Affiliation: R V College of Engineering

Dr Swarna M Patra is working as assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, RV College of Engineering since 2012. She has obtained her PhD degree in computational chemistry, Sambalpur University, Orissa and has Post-Doctoral experience from various reputed institutes like IISc, JNCASR and University of Sydney. Dr Patra has got industry experience from General Electric Plastic. Her research interests are in the areas of Chemical Graph Theory, Docking, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, QSPR/QSAR and Outcome based education. During her PhD she used Chemical Graph theory to study small molecules, designing of topological indices for QSPR studies, Protein folding studies using graph theoretical techniques. Dr Patra worked on Protein Ligand binding studies using various docking software and refinement of results using molecular dynamics simulation, Molecular Dynamics simulation to study membrane proteins, Ion Channels and Pore forming Toxin. Besides these she has a special interest towards outcome-based education to enhance the research and learning outcomes of the learners.