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Dr. Jayasankar M.

Assistant Professor

M.Sc., Ph. D.

[email protected]

Specialization :

Sol-gel Chemistry,Photocatalysis, LaPO4 composites, and Nanozymes

Academic Qualifications
M.Sc

2001

M G University Kottayam

Ph.D

2010

CUSAT (work carried out at NIIST, Trivandrum and TUHH , Germany

Jayasankar M. obtained PhD Chemistry from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin for the thesis entitled “Sol-gel Alumina Nanocomposites for Functional Applications” carried out at the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST-CSIR), Trivandrum and Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Germany, under the supervision of Dr. K.G.K. Warrier and Dr- Ing. Rolf Janssen (Germany). Subsequently, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Materials and Surface Technology (IMST), University of Applied Science, Kiel, Germany (January 2010-December 2011). He joined the Sree Krishna College, Department of Chemistry, Guruvayur as a Assistant Professor on 07, March 2013. 

Dr. Jayasankar M. has been recognized by several awards, DAAD Sandwich model Research Fellowship (DAAD, Germany-2008) and Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship (UGC-2016) host Institute Rutgers University, Material Science and Engineering, New Jersey, USA. His current research interests include Sol-gel Chemistry, Photocatalysis, LaPO4 composites, and Nanozymes.           

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Professional Experience

positioninstitutefromto
• Assistant Professor Dept. of Chemistry, Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur 07-03-2013Till date
• UGC- Raman Post-Doctoral FellowMaterial Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA26-09-201627-09-2017
• Research Associate Materials and Minerals Division, NIIST, Trivandrum 10-11-201205-03-2013
• Post-Doctoral FellowInstitute of Material Science and Surface Technology (IMST), Kiel University of Applied Science, Kiel, Germany11-01-201020-12-2011
• DAAD Sandwich model Research FellowTechnical University Hamburg- Harburg (TUHH), Germany12-06-200830-09-2009
• Senior Research FellowCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in NIIST, Trivandrum12-04-200712-11-2010

Honors/Awards/Achievements

Awarded with UGC Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship by University Grants Commission 2016

Awarded with DAAD Sandwich model Research Fellowship 2008-2009. by the selection committee of German Academic Exchange Service through a National Level 2008

Awarded with Senior Research Fellowship , by CSIR 2007

Membership in Professional/Academic Bodies

Life member of IIM India (Indian Institute of Metals)

Member of Material Research Society of India (MRSI)

International Conferences attended

M.Jayasankar, S. Anantha kumar, P. Mukundan, and K. G. K. Warrier, Thermal Expansion Behaviour And Microstructural Features Of Alumina-Aluminium Titanate Nano Composites Synthesized Through Colloidal Processing Presented in Nano -  2004 - India : International Conference on Nano-Materials: Kolkata, India 4 - 6 November,  2004 conducted by BECS, MRSI, UNSW and UCF.

M. Jayasankar, K Rajesh, S. Ananthakumar, P. Mukundan,  and K. G. K. Warrier,  Development of high thermal shock resistance alumina composites by in-situ formation of aluminium titanate phase, International Seminar on Ceramics, CeraTec 2007, Visakhapatnam, India 8th to 10th January 2007. Best poster award

Training Programs Attended

UGC Sponsored Orientation Programme, University of Kerala, UGC-HRDC (2015)

Refresher Course, University of Kerala, UGC-HRDC (2018)

Refresher Course, Kannur University, UGC-HRDC (2020)

Short term Course , University of Kerala, UGC-HRDC (2021)

Publications in Books/Peer-Reviewed journals

V.S. Smitha, K. Vidya , Jayasankar .M, A. Peer Mohamed, U.S. Hareesh,   K. G. K. Warrier    Energy revamping of solar panels through titania nanocomposite coatings; influence of aqueous silica precursor RSC Adv., 2016,6, 31114-31121

 

K. A. Manjumol , M. Jayasankar , K. Vidya , A. Peer Mohamed, K. G. K. Warrier  A novel synthesis route for     brookite rich titanium dioxide photocatalyst involving organic intermediate, Sol-gel Science and Technology volume 73, pages161–170(2015)

 

Jayasankar Mani, Hannelore Katze, Salah Habouti, Matthias Dietze, M.Es-Souni, A templated free synthesis and structural characterization of hierarchically nano-structured lithium-titania-oxide films. Journal of Material Chemistry, 22, 6632-6638, (2012).

 

 Jayasankar Mani, Hazem Sakeek, Salah Habouti, Matthias Dietze, M.Es-Souni, Macro-meso-porous TiO2, ZnO and ZnO-TiO2- composite thick films. Properties and application to photocatalysis. Catalysis Science and Technology, 2, 379-385, (2012), RSC Journal.

 

M. Jayasankar,  G.M. Anilkumar ,  P. Mukundan,   C.D. Madhusoodana   and  K. G. K. Warrier, Low Temperature Needle like Mullite Grain formation in Sol-Gel Precursors Coated on SiC Porous Substrates. Thin Solid Films, 519, 7672-7676, (2011).

 

 M. Jayasankar, K.P. Hima, S. Ananthakumar, P. Mukundan P. Krishna Pillai and K.G.K. Warrier, Role of particle size of alumina on the formation of aluminium titanate as well as on sintering and microstructure development in sol-gel alumina–aluminium titanate composites, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 124, 92–96 (2010).

 

S. Ananthakumar, M. Jayasankar and K.G.K.Warrier, Microstructure and high temperature deformation characteristics of sol–gel derived aluminium titanate–mullite composites, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 117, 359–364 (2009).

 

M. Jayasankar, S. Ananthakumar, P. Mukundan, W. Wunderlich, K.G.K. Warrier, Al2O3 @ TiO2-A simple sol–gel strategy to the synthesis of low temperature sintered alumina–aluminium titanate composites through a core–shell approach,  Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 181, 2748–2754 (2008).

 

Komban Rajesh, Kizhakkekilikoodayil Vijayan Baiju, Mani Jayasankar and Krishna Gopakumar Warrier, A Facile Aqueous Sol–Gel Process for the Synthesis of Alumina– Lanthanum Phosphate Nanocomposite, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 91, 2415–2418 (2008).

 

Jayasankar Mani, S. Ananthakumar, P. Mukundan and K.G.K. Warrier, Low Temperature Fine grained Alumina-Aluminium Titanate Composites Produced from a Titania Coated Alumina Precursor, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 90 (10), 3091-3094 (2007).

 

M. Jayasankar, S. Ananthakumar, P. Mukundan and K.G.K. Warrier, Low temperature synthesis of aluminium titanate by an aqueous sol-gel route, Materials Letters, 61 (3), 790-793 (2007).

 

 S. Anathakumar, M. Jayasankar and K.G.K Warrier, Microstructure, mechanical and thermal characterisation of sol gel derived aluminium titanate-mullite ceramic composites, Acta Materialia, 54 (11), 2965-2973 (2006).