Biography 

Dr. Niecy Elsa Mathews, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, joined the college in June, 2022. She has several research papers in international journals and paper presentations in international and national conferences to her credit. She has successfully completed orientation programme on comprehensive knowledge about innovative teaching-learning pedagogy, integration of ICT applications for research development, implementing the principles of NEP 2020 and integrating artificial intelligence in teaching practices.

Educational qualifications    

MSc, M.Phil, PhD

Areas of Interest 

Bioinorganic chemistry and metal complexes

Mail id

niecy.mathews@stjohns.ac.in

Teaching experience in years

05 years

Awards/Recognitions   

• Best Poster Award at National seminar on NMR spectroscopy and its biomedical applications (NSNBA-2016), Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous) Thiruvananthapuram, 6th and 7th October 2016.

Publications        

• E. M. Niecy, L. P. Nitha, R. Aswathy, B. Sindhu Kumari and K. Mohanan. ‘Synthesis, characterization, antibacterial, DNA cleavage and SOD activities of some 3d metal complexes of ethyl [2-(1H-indol-3-yl) methyleneamino]-4,5,6,7- tetra hydro benzo [b] thiophene-3-carboxylate’, Med. Chem. Res., 24, 2015, 63–77, DOI: 10.1007/s00044-014-1099-5.
• B. Sindhu Kumari, R. Aswathy, Niecy Elsa Mathews, L. P. Nitha and K. Mohanan, ‘Microwave assisted synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and luminescence property of transition metal complexes of 2-(3-phthalylhydrazidylazo)ethylacetoacetate’, J. Indian Chem.Soc., 91, 2014, 1-9.
• K. Mohanan, R. Aswathy, L.P. Nitha, Niecy Elsa Mathews and B. Sindhu Kumari. ‘Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, DNA cleavage and antibacterial studies of a novel tridentate Schiff base and some lanthanide(III) complexes’, J. Rare Earths, 32, 2014, 379-388, DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(14)60081-8.
• L.P. Nitha, R. Aswathy, Niecy Elsa Mathews, B. Sindhu Kumari and K. Mohanan. ‘Synthesis, spectroscopic characterisation, DNA cleavage, superoxidase dismutase activity and antibacterial properties of some transition metal complexes of a novel bidentate Schiff base derived from isatin and 2-aminopyrimidine’ Spectrochim. Acta A, 24, 2014, 154–161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2013.08.075.

Presentations        

• Presented a paper entitled ‘Biological studies of some transition metal(II) complexes of a monobasic tridentate ligand’ at  an International Symposium on Advanced Materials (ISAFM 2018), Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, 12th October 2018.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Biological studies of some transition metal(II) complexes of a potentially active schiff base’ at an International Conference on Tropical plants and Molecular Design, TKM College of Arts and Sciences, Kollam 14-15 February, 2017.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Biological studies of some transition metal(II) complexes of a potentially tridentate hydrazone derivative at  a National seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry (CTric-2017), CUSAT, Kochi, 3-4 February, 2017.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Biological studies of some transition metal(II) complexes of an azo derivative’ at a National seminar on advances in the frontier areas of chemical sciences (NSAFC-2016), St. John’s College, Anchal, 9th and 10th November, 2016.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Biological studies of some transition metal(II) complexes of a potentially tridentate hydrazide’ at  a National seminar on NMR spectroscopy and its biomedical applications (NSNBA-2016), Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, 6th and 7th October 2016. (Best poster award)
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Synthesis, characterization and biological applications of some bivalent transition metal complexes of a potentially active bishydrazone’ at a National Seminar on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Matertials (FPAM), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Kariavattom, Trivandrum, 5-7 November 2014.
• Presented a paper entitled ‘Transition Metal Complexes of a Novel Bidentate Schiff base’, at a National seminar on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2013), Department of Chemistry, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 29th-31st May 2013.

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