Remya Nair

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Post-doctoral fellow

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Location:

Building 5, Level 3, 3266-WS14

Biography

Dr. Remya Nair has been working as a Postdoctoral fellow at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, since July 2022. Dr. Remya received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Kerala, India in 2021.

Research Interests

My research focuses on density functional theory investigation of reactivity descriptors in various organic, inorganic  and organometallic systems. My current interest lies in studying  the efficiency of  nanomaterials for adsorption and storage applications.

Selected Publications

  • Molecular electrostatic potential analysis: A powerful tool to interpret and predict chemical reactivity, C. H. Suresh, G. S. Remya and Anjalikrishna P K, WIREs Computational Molecular Science, e1601,(2022)
  • Quantification and classification of substituent effects in organic chemistry: a theoretical molecular electrostatic potential study, G S Remya and C H Suresh, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 20615-20626, (2016)
  • Pincer ligand modifications to tune the activation barrier for H2 elimination in water splitting Milstein catalyst, K S Sandhya, G S Remya and C H Suresh, Inorganic Chemistry, 54, 11150-11156, (2015)
  • Adsorption of gases on fullerene-like X12Y12 (X = Be, Mg, Ca, B, Al, Ga, C; Y = C, Si, N, P, O) nanocages, R Geetha Sadasivan Nair, AK Narayanan Nair, S Sun, Energy & Fuels, 37,14053-14063, (2023)
  • Density functional theory study of doped coronene and circumcoronene as anode materials in lithium-ion batteries, R Geetha Sadasivan Nair, AK Narayanan Nair, S Sun, Scientific Reports, 14, 15220 (2024)

Education

  • PhD in Chemistry from CSIR-NIIST, India, 2021
  • MSc in Chemistry, University of Kerala, 2011
  • BSc in Chemistry, University of Kerala, 2009

Professional Profile

  • 2022-present : Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia)
  • 2014-2017 : Project assistant, CSIR-NIIST, India

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

Computational Chemistry Density Functional Theory Quantitative structure–activity relationship models Nanomaterials Doping Adsorption and Storage