Transactions 2015, 44, 9506.
  19. A Three-Photon Active Organic Fluorophore for Deep Tissue Ratiometric Imaging of Intracellular Divalent Zinc: Divya Susan Philips, Sivaramapanicker Sreejith, Tingchao He, Nishanth Venugopal Menon, Palapuravan Anees, Jomon Mathew, Sreedharan Sajikumar, Yuejun Kang, Mihaiela Corina Stuparu, Handong Sun, Yanli Zhao and Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 2016, 11, 1523.
  20. Olefin Hydrosilylation Catalyzed by Cationic Nickel(II) Allyl Complexes: Non-Innocent Allyl Ligand-Assisted Mechanism: Jomon Mathew, Yumiko Nakajima, Yoong-Kee Choe, Yasuko Urabe, Wataru Ando, Kazuhiko Sato, Shigeru Shimada Chemical Communications 2016, 52, 6723.
  21. Isolation and Characterization, Including by X-ray Crystallography, of Contact and Solvent-Separated Ion Pairs of Silenyl Lithium Species: Daniel Pinchuk, Jomon Mathew, Alexander Kaushansky, Dmitry Bravo-Zhivotovskii, and Yitzhak Apeloig. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 10258.
  22.  Tris (pentafluorophenyl) borane?Catalyzed Reaction of Siloxanes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study: Jomon Mathew, Katsuya Eguchi, Yumiko Nakajima, Kazuhiko Sato, Shigeru Shimada, Yoong-Kee Choe. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017, 4922.
  23. Generation and EPR Spectroscopy of the First Silenyl Radicals, R2C=Si.−R: Experiment and Theory: Daniel Pinchuk, Yosi Kratish, Jomon Mathew, Lieby Zborovsky, Dmitry Bravo?Zhivotovskii, Boris Tumanskii, Yitzhak Apeloig. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58, 7435.
  24. Synthesis and Liquid Crystalline Properties of Low Molecular Weight Bis-Chalcone Compounds: Anju K Sasidharan, Jomon Mathew, Ammathnadu S Achalkumar, Manoj Mathews Current Organic Synthesis 2022, 19, 463.
  25. Synthesis and characterization of a series of cobalt complexes: Investigation of their efficacy as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cell applications: Vindhya Hegde, CO Sreekala, Naveen V Kulkarni, Dineshchakravarthy Senthurpandi, Jomon Mathew. Journal of Molecular Structure 2022, 1266, 133512
  26. Synthesis and characterization of cobalt (II) pincer complexes and their application as dyes in dye-sensitized solar cells: Vindhya Hegde, CO Sreekala, Naveen V Kulkarni, Jomon Mathew. Journal of Molecular Structure 2023, 1286, 135508.
  27. Discovery of Oxygen Induced Chemoselectivity in Pd-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling vs C–H Amination: Sheba Ann Babu, Sunil Varughese, Jomon Mathew, and Jubi John Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023, 88, 14, 9877–9892
  28.  Bis(pyrazolyl)methane supported cobalt (II) complexes as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells: Vindhya Hegde, C.O. Sreekala, Naveen V. Kulkarni, Jomon Mathew Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry 2024, 449,  115389
  29. Electronic effects of substituents on the reactivity of silenes: a computational analysis: Amrutha K, Jose John Mallikasseri and Jomon Mathew. Structural Chemistry, 2024, 35, 119
  30. Unraveling the reaction pathways of cyclotrisilenes: a computational analysis: Amrutha K, Jose John Mallikasseri and Jomon Mathew Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2024, 143, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00214-024-03099-9
  31. Investigations on Superbase Mediated Reactivity of N-Tosylhydrazones with Aza-ortho-Quinone Methide Precursors: Rahul P., Arunkumar T. K., Seena Sebastian, Haritha Raveendran, Sunil Varughese, Jomon Mathew, Jubi John European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400151
  32. Tandem Reactions of Electrophilic Indoles toward Indolizines and Their Subsequent Transformations through Pd(II)-Mediated C–H Functionalization to Access Polyring-Fused N-Heterocycles: Sheba Ann Babu, Aparna A, Malavika Mohan, Namitha Paul, Jomon Mathew, and Jubi John. ACS Omega, 2024, doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c10194

  CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:

1.     “National Symposium on Computational Chemistry” held at Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, India, December 15, 2006

2.     “Indo-German Conference 2007-Modeling Chemical and Biological (Re)activity (MCBR)” held at IICT, Hyderabad, India, September 26 - 29, 2007

3.     “Science Academies’‘ Lecture Workshop in Computational Chemistry” held at Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, India, March 7-8, 2008.

4.     “Computational Chemistry & Chemoinformatics Approaches in Modern Drug Discovery” held at IIITM-K, Technopark, Trivandrum, India, March 18-21, 2009.

5.     “Changing Paradigms in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry: From Atoms to Molecular Clusters” held at University of Pune, Pune, India, December 18-20, 2009.

6.      “77th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society - ICS” held at Tel Aviv, Israel, February 7-8, 2012.

7.      “Lise Meitner Minerva- Computational Chemistry Symposium” held at Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel, March 11, 2012

8.      “78th Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society - ICS” held at Tel Aviv, Israel, February 12-13, 2013.

9.      “JNCASR – FCBS Workshop for College Chemistry Students and Teachers”, Trivandrum, Kerala, October 26-28, 2017.

10.  “Regional Workshop on Science Popularization Programme” by KSCSTE held at CWRDM Kozhikode, November 18, 2017.   

Member – Committees

1. Anti-ragging committee

2. IQAC Core Committe


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