Sl.1	Name:     Dr. Magi John M.Sc., M.Phil.,  Ph.D. (H.O.D)                   Associate Professor Address:  Kochuparambil House                  Jetty Road,                Kumarakom                Kottayam-07                          Phone: 0481-2524039,2529715

Reserch Topics:

1. Iodide complexes of Lanthanides and Yttrium with 4- aminoantipyrine
2. Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications of acrylic acid based polymer-
     metal complexes

List of Publications:

1. Magi John, Jincy Jose and Beena Mathew (2004) -" Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic activity of 4 mol % NNMBA - Crosslinked poly acrylic acid - Metal Complexes", Journal of applied Polymer Science, 92, 272-279.

2. Magi John, Jincy Jose and Beena Mathew (2004) -"   Effect of the degree of   NNMBA Crossslinking on the Physiochemical Charecteristics and Catlytic Activity of 4-20 mol % NNMBA -Crosslinked PolyacrylicAcid - Metal Complexes", J. Macromol Sci: Pure Appl. Chem., A41, 85-104.

3.  Jincy Jose, Magi John,   M.G. Gigymol, and Beena Mathew (2003) " Synthesis, Charcterisation and Catalytic activity of Crosslinked ( N-Vinyl-2-pyrrolidone-acrylic acid) copolymer metal complexes', Journal of Applied Polymer Science
90, 895-904.

4. Jincy Jose, Magi John and Beena Mathew (2003), " Effect of the nature of cross-linking agent on the catalase- like activity of polystyrene-bound glycine-metal complexes", J.Macromol Sci. Paure and Appl. Chem., 40,863-879.

5. Jincy Jose, Magi John and Beena Mathew (2001), "Metal i   complexation of Hexadecimal diacrylate crosslinked Acyrlic ac - N Vinyl 2 pyroolidone copolymer". Paper presented at S users one-day symposium on april 30, 2001 of   Indian Institute of Science, Banglore.

6. Magi John, and P.K. Radhakrishnan (1992), "Synthesis a Physiochemical studies of Iodide complexes of Lanthanides a Yttrium with 4- Ammoantipyrine"- Asian Journal of Chemistry 4(3): 666-669.

Experience: 31years.

Area of  Research :   Polymer blends and properties

Paper Publication:   Sorption and diffusion of methyl substituted benzenes
                                    through polymer blends   (Journal of Membrane Science)

Experience:              30Years

Experience: 30Years.

Experience:  25 Years.  

Awards and Scholarships

• 2001 I Rank (University topper), Mahatma Gandhi University, B.Sc. Chemistry.
• 2004 I Rank (University topper), Mahatma Gandhi University, M.Sc. Chemistry.  
• 2004 Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.
• 2008 Best Oral-Poster Presentation, Junior Euromat - The Federation of European Material Societies at Lausanne, Switzerland.
• 2009 Academic grade of summa cum laude (excellent) obtained for Ph.D. from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Technical University Dresden, Germany.
  

Research Profile

 ·                 Post Doctoral Fellow under Prof. Dr. Zhijian James Shen, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden during Oct. 2010-Mar. 2011. Topic: Electron Microscopy of Bone and Dental Implants.

 ·                 Post Doctoral Fellow under Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kniep, MPI-CPfS, Dresden, Germany during Mar. 2010-May 2010. Topic: Biomimetic Morphogenesis of calcium oxalate-hydrates

 ·               Ph.D., Biomineralization (Department of Inorganic Chemistry), Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, (Oct. 2005 - Nov. 2009). Title: Biomimetic Growth and Morphology Control of Calcium Oxalates. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kniep

 ·            Research and Development Assistant under Dr. M. Eswaramoorthy, Faculty Fellow, CPMU, JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), Bangalore, India, during
Mar. 2005- Aug. 2005. Topic: Template Assisted Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials

 ·             Project Student under Dr. K. Vijayamohanan, Scientist, Physical Chemistry Division, NCL (National Chemical Laboratory), Pune, India, during Sep. 2003- Jan. 2004. Topic: Polyimide Encapsulated CaCO₃ Nanoparticles.