Dr. Kuduva R. Vignesh

Academic Background:

• May’2022 – present: Assistant Professor, IISER Mohali, Punjab, India.

• 2021 – 2022: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Fellow under Prof. Masahiko Hada, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan.

• 2020 – 2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow under Prof. G. Rajaraman, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

• 2019 – 2020: Postdoctoral Research Fellow under Prof. Masahiro Ehara, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan.

• 2017 – 2018: Postdoctoral Research Associate under Prof. Kim R. Dunbar, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.

• 2012 – 2016: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) under Prof. G. Rajaraman (IIT Bombay) and Prof. Keith S. Murray (Monash University), IITB-Monash Research Academy, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. 

• 2009 – 2011: M.Sc. Chemistry, The American College, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. 

• 2006 – 2009: B.Sc. Chemistry, The American College, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.

Awards and Distinctions:

• Ramanujam Iyengar prize during B.Sc. for proficiency in Chemistry during the academic year of 2006-2007 at The American College, Madurai.

• Best Poster award at the "NANO INDIA 2015" conference at Thanjavur

• Best Collaborative Student award from IITB-Monash Research Academy, Mumbai in 2015.

• The prestigious Excellence in PhD Research Award from IIT Bombay, India in 2018.

• The prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan (Standard) for two years in 2020

• Travel Grant awarded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under the ITS scheme, to attend the 9th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC-9), Bangkok, Thailand.