Dr. Noor Aman Ahrar Mundari

TEACHING

Educational Qualification

Employment and Service

Oct. 2023 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, INDIA

July 2012 – Oct. 2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, INDIA

Nov 2008 – Nov 2011
CSIR Senior Research Fellow under Dr. Trilochan Mishra at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, INDIA

Jun 2008 – Nov 2008
Project Fellow under Dr. Trilochan Mishra at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, INDIA

Feb 2006 – Feb 2008
CSIR-Diamond Jubilee Research Intern under Dr. Trilochan Mishra at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, INDIA

Research Contribution

H-Index: 11  Citations: 547  PhD Guided: 04

Research

Areas of Interest

• Development of visible light absorbing semiconductor photocatalysts for energy and environmental applications.
• Conversion of agricultural and e-wastes into valuable products.
• Synthesis of Heterogeneous catalysts for organic transformations

Publications

Papers Published in Journals (All are Scopus and Web of Science indexed)

1. Thirumalai Lakshmi, M. Basheer Ali, Noor Danish Ahrar Mundari, T Mishra, Noor Aman, “Integration of Cu₂O-NiTiO₃as an efficient p-n heterojunction visible light photocatalytic system for the simultaneous removal of Cr (VI) and Alizarine Cyanine Green dye”, Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 183, 2025, p 113213.
2. Thirumalai Lakshmi, N Hajarabeevi, T Mishra, Noor Aman, “Synthesis of cobalt doped nickel titanate nanomaterials for enhanced photocatalytic reduction of chromium”, Optik, Vol 298, 2024, p 171561.
3. N.Gopinathan, S. Sathick Basha, N. Vasimali, Noor Aman Ahrar Mundari, A. Shajahan, J. Shahitha Parveen, S. Syed Enayathali, “Composition‑Driven Structural, Optical, Thermal and Electrochemical Properties of Hybrid Perovskite‑Structured Methylammonium‑Tin‑Chloride”, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol 53, 2024, p 94-105.
4. M Ayisha Sidiqua, VS Priya, Nishath Begum, Noor Aman, “Synthesis of magnetic ZnFe₂O₄– reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite photocatalyst for the visible light degradation of cationic textile dyes”, Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, Vol 8, 2023, p 555-565
5. Egambaram Dhivya, Sridhar Saravanan, Noor Aman, “Synthesis of MIL-125/NTU-9 Heterojunction MOF for Photocatalytic Removal of Aquatic Pollutants”, Russian Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 67, 2022, p S141-S149.
6. Deviga Magadevan, Thirumalai Lakshmi, Noor Danish Ahrar Mundari, Trilochan Mishra, Noor Aman, “Construction of Ag₃PO₄–TiO₂nano-heterostructure with excellent visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity for environmental applications”, Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering, Vol 7, 2022, p 931-943.
7. Tayyala Kiranmye, Murugan Vadivelu, Deviga Magadevan, Sugirdha Sampath, Kannabiran Parthasarathy, Noor Aman, Kesavan Karthikeyan, “Sunlight-Assisted Photocatalytic Sustainable Synthesis of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles and Benzimidazoles Using TiO₂−Cu₂(OH)PO₄Under Solvent-Free Condition”, ChemistrySelect, Vol. 6, 2021, p 1210-1215.
8. S.Kossar, I.B.S. Banu, N. Aman, R. Amiruddin, “Investigation on photocatalytic degradation of crystal violet dye using bismuth ferrite nanoparticles”, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Vol 42, 2021, p 2053-2062.
9. Egambaram Dhivya, Deviga Magadevan, Yasam Palguna, Trilochan Mishra, Noor Aman, “Synthesis of titanium based hetero MOF photocatalyst for reduction of Cr (VI) from wastewater”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 7, 2019, p 103240.
10. Deviga Magadevan, Egambaram Dhivya, Noor Danish Ahrar Mundari, Trilochan Mishra, Noor Aman, “Development of novel TiO_⁠2-Cu_⁠2(OH)PO⁠₄ heterojunction as nanophotocatalyst for improved Cr (VI) reduction”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 7, 2019, p 102968.
11. Noor Aman, N. N. Das, T. Mishra, “Effect of N-doping on Visible Light Activity of TiO₂-SiO₂ Mixed Oxide Photocatalysts”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 4, 2016, p 191-196.
12. Noor Aman, P. K. Satapathy, T. Mishra, M. Mahato, N. N. Das, “Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of cerium doped TiO₂ as visible light sensitive photocatalyst”, Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 47, 2012, p 179-183.
13. T.Mishra, M. Mahato, Noor Aman, J. N. Patel, R. K. Sahu, “A mesoporous WN co-doped titania nanomaterial with enhanced photocatalytic aqueous nitrate removal activity under visible light”, Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 1, 2011, p 609-615.
14. Noor Aman, T. Mishra, J. Hait, R. K. Jana, “Simultaneous photoreductive removal of copper (II) and selenium (IV) under visible light over spherical binary oxide photocatalyst”, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 186, 2011, p 360-366.
15. Noor Aman, T. Mishra, R. K. Sahu, J. P. Tiwari, “Facile synthesis of mesoporous N doped zirconium titanium mixed oxide nanomaterial with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 20, 2010, p 10876-10882.
16. T.Mishra, J.Hait, Noor Aman, R.K.Jana, M.Gunjan, B.Mahato,“Surfactant mediated synthesis of spherical binary oxides with enhanced photocatalytic activity in visible light”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 327, 2008, p 377-383.
17. T.Mishra, J.Hait, Noor Aman, R.K.Jana, S.Chakraborty, “Effect of UV and visible light on photocatalytic reduction of lead and cadmium over mixed oxide materials”, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 316, 2007, p 80-84.

Book Chapters

• Noor Aman, Trilochan Mishra, “Recent development on titania based mixed oxide photocatalyss for environmental application under visible light”, Materials Science Forum, Vol. 734, 2013, p 186-214.

Papers presented in conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops

• Noor Aman, Deviga magadevan, “Synthesis of Visible Light Active Photocatalysts for Efficient Organic Transformations” delivered invited talk at 2^nd international conference on “Innovative Research in Engineering Science and Technology (IREST-2017)” organized by the Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh during 07-08 April 2017.
• Noor Aman, T. Mishra, ‘N-doped zirconium titanium binary oxide materials for visible light photocatalysis’ presented (Poster) during CATSYMP-2010 held at National Centre for Catalysis Research, IIT Madras, Chennai during 19-22 Dec., 2010.
• Noor Aman, T. Mishra, N. N. Das, ‘Synthesis and characterisation of CTAB modified visible light active titania photocatalyst’ presented (Poster) during CATSYMP-2009 held at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune during 18-21 Jan., 2009.
• T. Mishra, Jhumki Hait, Noor Aman, R. K. Jana, ‘Photocatalytic removal of copper and selenium from waste water under visible light’ in proceedings of 12^th International Conference on Non-ferrous Minerals and Metals- 2008, held in Nagpur, 4-5 July, 2008.
• T. Mishra, Noor Aman, J.Hait, R.K.Jana, ‘Synthesis, characterisation and photocatalytic activity of spherical titania based mixed oxide materials’ presented (Poster) during CATWORKSHOP – 2008 held at Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar during 18-20 Feb., 2008.

Teaching

• Inorganic Chemistry to MSc 1st semester
• Coordination Chemistry to MSc 2nd semester
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry to MSc 3rd semester
• Engineering Chemistry to B.Tech 1st and 2nd semester
• Environmental Science to B.Tech 2nd semester
• Nanotechnology for B.Tech 7th semester

Awards and Honours

• Successfully completed six NPTEL courses related to inorganic chemistry with. (Topper in one course)
• Visiting Scientist Fellowship for the year 2016-17 by Indian National Science Academy.
• Best Technical Paper Award for 2010 by CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory
• Best Poster Award in CATWORKSHOP-2008.
• CSIR-NET 2007 by CSIR
• GATE 2007 by Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.
• Research Internship Award 2006 by CSIR.

Academic and Research Skills

• Course file preparation, Chemisty department NAAC and NBA In-charge (2020-22), Class advisorship for B.Tech and MSc courses, Syllabus preparation for B.Tech and MSc courses, Institute protorial responsibility etc.
• Instrumental experience: BET, XRD, XPS, FT-IR, UV-Vis (DRS), AAS, FESEM, HRTEM, PL, RAMAN etc.
• Computer and software experience: MS-Office, Origin, ChemDraw, Image-J etc.