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Praba Narayanasamy, PhD |
| Positions and Employment | |
| 2012 - present | Instructor, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| 2011-2012 | Senior Research Associate, Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience University of Nebraska Medical Center |
| 2006-2011 | Research Scientist Colorado State University |
| 2005-2006 | Post-Doctoral Fellow University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 2004-2005 | Post-Doctoral Fellow Harvard University |
| 2002-2004 | Post-Doctoral Fellow North Dakota State University |
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| Awards and Honors | |
| Invited Speaker | IIT, 2009 Pondicherry University, 2009 |
| Invited Paper | Heterocycles, 2008 |
| Invited Judge |
Annual Colorado Science and Engineering Fair Celebrate Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium |
| Nominated | MIT's Global Industrial Technovator Award, 2006, 2008 |
| Senior Research Fellowship | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1999-2001 |
| Invited Speaker | Madras Science Association, Chennai, 2001 |
| Invited Speaker | Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Chennai, 2000, 2001 |
| Junior Research Fellowship | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1997 - 1999 |
| Lectureship | University Grand Commission & Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1996 |
| Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers | All India Level Distinction, 1996 |
| Kothari Award for Undergraduates | First Rank, Rondicherry University, 1994 |
Patents and Licenses
P. Narayanasamy* and D.C. Crick (2010). Bicyclic derivatives with amines as drug against pathogens. CSURFID-10-105
P. Narayanasamy* and D.C. Crick (2010). Synthesis of CDPME. CSURFID-10-097
P. Narayanasamy* and D.C. Crick (2010). Synthesis of CDPME2P. CSURFID-10-098
P. Narayanasamy* and D.C. Crick (2009). Bicyclic derivatives as MenA inhibitor. Provisional Patent Docket no. 09-087 (61233017-9135), Appln. No. 61/371,416
P. Narayanasamy* and D.C. Crick (2008) Sulfonamide derivatives as IspD inhibitors and IspE inhibitors –CSURF-08-078
M. P. Sibi*, N. Prabagaran, C. Jasperse, and S. Ghorpade. (2004). b-Amino acids synthesis and methods and intermediates for making same. U S Patent 8034974 B2, Oct 11, 2011.
INSTRUMENTAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography (Waters and Agilent)
- Gas Chromatography (Agilent)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy (Varian)
- IR, UV spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
- IR reactor and Gas reactor
- LC-MS and GC-MS
- Glove box and Fraction collector
- Polarimeter and Chiral resolving technique
- Solid phase & library molecule synthesis
- Polymer synthesis
- Total synthesis of natural products including free radical reactions
- Drug discovery
- Hazardous and radioactive waste management
- EPSON scintillation counter, Geiger-Muller Counter
- BIOSCAN radioactive scanner
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2001-present | University of Nebraska Medical Center Trained Graduate Students and technicians in research techniques and developments |
| 2006-2011 |
Colorado State University, Ft Collins Obtained “Certificate for College teaching” – teaching portfolio at “http://tilt.colostate.edu/portfolios/portfolio.cfm?portfolioid=35” Trained Postdoc, graduate and undergraduate students in research techniques and developments Instructor: MIP298 course – Introduction to Research, 2010. Participated in “Critical thinking for teaching workshop” – CSU, 2010. |
| 2004-2005 |
Harvard University |
| 1997-2002 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Organic Structure and Synthesis (chemistry major laboratory course) Organic Chemistry (chemistry non-major laboratory course) Organic Chemistry (chemistry non-major course) Project Supervisor & Trainer Trained undergraduates in asymmetric synthesis & supervised research projects |
| 1995-1996 |
Shanmugam Tutorial Center, Pondicherry, India Part time Teacher Physical, analytical, inorganic, & organic chemistry for high school students: organic chemistry for undergraduate and graduate students |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project officer Reliance Industries Ltd. (overseen by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India),2002
Chemist trainee Madras Rubber Factory (MRF) Tires, 1996
(Production, quality assurance, research and development).
CONSULTING - TECHNICAL REPORTS
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy analysis for Porur polymer company, Chennai, 2000-2001
Quality assurance plan for sugar and by-products for Pondicherry Cooperative Sugar Mill, Pondicherry, 1996
SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATION
American Chemical Society
