Dr. Aslam C. Shaikh

Biography:

​Aslam is a native of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. Since March 2023, he has been serving as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar. He obtained his PhD from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research's National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in Pune in 2018, under the mentorship of Dr. Nitin Patil. During his doctoral studies, he was honored to receive the prestigious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship. He held postdoctoral research associate positions in  August 2018 at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with Professor Ohyun Kwon, and at the University of Arizona, Tucson, under the guidance of Professor Thomas Gianetti. Prior to his current role at IIT Ropar, he served as a synthetic organic chemist at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, where he collaborated with Professor Mohamed Eddaoudi. His current research centers on the development of sustainable chemical synthesis methodologies, utilizing transition metal catalysis, photoredox processes, and electro-photo redox catalysis.

Professional Experience​

• 03/2023– To date  Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar.

• 02/2022–02/2023  Postdoctoral Research Associate, KAUST, KSA. Supervisor- Prof. M. Eddaoudi.

• 08/2019–01/2022  Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona, AZ, USA. Supervisor- Prof. Thomas Gianetti.

• 08/2018–07/2019  Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California Los Angeles, USA, Supervisor- Prof. Kwon Ohyun.

• 08/2013–12/2012  Lecturer, Padmashri Vikhe Patil College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Pravaranagar, Loni, India.

Awards and honours​

• Receive the prestigious Thieme Chemistry Journals Award! Jan 2026

• Dec 2025,  Young Associate of Maharashtra Academy of Science, Maharashtra

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), through RSC - Leader in the Field Nomination 2025

• Postdoctoral Professional Development Certificate by the University of Arizona, 2021

• Seal of Excellence awarded for Quality Proposal from MSCA-Horizon 2020 

• CSIR NCL- Agnimitra Memorial Best Poster Award – CSIR NCL 2017.

• RAJAPPA AWARD for Research Scholar – CSIR NCL 2017 “Best Published Research Paper in Organic Chemistry”.

• National Eligibility Test (NET) – DEC2012, JUNE-2011, DEC2011.

• SET– 2013- Maharashtra, SP Pune University, Pune (Rank-001).

• GATE-2013 (Chemistry) – conducted by the IIT-Mumbai, India (97.03 %).

• CSIR Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellow @ CSIR NCL PUNE – (2013-2018) (AIR-004).

• 2nd Rank holder – B.Sc. Chemistry, SP Pune University, Pune, June 2010.

• 1st Rank holder – M.Sc. Chemistry, SP Pune University, Pune, June 2012.