Dr. Swaroop Sasidharanpillai

Research Associate

ssasidha(at)uoguelph.ca

Education

• Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics and Damage Kinetics of Nucleic Acid Derivatives and a Rhodopsin Analogue (2013).
• M. Sc. (Physical Chemistry), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India (2005).

Current Research

• Determination of chemical speciation, ionization and formation constants for a variety of acids, bases and metals of interest at hydrothermal conditions using Raman spectroscopy.
• Designing Raman optical cells to be used at hydrothermal conditions.
• Oversight of the Raman lab, including instrumentation and users.

Publications

• Wolf, M.W., Sasidharanpillai, S. & Tremaine, P.R. (2023) Determination of the Ionization Constant of the Hydroxyl Group of Glycolic Acid from 5 to 45 °C by Raman Spectroscopy. J Solution Chem.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-022-01243-2
• S.  SreedharanNair, K. K. Unni, S. Sasidharanpillai, S. Kumar, C. T. Aravindakumar, U. K. Aravind, (2022) Bio-physical and computational studies on serum albumin / target protein binding of a potential anti-cancer agent, Eur. J. Pharm. Sci.,  172, 106141,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106141
• Conrad J., Sasidharanpillai S., Tremaine P. R., (2020) Second dissociation constant of carbonic acid in H₂O and D₂O from 150 to 325 °C at p = 21 MPa using Raman spectroscopy and a sapphire-windowed flow cell. J. Phys. Chem. B.,124(13), 2600-2617.
• Sasidharanpillai S, Arcis H, Trevani L, Tremaine PR (2019). Triborate Formation Constants and Polyborate Speciation under Hydrothermal Conditions by Raman Spectroscopy using a Titanium/Sapphire Flow Cell. J. Phys. Chem. B. 123(24):5147-5159.
• Sasidharanpillai S, Freidman A, Loppnow GR (2019). Initial excited-state structural dynamics of 2-deoxyadenosine. Can. J. Chem. 97(6): 406-412.
• Sasidharanpillai S, Loppnow GR (2019). Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics of dT and dA Oligonucleotide Homopentamers Using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem. B 123 (18): 3898-3906.
• Fandiño O, Sasidharanpillai S, Soldatov DV, Tremaine PR (2018). Carbamate formation in the system (2-Methylpiperidine + Carbon Dioxide) by Raman spectroscopy, X-Ray diffraction and computational Studies, J. Phys. Chem. B. 122(48):10880-10893. 
• Sasidharanpillai S, Dempster S, Loppnow GR (2018). Initial excited-state structural dynamics of uridine using Resonance Raman spectroscopy. J. Raman Spectrosc. 49:1487–1496.
• Schapiro I, Fusi S, Olivucci M, Andruniów T, Sasidharanpillai S,  Loppnow G (2014). Initial Excited-State Dynamics of an N-Alkylated Indanylidene-Pyrroline (NAIP) Rhodopsin Analog. J. Phys. Chem. B, 118 (42): 12243–12250.
• Sasidharanpillai S & Loppnow GR (2014). Initial Excited-State Structural Dynamics of 5,6-Dimethyluracil from Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, J. Phys. Chem. A, 118 (26):4680–4687.