Name:
Nagarajan Vasumathi
Country:
United States
City:
Jacksonville
State/Province:
AL
ACS Member:
true
Local Section:
Alabama
International Chapter:
Technical Division Membership:
Technical Division Membership Emeritus:
Subdivision Member:
ACS Activities:
Reviewed several Research Papers, Ph. D. thesis, book chapters conference abstracts and posters
Participated as a Judge for several different events in the Regional Science Olympiad Tournaments
Participated as a Judge for scientific student research paper presentations in the Central Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (CARSEF) by the Central for Community Outreach Development (CORD) at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, March, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Participated and Served as Co-coordinator for the State Science Olympiad.
Served as Year 2009 and 2011 ACS Project SEED Coordinator
Participated as a Judge for scientific student paper presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Academy of Sciences and the Alabama Junior Academy of Sciences
Reviewed Ph. D. thesis for a student from JSS University, Mysore, India upon invitation, September, 2012.
Reviewed several Research Papers for the ACS Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Undergraduate chemistry research and Scientific Journal International;
Company/Institution Name:
Career Stage:
Professional
Research and Special Interests:
Organic Synthesis of small and complex molecules of varied potentials including molecules of medicinal values such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-cancer potential; synthesis and bioactivity studies of peptides, proteins and polymers, natural product synthesis and isolation, bioorganic transformations; green chemistry; analytical methods and structure Elucidation; studying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and development of inhibition methods.
Area of Expertise:
organic chemistry
Years of Expertise:
11-15