Sharmishtha Bandyopadhyaya
Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry Loyola Marymount University
Biography
Education
California State University, Los Angeles
MS
Chemistry (Organic Chemistry concentration)
2015
Shreemati Nathibai Thackersey University (SNDT), Mumbai, India
M Sc
Analytical and Medicinal Chemistry
Mumbai University, Mumbai
BSc
Chemistry
Areas of Expertise
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
Research Focus
Photooxidation of a Pt(II) Thiolato complex without alpha hydrogen adjacent to the thiolato moiety: A mechanistic study"
Synthesis and characterization of luminescent Pt-thiolato complexes and their reactivity with singlet oxygen.
Courses
General Chemistry 111-Lab
Basic chemical lab technique, conservation of mass, definite composition, molar masses, gravimetric and titrimetric analyses, redox chemistry.
General Chemistry 112
Solutions, chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, acids and bases, equilibria, electrochemistry, nuclear reactions, and selected additional topics.
Organic Chemistry 222
Chem. 222 focuses on functional groups, molecular structure and reactions of organic compounds, bonding, stereochemistry and application of modern instrumental and analytical methods. Certain biomolecules like carbohydrates, amino acid, lipids and nucleic acid will be studied. Structures, properties and reactions of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acid derivatives and amines are also taught in the course.
Organic Chemistry 223
Laboratory experience in synthesis and analysis of organic compounds.
Organic Chemistry 220
Introduction to the fundamentals of organic chemistry: chemical properties, synthesis and nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes, cycloalkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons, and alkyl halides.
