PRESENT POSITION

Jan 2024 - Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,  Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India.

Dec 2019 –  Jan 2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,  Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India.

POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE

July 2019 –  Nov 2019, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dr Beatrice Collins Group, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

January 2016 – April 2019, Alexander von Humboldt (AvH)-Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Lutz Ackermann Group, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

August 2012 – December 2015, National Science Council Post-Doctoral Fellow (NSC), Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng Group, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Ph.D., Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan) (2008-2012) (Supervisor: Prof. Chien-Hong Cheng).

M. Sc., Organic Chemistry (Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India) (2005-2007) (Supervisor: Prof. A. K. Mohanakrishnan).

B. Sc., Chemistry (Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Cheyyar (TN), University of Madras) (2002-2005).

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Research Associate, Hindustan Unilever Research Centre, Bengaluru (KA), India (August 2007-August 2008).

AWARDS/RECOGNITION

2019, 'Scientist' Position at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad (NOT JOINED).

2017, Qualified in a global competition among young scientists worldwide to participate in the in the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting dedicated to Chemistry, Lindau, Germany (2017/June/25-30).

2016 – 2018, Alexander von Humboldt (AVH) Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.

2012 – 2015, National Science Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NSC), National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

2011 – 2012,  National Tsing Hua University Outstanding Foreign Student Scholarship in the Chemistry Department.

2008 – 2011, Taiwan Scholarship for the Ph.D. program (provided by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan).

2007 - Qualified Gratitude Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

2005 – School First Rank in Higher Secondary Certificate (12th or HSC) exam. 

2002 – School First Rank in the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (10th or SSLC) exam.

MEMBERSHIP OF RESEARCH SOCIETIES

Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Life member.