Dr. M.Asha Jhonsi

Designation	:	Associate Professor
Nature of Employment	:	Regular
Qualification	:	M.Sc.,Ph.D
Phone	:
Email ID	:	asha@crescent.education

Teaching

Educational Background

Programme	Discipline	University	Year
Ph.D.	Chemistry	Bharathidasan University	2010
M.Sc.	Chemistry	Bharathidasan University	2006
B.Sc.	Chemistry	Bharathidasan University	2004

Teaching Experience

Designation	Employer	Period
Associate Professor	BSACIST	10.07.2023 – till date
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)	BSACIST	11.07.2020 – 09.07.2023
Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)	BSACIST	12.07.2015 – 10.07.2020
Assistant Professor	BSACIST	20.06.2011 – 11.07.2015

Industrial Experiance

Designation	Employer	Period
Post-doctoral Consultant	General Electronics,Bangalore	July 2010-June 2011

Research

Areas of Research Interest

• Photoinduced interaction studies
• Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots
• Surface functionalization of nanoparticles
• Carbon quantum dots from green resources for diverse applications
• Waste to value added products
• Optimization of materials for DSSCs and QDSSCs

Sponsored Research Project

S.No.	Agency	Title of the project	Amount	Year
1	SERB-TARE (Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence)	Light induced process of Hierarchical electron cascade system, Materials and Devices for Solar energy conversion	18.30 laksh	2018-2021
2	DST-SERB (for young scientists)	Synthesis, Characterization and Optimization of Quantum Dots on TiO2 surface for Quantum dot solar cells	19.76 lakhs	2014-2017
3	TNSCST-SPS	Carbonaceous nanomaterial derived from Tridax procumbens for Bandage tape manufacturing with high Wound Healing Efficiency	Rs. 7,500/-	2021-22
4	TNSCST-SPS	Development of Aggregation Induced Emission active fluorescent powder for forensic applications	Rs. 7,500/-	2022-23
5	Crescent Seed Grant	“Light-Induced process of Carbonaceous nanomaterial/Semiconductor composite an electron transport system:Material and devices for quantum dot solar cell”	Rs. 50,000/-	2022-23

Research Supervision

Course	Ph.D
Completed	02
Ongoing	01
Course	M.Sc., Chemistry
Completed	20
Ongoing	02

Research Publications

Total No. of Publications	47
Highest Impact Factor	9.96
Average Impact Factor	2.8
Scopus H-Index	18
i-10 Index	26
Total no. of Citations	1118

Awards and Distinctions

IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship, Science Academies (2023)

Best Faculty Female Award, BSACIST (2021)

Best Young Faculty Award – 2019 (Crescent Institute)

TARE Fellowship – 2018-21 (SERB INDIA)

Young Scientist Start – Up Research Grant – 2014-17 (DST-SERB)

• Arunkumar Kathiravan, Mahalakshmi Narayanan, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Venkattappan Anbazhagan, Receptor-free phenothiazine derivative as fluorescent probe for picric acid: Investigation of the inner filter effect channel, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 303 (2023) 123166
• Arunkumar Kathiravan, Sekar Thulasi, Trevor A. Smith, Muthupandian Ashokkumar and Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Nanoarchitectonics of Congo red dye to biocompatible fluorescent carbon dots for highly sensitive Fe3+ and ferritin detection, Analyst, 2023, 148, 137
• Arunkumar Kathiravan, Tamilvelan Manjunathan, Marappan Velusamy, Ajay Guru, Jesu Arockiaraj, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Pushparathinam Gopinath, Nano-sized aggregation induced emissive probe for highly sensitive hypochlorous acid detection, Dyes and Pigments 210 (2023) 111016
• Winaki P Sohtun, Arunkumar Kathiravan, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Md. Aashique, Arunkumar Kathiravan, IoT Enabled Dye Sensitized Solar Soumen Bera, MarappanVelusamy, Synthesis, crystal structure, BSA binding and antibacterial studies of Ni(II) complexes derived from dithiocarbazate based ligands, Inorg. Chim. Acta 536 (2022) 120888
• Arunkumar Kathiravan, Selvaraj Sengottiyan, Tomasz Puzyn, Pushparathinam Gopinath, Kanagachidambaresan Ramasubramanian, Praveen Ayyappan Susila, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Rapid Colorimetric Discrimination of Cyanide Ions – Mechanistic Insights and Applications, Anal. Methods 14 (2022) 518-525
• Arunkumar Kathiravan and Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Immersion Solvent Dependent Photophysical and Photovoltaic Properties of Porphyrin/TiO2 Interface, Chem. Phys. Lett. 781 (2021) 138963
• Selvakumar Murugesan, Srinivasan Venkatesan, Dinesh Kumar L, Meenakshi RV, Sasidharan J, Arunkumar Kathiravan, Meenakshi Subbaraman Adyanpuram Muthukumar Nadar, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Sivasudha T and Suresh Kumar, Evaluation of anti-rheumatic properties of thymol using carbon dots as nanocarrier on FCA induced arthritic rats, Food & Function 12 (2021) 5038-5050.
• Venkatesan Srinivasan, Jagadeeswari Sivanadanam, Kothandaraman Ramanujam, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi*, Delineating the Enhanced Efficiency of Carbon Nanomaterials Included Hierarchical Architecture of Photoanode of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, Materials Advances (2021) 1, 2964-2970
• Themmila Khamrang, Marappan Velusamy, Mohan Ramesh, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Madhavan Jaccob, Kanagachidambaresan RamasubramanianCells –An effective embedded tool toward monitoring the outdoor device performance, RSC Adv. 10 (2020) 35787–35791
• Venkatesan Srinivasan, Themmila Khamrang, Chairman Ponraj, Dhandayutham Saravanan*, Rekha Yamini, Soumen Bera, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi*, Pyrene based Schiff Bases: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Antibacterial and BSA binding studies, J. Mol. Struc. (2021) 1225, 129153.
• Venkatesan Srinivasan, Arunkumar Kathiravan*, Murugavel Kathiresan, Giribabu Krishnan, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi*, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. (2020) 403, 112855.
• Arunkumar Kathiravan, Annasamy Gowri, Venkatesan Srinivasan, Trevor A. Smith, Muthupandian Ashokkumar_, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, A Simple and Ubiquitous Device for Picric Acid Detection in Latent Fingerprints using Carbon Dots, Analyst 145 (2020) 4532–4539.
• Sekar Thulasi, Arunkumar Kathiravan, and Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Fluorescent Carbon Dots Derived from Vehicle Exhaust Soot and Sensing of Tartrazine in Soft Drinks, ACS Omega 12 (2020) 7025-7031.
• VenkatesanSrinivasan, MariadossAshaJhonsi, NamasivayamDhenadhayalan, King-Chuen Lin, Devanesan Arul Ananth, ThilagarSivasudha, RadhakrishnanNarayanaswamy, ArunkumarKathiravan, Pyrene-based Prospective Biomaterial: In vitro bioimaging, protein binding studies and detection of Bilirubin and Fe3+, Spectrochim. Acta A 221 (2019) 117150.
• VenkatesanSrinivasan, MariadossAshaJhonsi, ArunkumarKathiravan, MuthupandianAshokkumar, Fuel Waste to Fluorescent Carbon Dots and Its Multifarious Applications, Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 282 (2019) 972–983.
• Venkatesan Srinivasan, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Murugavel Kathiresan, Arunkumar Kathiravan, Nanostructured Graphene Oxide Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, Photoinduced Electron Transfer Studies and Detection of Explosives/Biomolecules, ACS Omega 3 (2018) 9096−9104.
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Devanesan Arul Ananth, Gayathri Nambirajan, Thilagar Sivasudha, Rekha Yamini, Soumen Bera  and Arunkumar Kathiravan, Antimicrobial activity, Cytotoxicity and DNA binding studies of Carbon Dots. Spectrochim. Acta A196 (2018) 295–302.
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi and Arunkumar Kathiravan, Probing Interaction Between Arylamine Dye and Carbon Quantum Dots Derived from Centella Asiatica, J. Lumin.  192 (2017) 321–327, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.06.056.
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Chandrasekaran Nithya, Arunkumar Kathiravan, Unravel the interaction of Protoporphyrin IX with reduced graphene oxide by vital spectroscopic techniques, Spectrochim. Acta A 178 (2017) 86–93, DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.01.059
• Venkatesan Srinivasan, Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Namasivayam Dhenadhayalan, King-Chuen Lin, Madhavan Jaccob and Arunkumar Kathiravan, AIE Nanodots Ensued from Pyrene Schiff Base and It’s Indispensable Applications, Chemistry Select 2 (2017), 1353 – 1359, DOI: 10.1002/slct.201601824
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi and  Sekar Thulasi, A novel fluorescent carbon dots derived from tamarind, Chem. Phys. Lett. 661 (2016) 179–184. DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.08.081
• A. Kathiravan, M. Asha Jhonsi, Photoinduced electron transfer reactions of Pyranine with benzoquinone and titanium dioxide, Luminescence 31 (2016) 1344–1348. DOI: 10.1002/bio.3113
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Sekar Thulasi and Arunkumar Kathiravan, Impact of capping agent on the electron transfer dynamics of CdTe QDs with methyl viologen, J. Lumin. 178 (2016) 356–361. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.06.022
• M. Asha Jhonsi, C. Nithya, A. Kathiravan, Probing electron transfer dynamics of pyranine with reduced graphene oxide, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16 (2014) 20878-20886. DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03225j
• M. Asha Jhonsi, V. Srinivasan, A. Kathiravan, Light induced behavior of Xanthene dyes with benzyl viologen submitted to Synthetic Met. 196C (2014) 131-138. DOI: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2014.07.026
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan, Oxidative fluorescence quenching of Mg-phthalocyanine by Quinones, J. Mol. Liq. 194 (2014) 188–192. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2014.02.033
• M.Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan, Reductive fluorescence quenching of DMP with aniline, J. Lumin. 145 (2014) 188-193. DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.07.017
• M. Asha Jhonsi, E. Vaishnavi, R. Suganya, A. Kathiravan, R. Renganathan, Investigation on the photoinduced interaction between water soluble CdTe quantum dots and certain antioxidants, Adv. Sci. Lett. 4 (2011) 3490-3495. DOI: 10.1166/asl.2011.1895.
•  A. Kathiravan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced Interaction of Colloidal TiO₂ nanoparticles with Lysozyme: Evidences from spectroscopic studies, J. Lumin. 131 (2011) 1975-1981. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2011.04.004
• M. Asha Jhonsi, S. Selvaraj, G. Paramaguru, P. Venuvanalingam, R. Renganathan, Spectroscopic and Molecular Docking investigations on the interaction of Rutin with Bovine Serum Albumin, Z. Phys. Chem. 225 (2011) 441-454. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2011.0059.
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan, R. Renganathan, M. S. Abd El-sadek, Photoinduced interaction of MPA-capped CdTe quantum dots with denatured Bovine Serum Albumin, Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett. 3 (2011) 125-130. DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2011.1136.
•  S.Jagadeeswari, M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced interaction between MPA capped CdTe QDs and certain anthraquinone dyes, J. Lumin. 131 (2011) 597–602. DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.10.037
• Mariadoss Asha Jhonsi, Arunkumar Kathiravan, Rajalingam Renganathan, Investigation on the photoinduced interaction of water soluble TGA capped CdSe quantum dots with Lysozyme, Adv. Sci. Lett. 4 (2011) 377-382. DOI: 10.1166/asl.2011.1221
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan, G. Paramaguru,  C. Manivannan and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching of Tris(2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II) dichloride by certain Organic Dyes, J. Sol. Chem. 39 (2010) 1520–1530. DOI: 10.1007/s10953-010-9594-x
•  M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Investigations on the photoinduced interaction of water soluble thio glycolic acid (TGA) capped CdTe quantum dots with certain porphyrins, J. Colloid and Interface Sci. 344 (2010) 596-602. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.01.022
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Spectroscopic studies on interaction of colloidal capped CdS with Bovine serum albumin, Colloids and Surfaces B 72 (2009) 167-172. DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.03.030
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, “An Investigation on Fluorescence Quenching of Certain Porphyrins by Colloidal CdS”, J. Lumi. 129 (2009) 854-860. DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.03.013
•  M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced interaction between Xanthene dyes and colloidal CdS nanoparticles”, J. Mol. Struc. 921 (2009) 279-284. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2009.01.006
• A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, “Excited Singlet State Reactions of meso-tetrakis(p-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TSPP) with pyrimidines: A Steady State and Time-Resolved fluorescence quenching study”, J. Mol. Struc. 919 (2009) 79-82. DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2008.08.013
• M. Asha Jhonsi, A. Kathiravan and R. Renganathan, Interaction between certain porphyrins and CdS colloid: A steady state fluorescence quenching study, Spectrochim. Acta: A 71 (2008) 1507-1511. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.05.011
• M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced electron transfer from meso-tetrakis(N-methylpyridyl)porphyrin (TMPyP) to colloidal CdS, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1601-1610. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2008.5436
• A. Kathiravan, M. Asha Jhonsi, J. Thiruvengadam and R. Renganathan, Photoinduced Electron Transfer between Triphenylpyrylium Ion (TPP⁺) and Certain Phenols, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1591-1599. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2008.5418
• A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, A Study on the Fluorescence Quenching of Eosin by certain Organic Dyes, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 1013-1021. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2008.5267
• A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Photosensitization of Colloidal TiO₂ with ZnTPP and Pyrene, Z. Phys. Chem. 222 (2008) 647 – 654. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2008.5299
• A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching of meso-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin by colloidal TiO₂, Spectrochim. Acta A 70 (2008) 615-618. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2007.08.007
• A. Kathiravan, V. Anbazhagan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence quenching of Xanthene dyes by TiO₂, Z. Phys. Chem. 221 (2007) 941-948. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2007.221.7.941
• V. Anbazhagan, A. Kathiravan, M. Asha Jhonsi and R. Renganathan, Fluorescence Quenching Study on Electron Transfer from Certain Amines to Excited state Triphenylpyrylium Ion (TPP⁺), Z. Phys. Chem. 221 (2007) 929-939. DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2007.221.7.929.