RESEARCH INTERESTS

Design, synthesis and application of liquid crystals, organic synthesis, Organic dyes, Polymers, Organic electronics.

Education

• Ph. D. in Chemistry, Bangalore University Oct 2020 – 2024

Title: Studies of Self-Assembled Chromonic and Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Molecular Design, Synthesis and Characterization.

Research supervisor: Dr. G. Shanker

• Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET), Qualified 2019
• Master of Science – Organic Chemistry, Bangalore University Aug 2015 – Jun 2017 Title: Characterization CuO using Tirukalli Latex as biofuel and its applications in detection of pathogens in Human body.
• Bachelor of Science, Bangalore University Jun 2012 – Jun 2015

Publications & Conferences

• B. S. Ranjitha, M. Alaasar, G. Shanker*, Luminous and fluorescent cyanobiphenyls exhibiting super-cooled nematic phases. Liq Cryst. 2024, 7, 1-2.
• B. S. Ranjitha, P. K. Behera, A. A. Sudhakar AA, G. Hegde, S. G. Singh, Shanker*, Ionic strength and phase systems influence nanotubular material functionality. J Mol Liq. 2024, 399, 124339.
• B. S. Ranjitha, M. Alaasar, G. Shanker*, Super-cooled chiral fluorescent liquid crystal dimers with reduced symmetry. J Mol Str. 2024, 1305, 137626.
• B. S. Ranjitha, D. S. Kumari, A. Shetty, G. Shanker*, M. Alaasar, R.  Pashameah, G.  Hegde, Impact of terminal group on azobenzene liquid crystal dimers for photo-responsive optical storage devices. J Mol Liq. 2023, 383, 121985.
• G. Shanker*, M. K. Srinatha, D. Sandhya Kumari, B. S. Ranjitha, M. Alaasar, Novel green synthetic approach for liquid crystalline materials using multi-component reactions Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 346, 118244.
• D. Sandhya Kumari, Apoorva Shetty, B. S. Ranjitha, Vandana M, G. Shanker*, Mohamed Alaasar, Gurumurthy Hegde, Spectroscopic Investigation on Shuttlecock-Shaped Liquid Crystalline Trimers: Mesomorphic behaviour and its Application in Optical Storage Devices. Heliyon. 2024, e37455. (IF- 4.0).

Awards and Recognitions

• Poster Award – Journal of material chemistry C (RSC) at 30th National conference on liquid crystal (NCLC), Andhra University Under the Aegis of Indian Liquid Crystal Society, India 2023.

Employment

• Research associate trainee – Syngene Int. Ltd. Bangalore. India (Dec 2018 – Mar 2019)
• Guest lecture for UG and PG – Bangalore University (Mar 2019 – Oct 2020).