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Education and experience

Assistant Professor:

Sep 2022: Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, UP, India

Postdoctoral: 

2020: Royal Society Newton International Fellow, University of York, United Kingdom (Redox-active helicenes, aromatic diimides, pi-conjugated organic radicals, Zimmerman-Möbius aromaticity, chiroptics)

2019: PBC Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (Perylenediimides, supramolecular assemblies)

2016: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany (Conjugated microporous polymer thin-films, electrochemistry, sensors)

Ph.D. (2016): CSIR-JRF Fellow, JNCASR Bangalore, India. Thesis PI: Prof. Tapas K. Maji (Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (nMOFs), conjugated microporous polymers (CMPs), hybrid hydrogels, light-harvesting, photocatalysis, sensors)

M.Sc. (2009): National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India. Thesis PI: Prof. R. Karvembu (Organometallic complexes)

B.Sc. (2007): Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India 

Awards and Honors

2020: Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), UK

2020: Newton International fellowship, UK

2019: PBC fellowship, Israel

2016: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) fellowship, Germany

2016: IRC research fellowship, Ireland (declined)

Research Interests

Organic synthesis; Functional organic materials; Porous organic materials; pi-Conjugated organic radicals

Research Overview

Our research focuses on the design and synthesis of functional organic materials with applications in light-emitting materials, chemical sensors, organic electronics, catalysis etc. The approach is straightforward: small organic molecules are rationally designed to a specific material property before being assembled via covalent or non-covalent interactions to form organic materials with specific functions. We are currently interested in (1) porous organic materials such as macrocycles and porous organic polymers/frameworks, (2) twisted organic materials such as heterohelicenes and twistacenes, and (3) open-shell organic materials such as pi-conjugated organic mono (di) radicals, (4) Light-emitting materials include fluorescent sensors, TADF materials, and other similar materials. We employ a variety of advanced analytical techniques, including spectroelectrochemistry, UV-vis, PL, NMR, EPR, SEM, TEM, and AFM.

Selected work