Post Doctoral Research
i) Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Germany
ii) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
iii) Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Research Areas : Radiation and Photochemical studies of DNA model systems, Fast reaction kinetics and time-resolved optical spectroscopy using pulse radiolysis and laser flash photolysis, Advanced Oxidation process for the detoxification of water pollutants, Nitric oxide-Aminoacids/Protein interaction and S-nitrosothiol degradation studies

Research Grant : Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences(BRANS)/Dept. of Atomic Energy, Nuclear Science Centre(New Delhi), Third World Academy of Sciences(TWAS),ICTP(Italy)

Collaborating Institutions: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay; Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi; Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam,Kerala; National Centre for Ultrafast Process, Madras; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA; Max-Planck-Institute fur Strahlenchemie, Mulheim a.d.Ruhr, Germany, POSTECH, S.Korea

Research Publications (selected)

1.O. A. Larsen, I. H. M. van Stokkum, F. L. de Weerd, A. Mikas Vengris, C.T. Aravindakumar, R. van Grondelle, N. E. Geacintovb and H. van Amerongen, Ultrafast transient-absorption and steady-state fuorescence measurements on 2-aminopurine substituted dinucleotides and 2-aminopurine substituted DNA duplexes Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 154-160

2.V.M.Manoj and C.T.Aravindakumar, “Reactions of hydroxyl radicals with S nitrosothiols: Determination of rate constants” Org. Biomol. Chem. 1, 2003 1171-1175

3.T. L. Luke, T. A. Jacob, H. Mohan, H. Destaillats, V. M. Manoj, P. Manoj, J. P. Mittal, M. R. Hoffmann and C. T. Aravindakumar, “Properties of the OH-Adducts of Hydroxy, Methyl, Methoxy and Amino Substituted Pyrimidines: Their Dehydration Reactions and End-Product Analysis”, J. Phys.Chem.A, 106, 2497-2504, 2002.

4.Jacob. A. Theruvathu, C.T. Aravindakumar, R. Flyunt, J. V. Sonntag and C. V. Sonntag, “Fenton Chemistry of 1,3-Dimethyluracil”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123(37), 9007-9014, 2001.

5.V. M. Manoj and C. T. Aravindakumar, “Hydroxyl Radical Induced Decomposition of S-nitrosoglutathione”, Chem. Commun., 2361-2362, 2000.