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Dr. DR ANITHA C KUMAR

Associate Professor

Department of Applied Chemistry

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

E-mail-

anithackumar@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India (Nov 2006- present, On LIEN) Marie-Curie Research Fellow (IEF), Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (CEAC), Aston University, UK (July 2014 - June 2016) PDRA, CRPP, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France (May 2010-May 2011) PDRA, LCPO, ENSCPB, University of Bordeaux, France (Oct 2008-April 2010) Lecturer, Viswabharati HSS, Kerala, India (Oct 2002-Dec 2002) Junior Scientific Officer, CFSC, Industrial Dept., Government of Kerala, India (April 2002-Sept 2002) EDUCATION Ph.D in Polymer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (July 2003-July 2008) “Fluorescence studies of Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and Poly(vinylalcohol) (PVA) Hydrogels” Advisor: Professor Ashok K. Mishra, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, India. Masters in Chemistry (MSc), School of Chemical Sciences,Mahatma Gandhi

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Polymers, Hydrogls, Nanomaterials,Fluorescence Spectroscopy,