Most Physical Chemistry topics such as Chemical Kinetics and Equlilibrium, Chemical Thermodynamics (both reversible and irreversible), Electrochemistry, Quantum and Computational Chemistry,  Macromolecules, Symmetry and Group Theory, some aspects of Spectroscopy, etc. at various (from the H.S. to the Ph.D.) academic levels. 

Select Bioinorganic Chemistry topics (at the M.Sc. level) during the CCSU days.

1. Research Professor/Brain Pool Invited Scientist by the National Research Foundation of Korea - Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (2013-2014; with Prof. Sun Choi)

2. UGC sponsored Assistant Professor in Computational Chemistry, Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, Kannur, Kerala (2012).

 3. Research Associate: University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles (2008-2012; Supervisor: Prof. Arieh Warshel)

4. Postdoctoral Research Associate: USC, Los Angeles (2003-2008; Supervisor: Prof. Arieh Warshel)

5. Post Doctoral Fellow: Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Israel (2001-2003; Supervisor: Prof. Sason Shaik) 

List of Publications (last updated in March, 2024):

Total Citations: 5,075 (Google Scholar); 4,267 (Scopus); 3,978 (Web of Science); 4,589 (ResearchGate)

h-index: 24 (Google Scholar); 25 (Scopus); 24 (Web of Science); 26 (ResearchGate)

i10-index: 31 (Google Scholar)

1. Spodium Bonding with Noble Gas Atoms. Farnaz Yashmin, Lakhya J. Mazumder, Pankaz K. Sharma and Ankur K. Guha, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP06184A 

2. Noble Gas Dative Bonding with Coinage Metal Carbene Complexes: A Theoretical Study. Farnaz Yashmin, Rohan Sharma, Lakhya J. Mazumder and Pankaz K. Sharma, J. Comput. Chem. 2024, 45, 536-545. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27253

3. Coordination of Noble Gases by Alkali-metal-like Superatom Cation Be₃B⁺. Farnaz Yashmin, Lakhya J. Mazumder, Rohan Sharma and Pankaz K. Sharma, J. Comput. Chem., 2023, 44, 1733-1739.  https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27122 

4. Beryllium Bonding With Noble Gas Atoms. Lakhya Jyoti Mazumder, Rohan Sharma, Farnaz Yashmin and Pankaz K. Sharma, J. Comput. Chem., 2023, 44, 644-655. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcc.27028

5. In-silico Exploration of Noble Gas Dimer Enforced by Noncovalent Interaction. Lakhya J. Mazumder, Farnaz Yashmin and Pankaz K. Sharma, Int. J. Quant. Chem., 2023, 123, e27018, https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.27018

6. Subtle Chemical Changes Cross the Boundary between Agonist and Antagonist: New A3 Adenosine Receptor Homology Models and Structural Network Analysis Can Predict This Boundary. Yoonji Lee, Xiyan Hou, Jin Hee Lee, Akshata Nayak, Varughese Alexander, Pankaz K. Sharma, Hyerim Chang, Khai Phan, Zhan-Guo Gao, Kenneth A. Jacobson, Sun Choi and Lak Shin Jeong, J. Med. Chem., 2021, 64, 12525–12536. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00239

7. Unsupported Donor–Acceptor Complexes of Noble Gases with Group 13 Elements. Lakhya J. Mazumder, Amlan J. Kalita, Shahnaz S. Rohman, Chayanika Kashyap, Sabnam S. Ullah, Indrani Baruah, Ashapurna Boro, Ankur K. Guha and Pankaz K. Sharma, ACS Omega, 2021, 6, 8656–8661. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00543

8. A Physiological Examination of the Antioxidant Ability of Super Tocopherol Derivatives. Lakhya J. Mazumder, Pankaz K. Sharma and Ankur K. Guha, Struct. Chem, 2020, 31, 2313–2319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-020-01585-x

9. Ultra‐Weak Metal−Metal Bonding: Is There a Beryllium‐Beryllium Triple Bond? Shahnaz S. Rohman, Chayanika Kashyap, Sabnam S. Ullah, Ankur K. Guha, Lakhya J. Mazumder  and Pankaz. K. Sharma  ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 516-518. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201900051

10. Al(He)_N³⁺  Clusters: A Theoretical Study. Sabnam S. Ullah, Chayanika Kashyap, Ankur Kanti Guha, Apurba Kr. Barman, Alok Ch. Kalita and Pankaz K. Sharma, Curr. Sci., 2018, 114, 2138-2142. http://dx.doi.org/10.18520/cs/v114/i10/2138-2142

11. Donor Stabilized Borylnitrenes: A Theoretical Study. Sabnam S. Ullah, Pankaz K. Sharna, and Ankur K. Guha, Comput. Theor. Chem., 2017, 1115, 307-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.07.011

12. Electronic Structure, Stability, and Aromaticity of H₂B₂XH (X=N, P) Molecules: A Theoretical Study. Sabnam S. Ullah, Lakhya J. Mazumder, Samhita Kaushik, Navanita Das, Mainao S. Brahma, Pankaz K. Sharma, and Ankur K. Guha,  Comput. Theor. Chem., 2017, 1113, 120-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comptc.2017.05.007

13. Mutations Decouple Proton Transfer from Phosphate Cleavage in the dUTPase Catalytic Reaction. Anna Lopata, Pablo G. Jambrina, Pankaz K. Sharma, Bernard R. Brooks, Judit Toth, Beata G. Vertessy, and Edina Rosta; ACS Catal., 2015, 5, 3225–3237. https://doi.org/10.1021/cs502087f

14. Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 Antagonists: A Patent Review (2011 - 2014). Yoonji Lee, Sunhye Hong, Minghua Cui, Pankaz K. Sharma, Jeewoo Lee and Sun Choi; Expert Opin. Ther. Pat., 2015, 25, 291-318. https://doi.org/10.1517/13543776.2015.1008449

15. 2-Aryl Substituted Pyridine C-region Analogues of 2-(3-Fluoro-4-methyl sulfonylaminophenyl) propanamides as Highly Potent TRPV1 Antagonists. Hyung Chul Ryu , Sejin Seo , Myeong Seop Kim , Kim Mi-Yeon, Ho Shin Kim, Jihyae Ann, Phuong-Thao Tran, Van-Hai Hoang, Jieun Byun, Minghua Cui, Karam Son, Pankaz K. Sharma, Sun Choi, Peter M. Blumberg, Robert Frank-Foltyn, Gregor Bahrenberg , Babette-Yvonne Koegel, Thomas Christoph, Sven Frormann, Jeewoo Lee,  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2014, 24, 4044-4047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.072

16. 2-Alkyl/Alkenyl Substituted Pyridine C-region Analogues of 2-(3-Fluoro-4-methylsulfonylaminophenyl)propanamides as Highly Potent TRPV1 Antagonists. Hyung Chul Ryu, Sejin Seo, Seong-Hee Cho, Ho Shin Kim, Dong Wook Kang , Karam Son, Minghua Cui, Sun-hye Hong, Pankaz K. Sharma, Sun Choi, Peter M. Blumberg, Robert Frank-Foltyn, Gregor Bahrenberg , Hannelore Stockhausen, Klaus Schiene, Thomas Christoph, Sven Frormann, Jeewoo Lee, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2014, 24, 4039-4043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.074

17. Why Nature Really Chose Phosphate. Shina C. L. Kamerlin, Pankaz K. Sharma, Ram B. Prasad, and Arieh Warshel (Review article) Quart. Rev. Biophys., 2013, 46, 1-132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033583512000157

18. Ketosteroid Isomerase Provides Further Support for the Idea that Enzymes Work by Electrostatic Preorganization. Shina C. L. Kamerlin, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu and Arieh Warshel; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2010, 107, 4075-4080. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914579107

19. Electrostatic Basis for the Unidirectionality of the Primary Proton Transfer in Cytochrome c Oxidase. Andrei V. Pisliakov, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Maciej Haranczyk and Arieh Warshel; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2008, 105, 7726-7731. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800580105

20. The Energetics of the Primary Proton Transfer in Bacteriorhodopsin Revisited: It is a Sequential Light Induced Charge Separation After All. Sonja Braun-Sand, Pankaz K Sharma, Zhen T Chu, Andrei V Pisliakov and Arieh Warshel; Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Bioenergetics, 2008, 1777, 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.03.001

21. A New Paradigm for Electrostatic Catalysis of Radical Reactions in Vitamin B₁₂ Enzymes. Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Mats H. M. Olsson and Arieh Warshel, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 2007, 104, 9661-9666. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702238104

22. Electrostatic Contributions to Binding of Transition State Analogues can be Very Different from the Corresponding Contributions to Catalysis: Phenolates Binding to the Oxyanion Hole of Ketosteroid Isomerase. Arieh Warshel, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu and Johan Åqvist; Biochemistry, 2007, 46, 1466-1476. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi061752u

23. Modeling Electrostatic Effects in Proteins. Arieh Warshel, Pankaz K. Sharma, Mitsunori Kato and William W. Parson, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2006, 1764, 1647–1676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.08.007

24. Electrostatic Basis for Enzyme Catalysis. Arieh Warshel, Pankaz K .Sharma, Mitsunori Kato, Yun Xiang, Hanbin Liu, and Mats H. M. Olsson, Chem. Rev., 2006, 106, 3210-3235. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr0503106

25. Ferromagnetic Bonding: High Spin Copper Clusters (ⁿ⁺¹Cu_n; n = 2-14) Devoid of Electron Pairs but Possessing Strong Bonding. Samuël P. de Visser, Devesh Kumar, Mark Danovich, Nir Nevo, David Danovich, Pankaz K. Sharma, Wei Wu, and Sason Shaik; J. Phys. Chem. A., 2006, 110, 8510-8518. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp055125a

26. What Are the Roles of Substrate-Assisted Catalysis and Proximity Effects in Peptide Bond Formation By the Ribosome? Pankaz K. Sharma, Yun Xiang, Mitsunori Kato and Arieh Warshel, Biochemistry, 2005, 44, 11307-11314. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi0509806

27. Sulfoxidation Mechanisms Catalyzed by Cytochrome P450 and Horseradish Peroxidase Models: Spin Selection Induced by the Ligand. Devesh Kumar, Samuël P. De Visser, Pankaz K. Sharma, Hajime Hirao and Sason Shaik, Biochemistry, 2005, 44, 8148-8158. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi050348c

28. Simulating Redox Coupled Proton Transfer in Cytochrome c Oxidase; Looking for the Proton Bottleneck. Mats H. M. Olsson, Pankaz K. Sharma and Arieh Warshel, FEBS Lett., 2005, 579, 2026-2034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.051

29. The Intrinsic Axial Ligand Effect on Propene Oxidation by Horseradish Peroxidase versus Cytochrome P450 Enzymes. Devesh Kumar, Samuël P. de Visser, Pankaz K. Sharma, Etienne Derat and Sason Shaik, J. Biol. Inorg. Chem., 2005, 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00775-004-0622-4

30. Porphyrin Traps Own Terminator! Concerted and Stepwise Porphyrin Degradation Mechanisms Induced by Heme-Oxygenase and Cytochrome P450. Pankaz K. Sharma, Rouslan Kevorkiants, Samuël P. de Visser, Devesh Kumar and Sason Shaik, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 1129 – 1132. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200352943

31, Radical Clock Substrates, their C-H Hydroxylation Mechanism by Cytochrome P450 and Other Reactivity Patterns: What Does Theory Reveal About the Clocks' Behavior? Devesh Kumar, Samuël P. de Visser, Pankaz K. Sharma, Shimrit Cohen and Sason Shaik, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 1907–1920. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja039439s

32. The “Rebound Controversy”: An Overview and Theoretical Modeling of the Rebound Step in Mono-Oxygenation by Cytochrome P450. Sason Shaik, Shimrit Cohen, Samuël P. de Visser, Pankaz K. Sharma, Sebastian Kozuch, Devesh Kumar, François Ogliaro and David Danovich,  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 207-226. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.200300448

33. Active Species of Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP) and Cytochrome P450: Two Electronic Chameleons.  Samuël P de Visser, Sason Shaik, Pankaz K. Sharma, Devesh Kumar and Walter Thiel,  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 15779-15788. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0380906

34. Can a Single Oxidant with Two Spin States Masquerade as Two Different Oxidants? A Study of the Sulfoxidation Mechanism by Cytochrome P450. Pankaz K. Sharma, Samuël P. de Visser and Sason Shaik, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 8698-8699. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja035135u

35. Science: Viewing La Vega. Pankaz K. Sharma and Sason Shaik, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 968; (Wissenschaft: Viva La Vega, Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 998.) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200390278

36. Is the Ruthenium Analog of Compound I of Cytochrome P450 an Efficient Oxidant? A Theoretical Investigation of the Methane Hydroxylation Reaction. Pankaz K. Sharma, Samuël P. de Visser, François Ogliaro, and Sason Shaik, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 2291-2300. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0282487

37. What Factors Affect the Regioselectivity of Oxidation by Cytochrome P450? A DFT Study of Allylic Hydroxylation and Double Bond Epoxidation in a Model Reaction. Samuël P. de Visser, François Ogliaro, Pankaz K. Sharma and Sason Shaik, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 11809-11826. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja026872d

38. Hydrogen Bonding Modulates the Selectivity of Enzymatic oxidation by P450: Chameleon Oxidant Behavior by Compound I. Samuël P de Visser, François Ogliaro, Pankaz K. Sharma and Sason Shaik, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002, 41, 1947-1951. https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3773

39. Searching for the Second Oxidant in the Catalytic Cycle of Cytochrome P450: A Theoretical Investigation of the Iron(III)-Hydroperoxo Species and its Epoxidation Pathways. François Ogliaro, Sam P. de Visser, Shimrit Cohen, Pankaz K. Sharma and Sason Shaik, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 2806-2817. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0171963

40. A Theoretical Study of Transition Metal Complexes of C₆₀ and C₇₀ and their Ring-opened Alternatives. Eluvathingal D. Jemmis and Pankaz K. Sharma, J. Mol .Graph. Model, 2001, 19, 256-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1093-3263(00)00091-7

41. Aza-bowls: Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Triaza-[3]-Peristylane. Goverdhan Mehta, Ramdas Vidya, Pankaz K. Sharma and Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Tet. Lett., 2000, 41, 2999-3002. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)00291-4

42. Exohedral η⁵- and η⁶-Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes of C₆₀ and C₇₀: A Theoretical Study.  Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Mariappan Manoharan and Pankaz K. Sharma, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 1879-1887. https://doi.org/10.1021/om9905355

43. [n]-Peristylanes and [n]-Oxa-[n]-Peristylanes (n = 3-6): A Theoretical Study. Pankaz K. Sharma, Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Ramdas Vidya and Goverdhan Mehta, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans., 1999, 257-262. https://doi.org/10.1039/A806955G

Awards/Fellowships:

• Brain Pool invited researcher, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (April 2013 – March 2014)

•Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (1997?2000)

• Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India (1995?1997)

• Qualified in the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE), India (1995).

• National Merit Scholarship, Government of India 

• State Merit Scholarship, Government of Assam, India 

Invited International and National Lectures:

1) Mutations Decouple Proton Transfer from Phosphate Cleavage in the dUTPase Catalytic Reaction. Pankaz K. Sharma; National Seminar on Modern Trends in Chemical Sciences, 2015. organized by the Department of Chemistry, Gauhati University, Guwahati (INDIA), 2015.

2) Computational Chemistry and Enzyme Catalysis. Pankaz K. Sharma; December, 2013; Joint Symposium 2013; Ewha Womans University, Japan Women’s University and Ochanomizu Univerisity for the Promotion of Education and Research for Women in Science; Seoul (KOREA).

3) Computational Chemistry in Academia and Industry. Pankaz K. Sharma; December, 2012; National Seminar on Industrial Application of Computational Chemistry; organized by Sir Syed College, Kerala (INDIA)

4) Introduction to Molecular Orbital and Valence Bond Theories. Pankaz K. Sharma; December, 2012; National Seminar on Advances in Quantum Mechanics; Organized by the Government College of Engineering, Kannur, Kerala (INDIA)

Invited Lcctures Delivered at the Institute Level:

1) Chemistry for Engineers (The Importance of Chemistry in Engineering). Pankaz K. Sharma, November, 2000. organized by Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management and Technology (GIMT), Guwahati, India.

2) Role of Mathematics in Biochemical and Biomolecular Studies. Pankaz K. Sharma, February, 2017, organized by  the Department of Chemistry, Mangaldai College, under the DBT Star College Scheme.

Department Level Lectures Delivered:

1) Enzymatic Reactions and Electrostatic Effects; Pankaz K. Sharma; May 2007; Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

2) A New Paradigm for Electrostatic Catalysis of Radical Reactions in Vitamin B₁₂ Enzymes; Pankaz K. Sharma; May 2007; Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.

3) Electrostatic Effects in Enzymatic Reactions: Radical Reaction of Vitamin B₁₂ Enzymes, and Phenolates Binding to the Oxyanion Hole of Ketosteroid Isomerase; Pankaz K Sharma, May 2007; Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

Workshop Conducted:

The Extended Hückel Theory: A Hands-on Workshop on Its Utility and Limitations. Pankaz K. Sharma; at the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; June, 2002. http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/PDFS/Bairat-2002-Full-report.pdf

Sessions Chaired:

Chaired a technical session in the National Conference on Green, Sustainable and Evolving Sciences, 2019 (GSES-2019) Organized by Cotton University; June, 2019.

Workshops/Schools Attended:

1) Hydro-meteorological modelling for flood prediction in North East India,  an international workshop, organized by the Interdisciplinary Climate Research Centre, Cotton University, Guwahati on 7th March, 2018.   

2) Multiscale Modeling in Soft Matter and Bio-Physics; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA: September, 2005

3) Minerva School on Computational Quantum Chemistry, September 24-28, 2002, held at Schloß Blankensee, near Berlin, Germany.

4) Second Winter School on Theoretical Chemistry (Statistical Mechanics), held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (India) during February. 6-26, 2000; conducted by the Scientific and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

5) First winter school on Theoretical Chemistry (Quantum Chemistry), held at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai (India), and the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune (India), December 3-23, 1998; conducted by the Scientific and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Scientific Talks Organized 

1) Boron Plays Hide and Seek: Inevitability of Uncertainties, by Prof. E. D. Jemmis (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore), at the Department of Chemistry, Cotton University, Guwahati (November, 2018)

2) 2, 6, 8, 20.... Just Count the Electrons. Electron Counting Rules and Structure and Stability of the Clusters, by Prof. Kiran Boggavarapu (McNeese State University, LA, USA), at the Department of Chemistry, Cotton University, Guwahati (June, 2017).

Participation in International Conferences

1) 2014 KSBMB Annual Meeting, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, May, 2014; Seoul, Korea.

2) WCI-BP 2013 Korea: The 4 th World Class Institute and Brain Pool Symposium, November, 2013; Seoul, Korea.

3) 2013 Fall International Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, October, 2013; Osong, Korea.

4) ABA Jeju 2013: 8th Asian Biophysics Association (ABA) Symposium, May 2013; Jeju Island, Korea

5) Frontiers in the Simulation of Macromolecules, November 2010; Los Angeles, CA, USA.
(http://michele.usc.edu/FSM2010/participants.html)

Poster Presentations in International Conferences and Symposia:

1) A new Paradigm for Electrostatic Catalysis of Radical Reactions in Vitamin B₁₂ Enzymes; Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Mats H. M. Olsson and Arieh Warshel; in the Symposium of the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: November, 2008
http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/Beirat2008/Book_Abstract_2008.pdf P34 (Pages 7, 34).

2) Electrostatic Basis for the Unidirectionality of the Primary Proton Transfer in Cytochrome c Oxidase; Andrei V. Pisliakov, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu, Maciej Haranczyk and Arieh Warshel; in the Symposium of the Lise Meitner-Minerva Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel: November, 2008.
http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/Beirat2008/Book_Abstract_2008.pdf P35 (Pages 7, 64).

3) Electrostatic Contributions to Binding of Transition State Analogues can be Very Different from the Corresponding Contributions to Catalysis: Phenolates Binding to the Oxyanion Hole of Ketosteroid Isomerase; Arieh Warshel, Pankaz K. Sharma, Zhen T. Chu and Johan Åqvist; in the 20th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, St Pete Beach, Florida, USA: January, 2007. http://www.divbiolchem.org/content/winter_2007.pdf

4) What are the Roles of Substrate-Assisted Catalysis and Proximity Effects in Peptide Bond Formation By the Ribosome?; Pankaz K. Sharma, Yun Xiang, Mitsunori Kato and Arieh Warshel, in Workshop on Multiscale Modeling in Soft Matter and Bio-Physics; University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, USA: September, 2005. http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/maws1

5) A Single Oxidant with Two Spin States or Two Different Oxidants? DFT Study of the Sulfoxidation Reaction Mechanism by Cytochrome P450; Pankaz K. Sharma, Samuël P. de Visser and Sason Shaik; The 1st Annual Meeting of the Israeli Theoretical Chemists (Israel TheoChem 2002); Jerusalem, Israel: October, 2002. 94.23.146.173/ficheros/7997ef4d1f3d52986ff6f0a67758341d.pdf‎ (Page 17)

6) The Reaction Mechanism of Oxidation of Dimethyl Sulfide by Compound I of Cytochrome P450. A Density Functional Study; Pankaz K. Sharma, Sam P. de Visser and Sason Shaik; in the Minerva School in Computational Quantum Chemistry; Blankensee, Berlin, Germany: September, 2002. http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/_school-berlin/Abstracts/Abs-Post-PK.Sharma1.pdf

7) Is the Ruthenium Analog of Compound I of Cytochrome P450 an Efficient Oxidant? A Theoretical Investigation of the Methane Hydroxylation Reaction; Pankaz K. Sharma, Sam P. de Visser, François Ogliaro, Shimrit Cohen and Sason Shaik; in the Minerva School in Computational Quantum Chemistry, Blankensee, Berlin, Germany: September, 2002. http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/_school-berlin/Abstracts/Abs-Post-PK.Sharma2.pdf

8) Is the Ruthenium Analog of Compound I of Cytochrome P450 an Efficient Oxidant? A Theoretical Investigation of the Methane Hydroxylation Reaction; Pankaz K. Sharma, Sam P. de Visser, François Ogliaro, Shimrit Cohen and Sason Shaik; in the 67 th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Jerusalem, Israel: January, 2002. http://www.chemistry.org.il/ICS/Poster67.htm (T31)

9) Competitive Hydroxylation and Epoxidation Reactions of Cytochrome P450 with Propene. A Density Functional Study; Sam.P. de Visser, Francois. Ogliaro, Pankaz K. Sharma, Sason. Shaik; in the 67 th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Jerusalem, Israel: January, 2002. http://www.chemistry.org.il/ICS/Poster67.htm (T25)

10) Is the ruthenium analog of compound I of Cytochrome P450 an efficient oxidant? A theoretical investigation of the methane hydroxylation reaction; Pankaz K. Sharma, Shimrit Cohen, François Ogliaro, and Sason Shaik; in Electronic Structure: An Interplay of Theory and Experiment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel: October, 2001 http://alpha.ch.huji.ac.il/public_html/PDFS/Abstracts.pdf (Pages 2, 12)

11) [n]-Peristylanes and [n]-Oxa-[n]-Peristylanes (n=3-6): A Theoretical Study; Pankaz K. Sharma, Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Ramdas Vidya and Goverdhan Mehta; in the Twelfth International Conference on Computers in Chemical Research and Education (ICCCRE XII); Pune, India: January, 1998. http://www.t.soka.ac.jp/chem/acen/ICCCRE12.html

Poster Presentations in National Conferences and Symposia

1) [n]-Peristylanes and [n]-Oxa-[n]-Peristylanes (n=3-6): A Theoretical Study, Pankaz K. Sharma, Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Ramdas Vidya and Goverdhan Mehta, in Theoretical Chemistry Symposium 1998, December 1998, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India

2) Classical versus Nonclassical Bonding in XB₃H₃, X = N, CH, P, SiH, BH^-:Nucleus Independent Chemical Shift (NICS) studies at HF, MP2 and B3LYP levels; Pankaz K. Sharma and Eluvathingal D. Jemmis; in Modern Trends in Main Group Chemistry, March, 1997; Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

Overseas Mentoring

Tutored two undergraduate students and supervised their work, on the basics of computational chemistry, during 2002 (Fall) 2003 (Spring) and 2003 (Fall) semesters, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 

Administrative Duties Discharged:

1) Member, Academic Council, Cotton University (2023 -  )

2) Member, Executive Council, Cotton College State University (2015 - 2017)

3) Member, Academic Council, Cotton College State University (2015 - 2017)

4) Member, University Court, Cotton College State University (2015 - 2017)

5) Superintendent, KKH PG Boys’ Hostel, Cotton College State University (July, 2015- June, 2016)

6) In charge, Students’ Welfare, Cotton College State University (2015- 2016)   

7) Assistant Chief Election Officer, Cotton College State University Students' Union Election, 2015 and 2016.  

Other Academic Duties Discharged:

1) Deputy Coordinator, Core Committee for the implementation of Modified and Upgraded CBCS Course in the Undergraduate and the Post-Graduate levels, Cotton University, 2017-2018.

2) Deputy Convenor, Post-Graduate Admission Committee, Cotton University, 2023.

3) Deputy Convenor, Post-Graduate Admission Entrance Examination, Cotton University, 2022.

4) Member, Post-Graduate Admission Committee, Cotton University, 2015-2022.

5) Observer, Post-Graduate Admission Entrance Examination, Cotton University, 2019.

6) Adviser, Post-Graduate Admission Co-ordination Committee, Cotton University, 2024-2025.

External Academic Duties & Experiences

1) Selection committee member for the recruitment of one contractual post of Project Scientific Officer at the Centre of Plasma Physics-Institute for Plasma Research (CPP-IPR), Sonapur, Kamrup(M), Assam (2021)

2) Expert member for the selection of JRF (for the Ph. D Programme 2015-16), at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati (2015)

3) Ph.D. Thesis examiner, Gauhati University.

4) Reviewer, the Royal Society of Chemistry, England.

Representative Duties Discharged:

1) General Secretary, Cotton College State University Teachers' Association (2015-2017)

Non-Academic (mostly Creative Non-Fiction) Published Works

1) The World Within Reach. Pankaz K. Sharma, The Assam Tribune, July 23, 2023

2) Nostradamus Rules On. Pankaz K. Sharma, Lockdown Voices, August, 2020. https://lockdownvoices.wordpress.com/2020/08/21/nostradamus-rules-on/

3) Zaher Majidi Does not Live Here Anymore, Pankaz K. Sharma, The Assam Tribune, May 19, 2019

4) ‘‘Namami Brahmaputra’’, Pankaz K. Sharma, Frontier Weekly, June, 2017     http://www.frontierweekly.com/articles/vol-49/49-48/49-48-Namami%20Brahmaputra.html

5) Boomtown Rats: Being amidst Nothingness. Pankaz K. Sharma, Frontier Weekly, May, 2017   https://www.frontierweekly.com/views/may-17/10-5-17-Boomtown%20Rats.html

6) The Gods of Small Drinks. Pankaz K. Sharma, Frontier Weekly, April, 2017   https://www.frontierweekly.com/views/apr-17/11-4-17-The%20Gods%20of%20Small%20Drinks.html

7) Rapid Hindi speaking course: The Indian army style, Pankaz K. Sharma, Antiserious, October, 2015
https://www.antiserious.com/2015/10/12/rapid-hindi-speaking-course-the-indian-army-style/

8) During the Assam riots we found a new game, Pankaz K. Sharma, Antiserious, March, 2015
https://www.antiserious.com/2015/03/17/during-the-assam-riots-we-found-a-new-game/

9)  Mayong, Mother, and Mangaldai: Black Magic That Doesn’t Let Your Rice Boil, Pankaz K. Sharma,
Antiserious, February, 2015
https://www.antiserious.com/2015/02/10/mayong-mother-mangaldai-black-magic-doesnt-let-rice-boil/

10) The three burials of Danny Denzongpa, Pankaz K. Sharma, Himal Southasian, June, 2014
https://www.himalmag.com/three-burials-danny-denzongpa/

11) A 3-D shirt for the buffalo, Pankaz K. Sharma, The North East Review, October, 2013
https://northeastreview.wordpress.com/2013/10/03/pankaz/

12) Dawn of the TV-ing dead, Pankaz K. Sharma, Himal Southasian, July, 2012
https://www.himalmag.com/dawn-of-the-tv-ing-dead/

13) Memories of my melancholy ghosts, Pankaz K. Sharma, Himal Southasian, April, 2012   https://www.himalmag.com/memories-of-my-melancholy-ghosts/

14) Chronicle of some deaths foretold, Pankaz K. Sharma, Himal Southasian, October, 2010
https://www.himalmag.com/chronicle-of-some-deaths-foretold/

15) Those school-less days, Pankaz K. Sharma, Himal Southasian, July, 2010
https://www.himalmag.com/those-school-less-days/

Translation Experiences (Not related to Chemistry):

1. Worked with the National Book Trust (NBT), New Delhi, India as a freelance translator, proof-reader and index maker for several years, during 1993-2000 (with Paresh Malakar and then Deep Saikia as the Assamese Editor)
2. Had translated two books for the NBT:

a) Birbal Sahni, a biography of Professor Birbal Sahni by Shakti M. Gupta
            b) Wonder in the Sand, a children’s novel by Cheryl Rao
both from English into Assamese in 1998 and 2000 respectively, and published by the NBT.

Volunteering Experiences:

1.Taught Chemistry to H.S. IInd year students at Cotton Collegiate Govt. Higher Secondary School, Guwahati, 2015.

2. Discussed/tutored textbook science and maths with some inner-city children from low-income families through the Will & Ariel Durant Branch, Los Angeles Public Library; Los Angeles, California (2006-2007).

3. Was associated with Child Relief and You (CRY), USC, Los Angeles Chapter, circa 2004-2006.

Achievements of Current or Former Students:

Ms. Ankita Kumari (Enrolment No. CHM1762007), who did her M.Sc. project work under my supervision, has recently (Fall, 2023) been accepted into the Ph.D. program in Chemistry of the State University of New York at Buffalo (commonly known as the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes as SUNY Buffalo); Buffalo, New York, USA.