Noufal Kandoth

Research and Teaching Experience

Associate Professor: School of Chemical Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India (Inorganic chemistry)
Research Assistant Professor: SRM IST Kattankulathur, Chennai, India (Photobiocatalysis)
SRA Pool Scientist (Prof. Amitava Das): IISER Kolkata, India (Inorganic nanomaterials/assemblies for nanomedicine)
Postdoc Research (Prof. J. Lloret-Fillol): ICIQ, Barcelona Institute of Science and Tech., Tarragona, Spain (Inorganic photochemistry, solar fuels)
Assistant Professor: National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India 2015

Teaching Chemistry-Graduate and undergraduate BTech. courses
Postdoc Research (Prof. Mauro Freccero): ISOF, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy 2015-2014
Doctoral Research (FP7-ITN Early-Stage Researcher): University of Catania, Italy 2012-2009 
Marie Curie Early-Stage Researcher: University of Catania, Italy 2013-2010 
Project Intern: Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India 2010 
Master Research Intern: Bhabha Atomic Research Center (B.A.R.C), India 2009-2008 

Authored 34 publications (13 first authorship) in international peer reviewed journals (ACS, RSC, Wiley).

Education

2013-2010: PhD (Chemistry)- University of Catania, Catania, Italy Design, synthesis and characterization of Cyclodextrin based photoactivable nanoparticles for multimodal anticancer therapy. Supervisor: Prof. Salvatore Sortino 

2009-2007: Masters- (Physical chemistry)- Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India Interaction of flavin adenine dinucleotide & riboflavin with cyclodextrins: a photophysical study (Dr. H. Pal group, Radiation & Photochemistry Division, B.A.R.C., India).

2007-2004 Bachelor of Science- (Chemistry) University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India Industrial processing of natural rubber- A chemical study. 

Awards and Scholarship

2025- ANRF Early Career Research Grant by ANRF India, ~55 Lakhs.
2020- CSIR SRA-Scientist Pool Scheme, IISER Kolkata, India. 
2020- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Zeal of Excellence for the IF proposal 2019 (91/100). 
2020-2018-Juan de la Cierva Fellowship for doing Postdoc research at ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain. 
2018-Best Poster Prize, Photo4Future: Symposium on Photochemistry, 12-14 November 2018,
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. 
2017-2015- ERC Fellowship for doing Postdoc at ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain.
2014- EPA PhD prize for the best doctoral thesis in the European photochemistry: Runners up. 
2013-2012- Elected as mentor and tutor for the undergraduate students in Biomolecular chemistry at Elected as mentor and tutor for the undergraduate students in Biomolecular chemistry at University of
Catania, Italy. 
2010-2013- Marie Curie Initial Training Networks, ITN (Cyclon/No. 237962, FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008, E.
U.) Scholarship for doing PhD in chemical science.
2009- National scholarship (funded by Indian Academy of Sciences) for summer research carried out
at B.A.R.C., Mumbai, India.

Publications (Average Impact Factor: 17, Total citation= 975, H-index= 17)1

1. S. Pramanik, S. Sridharan, N. Kandoth, A. Das, J. Thomas, Nat. Rev. Chem., 2025, Accepted.
2. S. Bej, S. Dutta, S. S. Pasha, A. K. Dey, D. Roy, N. Kandoth, N. Khilari, D. Koley, S. K. Pramanik, A. Das,
   Small, 2409235, 2024.
3. A. Sarkar, A. K. Pal, A. Kumar, S. Dasgupta, N. Kandoth,* A. Datta, A. Dattta, S. S. Gupta, Inorg. Chem.,
   63, 20737, 2024.
4. N. Kandoth,* A. Das, Curr. Ind. Sci., Accepted, DOI: 10.2174/012210299X32156724072607184, 2024.
5. N. Kandoth,* S. Gupta, K. Raksha, S. Gupta, S. P. Chaudhary, S. K. Pramanik, A. I. Mallick, S.
   Bhattacharyya, A. Das, Adv. Funct. Mater. 34, 28, 2400998, 2024.
6. A. K. Dey, S. Sreedharan, S. M. Jose, P. Patra, N. Kandoth, S. Barman, A. Patra, A. Das, S. K. Pramanik,
   Chem. Sci., 15, 10935-10944, 2024.
7. N. Kandoth,* S. P. Chaudhary, S. Gupta, K. Raksha, A. Chatterjee, S. Gupta, S. Karuthedath, C. S. P. De
   Castro, F. Laquai, S. K. Pramanik, S. Bhattacharyya, A. I. Mallick, A. Das, ACS Nano, 17, 11, 10393–10406,2023.
8. P. Datta, T. Goswami, N. Kandoth, A. Banik, J. Ahmed, A. S. Bhaskaran, R. Saha, R. Kuniyil, H. N. Ghosh, S. K. Mandal, ChemPhotoChem, 7, 6, e202300033, 2023.
9. S. S. Pasha, A. Banerjee, S. Sreedharan, S Singh, N. Kandoth, K. A. Vallis, S. K. Pal, S. K. Pramanik, A. Das, Inorg. Chem. 61, 13115–13124, 2022.
10. S. K. Pramanik, S. Sreedharan, R. Tiwari, S. Dutta, N. Kandoth, S. Barman, S. O Aderinto, S. Chattopadhyay, A. Das, J. A. Thomas, Chem. Soc. Rev., 51, 9882-9916, 2022.
11. P. Choudhary, S. Biswas, N. Kandoth, D. Tayde, A. Chatterjee, XX, S. K. Pramanik, Iscience 25, 104062,
    2022.
12. Photoinduced electron-transfer in coordination compounds with first row transition metals: Fundaments and catalytic applications, N. Kandoth, M. Claros, N. Rodriguez, J. Lloret-Fillol, Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry Ed., D, Springer Handbook of Inorganic Photochemistry Ed., D, 493-546, ISBN978-3-030 63713-2, 2022.
13. N. Kandoth,* J. P Hernández, E. Palomares, J. Lloret-Fillol, Sustain. Energy Fuels, 5, 638-665, 2021.
14. N. Kandoth,* S. Barman, A. Chatterjee, S. Sarkar, A. K. Dey, S. K. Pramanik, A. Das, Adv. Funct. Mater.,
    31, 43, 2104480, 2021.
15. L. Gutiérrez, S. Sekhar Mondal, A. Bucci, N. Kandoth, E. C. E. -Adrán, A. Shafir, J. L. -Fillol,
    ChemSusChem, 13, 3418–3428, 2020.
16. A. Call, F. Franco, N. Kandoth, S. Fernandez, J. M. Luis and J. Lloret-Fillol, Chem. Sci., 9, 2609, 2018.
17. A. Fraix, N. Kandoth, R. Gref, S. Sortino, Asian J. Org. Chem., 4, 256-261, 2015.
18. F. Doria, A. Oppi, F. Manoli, S. Botti, N. Kandoth, V. Grande, I. Manet, M. Freccero, Chem. Commun., 51, 44, 9105-9108, 2015.
19. N. Kandoth, V. Kirejev, M. B. Ericson, R. Gref, S. Monti, S. Sortino, Biomacromolecules, 15, 5, 1768, 2014.
20. S. Swaminathan, J. G-Amorós, A. Fraix, N. Kandoth, S. Sortino, F. M. Raymo, Chem. Soc. Rev., 43, 4167, 2014.
21. V. Kirejeev, N. Kandoth, M. B. Ericson, R. Gref, S. Sortino, J. Mat. Chem. B, 2, 1190-95, 2014.
22. A. Fraix, N. Kandoth, S. Sortino, Photochemistry, RSC, 41, 302-318, 2013.
23. P. T. Blanco, J. P. Juste, N. Kandoth, P. Hervés, S. Sortino, J. Colloid. Interf. Sci., 407, 524-528, 2013.
24. N. Kandoth, J. Mosinger, R. Gref, S. Sortino, J. Mat. Chem. B, 1, 3458-3463, 2013.
25. A. Fraix, N. Kandoth, I. Manet, V. Cardile, A. C. E. Graziano, R. Gref, S. Sortino, Chem. Commun., 49,
    4459-4461 (Back Cover), 2013.
26. E. Deniz, N. Kandoth, A. Fraix, V. Cardile, A. C. E. Graziano, D. L. Furno, R. Gref, F. M. Raymo, S. Sortino, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 49, 15782-15787, 2012.
27. N. Kandoth, M. Malanga, A. Fraix, L. Jicsinszky, E. Fenyvesi, T. Parisi, I. Colao, M. T. Sciortino, S. Sortino, Chem. Asian J., 7, 12, 2888-94, 2012.
28. A. Mazzaglia, M. T. Sciortino, N. Kandoth, S. Sortino, J. Drug Del. Sci. Tech., 22, 3, 235-242, 2012.
29. N. Kandoth, E. Vittorino, M. T. Sciortino, I. Colao, A. Mazzaglia, S. Sortino, Chem. Eur. J., 18, 1684-1690, 2012.
30. N. Kandoth, E. Vittorino, S. Sortino, New J. Chem., 35, 52-56, 2011.
31. N. Kandoth, S. D. Choudhury, J. Mohanty, A. C. Bhasikuttan, H. Pal, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 2617-2626,
    2010.
32. N. Kandoth, S. D. Choudhury, T. Mukherjee, H. Pal, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 8, 82-90, 2009

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