Muhsin Vannan Chalil
CV
Experience & Expertise
Project Assistant, Nanobiophotonics Lab, IISc Bangalore
Working on Membrane biophysics.
March 2022 - Present
Major Project,
Nano Materials and Energy Devices Lab,
IISER TVM
Worked under Dr. M M Shaijumon. Research activities included material synthesis and characterisation, electrochemical exfoliation, and catalysis ( particularly hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction), and Carbon Nanotubes. As for the materials, I have mostly worked with oxide, hydroxide and phosphides of Ni, Co, and Mn.
May 2019 - April 2020
Minor Project,
KMS Group,
IISER TVM
Research activities include organic synthesis and characterisation.
Jan 2019 - April 2019
UG Researcher,
Nano Materials and Energy Devices Lab,
IISER TVM
Worked under Dr. M M Shaijumon. Research activities included material synthesis and characterisation, electrochemical exfoliation, and catalysis ( particularly hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction), and Carbon Nanotubes. As for the materials, I have mostly worked with oxide, hydroxide and phosphides of Ni, Co, and Mn.
May 2017 - Dec 2018
Summer Intern,
G V Soni Lab,
Raman Research Institute
Research activities include glass nanopore preparation and coulter principle based studies of DNA Translocation through glass nanopore for potential sequencing applications.
May 2017 - July 2017
Summer Intern,
Khurana Lab,
Raman Research Institute
Research activities included a literature survey and assisting the graduate students with microscopy, and cell culture.
May 2016 - June 2016
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Education
Integrated BS-MS Dual Degree in Physics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Thiruvananthapuram, India
2015 - 2020
Higher Secondary
Mambaram Higher Secondary School, Kerala , India
2012 - 2014
High School
Yara International Indian School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Publications
A Versatile Suspended Lipid Membrane System for Probing Membrane Remodeling and Disruption
Achinta Sannigrahi *, Vishwesh Haricharan Rai, Muhsin Vannan Chalil, Debayani Chakraborty, Subrat Kumar Meher, Rahul Roy*
Membranes 2022, 12 (12), 1190, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12121190Electrochemically Exfoliated β-Co(OH)2 Nanostructures for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis
Naduvile Purayil Dileep, Thazhe Veettil Vineesh, Prasad V. Sarma, Muhsin V. Chalil, Ciril Samuel Prasad, and M. M. Shaijumon
ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020 3 (2), 1461-1467 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01901
Achievements
Dec 2019
CSIR-UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship in Physics (AIR 190)
It is an exam for PhD fellowship in Science subjects and as eligibility test for lectureship in India. I cleared the exam in Physics discipline for both joining for PhD with the fellowship and eligibility for lectureship. I obtained a percentile of 98.91 out of 38291 physics post graduates who attended the exam.
2017
Selection in National level Ideathon contest
It was a contest conducted nation-wide to select a few students and fully fund them to attend “Nobel Prize Series India 2017” wherein 10 Nobel Laureates gave talk and held panel discussions. Organized by Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Biotechnology.
2016-2020
KVPY Fellowship
A prestigious undergraduate fellowship for science students in India. Awarded after a screening in national level exam and interview. I ranked 27 in India.
2015-2016
INSPIRE Fellowship
Undergraduate fellowship in India awarded to students with top 1 percentile marks in High School nationwide to pursue studies and a career in science.
Computer Skills
Programming Languages
Python, HTML, Matlab, Mathematica
Other Software
Origin, 3ds max, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, MS Word,
MS PowerPoint
Hardware
I have worked in a computer repair shop during my high school hence experienced with components, hardware, repair and assembly with limited professional capacity.