Smitha Pillai

• Ravensbergen Janneke, Pillai Smitha, Mendez-Hernandez Dalvin, Frese Raoul N, van Grondelle Rienk, Gust Devens, Moore Thomas A, Moore Ana L, Kennis John T. M. Dual Singlet Excited-state Quenching Mechanisms in an Arificial Caroteno-phathalocyanine Light harvesting Antenna. ACS Physical Chemistry Au. 2022, 2, 59-67
• Austin, A. C.; Gould, D. L.; Pillai, S.; Zhu, M.; Gould, I. R. "Student Outcomes in an Concentrated Chemistry Laboratory Course for Online Students", NARST 2020. 
• Christain Kerpal, Sabine Richert, Jonathan G. Storey, Smitha Pillai, Paul A. Liddell, Devens Gust, Stuart R. Mackenzie, P. J. Hore & Christiane R. Timmel. Chemical compass behaviour at microtesla magnetic fields strengthens the radical pair hypothesis of avian magnetoreception. Nature Communications.2019,10(1), 1-7.
• Junming Ho, Elizabeth Kish, Dalvin D Méndez-Hernández, Katherine WongCarter, Smitha Pillai, Gerdenis Kodis, Jens Niklas, Oleg G Poluektov, Devens Gust, Thomas A Moore, Ana L Moore, Victor S. Batista, Bruno Robert. Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Artificial and Natural Photosynthetic Antennas. From Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2017, 114(28), E5513-E5521.
• Smitha Pillai, Janneke Ravensbergen, Antaeres Antoniuk-Pablant, Benjamin D. Sherman, Rienk van Grondelle, Raul N. Frese, Thomas A. Moore, Devens Gust, Ana L. Moore, John T.M. Kennis. Carotenoids as electron or excited-state energy donors in artificial photosynthesis: an ultrafast investigation of a carotenoporphyrin and a carotenofullerene dyad. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15(13), 4775-4784.
• Miroslav Kloz, Smitha Pillai, Gerdenis Kodis, Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, Rienk van Grondelle, John T.M. Kennis. New light-harvesting roles of hot and forbidden carotenoid states in artificial photosynthetic constructs. Chemical Science 2012,3(6), 2052-2061.
• Liao, P.N, Smitha Pillai, Kloz, M., Gust, D., Moore, A. L., Moore, T. A., Kennis, J. T. M., van Grondelle, R., Walla, P. J. (2011) On the role of excitonic interactions in carotenoidphthalocyanine dyads and implications for photosynthetic regulation. Photosynthesis Research 2012, 111(1-2), 237-243.
• Pen-Nan Liao, , Smitha Pillai, Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, and Peter J. Walla. Two-Photon study on the electronic interactions between the first excited singlet states in carotenoid-tetrapyrrole dyads. J. Phys. Chem .A 2011, 115(16), 4082-4091.
• Miroslav Kloz, Smitha Pillai, Gerdenis Kodis, Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore, Rienk van Grondelle, John T.M. Kennis. Carotenoid photoprotection in artificial photosynthetic antennas. J. Am. Chem. Soc 2011,133(18), 7007-7015.
• Benjamin D. Sherman, Smitha Pillai, Gerdenis Kodis, Jesse Bergkamp, Thomas E. Mallouk, Devens Gust, Thomas A. Moore, and Ana L. Moore. A Porphyrin Stabilized Iridium Oxide Water Oxidation Catalyst. Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2011, 89(2), 152-157.
• Rudi Berera, Ivo H. M. van Stokkum, Gerdenis Kodis, Amy E. Keirstead, Smitha Pillai, Christian Herrero, Rodrigo E. Palacios, Mikas Vengris, Rienk van Grondelle, Devens Gust, Thomas A.Moore, Ana L. Moore, and John T. M. Kennis. Energy transfer, excited-state deactivation, and exciplex formation in artificial caroteno-phthalocyanine light-harvesting antennas. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111(24), 6868-6877.

Book 

• General Organic Chemistry 1, 233 Gapped Lecture Notes, Ara Austin, Ian Gould, Smitha Pillai, David Spurgeon, Pichaya Trakanrungroj.
• General Organic Chemistry 2, 234 Gapped Lecture Notes, Ara Austin, Ian Gould, Smitha Pillai, David Spurgeon, Pichaya Trakanrungroj
• I.H.M. van Stokkum, J. Ravensbergen, J.J. Snellenburg, R. van Grondelle, Smitha. Pillai, T.A. Moore, D. Gust, A.L. Moore, J.T.M. Kennis. Chapter Six- Resolving Energy and Electron Transfer Processes in Dyads With the Help of Global and Target Analysis, Artificial Photosynthesis, 179, 2016 (169–192). 

Presentations

• Smitha Pillai, Ara Austin, Mary Zhu, Ian Gould. The Fully Online BS and BA Degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University. Duke University, March 28, 2023.
• Smitha Pillai, Ara Austin, Mary Zhu, Ian Gould. The Fully Online BS and BA Degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University. 27th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, July 31-August 4, 2022.
• Smitha Pillai, Ara Austin, Mary Zhu, Ian Gould. A Highly Compressed Organic Chemistry Laboratory Course for Online Degree Students. 27th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, July 31-August 4, 2022.
• Smitha Pillai, Ara Austin, Marely Tejeda, Pichaya Trakanrungroj Ian R. Gould. Two Semesters of Organic Chemistry labs in One Week. 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Notre Dame, July 29-August 2, 2018.
• Smitha Pillai, Ara Austin, Ian R. Gould. Podia as a Social Media Tool for Collaboration and Communication in General Organic Chemistry Classes. 25th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Notre Dame, July 29-August 2, 2018.
• Smitha Pillai, Rudi Berera, Mirek Kloz, John T. M. Kennis, Rienk van Grondelle, Moore, T.A, Gust, D and Ana Moore. Synthesis of Simple Artificial Light-Harvesting Molecules. Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 20.