Experience

Robert Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow - Rice University, Texas, USA

Education

​Ph.D. (Chemistry) - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

M.Sc. (Chemistry) -  Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, TN

B.Sc. (Chemistry) - Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai, TN 

                                          (Affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai, TN)

Teaching Interests

Organometallics and Catalysis, Organic-Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Methods in Chemistry

Research Interests

Synthesis and applications of structurally diverse imidazolium salts and NHCs for catalysis and other technological applications

Academic Distinctions

• Robert Welch Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow - 2009-2011, Rice University, Houston , TX, USA

• Outstanding Graduate Performance Award, for Exceptional Graduate Research and Academic Performance, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA

• American Chemical Society-Student Travel Award, American Chemical Society-Inorganic Chemistry Section, USA

• Outstanding Research Poster Award 2006, Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA

• CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship 2003, India

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering- All India Rank 34 (98.71), 2003, India

• College first in 2nd year Chemistry University Exam, 1999, University of Madras