Dr. Manmohan Chhibber
Associate Professor
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
India
Biography
Academic Profile Post-Doc., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2003-2007). Ph. D., Panjab University, Chandigarh (2003). Professional Experience Associate Professor, Thapar University, (2014 – Onwards) Assistant Professor, Thapar University, (2007-2014) Courses Taught Under Graduate: Chemistry (UCB001) – 1st Year B.E. Organic Chemistry (UCB005)-2nd Year Chemical Engineering Bio-Organic Chemistry (UCB007)-2nd Year B. Tech Biotechnology M.Sc. (Chemistry): Chemical Biology (PCY108) Heterocyclic Chemistry and Natural Products (PCY402) Advance Organic Chemistry Laboratory (PCY307) Industrial and Green Chemistry (PCY208)
Research Interest
Research Interest Research in my group revolves around synthesis and application of diphenyl ethers, diphenyl amines and its derivatives. Primary aim of synthesizing these molecules is to find their use as potential antibacterial agents. Triclosan, diphenyl ether, is known to obstruct fatty acid biosynthesis in most bacteria by inhibiting one of the enzymes (enoyl-ACP-reductase) in the pathway. In addition to antibacterial potential, we use synthetic organic chemistry to mould diphenyl ethers to be used for the detection of cations or anions via optical and electro analytical techniques.
Publications
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BhaskarChetnani, Parimal Kumar, K. V. Abhinav, ManmohanChhibber, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan; Location and conformation of pantothenate and its derivatives in Mycobacterium tuberculosispantothenate kinase: insights into enzyme action, Acta Crystallographica Section D,(2011), D67, 774–783. DOI: 10.1107/S0907444911024462, (2010 Impact Factor: 6.326)
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Gurpreet Kaur Khaira, Rashmi Kumariya, Manmohan Chibber and Moushumi Ghosh, Development of a quaternized chitosan with enhanced antibacterial efficacy, Journal of Water and Health, (2013), 11, 410-418. DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.029, (2012 Impact Factor: 1.22)
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Rashmi Sharma, Manmohan Chhibber and Susheel K. Mittal, Diphenylether based derivatives as Fe(III) chemosensors: spectrofluorimetry, electrochemical and theoretical studies, RSC Advances, (2015), 5, 21831-21842. DOI: 10.1039/C5RA00969C, (2014 Impact Factor: 3.708)
