Tressia Alias Princy Paulose
Education:
PhD Student (2004 - December 2008 expected completion date)
Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Dissertation entitled: “Synthesis and Catalytic activity of N-heterocyclic carbene
complexes of group 10 metals.”
Supervisor: Dr. Stephen R. Foley
MTech Industrial Catalysis (2002)
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.
Dissertation entitled: “Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane over mesoporous TiMCM-41
molecular sieves.” Supervisor: Prof. P. Selvam, Department of Chemistry, Indian
Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India.
MSc Applied Chemistry (2000)
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.
Dissertation entitled, “Studies on biodegradable polyester composites for orthopaedic
applications.” Supervisor: Dr. M. Jayabalan, Scientist, Bio Medical Technology Wing,
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Kerala, India.
BSc Chemistry (1998)
University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
Current research interests:
Development of novel ligands and transition-metal complexes, for applications in
homogeneous catalysis.
Skills:
• Handling air-sensitive compounds: Glovebox and Schlenk line techniques.
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Synthetic chemistry: ligand and complex design and syntheses, isolation, purification
and characterization
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Homogeneous catalysis: for example cross-coupling, olefin polymerization.
Accomplished in inorganic and organometallic chemistry with strong background in
synthesis and characterization
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Skilled in the following characterization techniques and instruments: NMR (Bruker
platform), FT-IR, UV/vis, MS, GC (Varian).
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Crystal growing techniques.
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Software commonly used: ChemDraw, ORTEP, Mercury, Sci-Finder, Endnote,
Microsoft Office, Origin.
Publications:
Paulose, T. A. P., Olson J. A., Theaker, N., Hassler, M., J. A., Quail, W. J., Foley, S. R.,
submitted to Chem. Eur. J., 2008, “Bis-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of nickel:
investigations into nickel catalyzed and “transition-metal free” coupling reactions”
Olson, J. A., Paulose, T. A. P., Wennek, P., Quail, W. J., Foley, S. R., Inorg. Chem.
Comm., 2008, in press, “Synthesis, structure and norbornene polymerization activity of a
bulky -diketiminato palladium(II) complex”
Paulose, T. A. P., Olson, J. A., Quail, W. J., Foley, S. R., J. Organomet. Chem., 2008, in
press, “Non-symmetrically substituted bis-N-heterocyclic carbenes: synthesis, structure
and catalytic activity of palladium(II) complexes”
Selvam, P. and Paulose, T. A. P., J. Nanosci. Nanotecnol. 2006, 6, 1758-1764.
“Transition-metal (Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Cu) containing ordered nanoporous materials:
Novel heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation reactions”
Presentations/Talks/Conferences:
Olson, J. A., Paulose, T. A. P., Foley, S. R., Inorg. Chem. Comm., 2008, in press,
“Synthesis of non-symmetrically substituted chelating bis-NHC Palladium (II) complexes
for C-C and C-X coupling reactions” 236th ACS national meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
United States, August 17-21, 2008 (poster presentation)
Foley, S. R.; Paulose, T. A. P., Quail, J. W., “Non-symmetrically substituted Bis-NHC
Palladium(II) complexes: Synthesis, structure and catalytic activity” 91st Canadian
Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Edmonton, Alberta, May 24-28, 2008 (oral
presentation).
Foley, S. R.; Paulose, T. A. P., Quail, J. W., “Synthesis and catalytic activity of chelating
N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of group 10 metals” 90th Canadian Chemistry
Conference and Exhibition in Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 26-30, 2007 (oral presentation)
Foley, S. R.; Chitanda, J. M.; Paulose, T. A. P., “Palladacycles vs. chelating Nheterocyclic carbene complexes of nickel as catalysts for C-C bond forming reactions”
Abstracts of Papers, 234th ACS national meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 1923, 2007 (oral presentation)
Selvam, P.; Mohapatra, S. E.; Dapurkar, S. E.; Paulose, T. A. P., “Selective oxidation of
cyclohexane over transition metal containing MCM-41 molecular sieves” 14th
International Zeolite conference (ed. E. van Steen, L. H. Callanan, M. Claeys & C. T. O.
Connor), Document Transformation Technologies, Cape Town, 2004, p. 1017-1018).
(oral presentation)
Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant (2004 - present)
Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Graduate level courses:
2007-2008: Module 6 of Chem 801- an advanced synthetic class for graduate students where they
are trained in handling air-sensitive compounds
Undergraduate level courses:
Helped in the designing and implementing of chem. 439 (Special Topics in inorganic
chemistry) laboratory for 4th year undergraduate class.
2007-2008: undergraduate level (3rd, 4th year)
Responsibilities include: performing in-class demonstrations, short talks on the theory
and experiments, grading of laboratory reports and individual assessment of the students.
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2004-2006: 1 year (undergraduate)
Responsibilities included: performing in-class demonstrations for general chemistry,
short talks on the experiments, marking of laboratory reports.
Work Experience:
Senior Chemist (2002 August- 2002 December)
Energy systems engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Awards:
-Dr. O. Kenneth Johannson Memorial Scholarship for outstanding achievements as a TA
in upper year chemistry courses, 2008, Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
-Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2007-2008, Department of Chemistry, University of
Saskatchewan.
-Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, India 2001
-Joint CSIR-UGC Lectureship-National Eligibility Test, India 2001
Professional Memberships:
Canadian Society for Chemistry, American Chemical Society
Activities:
Sept 2005-April 2006: Chemistry Course Council representative in the Graduate
Advisory Committee in the Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan.
Sept 2006 --: Member of the Chemistry Course Council at the Department of Chemistry,
University of Saskatchewan.