Last Updated: 

12/13/2007

 

    Joseph A. Caruso Research Group  
   
Santha Yathavakilla
 

University of Cincinnati

Department of Chemistry

Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172

 

phone: 513-556-9304

fax: 513-556-9239

 

yathavsa@email.uc.edu

  

 

Research Interests

 

 

Synergistic effects of Hg on Se uptake in various plants. Analysis of Hg incorporation in high molecular weight compounds.  Characterization of selenium species in different plants.

 

 
 
             
   
 

EDUCATION

   

Ph.D. student in analytical chemistry: 2001-present, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. USA.

 

Masters of Science (Analytical Chemistry): 2003, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. USA

 

Master of Science (Organic Chemistry): 1997, Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP. India

 

Bachelor of Science (Biology and Chemistry): 1995, Osmania University, Hyderabad, AP. India.

                                                                                        

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

June 2005-present

Student Contractor NERL division USEPA, Cincinnati

Method development for separation of various arsenic compounds by ion-exchange chromatography.

                               

1999-2000

Lecturer at St Francis Junior college

Teaching Organic, Inorganic and Physical chemistry for juniors and seniors.

 

1997-1999

Lecturer at Kasturba Degree college

Teaching Inorganic and Physical chemistry to undergraduates.

 

1997-1999

Lecturer at DBPM college

Teaching Organic, Inorganic and Physical chemistry to undergraduates. 

 

SKILLS

 

Method development for HPLC and capillary electrophoretic separations

Hands on experience of MS, IR, UV, NMR, Circular Dichroism.

Synthesis of small organic and bio-inorganic molecules.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Santha V. Ketavarapu Yathavakilla, Monika Shah, Sandra Mounicou, Joseph A. Caruso. “Speciation of cationic selenium compounds in Brassica juncea leaves by strong cation exchange chromatography with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer”. Journal of Chromatography A. Available online.

 

Alma Hortensia Serafin Muñoz, Kevin Kubachka, Kazimierz Wrobel, J. Felix Gutierrez Corona, Santha K.V. Yathavakilla, Joseph A. Caruso, Katarzyna Wrobel.  “Studies on selenium distribution in se-enriched mycelia of pleurotus ostreatus by cellular fractionation with atomic spectrometric detection and size exclusion separations”. Currently under review.

 

Oktay Cankur, Ph.D, Santha V.K Yathavakilla, Joseph Caruso.  “Selenium speciation in dill (Anethum graveolens L.) by ion pairing reversed phase and cation exchange chromatography with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric detection” Accepted with minor revision in Talanta.

 

Alma Hortensia Serafin Munoz, Kevin Kubachka, Kazimierz Worbel, Felix Gutierrez Corona, Santha K.V. Yathavakilla, Joseph Caruso and Katarzyna Worbel. “Metallomics Approach to Trace Element Analysis in Ustilago maydis using Cellular Fractionation, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, and Size Exclusion Chromatography with ICP-MS Detection” J. Agric. Food Chem. 2005 (53), 5138-5143.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Oesper Symposium 2006:  “Se supplementation and its antagonistic effects on Hg uptake in Soybean plants”. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

 

European conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2005: “Speciation of cationic compounds in Brassica juncea leaves by SCX-HPLC-ICP-MS”. Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

 

Oesper Symposium 2003:  Synthesis of a novel chiral ionic liquid. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. USA..

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Dr. Joseph Caruso, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. USA. Joseph.Caruso@uc.edu

 

Dr. William Heinemann, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Heinemwr@ucmail.uc.edu.

 

Dr. Anna Gudmundsdottir, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. USA. annag@uc.edu 

 
     
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