Biography

Prof. Nawaz Khan obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Madras (2003) under the guidance of  Prof. C. Narayana Pillai, former Head, Department of Chemistry, IIT, Madras. 

Dr. Khan served as a postdoctoral fellow (2003-2004) under the supervision of Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto at Tohoku University, Sendai,  Japan.   He had served as well as a Research professor (2010, 2014) at Korea Basic Science Institute, Busan,  South Korea (https://www.kbsi.re.kr/eng).

 Prof. Khan’s research activity focuses on organic synthesis and methodologies employing environmentally benign homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts and metal nanocatalysts.

Dr. Khan's group also focuses on C-H activation and functionalization studies and has authored more than 250 publications, graduated 19 Ph.D. students, and had 3 Ph.D. students submit theses. And guiding 6 more Ph.D. students now.

Education

• 2003 - Ph.D. from University of Madras

• 1997 - M.Sc. from University of Madras

• 1995- B. Sc from University of Madras

Experience

• July 2022 to till dated, Professor Higher academic grade, Organic Chemistry, Vellore Institute of Technology.

• July 2018 to  June 2022 (4 years), Professor Grade 2,  Organic Chemistry, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• Sept 201 2 to  June 2018     (6 years) ,   Professor, Organic Chemistry, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• April 2014 to April 2015. Research Professor, KBSI, South Korea

• Oct-2010- Oct-2011, Research Professor, KBSI, South Korea

• Oct-2009- Aug 2012,  (3 years),  Associate Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• Sep-2009-October 2010, Division Leader Organic Chemistry Division, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• Jan 2009-Oct -2009  (3/4 year), Assistant Professor Senior, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• 2005 -2008 (3½  Years), Senior Lecturer (Chemistry), Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

• 2004 -2005  (1/2 Year), Lecturer (Chemistry), The New College, Chennai,  Madras University

• 2000-2004  (4  Years), Lecturer (Chemistry), IslamiahCollege,  Vaniyambadi, Madras University

• 1997 - 1999 (2 Years), Junior Research Fellow (JRF) & Senior Research Fellow (SRF), CECRI, Chennai,  under the supervision of Dr. C.N.Pillai  former Head, Department of Chemistry, IIT.  

Representative Publications

Top Journals Published

Sl.No Journal Title No of Papers Imp Factor

1 Environmental Chemistry Letters                                               1 No Journal Impact Factor 20.4 (2024)

2 Food Chemistry                                                                       1      9.8

3 Chinese Chemical Letters                                                       2      8.9

4 Environmental Technology and Innovation                               1 7.1

5 Organic Letters                                                                       1 5.0   (22, 2020, 1726-1730)

6 European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences                       1     4.7

7 Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical                               2 4.9

8 Chemistry - An Asian Journal                                                       1 3.3   (15, 2020, 4153-4167)

9 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research                       2 3.9

10 ACS Omega                                                                               3 4.3 (2019, (5), 8046-8055)

11 Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry                                         3 2.7

12 Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry                                          6 2.7   (9, 2020, 1889-1900)

13. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 

        3    2.7   (2020, 2020, 2888-2903; 2020, 2020, 5394-5410; 2020, 2020, 7035-7050  )

• Medicianal Chemistry Research, 2020

• RSC Advances, 10, 2020, 12262-12271 

• ChemistrySelect, 5,  2020, 2610-2617

• ChemistrySelect, 5, 2020, 6470-6474  

• ChemistrySelect, 5, 2020, 1658-1662 

• Silicon,  2020,  

• Silicon, 2020

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2021,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2021,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2021,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2020,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2020,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2020,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2020,

• Polycyclic aromatic compounds,  2020,

• Environmental technology & innovation 2019, 13, 197-210

• Chemistry Select 2019,  4 (33), 9573-9577

• Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2019

• Catalysis Letters 2017,

• Molecular Biosystems 2016,

• Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56, 4744–4748

• Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56 (1), 187-191

• Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56 (6), 784–788

• Tetrahedron Letters 2015, 56 (7), 941

• RSC Advances 2015, 5 (5), 3781-3785

• RSC Advances 2015, 5 (22), 17257-17268

• RSC Advances 2015, 5 (46), 36902-36905

• RSC Advances 2014, 4 (84), 44408-44417

• RSC Advances 2014, 4 (101), 58011-58018

• RSC Advances 2014, 4 (100), 57016-57025

• RSC Advances 2014, 4 (40259-40268)

• Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2015, 25 (5), 1100–1103

• Chinese Chemical Letters 2015, 26 (5), 567

• Medicinal Chemistry Research 2014, 23 (11), 4749-4760

• Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2014, 53 (26), 10814

• Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 2014, 53 (19), 7866–7870

• Tetrahedron Letters 2014,  55 (41), 5656-5659

• Tetrahedron Letters 2014, 55, 3717–3720

• Med Chem Res 2013, 22, 4810–4817

• European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013, 49 (2), 227-232

• Medicinal Chemistry Research 2013, 22, pp 5408-5417

• Chemical biology & drug design 2013, 82 (6), 732-742

• Monatshefte für Chemie-Chemical Monthly 2012, 143 (3), 485-489

• Parasitology research 2012, 111 (5), 2189-2199

• Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 2012, 42 (1), pp 41

• Food chemistry 2012, 135 (2), 343–347

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (5), 743-746

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (3), 345-351

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (5), 707-713

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (6), 883-889

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (4), 495-503

• Chemical Papers 2011, 65 (6), 863-872

• Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2011, 338 (1), 92-104

• Tetrahedron Letters 2011, 52 (20), 2566-2570

• Medicinal Chemistry Research 2011, 20 (6), 732-737

• Journal of chemical sciences 2010, 122 (5), 677-685

• Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51 (33), 4340-4343

• Tetrahedron Letters 2010, 51 (17), 2309-2311

• Chemical Papers 2010, 64 (5), 678-682

• Chemical Papers 2010, 64 (6), 812-817

• CrystEngComm 2009, 11 (2), 284-291

• Catalysis Communications 2009, 10 (5), 433-436

• Tetrahedron 2009, 65 (46), 9575-9582

• Arkivoc 2009, 13, 161-169

• Canadian Journal of Chemistry 2008, 86 (11), 1019-1025

• Synthetic Communications 2007, 37 (20), 3649-3656

• Tetrahedron letters 2004, 45 (46), 8497-8499 

• Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2003,195 (1), 139-145

• Tetrahedron letters 2002, 43 (38), 6807-6809