Dr. Parvathi S. Murthy
Professor of Chemistry and Director of General Education
School:
Arts and Science
Department:
Chemsitry and Biochemistry
Office Location:
Jeffires Hall 224
Office Hours:
Educational Background
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Professional Experience
Professor , 2000-Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ
Research / Creativity Interest Area
Research interests
Mechanistic Bio-organic Chemistry
Selected Publications:
- A new boron intermediate in carbonyl reduction by borohydride
- Filming the Reaction Coordinate
- Blue Bottle Reaction: Revised
- E-Notebook – a tool for organized and accurate laboratory record keeping
- Unnatural alkanes as models for strained organic compounds
- Learning in a Flipped Classroom
- Molecular Handshake: Recognition through non-covalent interactions Parvathi S. Murthy Journal of Chemical Education, 83, 1010 (2006)
Additional Information
Dr. Murthy obtained her Ph.D. degree from Indian institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in organic chemistry for her work on the synthesis of new estrogen analogs with uncharacteristic (anti-estrogenic) biological activity As a post-doctoral research fellow at University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, she developed a new technique and materials for optical information storage. She enjoys laboratory research in chemistry and has taken three sabbaticals to pursue research at the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. During her first sabbatical, she worked in the field of bio-organic chemistry designing biomimetic catalysts for oxygenation of hydrocarbons. On her second sabbatical, she worked in the field of molecular biophysics elucidating the mechanism of allosteric activation of arginine repressor protein. On her third sabbatical, she pursued work in mechanistic organic chemistry to establish the mechanism of stereoselective borohydride reduction reaction.
