| Course | Institution | Period |
|---|---|---|
| B. Sc. Chemistry | University of Kerala | 1995 |
| M. Sc. Chemistry | Mahatma Gandhi University | 1997 |
| Ph.D. | Mahatma Gandhi University | 2007 |
| Institution | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry T. K. M. College of Arts and Science, Kollam | 2024 to present |
| Principal and DDO (in charge) | TKM College of Arts and Sciences, Kollam - 05 | Aug 2020- Nov 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry, TKMCAS | 2013-2020 |
| Assistant Professor (ad hoc) | Dehi University,, New Delhi | 2011-2013 |
| Women Scientist-C Scholar | Women Scientist-C Scholar in IPR by DST-TIFAC @ TIFAC, New Delhi | 2008-2009 |
∎ Successfully guided the institution through the NAAC evaluation process, securing the prestigious A++ accreditation with highest CGPA of 3.67 (on a 4-point scale) in 2022. This accomplishment underscores the institution's unwavering dedication to academic excellence and quality education.
∎ Serving as a Jury member for the Prof., K. A. Jaleel ‘Best School Award” by PM Foundation since 2019.
∎ Coordinated the International Conference on Tropical Plants and Molecular Design in February 2017, organized by the Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, TKM College of Arts and Science. ∎Organized the visit of Nobel Laureate Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi to TKM College of Arts and Science in 2014
∎ Served as a Resource Person at the Research Generation Camp for the National Chemistry Olympiad, hosted by the Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai.
∎ Secured one US Patent and two Indian Patents during Ph.D. research at M.G. University.
∎ Simimole Haleema, Chithra Gopinath, Zabeera Kallingathodi, Grace Thomas and Prasad L. Polavarapu, Medicinally Significant Enantiopure Compounds from Garcinia Acid Isolated from Garcinia gummi-gutta, Symmetry 2024, 16(10), 1331 (Invited article)
∎A.N. Anoopkumar., Chithra Gopinath, Surendhar Annadurai, S. Abdullah, Ayon Tarafdar, Sulfath Hakkim Hazeena, Reshmy Rajasekharan f, Laya Liz Kuriakose, Embalil Mathachan Aneesh, Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Julio Cesar deCarvalho, CarlosR. Soccol, Parameswaran Binod , Aravind Madhavan, Raveendran Sindhu, Biotechnological valorisation of cashew apple: Prospects and challenges in synthesising wide spectrum of products with market value, Bioresource Technology Reports, 2024, 25,101742
∎Swathy Unnikrishna Pillai Saraswathy, Lekshmi Chandran Pillai Lalitha, Sherifa Rahim, Chithra Gopinath, Simimole Haleema, Sumalekshmy SarojiniAmma, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Review on Synthetic and Pharmacological Potential of Compounds Isolated from Garcinia mangostana Linn, Phytomedicine Plus, 2022,2, 100253
∎Deenamma Habel.; Divya S. Nair.; Zabeera Kallingathodi.; Chithra Mohan.; Sarath M. Pillai.; Rani R. Nair.; Grace Thomas.; Simimole Haleema.; Chithra Gopinath.; Rinshad V.; Abdul,Matthew Fritz.; Andrew R. Puente.; Jordan L. Johnson.; Prasad L. Polavarapu.; and Ibrahim Ibnusaud, Natural Product-Derived Chiral Pyrrolidine-2,5-diones, Their Molecular Structures and Conversion to Pharmacologically Important Skeletons. Journal of Natural Products (ACS), 2020, 83, 2178.
∎Osman, S. M., Abdel-Megied, A. M., Zain Eldain, M. H., Simimole, H., Gopinath, C., Sumalekshmy, S., and Aboul-Enein, H. Y., A highly sensitive GC–MS method for simultaneous determination of anacardic acids in cashew (Anacardiumoccidentale) nut shell oil in the presence of other phenolic lipid derivatives, Biomedical Chromatography, 2019, 33, 4659
∎Prasad L. Polavarapu, Emily Donahue, Ganesh Shanmugam, Ibrahim Ibnusaud, Divya S. Nair, Chithra Gopinath and Deenamma Habel, Chiroptical spectroscopy of Natural products: Avoiding the Aggregation of Chiral Carboxylic Acids, J. Nat. Prod. (ACS), 2012, 75, 1441–1450
∎Chithra Gopinath, Salini Thomas, MangalamS.Nairand I. Ibnusaud, Analogues of Quararibea Metabolite chiral enolic -γ-lactones from (2S, 3S) and (2S, 3R)-tetrahydro-3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2, 3-furandicarboxylic acid Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47,7957-7960.
∎U.S. Patent No. 6,703,515, (9th March 2004) CAN 138:369115 .Chiral Derivatives of Hibiscus acid bearing lactone ring moiety, process for preparing the same and a convenient method for the large-scale isolation of Hibiscus acid. Ibnusaud, I., Gopinath, C., Thomas, B.
∎Indian patent no: 192481(2004). Novel Chiral Derivatives of Hibiscus acid bearing lactone ring moiety and process for preparing the same, Ibnusaud, I.,Gopinath, C.; Thomas, B.
∎Indian patent no. 1425/Del/03, 2003. A Process of Preparing Novel Chiral compound of Hibiscus acid bearing lactone ring moiety, Ibnusaud, I.,Gopinath, C.;Thomas, B.
∎Coordinator for the academic visit of Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) in February 2014 at TKM College of Arts and Science. During the visit, Prof. Negishi delivered the Thangal Kunju Musaliar Commemorative Lecture 2014.
∎Coordinator of the International Seminar on Tropical Plants and Molecular Design, held in February 2017, organized by the Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, TKM College of Arts and Science. The seminar featured eminent scientists from the USA, UK, Egypt, Sri Lanka, and India, including speakers from IISc, IIT, and IIMR. The event was sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), which supported the participation of a distinguished professor.
∎Resource Person for SASTHRA PADHAM, a science promotion program for high school students, organized in January 2019 by Samagra Shiksha Kerala, the Directorate of Collegiate Education, and the Department of Higher Secondary Education hosted at TKM College of Arts and Science.
∎Resource Person for SASTHRA JAALAKAM, a science promotion program for high school students, conducted by the Government of Kerala (Higher Secondary Education) hosted at TKM College of Arts and Science.
∎Received the Best Poster Award presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry at the International Seminar on ‘Tropical Plants and Molecular Design’, organized by T.K.M. College of Arts and Science on 14th and 15th February 2017