Assistant Professor
Broad research areas: Materials Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Molecular Solids
I am a physical chemist and crystallographer by training.
My research focus is on structure-property relations in molecular crystals using quantum crystallography and crystal engineering approaches.
School Education: G.V.H.S.S. Mogral, Kasaragod, Kerala
Higher secondary: Chattanchal H.S.S. Kerala
B.Sc. 2006 Govt. College, Kasaragod, Kannur University, Kerala
M.Sc. 2008 School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala
(MSc Project with Prof. E. Arunan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Ph.D. 2014 Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Supervisor: Prof. T. N. Guru Row)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow 2013-2017 School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia (Supervisor: Prof. Mark Spackman)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow/ Post-Doc Fellow 2017-2020 Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark (Supervisor: Prof. Bo B. Iversen)
Assistant Professor (contract) 2020-2021
Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Assistant Professor - 2021 April-present
Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India
August 2021 - Present
Research Interests: Quantum crystallography and implications of non-covalent interactions
Ashi Singh is from Gorakhpur, U.P. She received her Master’s degree in Chemistry with a specialization in Physical Chemistry from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University (U.P.) and Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University (U.P.). She qualified CSIR-JRF in November 2020.
August 2021 - Present
Research Interests: Structure-property studies of pharmaceutical drugs
Athul obtained his BSc and MSc in Analytical Chemistry from Sree Narayana College Kollam, University of Kerala. He qualified UGC-JRF in November 2020. He is passionate about teaching and has an educational youtube channel where he discusses topics in chemistry.
August 2022 - Present
Research Interests: Combining mechanical flexibility and piezoelectricity in molecular crystals
Atiqurrahman holds a Master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Bachelor's degree from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His research interest lies in designing and developing new molecular piezoelectric materials.
Aditya Kumar Prajapati
August 2022-Present
Aditya Kumar Prajapati is from Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh (M.P.). He received his bachelor’s degree, BSc(HONS) in Chemistry from IGNTU, Amarkantak (M.P.) in 2020. He then moved to IIT(BHU), Uttar Pradesh, where he pursued his master’s degree MSc in Chemistry from 2020-2022. He has worked on the synthesis and characterization of perovskite-based dielectric ceramic materials as his master’s project. His areas of research interests lie in the domain of X-ray Crystallography & solid state structural chemistry.
Masoumeh Banoo
August 2022-Present
Masoumeh Banoo is from UT Ladakh. She received her Master's degree in Chemistry from University of Ladakh and Bachelor's degree from Govt. Degree College Kargil. She qualified UGC-JRF in March 2022.
Srijan Mondal
August 2023 - Present
Research Interests: Design and structure-property studies of molecular piezoelectric crystals
Srijan Mondal is from Santiniketan, West Bengal. He has done his Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry from Visva Bharati University (West Bengal). He completed MTech from IIT Delhi. Currently he is working on molecular piezoelectric materials. He is passionate about sports and also represented his university in All India Inter-University games(Lawn Tennis).
Arti Vishwakarma
August 2023 - Present
Research Interests:
Arti Vishwakarma is from Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh (U.P). She received her bachelor's degree from T.D.P.G College, Jaunpur. She then moved to IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat where she pursued her master's in chemistry. She qualified UGU-JRF in June 2022 and Gate 2023. She is passionate about singing.
Akanksha Sharma
January 2024 - Present
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Akanksha Sharma is from Bhiwani, Haryana. She has done her Bachelor's and Master's in Chemistry from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak. She qualified CSIR- JRF in September 2022.
Malisetty Ravi Teja
August 2024 - Present
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Ravi Teja is from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He has done his integrated Masters in Chemical science from University of Hyderabad. He completed MTech from IIT Delhi. Currently he is working on Mechanical properties of molecular crystals and piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting devices.
April 2022 - Present
Research Interests: Computational studies on pharmaceutical drug molecules and quantum crystallography
Argha Barman completed his BSc degree from Siliguri College, West Bangal. He qualified JAM 2021 with a rank 115. He completed his masters degree from IIT Delhi. Currently he is working as a project student.
April 2023 - Present
Research Interests: Functional and Energy Materials
Soyal Sabu is from Ernakulam, Kerala. He completed his Five-year Integrated Interdisciplinary Master of Science in Chemistry from Institute for Integrated Programmes and Research in Basic Sciences (IIRBS), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. After finishing his masters, he joined in MQCL as research assistant.
March 2024 - Present
Research Interests: Computational Chemistry
Dr. Amit Kumar Pradhan is from Kalyani, West Bengal (W.B). He received his Ph.D. Degree in Computational Chemistry from Assam University, Silchar in 2023. His research focuses on the mechanistic insight into the prodrug activation of metal-based anticancer complexes, their interactions with biomolecules and NHC-mediated organo catalysis reactions. He is currently focusing on Quantum Crystallography.
August 2021 - April 2022
MSc project completed in April 2022.
Durgesh Kushawaha completed his Bachelor’s degree from Buddha P.G. College, Kushinagar. He completed his MSc. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
April 2022 - 2023
Research Interests: Quantum crystallography and molecular docking studies of pharmaceutically relevant compounds
Avinash Kiran completed his Five-year Integrated Interdisciplinary M.Sc in Chemistry from Institute for Integrated Programmes and Research in Basic Sciences (IIRBS), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. His research interests are in quantum crystallography, organic synthesis, heterogeneous catalysis, and NMR spectroscopy. Currenly he is pursuing PhD from Purdue University, USA
August 2022 - April 2023
Research Interests: Estimation of relative stabilities of pharmaceutical drug polymorphs using quantum crystallography
Karnam Soujanya completed her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry as a university topper (Rank 1) from Ramadevi Women's University Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She qualified JAM 2021 with a rank 169..
August 2023 - March 2024
Research Interests: Flexibility in organic molecular crystals
Dr. Arif Hassan Dar is from Baramulla J&K. He completed his bachelor's and masters in chemistry from Aligrah Muslim University. He pursued PhD from IISER Mohali in 2021. He is passionate about football and cricket .
August 2022 - April 2023
Research Interests: Estimation of relative stabilities of pharmaceutical drug polymorphs using quantum crystallography
Karnam Soujanya completed her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry as a university topper (Rank 1) from Ramadevi Women's University Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She qualified JAM 2021 with a rank 169..