Our lab is dedicated to developing novel methods for drug discovery, working at the interface of chemistry and biology.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
High-Pressure Building (Room number 102)
IIT-Kharagpur
+91-9606623712/Ext. No. 83314
email: rambabu@chem.iitkgp.ac.in/rambabu.reddi78@gmail.com
Scopus Author ID: 55642566600
https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=qBIuCfIAAAAJ&hl=en
Education
Bachelor of Science: Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Master of Sciecne : Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry, India
Ph. D: Organo catalysis and enantioselective total synthesis, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune India
(PI: Dr. Arumugam Sudalai)
2015-16: Senior Research Assistant, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (PI: Prof. Li Min).
2016-17: Post-doctoral research fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (PI: Prof. Robin Chi)
2017-22: Post-doctoral research fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (PI: Prof. Dr. Nir London)
2023-24: Team Lead, Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Limited, Bengaluru, India.
Awards / Fellowships
Outstanding post-doctoral research award from Weizmann Institute of Science 2023.
Senior post-doctoral research fellowship in Weizmann Institute of Science from 15 July 2020-15 July 2022.
Rising Tide Fellowship from the Rising Tide Foundation on 1st November 2017 for one year.
Selected for Tohoku Post-doctoral Fellowship for 2016 from Tohoku university (Not joined).
NCL-RF “Agnimitra” Best poster award in CSIR-NCL-Science day on 25th February, 2015.
NCL-RF NANAI NATU award for best published research in 2016, CSIR-NCL Organic Chemistry Department.
Junior Research Fellowship (2010-2012) awarded by CSIR-NET (113 Rank) in Chemistry in June 2009 followed by Senior Research Fellowship.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry in February 2009.
Symposia
Invited Talk (30 min) on “Drug discovery chemistry, 2022” on “Covalent Ligand Directed Release Chemistry” at San Diego, LA, from April 18th-21st, 2022. https://www.drugdiscoverychemistry.com/protein-protein-interactions
Oral talk in “MCS-ICS, 2022” on “Tunable methacrylamides for covalent ligand directed release chemistry” in Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Oral talk in “ICAAS-Warangal, 2022” conference on “Tunable methacrylamides for covalent ligand directed release chemistry” in National Institute of Technology.
Oral talk in “ICS-86, 2022” conference on “Sulfamate acetamides as electrophilic warheads for covalent ligand directed release chemistry” in David Intercontinental hotel, Tel Aviv.
Presented poster in ISPP meeting 2022 at university of Haifa, Haifa.
Presented poster in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal IX J-NOST Conference (December 4-6, 2013).
17th CRSI-RSC symposium with presentation of poster and participated actively as a volunteer in NCL-Pune.
