Name: Designation: Present Address: CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Poonam Patyar Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University Patiala Phone No.: +91- Email ID: poonam_chem@yahoo.co.in Degrees: M. Sc., Ph. D Physical Chemistry Research Interests: Solution Thermodynamics and Biophysical Chemistry. Employment: 1. Lecturer in Dept. of Chemistry at NIT Jalandhar from July 2007 to Dec. 2007. 2. Sr. Lecturer in Dept. of Chemistry at LPU Jalandhar from Jan. 2008 to 3 rd Aug. 2011. 3. Assistant Professor in Dept. of Chemistry at Punjabi University Patiala from 4 th Aug. 2011 till date. Courses Taught: 1. General Chemistry 2. General Chemistry Lab. 3. Thermodynamics for Biochemists 4. Quantum Mechanics 5. Electrochemistry and Themodynamics 6. X-Ray Diffraction 7. Radiation Chemistry and Advanced Spectroscopy 8. Physical Chemistry Practicals. Membership: Life member of Distinctions/Awards: 1. State Merit Scholarship holder. 1. The Indian Thermodynamic Society, Amritsar. 2. The Indian Council of Chemists. 2. Winner of William F. Giauque Travel Award for the year 2005 in the 60 th Calorimetry Conference being hosted by National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce Gaithersburg, MD, USA, June 26- July 1, 2005. 3. Best Poster Presentation Award in the National Symposium on New Challenges in Chemistry being sponsored by CSIR, UGC and DST in the Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar held from March 20-21, 2006. Research Funding, Consultancies and Grants: 1. Research Fellow from July 2000 to July 2004,during Ph.D in the Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India 143 005.
2. Senior Research Fellow (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi/ India) from July 2004 to till date in the Department Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India 143 005. Invitations: Judged Poster, Quiz and Project Competition during INSPIRE internship camp organized by DST-New Delhi from 20 th - 24 March 2012 at ACPTE Mastuana Sahib. Conferences/Workshops Attended: 1. H.S. Randhawa, P.Patyar and B.S. Sekhon Charge transfer interactions of L-amino acids with chloranil: conductometric studies, Presented at International symposium on Trends in Medicinal Chemistry and Biocatalysis held at University of Delhi from 26-29 Jan. 2000. 2. B.S. Lark, T. S. Banipal, Poonam Patyar and Damanjit kaur, Partial molar volumes of transfer of glycine and α-alanine from water to aqueous magnesium chloride solutions at 15 o C and 25 o C. Presented at the National Conference on Recent Advances in Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biological systems held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from May 7-9, 2001. 3. Poonam Patyar, B.S. Lark and T. S. Banipal Thermodynamic studies on the interactions of Diglycine with Magnesium Chloride in aqueous medium at different temperatures. Accepted for Oral Presentation at The 60 th Calorimetry Conference at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA being held from June 26-July 1,2005. 4. Poonam Patyar, B. S. Lark and T. S. Banipal Comparison of behavior of glycine and diglycine in aqueous MgCl 2 solutions. Orally Presented at the National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biological systems held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from Dec. 28-30, 2005. 5. Gagandeep Singh, Damanjit Kaur, Poonam Patyar, Jasbir Kaur, Vaneet Dhir and T. S. Banipal Interactions of glycine with mixed aqueous electrolyte solutions at T = 298.15 K. Presented at the National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biological systems held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from Dec. 28-30, 2005. 6. Poonam Patyar, B. S. Lark and T. S. Banipal Temperature Dependence of the Viscosity Behavior of Some Amino Acids in Water and Aqueous Magnesium Chloride Solutions. Presented at the National Symposium on New Challenges in Chemistry held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from March 20-21, 2006.
7. Poonam Patyar, B. S. Lark and T. S. Banipal Interactions of Magnesium and Calcium Chloride with Lysozyme: Thermodynamic and Spectophotometric Approach. Accepted for Presentation at the 19 th IUPAC International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics and 61 th Calorimetry Conference at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, Colorado, USA being held from July 30- August 4, 2006. 8. Poonam Patyar, T.S.Banipal, B.S.Lark Effect of --------solutions, Presented in National Symposium in Chemistry on Modern Trends in chemical Sciences held at Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra fron Oct. 6-7, 2006. 9. Orally Presented in 2 nd National Conference on Thermodynamics of chemical and Biological Systems held at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University Surat from 30 th Oct. to 1 st Nov. 2006. 10. Attended Programme on Impact of Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics on Contemporary Science and Technology organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology on Oct. 24-25, 2007. 11. Poonam Patyar, Monica Arora and Lakhwinder Kaur Study of conductometroic Behaviour of SDS in Magnesium Chloride at different temperatures in Recent Advances in Chemistry and their impact on Envrionment from Feb. 15-16, 2011. 12. Poonam Patyar, T.S. Banipal and B.S. Lark, Systematic Investigations of Physicochemical properties and thermodynamic behavior of Protein model compounds and Lysozyme with Metal ions in aqueous solutions in 4 th National Seminar on Chemistry: An Inter Disciplinary Science held at Punjabi University Patiala from Feb. 15-16 2012. 13. Poonam Patyar, T.S. Banipal and B.S. Lark, Sysytematic investigations on physicochemical properties of protein model compounds and lysozyme in aqueous solutions containing metal ions, Accepted for oral presentation in 6 th National Conference on Thermodynamics of Chemical and Biological System held at M.D. University Rohtak from 2 nd -4 th Nov. 2011. Papers Published/ Communicated: 07 1. H.S.Randhawa, Poonam Patyar and B.S. Sekhon, On The Molecular Interactions of L-Amino Acids And Iodine in 50% Aqueous Ethanol Solvent: Conductometric and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopic Studies, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India, 2004, 74 A, (II), 99. 2. H.S.Randhawa, Poonam Patyar and B.S. Sekhon, Charge Transfer Interactions of L-Amino Acids With Chloranil: Conductometric Studies, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India, 2004, 74 A, (III), 253.
3. Bhajan S. Lark, Poonam Patyar, T.S. Banipal, and Nand Kishore, Densities, Partial Volumes, and Heat Capacities of Glycine, L-Alanine, and L- Leucine in Aqueous Magnesium Chloride Solutions at Different Temperatures, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2004, 49, 553. 4. P. Patyar, H.S. Randhawa and B.S. Sekhon Molecular Interactions of Picric Acid with L-Amino Acids, J. Indian Council of Chemists, 2004,Vol.21, No.2, 86-91. 5. Bhajan S. Lark, Poonam Patyar, and Tarlok S. Banipal Thermodynamic Studies on the Interactions of Diglycine with Magnesium Chloride in Aqueous Medium at Different Temperatures, J. Chem. Thermodynamics 38 (2006) 1592 1605. 6. Bhajan S. Lark, Poonam Patyar, and Tarlok S. Banipal Temperature Effect on the Viscosity Behaviour of Some Amino Acids in Water and Aqueous Magnesium Chloride Solutions, J. Chem. Thermodynamics 39 (2007) 344 360. 7. T.S.Banipal, K. Singh, P.K.Banipal, A.K. Sood, P. Singh, G. Singh and Poonam Patyar, Volumetric and Viscometric Studies of Some Metal Acetates in Aqueous Solutions at T = (288.15 to 318.15) K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53 (12), 2758-2765. 8. Poonam Patyar, Bhajan S. Lark and Tarlok S. Banipal Interactions of Magnesium and Calcium Chloride with Lysozyme: Thermodynamic and Spectophotometric Approach. (Communicated). 9. Poonam Patyar and Monica Prasher, Volumetric and Viscometric behavior of ceftriaxone in aqueous and mixed aqueous methanol solutions at 298.15 K (communicated). 10. Poonam Patyar, Lakhwinder Kaur and Monica Arora, Study of conductometric behaviour of SDS in aqueous MgCl 2 at different temperatures. (communicated). Research Guidance: Ph. D Students: Yet to be enrolled M. Phil Students: 01 & Presently two students are enrolled. M.Sc. (Hons.) Students: 02 E-mail: Present Affiliation: Poonam_chem@yahoo.co.in ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University Patiala, Patiala, Punjab, India 147 002.