Dr. Alan Sheeja D B

Assistant Professor

Alan Nivas

Velloorkonam

Mancha Post

Nedumangad

Trivandrum 695 541

Email: alansheeja(@)yahoo(.)co(.)in

B. Sc. Chemistry (95.6%), Kerala University-Mar Ivanios College, Tvpm
M.Sc. Chemistry(86.4%), Kerala University-Mar Ivanios College, Tvpm
B.Ed Physical Science (79.6%), Kerala University-Mar Theophilus Training College, Tvpm
CSIR-UGC NET (Dec 2002)
CSIR-UGC JRF (June 2003)
Ph. D Chemistry (May 2011)-NIIST (CSIR)

Secured First rank in M Sc. Chemistry, Kerala University, 2003.
Dr. P.V.Nair Gold medal by the University of Kerala for securing highest percentage of marks in M.Sc. Chemsitry, 2003
Secured Second prize in the XII Intercollegiate Quiz competition for the Dr.N.S.Wariyar Rolling Trophy held at Chemistry Department, University College on 18/12/2002

Paper presented in the 22nd Kerala Science Congress held at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur on January 28-31, 2010

Poster presented in the International Conference (ACS-CSIR) on Building Bridges, Forging bonds for 21st Century Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology (OCCB-2006) held at NCL, Pune on January 7-9, 2006
Poster presented in the 9th CRSI, National Symposium in Chemistry held at the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi on February 1-4, 2007
Presented poster in the 5th Mid year CRSI Symposium in Chemistry held during July 23-24, 2010 at NIIST [CSIR], Thiruvananthapuram
Presented poster in the CRSI Symposium in Chemistry held during Feb 3-4, 2012 at NIIST [CSIR], Thiruvananthapuram

Participated in the DST sponsored national workshop on One and Two dimensional NMR Spectroscopy: Theory and Applications organized by the School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamraj University, Madurai during Feb 22-23, 2007
Participated in the lecture on Computational Chemistry conducted on Oct 18, 2008 at Govt. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram
Participated in the two day joint academies’ lecture workshop on ‘Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Sciences’ conducted by IITM-K and Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram on Dec 11-12, 2008 at Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram
Participated in the national seminar on ‘Career in Science for Women-Challenges and Opportunities’ held at Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram during Mar 17-18, 2009
Participated in the UGC sponsored IT orientation programme conducted by UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Kerala, Kariavattom from Mar 4-31, 2010 and obtained grade ‘A’
Participated in the national seminar at Sree Neelakanda Sanskrit Govt. College, Pattambi during Nov 3-4, 2011
Participated in the lecture series organized by SCS Kannur University, Payyannur Campus on Dec 15, 2011

Two days national seminar on Recent challenges and progresses in Chemistry Govt. College, Kasaragod on Feb 11-12, 2012

Haruyo Ichikawa, Mangalam S Nair, Yasunari Takada, D. B. Alan Sheeja, M. A. Suresh Kumar, Oommen V Oommen and Bharat B Aggarwal. Isodeoxyelephantopin, a novel sesquiterpene lactone, potentiates apoptosis, inhibits invasion, and abolishes osteoclastogenesis through suppression of nuclear factor-B (NF-B) activation and NF-B regulated gene expression. Clin. Cancer Res. 2006, 12(19), 5910-5918
Alan Sheeja. D. B and Mangalam. S. Nair. Chemical constituents of Curcuma malabarica. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 2010, 38(2), 229-231
Alan Sheeja. D. B and Mangalam. S. Nair. Phytochemical constituents of Curcuma amada. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 2012, 44, 264-266

JRF under CSIR at the Organic Chemistry Section, Chemical Sciences & Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology [CSIR], Thiruvananthapuram from Apr 2004 to Mar 2006
SRF under CSIR at the Organic Chemistry Section, Chemical Sciences & Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology [CSIR], Thiruvananthapuram from Apr 2006 to Sep 2008

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KERALA BELONGING TO ZINGIBERACEAE AND ASTERACEAE FAMILIES-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology [CSIR] under the supervison of Dr. Mangalam S. Nair

Govt. Polytechnic College, Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram-Technical Education Department, Govt. of Kerala (2 yrs)
Govt. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram- Kerala University (8 months)
Govt. College, Kasaragod-Kannur University (08-06- 2011 onwards)