Dr. Shabana Khan

Professional Details:

June 2019-Present: Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. 

2013-2019: Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.

2011-2012: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung , Muelheim, Germany with Dr. Manuel Alcarazo.

2009-2011: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany with Prof. Dr. Herbert W. Roesky.

April 2008-November 2008: Senior Research Scientist, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), R&D centre, Greater Noida, India.

Academic Details:

2003-2008: PhD (Chemistry) from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India under the supervision of Prof. Jai Deo Singh.

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Topic Editor of Organometallics (2023-2025)

2. International advisory board member of Inorganic Chemistry (2023-2025).

3. International advisory board member of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EJIC) (2022-2024).

4. International advisory board member of Chemistry- An Asian Journal (2022-2025 ).

5. Received SERB-POWER fellowship award 2021. 

6. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for experienced researcher (2020-2022).

7. Erasmus+ International Mobility Program, University of Leipzig, Germany, 2019.  

8. International advisory board member of Organometallics (2018 - 2021).

9. Received Young Scientist Award of Chemical Frontiers Conference, 2018.

10. DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst Fellowship (2009-2011) for post doctoral research at Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany.

11. Awarded DST (Department of Science and Technology) and CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) grants to attend international conference International Conference on Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium (ICCST-10) Lodz, Poland, 2007.

12. Qualified NET-JRF (National Eligibility Test- Junior Research Fellowship) in 2002 conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).

13. Awarded University Gold Medal for securing first position in the Dept. of Chemistry in Master of Science (M.Sc.).

14. Recipient of Fazlur-Rahman Gold Medal for securing highest marks in M.Sc.

15. Awarded Merit Scholarship by the Vice-Chancellor of AMU in M.Sc.

16. Awarded Bharat Sewa Trust Merit Scholarship in Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.).

Invited Talks:

1. International Symposium on “Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences”, (ETCS-2023), NEHU, Shillong, 2nd-4th March 2023.

Title: Silylene Metal Complexes: From Bonding to Catalysis.

2. International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis 2023, IISER Trivandrum, India, 9th- 12th Feb 2023.

Title: Cationic Sb(III) and Bi(III) Compounds as Catalysts in Cyanosilylation Reaction.

3. 15th September 2022, CNRS, Toulouse, France.

Title: Sizzling Chemistry of Silylene-Supported Metal Complexes.

4. Trends in Organometallic Chemistry by ACS, 28th November 2022.

Title: Chemistry of N-Heterocyclic Silylene Ligated Coinage Metal Complexes.

5.  Empowering S&T with Women- A Step towards a New Era, 19-20th April 2022, IIT Jodhpur.

Title: Ligand Effect in Homogeneous Catalysis.

6. (CHEMISTRY) Meet in Manali, 20-22nd MARCH, 2022.

Title: Silylene as a Ligand in Homogeneous Catalysis.

7. The 2nd international meeting of “Main-group Molecules to Materials-II” 13th to 15th of Dec-2021.

Title: Access to CAAC Stabilized Stable Gold Nanoparticles.

8. The 19th International symposium on silicon chemistry, ISOS-2021, 05-08 July 2021.

Title: N-Heterocyclic Silylenes: Versatile Ligands in Homogeneous Catalysis.

9. 05th November 2020, Organized by iDREAM — Interdisciplinary Division for Renewable Energy & Advanced Materials, a Centre of Excellence (CoE)        at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, India, 190006.

Title: Synthesis & Application of Low-valent Compounds—Development of Superior Catalysts.

10. 10th December 2020, IIT-Kanpur/LCC-CNRS joint CEFIPRA/IFCPAR virtual symposium on organometallic chemistry and catalysis.

Title: N-Heterocyclic Silylenes: Application as an Alluring Ligand.

11. 12th March 2021, 1st National Conference on Advanced Functional Molecules and Materials (NCAFMM-2021).

Title:  N-Heterocyclic Silylenes: Powerful Ligand in Transition Metal Chemistry.

12. International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis, ICOC-II, Goa 7th-10th March, 2020. 

Title: N-Heterocyclic Silylenes Versatile Ligands in Homogeneous Catalysis

13.  International Conference on Recent Trends in Catalysis at NIT Calicut, 26-29th February, 2020. 

Title: Main Group Compounds in Cyanosilylation and Hydroboration Reactions

14. 14th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium, VIT, Vellore, 6th February, 2020. 

Title:  The journey of N-heterocyclic silylenes from chemical curiosities to emerging ligands in catalysis

15.  Chemistry Day Symposium, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, 18th January, 2020. 

Title: The Curious Case of Silylene (as a ligand)

16.  1st  Chemical Science Young Investigator Symposium,  sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry, Indian Institute  of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, 18th-20th October, 2019.

Title: The Curious Case of Silylene (as a ligand)

17. Leibniz Lecture and Workshop at IIT Madras on 26th August, 2019.

Title: Silylene as a Ligand for Copper and Gold Complexes  

18.  7th Asian Silicon Symposium, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 28th to 31st July 2019.

Title: The curious case of silylene (as a ligand)

19. Department of Chemistry, University of Regensburg, Germany, 26th July 2019

Title: Silylene as a ligand in transition metal chemistry

20. Institut für Siliciumchemie, Technische Universität München, Germany, 19th July 2019

Title: The curious case of silylene as a ligand

21. Department of Chemistry, University of Saarbrücken, Germany,17th July 2019

Title: The curious case of silylene as a ligand

22. IIT Bombay Diamond Jubilee Chemistry Symposium, 25th-28th February, 2019.

Title: The Tale of Two Tetrelylenes for Cu(I)- and Au(I)-Arene Complexes 

23. International conference on phosphorus, boron and silicon, PBSi-2018 Barcelona from 10th – 12th December 2018.

Title: Access to Cu(I)- and Au(I)-arene Complexes with Carbene and Silylene 

24. Main group Molecules to Materials” (MMM), IISc Bangalore, 28th-31st October 2018.

Title: Development of New PNP and PNB Ligands 

25. Chemical Frontiers 2018, 19th-22nd  August, Goa (India).

Title: Silylene as a ligand in Transition Metal Chemistry

26. International Conference On Phosphorus, Boron and Silicon – PBSi 2017, 3rd-5th July, France (Paris).

Title: The Rise, Respite, and Resurrection of Silylene (as a ligand)

27. National Conference on Recent Advancements in Chemical Sciences, MNIT Jaipur 21th-23th August, 2015.

Title: Aurophilic Interactions and Photophysical Properties

28. Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Goettingen, 3rd August, 2015

Title: Phosphine, Silylene and Germylene Based PNP, SiNP and GeNP Ligand Systems and their Au(I) Complexes and Catalytic Activity

29. 1. Safe Chemical Laboratory Practices organized by Chemical Research Society of India Pune Chapter-NCL, 3rd September 2014

          Title: Fun with Chemistry