Zafna Rasheed, PhD.

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Zafna Rasheed, PhD.

Assistant Professor

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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Cochin College, Kochi – 682002
zafnarasheed@thecochincollege.edu.in,
9946644003

M.Sc., M.Phil., UGC/CSIR NET, Ph.D., BEd

Chemistry
Dr. Zafna Rasheed joined The Cochin College as Assistant Professor in Chemistry on 06-08-2014. Completed PhD in Analytical Chemistry from CUSAT. Areas of research includes Development of Chemical sensors – Electrochemical sensors and Fluorescent sensors. Completed graduation in Chemistry from The Cochin college in the year 2003. Took post-graduation from Sacred Heart College, Thevara and BEd from St. Joseph’s College for Teacher education, Ernakulam. Completed Mphil in Chemistry from CUSAT in the year 2008. Qualified UGC/JRF in 2009. Joined Indian Postal Service as Postal Assistant in the year 2010. Later in 2012 joined as Scientific Officer at Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Police, Kerala. Due to the passion in teaching profession relieved from the post of Scientific Officer and joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry of the Cochin College
  • A biopolymer-based voltammetric sensor for thymine: Elucidation of electrochemical
    kinetics. S. Jesny, Z. Rasheed, K. Girish Kumar, Ionics, 23, 1533 (2017).
  • Study of kinetic parameters and development of a voltammetric sensor for the
    determination of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) in oil samples. D. Thomas, Z. Rasheed,
    J. S. Jagan, K. Girish Kumar, Journal of Food Science and Technology, 52, 6719 (2015).
  • Diffusion controlled process at an AuNP/Pt electrode surface for the voltammetric
    determination of TAM, T. Jos, L. Lonappan, E.V. Anuja, Z. Rasheed, K. Girish Kumar,
    Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, 2, 224 (2013).
  • Voltammetric determination of guaifenesin on a MWCNT modified Pt electrode, T. Jos, L.
    Lonappan, Z. Rasheed, E.V. Anuja, K. Girish Kumar, Electrochemistry Letters, 3, B23
    (2014).
  • MWCNT modified gold electrode sensor for the determination of propyl gallate in
    vegetable oils, E.V. Anuja, Z. Rasheed, L. Lonappan, L. Rajith, K. Girish Kumar, Food
    Analytical Methods, 6, 775 (2013).
  • Carbon-nanotube-based sensor for the determination of butylated hydroxyl anisole in
    food samples. Z. Rasheed, E. V. Anuja, D. Thomas, J. S. Jagan, K. Girish Kumar, Food
    Analytical Methods, 8, 213 (2014).
  • Voltametric Sensor for Ponceau 6R based on chemically modified glassy carbon electrode (National Seminar on Green Energy & Sustainable Development GESD-24, St. Alberts College, Ernakulam, February 2024.
  • Electrochemical sensing of Amaranth based on poly (4-amino-3-hydroxynaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid) modified glassy carbon electrode (International conference on the Materials for the Millennium, MATCON 2023; CUSAT, Kochi, March 2019)
  • Electrochemical sensing of Ponceau 6R based on poly (p-amino benzenesulfonic acid) modified glassy carbon electrode (International conference on the Materials for the Millennium, MATCON 2019; CUSAT, Kochi, March 2019)
  • Protein conjugated Gold Nanoclusters for selective determination of Nimesulide (National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2018; Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, February 2018)
  • Poly(p-toluene sulfonic acid) based sensor for the determination of Melatonin (National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry, CTriC 2017; Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, February 2017)
  • Voltammetric determination of Melatonin using poly(p-Toluene sulphonic acid) modified glassy carbon electrode (Prof. K.V. Thomas Endowment International Symposium on New trends in Applied Chemistry (NTAC-2017); Sacred Heart College, Thevara, February 2017)
  • Polyglycine Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode for the Voltammetric Determination of Azorubine in soft drinks (MatCon 2016, CUSAT , Kochi, January 2016)
  • Development of multi walled carbon nanotube modified Pt electrode for the determination of BHA (ICBAM 2012, Gandhigram Rural Institute- Deemed University, March 2013, Tamil Nadu).
  • Member – Discipline Committee
  • Convenor- Anti-narcotic club
  • Department coordinator- Star College scheme
  • Convenor- Jagratha Sammithi.

Department of Chemistry (Aided)