Dr. N. Shaemningwar Moyon

January 9, 2024 by Biswa Nath Ghosh
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Moyon

Assistant Professor Gr-I
Department: Chemistry
Phone: 9436981817
Email: nsmoyon@che.nits.ac.in

AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION (INCLUDING RESEARCH AREA)

  • Studying the photophysical and photochemical processes of organic fluorophores in homogeneous and heterogeneous environments using fluorescence spectroscopy.
  • Protein-ligand interaction.

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

  1. Shaemningwar Moyon was born in Heigrutampak village, Chandel District, Manipur. He completed his high school examination from St. Paul’s High School, Liwachangning, Manipur and obtained his H.S.S.L.C from St. Anthony’s Hr. Sec. School, Shillong. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Chemistry from St. Anthony’s College, Shillong in 2004 securing 7th Rank in the examination conducted by North Eastern Hill University. Shillong. He received his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong in 2007 and obtained his Ph.D degree in 2011 from the same university on the thesis entitled, ‘Solvatochromism and photophysical studies of alloxazine derivatives in homogeneous and macromolecular assemblies’, under the supervision of Prof. Sivaprasad Mitra.

 

SUBJECTS TAUGHT (INCLUDING SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING)

  • Engineering Chemistry(CH-101),
  • Physical Chemistry(CH-503),
  • Environmental Chemistry and Engineering(CH-507),
  • Physical Methods in Chemistry(CH-513),
  • Chemical Engineering Principles(CH-609)

MEMBER

  • Lifetime member of Indian Society of Radiation and Photochemistry (ISRAP), L.M. No.: 379

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  1. Awarded Prof. S. N. Pal Award of Rs. 500/- only by St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, 2004.
  2. Awarded UGC Research Fellowship of Sciences for Meritorious Students (RFSMS), 2009.
  3. Awarded UGC Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF), 2009-2011
  4. Awarded CSIR-UGC NET certificate, 2012.
  5. Awarded Research Associateship under CSIR project and supervision of Prof. Sivaprasad Mitra, Department of Chemistry, N.E.H.U., Shillong, 2012-2013.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

1.     Member of Department purchase committee (DPC) 2014-2020
2.     Secretary of Departmental Ph.D monitoring Committee (DPMC) 2014-2020
3.     Departmental Examination coordinator (DEC) 2017-2019
4.     Departmental coordinator of Spoken Tutorial Module, NIT Silchar. 2017-Till date
5.     Secretary of Department under graduate programme committee 2021-Till date
6.     Nodal person of HEI for Rastriya Abhiskar Abhiyan 2021-Till date
7.     Departmental Coordinator of Institute Time Table Committee 2022-Till date

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

  1. “Molecular interactions and binding dynamics of Alpelisib with serum albumins: insights from multi-spectroscopic techniques and molecular docking”, A. Jalan, S. Moyon, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. [2023] DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2203256
  2. “Process optimization and kinetic studies of Musa glauca catalyzed biodiesel production”, K. Saikia, N. S. Moyon, R. P. Rodriguez, F. Chai, S. Basumatary, S. L. Rokhum, Sustain. Chem. Pharm., 36, 101271 [2023].
  3. “Terminalia arjuna bark – A highly efficient renewable heterogeneous base catalyst for biodiesel production”, Das, H. Li, R. Kataki, P. S. Agrawal. N. S. Moyon, B. Gurunathan, S. L. Rokhum, Renew. Energy, 212, 185-196 [2023].
  4. “Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles decorated with metal–organic framework, Co‐Cu/ZIF@HAp, and evaluation of photocatalytic performance of the prepared nanocomposite in the degradation of organic pollutants”, Bharali, J. Kalita, D. Chakraborty, S. S. Dhar, N. S. Moyon, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 10.1002/aoc.7235, 37, 10 [2023].
  5. “Sulphonated biomass-based catalyst for solketal synthesis by acetalization of glycerol – A byproduct of biodiesel production”, Saikia, K.Rajkumari, N. S. Moyon, S. Basumatary, G. Halder, U. Rashid, S. L. Rokhum, Fuel Process. Technol., 238, 107482 [2022].
  6. “Excellent Photocatalytic Activity of a Novel Hydroxyapatite Based Composite (ZnFe2O4/HAp-Sn2+) Towards Degradation of Ofloxacin and Norfloxacin Antibiotics”, Bharali, J.Kalita, S. S. Dhar, N. S. Moyon, ChemistrySelect, 7. 44, e202203487 [2022].
  7. “A Fluorescence and Molecular Docking Study on the Interaction of 4′-Hydroxychalcone with Bovine Serum Albumin and Human Serum Albumin”, M. Patar, A. Jalan, S. Moyon, Asian J. Chem., Vol. 34, No. 7, 1711-1722 [2022].
  8. “Biogenic Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles: A Potent and Ideal Candidate for Waste water Treatment and Water Disinfection”, M. Patar, S. Moyon, T. Sinha, ChemistrySelect, 7, e202103374 [2022].
  9. “Caffeine and sulfadiazine interact differently with human serum albumin: A combined fluorescence and molecular docking study”, M. M. Islam, V. K. Sonu, P. M. Gashnga, S. Moyon, S. Mitra, Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 152, 23-33 [2016].
  10. “Interaction of Sulfadiazine with Model Water Soluble Proteins: A Combined Fluorescence Spectroscopic and Molecular Modeling Approach”, M. M. Islam, S. Moyon, P.M. Gashnga, S. Mitra, J. Fluoresc., 24, 579 [2014].
  11. “Fluorescence modulation and associative behavior of lumazine in hydrophobic domain of micelles and bovine serum albumin”, S. Moyon, M. M. Islam, S. Phukan, S. Mitra, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 121, 37 (2013).
  12. “Specific solvent effect on lumazine photophysics: A combined fluorescence and intrinsic reaction coordinate analysis”, S.Moyon, P. M. Gashnga, S.Phukan, S. Mitra, Chemical Physics 421, 22 (2013).
  13. “Fluorescence Solvatochromism in Lumichrome and Excited State Tautomerization: A Combined Experimental and DFT Study”, S. Moyon, S. Mitra, J. Phys. Chem. A 115, 2456 (2011).
  14. “Luminol fluorescence quenching in bio-mimicking environments: Sequestration of fluorophore in hydrophobic domain”, S. Moyon, S. Mitra, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 10163 (2011).
  15. “Effect of Solvent Hydrogen Bonding on Excited-State Properties of Luminol: A Combined Fluorescence and DFT Study”, S. Moyon, A. K. Chandra, S. Mitra, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 60 (2010).
  16. “On the interaction of luminol with human serum albumin: Nature and thermodynamics of ligand binding”, S. Moyon, S. Mitra, Chem. Phys. Letts. 498, 178 (2010).
  17. “Effect of Solvent Hydrogen Bonding on the Photophysical Properties of Intramolecular Charge Transfer probe trans-ethyl p-(dimethylamino) cinnamate and its Derivatives”, T. S. Singh, S. Moyon, S. Mitra, Spectrochimica. Acta Part A. Mol. and Biomol. Spectry. 73, 630 (2009).
  18. “Fluorescence Studies on the Photophysical Properties and Encapsulation Behavior of Acetaminophen in Different Environments”, S. Moyon, T. S. Singh, S. Mitra, Biophys. Chem. 138, 55 (2008).

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

  • “A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Photochemistry of Alloxazines”, N. S. Moyon, S. Mitra , proceedings of 3rd Asia Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry (APSRC-2010) & DAE-BRNS 10th Biennial Trombay Symposium on Radiation& Photochemistry (TSRP-2010) at Lonavala, Maharastra, September 14 – 17, 2010.

BOOK CHAPTER

  1. S. Moyon, I.R. Singh, M.A. Rohman, P. Baruah, V.K. Sonu, S. Mitra, ‘Application of luminol as solvatochromic probe and fluorescent biomarker for heterogeneous media’, In: Advances in Chemistry Research, VOL. 54, Nova Science Publisher, Inc., New York (2019) pp. 177-245.
  2. Patar, A. Jalan, N. S. Moyon, ‘Interaction of 4′-Hydroxychalcone with Bovine Serum Albumin and Human Serum Albumin: A Fluorescence and Molecular Docking Study’, In: Novel Aspects on Chemistry and Biochemistry Vol. 2, B.P. International India/UK (2022) pp. 15-37

 

PROJECTS

  1. SERB-ECRA project entitled, “Spectrofluorimitric investigation of representative nitrogen heterocyclic drugs and their interaction with DNA-nucleotides” as Principal investigator (33.09 Lakhs) (2017-2020)

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PHD SCHOLARS

Sl. No. Name of the Scholar Status Research Area Supervision
1 Madhumita Patar Submitted Spectroscopic studies on the interaction of selected polyphenols and silver nanoparticles with proteins Supervisor
2 Ankita Jalan Ongoing Drug-Protein interaction Supervisor

 

M.Sc. SCHOLARS

Sl. No. Name of Scholar Status
1 Santanu Nondon Dihingia 2014
2 Juhina Hoqi’e 2015
3 Jitupoil Gogoi 2016
4 Dipankar Phukon 2017
5 Reema Pegu 2017
6 Chinmaya Kumar Patel 2018
7 Bhabesh Baro 2019
8 Suraj Gupta Bora 2020
9 Suryakanta Pal 2021
10 Pratibha Rani Sahu 2021
11 Samar Jyoti Das 2022
12 Trilochan Kalita 2022
13 Abhishek Murlidhar Choudhari 2023
14 Vardhan Narayan Mhatre 2024
15 Rutika Pradip Parate 2024

 

 

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