The Group Leader

Upendra Sharma

Principal Scientist, Chemical Technology Division,

CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology

Palampur-176 061, India

Associate Professor, Faculty of Chemical Sciences

Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research, India

Native Place: Vill. Banwar Kalan, P/O, Teh. Dharampur, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

Birth Place: Vill. Bramfald, P/O, Madap, Teh. Dharampur, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

Academic Background

PhD: CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (GNDU, Amritsar) (Jan. 2007- Oct. 2012)

MSc: DAV College, Jalandhar (GNDU, Amritsar), India (2003-2005)

Professional Experience

Principal Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (Sept. 2021 onward)

Senior Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (Sept. 2017-Aug. 2021)

Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur (Sept. 2014- Aug. 2017)

Postdoc Fellow, KAIST, South Korea (March 2014- Aug. 2014)

Young Scientist-DST Fast Track, IIT Bombay, India (May 2013 - March 2014)

Research Assistant, IIT Bombay, India (Nov. 2012 - May 2013)

Editorship

Member, Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (2024-). [Link]

Member, Early Career Board, Science of Synthesis (2022-). [Link]

Member, Early Career Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (2020-). [Link]

Awards/Honours

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK (2023-)

One-year advance Promotion i.e. Merit Promotion from Scientist to Senior Scientist

Manjushree Pal Memorial Award for Best Oral Presentation from

Ethanopharmacology Society of India, Kolkata (2017)

Thieme Chemistry Journal Award (2016)

IBS Postdoc Fellowship, KAIST, South Korea (2014)

D S Kothari Postdoc Fellowship (2012)

Fast Track Young Scientist Project (2012)

Foreign Travel Grant by DST-New Delhi and CSIR-New Delhi (2012)

CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (2009)

CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship (2007)

GATE (2007); CSIR-NET (2006)

Members of Professional Society

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK (2023-)

Life member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).

Life member of Catalysis Society of India.

Life member of Analytical Society of Analytical Scientists.