DR. MANMOHAN CHHIBBER

Professor

PhD in Chemistry, Panjab University, India

Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Bhadson Road, Patiala-147004, Punjab

mchhibber@thapar.edu

Dr. Manmohan Chhibber is full professor at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, TIET, Patiala. He joined as an assistant professor in 2007 after his post-doc from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. At IISc, he spent four and a half years in the Molecular Biophysics Unit. Prof. Chhibber completed his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh in 2003. He has been associated with both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching besides guiding Ph.D. students. At present, he is coordinator for the Applied Chemistry (UCB008) course that is taken by all 1st year undergraduate engineering students. Prof. Chhibber adopts an alluring teaching style that includes flipped classroom, role plays, think-pair-share and discussions. Appointed as Thapar-Trinity Teaching Fellow, TTTF, after exhaustive training at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (University of Dublin), he is also associated with faculty development programs at TIET.
His research interests include the design of molecular systems that can recognize ions and biomolecules. Exploring the antibacterial activity of diphenyl ethers and fluoroquinolones-based molecules is another area of his research. His research group includes the use of synthetic organic chemistry for the synthesis of designed molecules and further investigations using UV-visible, fluorescence and NMR spectroscopies. His other interests include experimental teaching, delivering motivational talks and remaining involved with ideas of movie-making. Prof. Chhibber is also a faculty-in-charge of Thapar Movie Club (TMC), one of many prestigious societies at the TIET campus. He loves to be with his family and a small garden in his free time.

List of Publications (SCI Journals)

• Rupinder Kaur, Manmohan Chhibber, Partha Mahata, Susheel K Mittal; Induction of catalytic activity in ZnO loaded cobalt based MOF for the reduction of nitroarenes, ChemistrySelect (2018), 3, 3417-3425.
• Rupinder Kaur, Manmohan Chhibber, Partha Mahata, Susheel K Mittal; Luminescence Based Detection of Trinitrophenol and Aromatic Organophosphorous Pesticides Using a Coordination Polymer, J. Mex. Chem. Soc. (2017), 61, 336-341.
• Rashmi Sharma, Manmohan Chhibber and Susheel K. Mittal; Ether-Imine Based Multiresponsive Voltammetric Dipodal Receptor for Nanomolar Detection of Copper Ions, J. Electrochem. Soc. (2016), 163, B751-B760.
• Rashmi Sharma,  Manmohan Chhibber  and  Susheel K. Mittal; A new ionophore for chemical sensing of F−, CN− and Co2+ using voltammetric, colorimetric and spectrofluorimetric techniques, RSC Advances, (2016), 6, 51153-51160.
• Ramandeep K. Mehton, Vineet Meshram, Sanjai Saxena and Manmohan Chhibber; Synthesis and Anti-Staphylococcal Activity of 2, 4-Disubstituted Diphenylamines, J. Braz. Chem. Soc., (2016), 27,
• 1236-1244.
• Rashmi Sharma, Susheel K. Mittal and Manmohan Chhibber; Voltammetric Sensor for Fluoride Ions Using Diphenylether Derivatives Supported by NMR and Theoritical Studies, J. Electrochem. Soc. (2015), 162, B1-B8.
• Rashmi Sharma, Manmohan Chhibber and Susheel K. Mittal; Diphenylether based Derivatives as Fe(III) chemosensors : Spectrofluorimetry, electrochemical and theoretical studies, RSC Advances, (2015), 5, 21831-21842.
• Susheel K. Mittal, Rashmi Sharma, Manisha Sharma, Narinder Singh, Jasminder Singh, Navneet Kaur and Manmohan Chhibber; Voltammetry of nanoparticle-coupled imine linkage-based receptors for sensing of Al(III) and Co(II) ions, J. Appl. Electrochem., (2014), 44, 1239-1251.
• Gurpreet Kaur Khaira, Rashmi Kumariya, Manmohan Chhibber and Moushumi Ghosh; Development of a quaternized chitosan with enhanced antibacterial efficacy, J. Water Health, (2013), 11, 410-418.
• Bhaskar Chetnani, Parimal Kumar, K. V. Abhinav, Manmohan Chhibber, A. Surolia, and M. Vijayan; Location and conformation of pantothenate and its derivatives in Mycobacterium tuberculosispantothenate kinase: insights into enzyme action, Acta. Crystallographica. Section D, (2011), D67, 774–783.
• Satnam S. Aulakh, Manmohan Chhibber, Rasika Mantri and Ranjana Prakash; Whole cell catalyzed esterification of fatty acids to biodiesel using Aspergillus sp., BiocataI. Biotransfor., (2011), 29, 354-358.
• Ira Surolia, Manmohan Chhibber, Debi Prasad Sarkar and Sharmistha Sinha; Fibrillogenesis in ADan peptides is inhibited by biphenyl ethers, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, (2008), 370, 681–686.
• Sarika Gupta, Manmohan Chhibber,§ Sharmistha Sinha and Avadhesha Surolia; Design of Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of Transthyretin Amyloidosis: Studies with Biphenyl Ethers and New Structural Templates, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ( 2007), 50, 5589-5599.
• Parimal Kumar, Manmohan Chhibber, Avadhesha Surolia; How pantothenol intervenes in Coenzyme-A biosynthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, (2007), 361, 903–909.
• Manmohan Chhibber, Gyanendra Kumar, Prasanna Parasuraman, T. N. C. Ramya, Namita Surolia and Avadhesha Surolia; Novel diphenyl ethers: Design, docking studies, synthesis and inhibition of enoyl ACP reductase of Plasmodium falciparum and Escherichia coli, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, (2006), 14, 8086–8098.
• Manmohan Chhibber; Potassium Fluoride on Alumina (KF/Al2O3), Synlett, (2004), 197– 198.
• Jasvinder Singha, Munisha Sharma, Manmohan Chhibber, Jasamrit Kaur and Goverdhan L. Kad; Chemoselective Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols with Solid Supported CrO3/TBHP Under Microwave Irradiation, Synthetic Communications, (2000), 30, 3941-3945.

List of Publications (Non-SCI Journals)

• Ramandeep K. Mehton, T.N.C. Ramya and Manmohan Chhibber; Enhancement in the solubility
• of triclosan with Triton X-100 without affecting its antibacterial activity in Escherichia coli , Res. J. Chem. Environ. (2015), 19(11), 14-27.
• Satnam Singh, Sneha Aggrawal, Manmohan Chhibber and Ranjana Prakash; Lipase Catalyzed Transesterification of Cottonseed Oil, Journal of Pure & Applied Microbiology, (2010), 4, 367-372.

Awards/Honours/Fellowships

Mentor in TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty Development Programme cum Refresher Course organised by UIET, Kurushetra University, Kurushetra. Importance of Interdisciplinary Subjects In Current Engineering Education

Venue: Dept. of Computer Engg., Kurushetra University, Date: January 20, 2017

Mentor in Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) sponsored INSPIRES PROGRAMMES

• Asian Educational Institute, Sirhind Road, Patiala. January 2013.
• ISF College of Pharmacy, Ferozepur G T Road, Moga, Punjab. August 2012
• RIMT Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, February 2012

Invited Talks

• Organised by Bangalore Association for Science and Education (BASE),

Pheromones: Importance, Utility and Synthesis;

Venue: Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore. Date: November 16, 2006.

• Organised by Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad.

Fatty Acid Synthase II: Possible New Drug Target for Antimalarials and Antibacterials

Venue: IIIT, Hyderabad. Date: February 17, 2007.

• Organised by Science Association of MCM DAV College for Women,

Nature: An Ultimate Source of Inspiration for Science and Society;

Venue: MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh. Date: February 15, 2012.