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Mahesh Pattabiraman

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Miami (Florida), 2006

 
 

Department of Chemistry
413-B Bruner Hall of Science
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-1150

Office: Bruner Hall of Science 413B
Phone: 308.865.8385
Fax: 308.865.8399
Email: pattabiramm2@unk.edu 


 

Research Interests

Organic and inorganic supramolecular chemistry, photochemistry, host-guest chemistry, green chemistry, micelles, cavitands, binding interactions, toxic metal ion sensing and extraction.

Education

Ph. D. Organic Chemistry, University of Miami, Florida, 2006 (Mentor: Dr. V. Ramamurthy)
M.Sc. Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, 2001 (Mentor: Dr. R. Murugavel)
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India, 1999

Faculty Appointments

2012-present Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska at Kearney
2009-2012 Assistant Professor, Western New Mexico University

Recent Publications

  1. "Regioselective photodimerization of pyridyl-butadienes within cucurbit[8]uril cavities" Murthy V. S. N. Maddipatla, Mahesh Pattabiraman, Arunkumar Natarajan, Karan Srivastava, Joel T. Mague, and V. Ramamurthy. Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012, 10, 9219.
  2. “Dynamics of Apolar Guest Solubilized in Bile Salt Micelles: Photochemistry of Acenaphthylene as a Probe to Understand the Supramolecular Characteristics of the Aggregates”. Nick Carter, Mahesh Pattabiraman*, and Luis Albert Arias. Am. J. Chem., 2012, 2(3), 131.
  3. “Speciation, Formation, Stability and Analytical Challenges of Human Arsenic Metabolites”. Lucy Yehiayan, Mahesh Pattabiraman, Konstantinos Kavallieratos, Xiaotang Wang, Lawrence H. Boise, and Yong Cai. J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2009, 24, 1397.
  4. “Preorientation of Olefins Toward a Single Photodimer: Cucurbituril-Mediated Photodimerization of Protonated Azastilbenes in Water”. Murthy V. S. N, Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle; Arunkumar Natarajan, Mahesh Pattabiraman, and Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy. Langmuir, 2007, 23, 7545-7554.
  5. “Regioselective Photodimerization of Cinnamic Acids in Water: Templation with Cucurbiturils“. Mahesh Pattabiraman, Lakshmi S. Kaanumalle, Arunkumar Natarajan, and Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy. Langmuir, 2006, 22, 7605-7609.