• Gender: Female
• Age: 41
• Designation: Executive
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 17.8 Year(s)

Education

Ph.D. Department of Chemistry in Polymer Chemistry From National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India in 2013

Master of Science in Industrial Chemistry From
Kuvempu University, Shimoga, India in 2007

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics From Kuvempu University, Shimoga, India in 2005

Skill Sets

Ability to work both independently and in a group and postulate new synthetic procedure.
Expertise in chemical lab management and maintenance.
Knowledge of Origin, Gaussian simulation, Chemsketch, Scifinder search software.
Good English verbal and written communication skills.
Good presentation and mass communication skills.
Design new experimental procedures and analytical protocols.

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow-Materials Engineering: Since Jun 2016
Postdoctoral Fellow: April 2013 to April 2015
Company Profile: premier institute for advanced scientific and technological research and education
Job Profile:
Design, synthesis and structural characterization of high performance conjugated polymers and small organic molecules having benzodithiophene, benzodifuran, 2, 1, 3- benzothiadiazole and diketo pyrrolo[3, 4-c]-pyrrole-1, 4-dione derivatives for polymer solar cells.
Device fabrication of organic photovoltaic cells using synthesized materials and study their photo-physical properties.

Postdoctoral Fellow-Chemistry
May 2015 to May 2016
Company Name: National University of Singapore
Job Profile:
Synthesis and characterization of push-pull type organic dye molecules for dye
sensitized solar cells.
Fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells of area 0.25 cm2

Research Mentor
January 2009 to March 2013
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Job Profile:
Supervised both undergraduate and graduate students to build
their scientific insight and perspective in research

Research Scientist-Synthetic Organic Chemistry
June 2007 to January 2009
Syngene International Ltd. (Biocon Company)
Company Profile:
Job Profile:
Synthesis and structural characterization of heterocyclic organic compounds through multistep reaction methods for various biological applications.
Purification of synthesized organic compounds using techniques such as silica gel column chromatography, re-crystallization, Biotage column etc

Doctoral research
Company Name: National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal
Profile
Design and synthesis of new thiophene based polymers having 9,9'-dialkylfluorene and 1,3,4-oxadiazole/ cyanovinylene/cyanophenylene vinylene units as electron donors and acceptors, respectively.
Structural characterization of polymers using NMR, FTIR, CHNS, GPC, TGA and DSC techniques.
Investigation of optical and electrochemical properties of high performance polymers.
Study of electroluminescent behavior of the polymers by fabricating polymer light
emitting diodes using various synthesized polymers as e missive layers.
Fabrication of bulk hetero-junction solar cells using synthesized narrow bandgap
polymers as donor materials.
Synthesis of polymer nano-composites using nano-TiO2 and nano-silver particles

Areas of Expertise:
Synthesis of various polymers using polymerization techniques such as solid state, free radical polymerization, Suzuki, Stille, Sonogashira, Knoevenagel polycondensation, Wittig polymerization.
Synthesis of small organic molecules through multi-step reaction methods via Suzuki, Stille, Heck, Sonogashira coupling, Knoevenagel condensation, Wittig reaction, Vilsmeier haack reaction, Swern oxidation and Reductive amination, etc.
Good practical and theoretical knowledge in the purification of organic compounds using column chromatography technique, re-crystallization, etc.
Expertise in handling air sensitive chemicals and reactions

Instruments Handled:
NMR, FTIR, TGA, DSC, GPC, XRD, UV-Visible, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Gas chromatography, Cyclic Voltammetry, XRD, AFM, SEM.
Solar simulator, Thermal evaporator, Biotage, Microwave initiator, Pressure reactors, Autoclaves, Spin coater and experience on Glove box.

Honors and Awards
University grants commission-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellowship (No.F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/CH/14-15/0056) for a period of three years.
Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India–International travel grant to attend
MRS-2014, San francisco, USA, 21-25th, April 2014

Research Publications
Murali M.G, Xingzhu Wang, Qing Wang and Suresh Valiyaveettil. Design and Synthesis of New
Ruthenium Complex for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.h RSC Advances (Manuscript Communicated).

Murali M.G, Xingzhu Wang, Qing Wang and Suresh Valiyaveettil. New A.D.Î.D.A type organic
dyes containing di-anchoring groups for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells.h Dyes and
Pigments (Manuscript Communicated).

Murali M.G., Arun D. Rao and P.C. Ramamurthy. gNarrow band gap conjugated polymer for improving
the photovoltaic performance of P3HT:PCBM ternary blend bulk heterojunction solar cellsh Polymer
Chemistry 6 (2015) 962-972.

Murali M.G., Arun D. Rao and P.C. Ramamurthy. gNew low band gap 2-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-
1H-benzo[d]imidazole and benzo[1,2-c;4,5-cŒ] bis[1,2,5] thiadiazole based conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics.h RSC Advances 4 (2014) 44902-
44910.

Murali M.G, Vishnumurthy K.A, Sindhu S. and P.C. Ramamurthy. gColorimetric anion sensor based on
receptor having indole and thiourea binding sites.h RSC Advances 4 (2014) 20592.20598.

Murali M.G., Arun D. Rao and P.C. Ramamurthy. gSynthesis and characterization of trifluoro-methylated  benzimidazole and benzo[1,2-b:3,4-b']dithiophene based donor-acceptor conjugated
polymer for polymer solar cells.h MRS Proceedings 1668 (2014).

Murali M.G. and Udayakumar D. gDesign and synthesis of new low band gap organic semiconductors for photovoltaic applications.h Proc. SPIE 8987, Oxide-based Materials and Devices V, 898729 (2014)
DOI:10.1117/12.2045655.

Murali M.G., Vandana Yadav, R. Srivastava, Safakath K and Udayakumar D. “Thiophene based donor– acceptor conjugated polymer as potential optoelectronic and photonic Material.” Journal of Chemical Science 125 (2013) 247–257.

Murali M.G., Vandana Yadav, R. Srivastava and Udayakumar D. “New thiophene based donor-acceptor
conjugated polymers carrying fluorene and cyano substituted units: synthesis, characterization and
electroluminescent properties.” Polymer Engineering and Science 53 (2013) 1161–1170.

Murali M.G., Kishore .S and Udayakumar D. “Synthesis, characterization and nonlinear optical
properties of donor-acceptor conjugated polymers and polymer/Ag nanocomposites.” Journal of Materials Science 47 (2012) 8022–8034.

Murali M.G., Naveen P., Udayakumar D., Vandana Yadav and Ritu Srivastava. “Synthesis and characterization of thiophene and fluorene based donor–acceptor conjugated polymer containing 1,3,4- oxadiazole units for light-emitting diodes.” Tetrahedron Letters 53 (2012) 157–161.

Murali M.G. and Udayakumar D. “Synthesis and characterization of a new donor– acceptor conjugated polymer and polymer/Ag nanocomposites.” Optics: Phenomena, Materials Devices and Characterization. AIP Conference Proceedings 1391 (2011) 624–626.

Murali M.G., Ramya M.G., Lakshmi N.B., R. Philip and Udayakumar D. “Synthesis and third order optical nonlinearity studies of the donor-acceptor conjugated polymer, poly(2-[3,4-didodecyloxy-5-
(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)thiophen-2-yl]-5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole) and a polymer/TiO2 nanocomposite.”
Synthetic Metals 160 (2010) 2520–2525.

Book Chapter:
Udayakumar, D., J. Kiran, A., Murali, M.G. and Adhikari, A.V. “Donor-acceptor conjugated polymers
and their nanocomposites for photonic applications.” Book chapter-Nonlinear Optics, Edited by Natalia
Kamanina, InTech publisher, ISBN 978-953-51-0131-4, 130–160.

Udayakumar, D. and Murali, M.G. “Thiophene based conjugated polymer for optoelectronic applications.” LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing, ISBN: 978-3-8473-1740-1.

Future Goals

Growth