Name: Gulshan Ara
Current Designation: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jagannath University
Email: gulshanara88@yahoo.com
Degrees obtained from MCRL: PhD
Research Interests: Ionic Liquids, Organic Synthesis, Catalysis
Years Active at MCRL: 2013-2017
PhD Session: 2013-2014

Publications:

  1. K. Ahmed, A. Auni, G. Ara, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, M. A. B. H. Susan; “Solvatochromic and fluorescence spectroscopic studies on polarity of ionic liquid and ionic liquid-based binary systems”; Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society, 2012, 25, 146-158.
  2. L. Arzuman, S. N. Karobi, M. J. Islam, G. Ara, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, M. A. B. H. Susan; “Effect of urea on the kinetics of the alkaline hydrolysis of crystal violet catalyzed by aqueous micellar solutions of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide”; Taylor & Francis, 2013, 45, 764-769.
  3. G. Ara, M. M. Islam, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, M. A. B. H. Susan, “Binary Systems of a Hydrophobic Aprotic Ionic Liquid and Water as Catalysts for Michael Addition Reaction”, Journal of Scientific and Technical Research, 2018, 8, 12-20.
  4. G. Ara, M. M. Islam, M. M. Rahman, M. Y. A. Mollah, M. A. B. H. Susan, “Thin Layer Chromatography – A Tool to Investigate Kinetics of Michael Addition Reaction” Journal of Scientific Research, 2018, 10, xx-xx.

Gulshan Ara obtained her PhD degree from University of Dhaka. Her work involved studying the effect of ionic liquids and their binary systems with molecular solvents as a catalyst and reaction medium for organic synthesis.