Dr Manpreet Kaur joined PAU as Assistant Professor on 25.6.2010 after completing B.Sc in 1996 and M.Sc. in 1999 from Punjabi University Patiala and Ph.D. degree in Materials Chemistry in 2005 from GNDU Amritsar India. She joined as Associate Professor on 25.10.2020 and Professor on 25.10.2023 and working till date. She is working as Co-cordinator external examination since 2024(till date) and member academic committee of College of Basic Sciences and Humanities. She has research and teaching experience of 21 years. She has handled major research project as PI and published 63 research papers of international repute, presented 25 papers in National and International conferences, one text book on Physical Chemistry two laboratory manuals and three book chapters. She has formulated and revised 16 Chemistry courses. She has guided 24 M.Sc. and 07 PhD students. Her research interest is ferrite-based composites for environmental applications.

Professional Accomplishments 

Research Projects completed 

Major research project entitled Nanofabrication of ferrite and clay composites and their application for remediation of heavy metals funded by UGC – from March 2013 to March 2017 as PI

 Research Publications: 

1. Singh G, Kaur A, Kaur M, Jeet K and Babu J N (2024) Enhancing photocatalytic potential of Mg0.5Ti0.5Fe2O4.5 NPs by optimizing the sintering temperature. Ceram. Int. 51(4); 5135-47 (Thomson Reuters Impact factor- 5.1; NAAS- 11.1)
2. Kaur A, Kaur M and Vyas P (2023) Precise Tuning of SiO2 Thickness in SiO2@Sr0.4Ti0.4Mg0.2Fe2O4.4 Core−Shell Nanocomposites for Augmenting Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Activity. ACS Sustainable Chem Eng 11: 15577-90. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor- 7.1; NAAS- 15.2).
3. Kaur A, Kaur M, Vyas P and Singh V (2023) Structural and optical studies on Ti4+ and Mg2+-substituted strontium ferrite nanoparticles for enhancing visible-light-driven photocatalytic and antimicrobial activity. J Mater Res. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor- 2.909; NAAS- 8.909).
4. Verma V, Kaur M and Sharma S (2022) Insight into peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase mimic activity of spinel ferrite nanoparticles and their GO composites. Mater ChemPhys279: 125727 (Thomson Reuters Impact factor- 4.78; NAAS- 10.09).
5. Kaur M, Ubhi M K, Grewal J K and Singh D (2021) Insight into the structural, optical,adsorptive and photocatalytic properties of MgFe2O4 -bentonite nanocomposites. J Phys Chem Solids 154: 110060. (Thomson Reuters Impact factor – 3.99, NAAS rating – 9.99*)

Awards and Recognitions: 

• Best poster award in Punjab Science congress 2020

• Awarded Junior Research fellowship (JRF) by University Grants Commission New Delhi from January 2001- 2004 
• Awarded three College Colors for merit list of university and  for being editor of science section of college magazine in B.Sc
• Awarded   Roll of Honor for university position in Punjabi University in B.Sc.  part II