Dr. Pritam Mahawar

Dr. Pritam Mahawar obtained his Ph.D. in 2021 in main-group organometallic chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, under the supervision of Prof. Selvarajan Nagendran. His doctoral research centred on the synthesis and reactivity of air- and water-stable low valent germanium compounds, including their potential applications in catalysis and biological systems. Following his Ph.D. in April 2022, he joined Prof. Jun Okuda’s group at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, as a postdoctoral researcher. There, he worked on the isolation of amphoteric zinc hydride and low-valent dimetallocenes and explored their applications for CO2 and dihydrogen activation. In 2024, he joined Prof. Justin R. Walensky’s group at the University of Missouri, USA, where he developed main group–actinide heterobimetallic complexes for small-molecule activation. Dr. Mahawar joined the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, in March 2026 as an Assistant Professor.