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Anirban Mondal

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Multiscale Computational Modeling, Organic Electronics, Fuel Cells

Research Interests

  • Charge transport in organic semiconductors, excited states, and optoelectronics
  • Machine learning techniques to explore the chemical space of organic semiconductors
  • Design of efficient host/guest systems for blue organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)
  • Donor-acceptor materials for organic solar cells
  • Machine learning potentials for atomistic modeling of materials
  • Proton/ion transport in solid electrolytes

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Bhaskar Datta

PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)
Associate Professor
(Jointly with Biological Sciences and Engineering)
Construction of metal nanowires based on biomolecular templates

Research Interests

  • Investigation of groove-modified nucleobases on Y-family DNA polymerase activity
  • Construction of metal nanowires based on biomolecular templates
  • Structure-function correlations of unorthodox DNA structures
  • Aptamer-based sensors and detection strategies for infectious diseases
  • Enzymatic remediation of phenolic wastewater

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Biswajit Mondal

PhD (Jadavpur University)
Assistant Professor
Photo-electrochemistry, Electrochemical conversion of value added chemicals

Research Interests

  • Photo-electrochemistry
  • Electrochemical conversion of value added chemicals
  • Renewable energy
  • Spectroscopy (UV-Vis kinetics, FTIR, resonance Raman, cryogenic intermediate trapping and elucidation of reaction mechanism)

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Chandrakumar Appayee

PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Associate Professor
Development of novel double-hydrogen bond donor catalysts, Asymmetric amine catalysis

Research Interests

  • Development of novel double-hydrogen bond donor catalysts
  • Asymmetric amine catalysis
  • Asymmetric synthesis of bio-active molecules
  • Study of small molecules for targeted diseases

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Iti Gupta

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Associate Professor
Boron based NIR dyes and their conjugates, Derivatives of corroles and N-confused porphyrins with novel properties

Research Interests

  • Boron based NIR dyes and their conjugates
  • Derivatives of corroles and N-confused porphyrins with novel properties
  • Metal complexes of dipyrrins

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Kasthuri Venkateswaran

PhD (Hiroshima University)
Scholar-in-Residence
Microbiology; Extremophile; Molecular Microbiology

Research Interests

  • Microbiology
  • Extremophile
  • Molecular Microbiology

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Priyabrata Ghana

PhD (University of Bonn)
Assistant Professor
The chemistry of low-valent main group compounds, Application of main group compounds in catalysis

Research Interests

  • The chemistry of low-valent main group compounds
  • Application of main group compounds in catalysis
  • Complexes with transition metal-main group element multiple bonds
  • Small molecule activation with 3d transition metal complexes
  • Dinitrogen fixation with heterobimetallic complexes

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Sairam Swaroop Mallajosyula

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)
Associate Professor
Carbohydrate-protein interactions, Novel DNA constructs

Research Interests

  • Carbohydrate-protein interactions
  • Novel DNA constructs
  • Molecular mechanics force field development

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Saumyakanti Khatua

PhD (Rice University)
Associate Professor
Plasmonics, Nano-optics

Research Interests

  • Plasmonics
  • Nano-optics

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Sivapriya Kirubakaran

PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot Chair Associate Professor
Drug discovery and cancer chemical biology

Research Interests

  • Drug discovery and cancer chemical biology
  • Use of small molecules to study cancer related proteins
  • Basic synthetic organic chemistry

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Sriram Kanvah Gundimeda

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Associate Professor
Synthesis of photosensitive π-conjugated materials for a variety of optical and biological applications

Research Interests

  • Synthesis of photosensitive π-conjugated materials for a variety of optical and biological applications

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Sudhanshu Sharma

PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Associate Professor
Materials, Electrochemistry, Catalysis

Research Interests

  • Materials
  • Electrochemistry
  • Catalysis

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Sudipta Basu

PhD (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology Dortmund)
Associate Professor
Chemical biology of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)

Research Interests

  • Chemical biology of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
  • Development of self-assembled novel nano-scale materials
  • Design and synthesis of small molecules for understanding cancer biology
  • Organic synthesis
  • Nanobiotechnology