MATHEW Siby

Position	Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Adress	2-12-1-NE-2 (EEI-7F-703), Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
TEL	03-5734-2759
FAX	03-5734-2759
E-mail	mathew.s.aa(+@m.titech.ac.jp)

Academic Career

2015	Ph.D graduation: Applied Chemistry (Water splitting, Artificial Photosynthesis) Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan Advisor: Prof. Haruo Inoue Thesis: Thesis Study on Reaction Mechanism of Photooxygenation by Metalloporphyrins
2010	M.Sc. graduation: Organic Chemistry Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India Advisor: Prof. Kana M. Sureshan Thesis: An Attempt Towards the Total Synthesis of Streptopyrrolidine
2008	B.Sc. graduation: Chemistry Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

Professional History

2023-	Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan •　Electrocatalytic reduction of low concentration carbon dioxide
2021-2023	Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology-AIST, Japan •　Development of Inorganic-Organic hybrid perovskite solar cells
2019-2021	Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology-AIST, Japan •　Synthesis of functional polymers containing phosphorus in the polymer backbone for high temperature applications
2018	Research Associate Professor Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan •　Artificial photosynthesis
2015-2018	Postdoctoral Research Associat Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan •　Artificial photosynthesis •　Laser flash photolysis study of reaction intermediates and kinetics of water oxidation
2011-2012	Research Assistant National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST-CSIR), India •　Multi-step organic synthesis and characterization of synthetic analogous of variants of Glycolipids •　Modification of iminosugar derivatives and etherification with lipids

Publication

22. “Molecular Characteristics of Water-Insoluble Tin-Porphyrins for Designing the One-Photon-Induced Two-Electron Oxidation of Water in Artificial Photosynthesis”: A. Thomas, Y. Ohsaki, R. Nakazato, F. Kuttassery, S. Mathew, S. N. Remello, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue,
Molecules, 28.4 (2023): 1882.
21. “Depolymerization of robust polyetheretherketone to regenerate monomer units using sulfur reagents”: Y. Minami, N. Matsuyama, Y. Takeichi, R. Watanabe, S. Mathew, Y. Nakajima,
Communications Chemistry, 6.1 (2023): 14.
20. “One‐Pot Synthesis of Polymers Containing P-C Bonds in the Main Chain”: S. Mathew, Y. Naganawa, F. Jiang, R. Wischert, S. Streiff, P. Metivier, Y. Nakajima,
Macromolecular Rapid Communications,(2023): 2200921.
19. “Suppressing hydrogen bonds and controlling surface dipole: effective passivation for hydrophobic perovskite photoabsorber layers in solar cells”: N. Nishimura, S. Mathew, T. N. Murakami,
New Journal of Chemistry, 47.9 (2023): 4197-4201.
18. “A supramolecular aluminium-based molecular catalyst for water oxidation into H₂O₂ in saline water”: Mathew, S., A. Sebastian, F. Kuttassery, Y. Yamauchi, T. Isobe, T. Hatanaka, Y. Funahashi, H. Tachibana, H. Inoue,
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 6.18 (2022): 4256-4264.
17. “Acid-base equilibria of axial ligand and peripheral pyridyl group with stepwise formation of nine species of aluminum (III) tera (4-pyridyl) porphyrin”: Mathew, S.; Sebastian, A.; Kuttassery, F.; Takagi, S.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 526 (2021): 120529.
16. “Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide initiated by one-electron oxidation of Tin (IV)-porphyrins”: Ohsaki, Y.; Thomas, A.; Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Remello, S. N.; Shimada, T.; Ishida, T.; Takagi, S.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 401 (2020): 112732.
15. “Protolytic behavior of water-soluble zinc (II) porphyrin and the electrocatalytic two-electron water oxidation to form hydrogen peroxide”: Sebastian, A.; Remello, S. N.; Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Ohsaki, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 400 (2020): 112619.
14. “How one-photon can induce water splitting into hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen by aluminum porphyrins. Rationale of the thermodynamics”: Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Sustainable Energy & Fuels , 4.4 (2020): 1945-1953.
13. “Water splitting on aluminum porphyrins to form hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide by one photon of visible light”: Kuttassery, F.; Sagawa, S.; Mathew, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Iwase, A.; Kudo, A.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2.11 (2019): 8045-8051.
12. “Promotive Effect of Bicarbonate Ion on Two‐Electron Water Oxidation to Form H₂O₂ Catalyzed by Aluminum Porphyrins”: Kuttassery, F.; Sebastian, A.; Mathew, S.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
ChemSusChem, 12.9 (2019): 1939-1948.
11. “Alternative route to bypass the bottle-neck of water oxidation: Two-electron oxidation of water catalyzed by earth-abundant metalloporphyrins”: Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Remello, S. N.; Thomas, A.; Sano, K.; Ohsaki, Y.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 377 (2018): 64-72.
10. “How does the tin (IV)-insertion to porphyrins proceed in water at ambient temperature?: Re-investigation by time dependent 1H NMR and detection of intermediates”: Ohsaki, Y.; Thomas, A.; Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Remello, S. N.; Nabetani, Y.; Shimada, T.; Takagi, S.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 482 (2018): 914-924.
9. “Protolytic behavior of axially coordinated hydroxy groups of Tin (IV) porphyrins as promising molecular catalysts for water oxidation”: Thomas, A.; Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Remello, S. N.; Ohsaki, Y.; Yamamoto, D.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry , 358 (2018): 402-410.
8. “Photochemical hydrogen evolution on metal ion surface-grafted TiO₂-particles prepared by sol/gel method without calcination”: Kuttassery, F.; Yamamoto, D.; Mathew, S.; Remello, S. N.; Thomas, A.; Nabetani, Y.; Iwase, A.; Kudo, A.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
358 (2018): 386-394.
7. “Two‐electron oxidation of water through one‐photon excitation of aluminium porphyrins: molecular mechanism and detection of key intermediates”: Mathew, S.; Kuttassery, F.; Remello, S. N.; Thomas, A.; Yamamoto, D.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
ChemPhotoChem, 2.3 (2018): 240-248.
6. “Two-electron oxidation of water to form hydrogen peroxide catalysed by silicon-porphyrins”: Remello, S. N.; Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Thomas, A.; Yamamoto, D.; Nabetani, Y.; Sano, K.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Sustainable Energy & Fuels , 2.9 (2018): 1966-1973.
5. “One Electron‐Initiated Two‐Electron Oxidation of Water by Aluminum Porphyrins with Earth's Most Abundant Metal”: Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Sagawa, S.; Remello, S. N.; Thomas, A.; Yamamoto, D.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
ChemSusChem, 10.9 (2017): 1909-1915.
4. “Facile synthesis of water-soluble cationic tin (IV) porphyrins and water-insoluble tin (IV) porphyrins in water at ambient temperature”: Thomas, A.; Kuttassery, F.; Remello, S. N.; Mathew, S.; Yamamoto, D.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 89.8 (2016): 902-904.
3. “One-Pot Facile Synthesis of Water-Soluble Cationic Aluminum (III) Porphyrins in a Unique Heterogeneous System at Ambient Temperature”: Mathew, S.; Kuttassery, F.; Yamamoto, D.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 89.3 (2016): 334-336.
2. “Photochemical oxygenation of cyclohexene with water sensitized by aluminium (III) porphyrins with visible light”: Mathew, S.; Kuttassery, F.; Gomi, Y.; Yamamoto, D.; Kiyooka, R.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 313 (2015): 137-142.
1. “Artificial Photosynthesis Sensitized by Metal Complexes: Utilization of a Ubiquitous Element”: Kuttassery, F.; Mathew, S.; Yamamoto, D.; Onuki, S.; Nabetani, Y.; Tachibana, H.; Inoue, H.,
Electrochemistry, 82.6 (2014): 475-485.

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Awards

2012-2015	Asian Human Resource Fund (AHRF) Fellowship, Japan (19000$/annum)
2014	Best poster award in ICARP-2014, Japan
2011	National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in Chemical Science, India

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