CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaches B.Sc, M.Sc. and BISEP Courses
- First year B.Sc. Class Teacher
- Teacher Guardian for the first semester B.Sc. Biotechnology Students
Dr. Roopa Nayak is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at School of Life Sciences.
She:
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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PhD | Chemistry | Mangalore University, Mangalore | 2007 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences | Assistant Professor | 2008 | |
Poornaprajna College, Udupi | Lecturer | Teaching Chemistry (Theory and practical) for the BSc students, Class coordinator for second year BSc | 2007- 2008 |
Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri | Guest Lecturer | Teaching physical chemistry (Theory and practical) for the MSc students | 2005 - 2007 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Chemistry
Area of Expertise
Synthesis of Heterocyclic compounds
Area of Research
Green synthesis, Heterocyclic Chemistry
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Worked as a summer research fellow on a project entitled “Covalent bonded multilayer membrane via layer-by-layer self assembly of modified chitosan and glutaraldehyde” during June - July 2009 under the supervision of Dr Satish Patil, Solid state and structural chemistry unit, Indian Institute of science, Bangalore sponsored by IASc(Bangalore), INSA(New Delhi) and NASI(Allahabad).
Synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives and screening for their anticancer activity
Rashmi Mogera
Synthesis of sulphanilamide – thiourea hybrids and screening for their anticancer activities
Brashabh Rana
Synthesis and characterization of hydroxamic acid derivatives of bipyridine and determination of their cytotoxic potential
Rachel Philip
Fabrication of biocompatible scaffolds For wound healing and tissue regeneration and optimization of gelatin nanocarrier synthesis
Amith Sadananda Maroli
Synthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity and SOD activities of metal complexes
Moonmun Kanoi
Synthesis and charecterisation of 2,2’-bipyridine hydroxamic acids and their anticancer activity
S.K.Dhanya
Roopa Nayak. “Inorganic Chemistry”. In: Dsouza HS, Sajankila SP and Satyamoorthy K eds. ‘Manipal Laboratory Manual for Biotechnologists’ Manipal University Press Publishers, Manipal. Pp96-121. 2012
Roopa Nayak. “Physical Chemistry”. In: Dsouza HS, Sajankila SP and Satyamoorthy K eds. ‘Manipal Laboratory Manual for Biotechnologists’ Manipal University Press Publishers, Manipal. Pp70-95. 2012
Roopa Nayak. “Organic Chemistry”. In: Dsouza HS, Sajankila SP and Satyamoorthy K eds. ‘Manipal Laboratory Manual for Biotechnologists’ Manipal University Press Publishers, Manipal. Pp41-69. 2012
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