Department of Chemistry

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: cherylalvares@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc

Years of Teaching Experience: 31 years

Subjects Taught: Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Applied Organometallic Chemistry & Catalysis, Reactions & applications of Coordination Compounds.
Coordination Chemistry in metallurgical processes.
Inorganic synthesis &  Analysis.
Hybrid Nanomaterials.
Application of nanotechnology in regenerative medicine.
Laboratory equpiment maintenance & operation.

Awards and Honours: BOLT AWARD 2003 (GOA) (Bold Outlook Learner Teacher)

Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Reading, Music & performing arts, Student mentoring, Chemsparx Club activities, Studying Foreign languages, Working with an NGO, Community Service, Improving verbal & written communication skills.

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: fatimafernandes@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, M.Phil., B.Ed

Years of Teaching Experience: 25 years

Subjects Taught:Physical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Solid State Chemistry

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: snehanaik@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, NET (June 2009, June 2010)

Years of Teaching Experience: 11 years

Subjects Taught:Organic Chemistry, Green methods and Safety aspects in Chemistry, Analytical chemistry, selected instrumentation in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry(PG), Drug Design (PG)

Areas of Interest: organic chemistry

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

3 research papers published, 1 research paper presented (International), 1 research paper presented (National)

1. Use of Solid-Supported Reagents towards Synthesis of 2-Arylbenzoxazole, 3, 5-Diarylisoxazole and 1, 3, 5-Triarylpyrazole, Sneha Naik& Vidya Desai, Volume 3, Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Feb. 2013, 1-7
2. o-Iodoxy Benzoic Acid Mediated Synthesis of 3,5-Diarylisoxazoles and Isoxazole-3-carboxylic Acids, by Vidya G. Desai, Sneha R. Naik& Kashinath L. Dhumaskar, Synthetic communication, Volume 44, Issue 10, 2014, 1453-1460,
3. Graphite as an effective catalyst for Michael addition of indoles to nitroolefins in aqueous alcoholic solution, by Sonia B. Parsekar,Sneha Naik, Mayuri M. Naik & Santosh G. Tilve, Monatsh Chem, 2015 ,  146, 691-696,

• Presented the paper titled “Nano indium oxide as an efficient and recyclable catalyst towards one pot Biginelli reaction” in National Symposium organised by Department of Chemistry, DM’s.College, Assagao, Goa, India on Sept 27, 2019
• Presented the paper titled “Environmentally Benign Synthesis of 4-aryl-5-acetyl-6-methyldihydropyrimidone(thione) via BiginelliReaction Pathway” in InternationalConference organised by Department of Chemistry, AryaP.G.College, Panipat, Haryana, India onFeb 27-28, 2019

Extracurricular activities/hobbies:

• Member of Association of Chemistry teachers (ACT)-Goa
• Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: danielcoutinho@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, NET, Ph.D.

Years of Teaching Experience: 8 years

Subjects Taught: Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Material Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Magnetic Materials and Nanochemistry

Awards and Honours: BOLT AWARD 2003 (GOA) (Bold Outlook Learner Teacher)

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

2 Research papers

1. Spin Canting and Surface Spin Disorder in Ni Substituted Co-Cd Ferrite Nanoparticles Synthesized by Fuel Deficient Combustion Method.

Daniel M. Coutinho and Dr. V.M.S. VerenkarJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 82 (2019) 392-403.

2. Preparation, Spectroscopic and Thermal Analysis of Hexa-Hydrazine Nickel Cobalt Ferrous Succinate Precursor and Study of Solid-State Properties of its Nanosized Thermal Product, Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4.

Daniel M. Coutinho and Dr. V.M.S. VerenkarJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 128 (2017) 807-817.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: jeffreyviegas@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, NET

Years of Teaching Experience: 6 years

Subjects Taught: Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Synthetic organic chemistry

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: celiabraganza@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, Ph.D.

Years of Teaching Experience: 4 years

Subjects Taught:Physical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Catalysis and Adsorption

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

2 Research Papers Published
1. Celia F. Braganza, A. V. Salker, Vapor phase methylation of phenol on Fe substituted ZrO2 catalyst, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 37 (2016) 1991-1996
2. Celia F. Braganza, A. V. Salker, Al- doped FeVO4 Nanoparticles for Vapour phase methylation of phenol, Chemistry Select 3 (2018) 7602-7607

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Regular

Email Address: madhavinaik@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc, B.Ed., Ph.D.

Years of Teaching Experience: 4 years

Subjects Taught: Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

Areas of Interest: Solid State Chemistry, Nanomaterials,catalysis

Research Papers Published/Presented (Paper title, Publication Name/Conference Name, page number, volume, month and year):

5Research Papers Published

1. Z. Naik, S. N. Meena,S. C. Ghadi, M. M. Naik, A. V. Salker Evaluation of silver-doped Indium oxide nanoparticles as in vitro alpha amylase and alpha glucosidase inhibitor. Med. Chem. Res.25:3(2016) 381-389.(IF:1.78)
2. Z. Naik and A.V. Salker, Tailoring the superparamagnetic nature of MgFe2O4 nanoparticles by In3+ incorporation.Mater. Sci. Eng. B, 211 (2016) 37-44.(IF:4.7)
3. Z. Naik and A.V. Salker, “A systematic study of cobalt doped In2O3 nanoparticles and their applicationsMater. Res. Innov.DOI: 10.1080/14328917 -.2016.1207044.(IF:1.14)
4. Bikshandarkoil R. Srinivasan, Madhavi Z. Naik, Kedar U. Narvekar,Comment on Synthesis, growth and characterization of a newmetal -organic NLO material: Dibromobis (L-proline) Cd(II) [J. Mol. Struct. 1080 (2015) 37-43], J. Mol. Struct. 1099 (2015) 16-17.(IF:2.01)
5. Z. Naik and A.V. Salker ,Effect of Indium doping on the magnetic properties of cerium oxide nanoparticles.Mat. Chem Phys, 212(2018) 336-342.(IF:2.88)
6. M.Z.Naik , A.V.Salker, “Magnetic Electrical and catalytic properties of Co doped In2O3”at Interdisciplinary symposium for Material Chemistry -2012, held at BARC –Mumbai from 11-15 Dec 2012.
7. M.Z.Naik , A.V.Salker, “Preparation and solid state studies on Cr3+ doped Indium Oxide Nanoparticles” at NanoIndia 2013, held at NIIST ,Trivandrum from 18-19 February 2013.
8. M.Z.Naik , A.V.Salker, “Thermal and Electrical studies of doped Indium Oxide nanoparticles” at the “THERMANS -2013”symposium organised by ITAS at BARC, Trombay.
9. M.Z.Naik , A.V.Salker, S.N.Meena and P.Kumar, “Toxicity, biomedical and catalytic studies of TM doped Indium oxide nanoparticles” at National Conference on Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology organised by the Department of Chemistry, DM’s College in association with Directorate of Higher Education, Government of Goa on 14 th and 15 th February 2020.(Won 1St Place for paper presentation)

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Contract

Email Address: tanishadcosta@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc

Years of Teaching Experience: 3 years

Subjects Taught:Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Chemistry

Type of Appointment: Lecture basis

Email Address: priyankamnaik@carmelcollegegoa.org

Educational Qualifications: MSc. (Organic Chemistry)

Years of Teaching Experience: 4 months

Subjects Taught: Organic chemistry, VAC (Green energy systems)

Areas of Interest: Organic chemistry, Good laboratory practices

Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Reading, photography.