Former-Students


Dr. Ekta Nag

Email: ektanag@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Dr. Ekta Nag

PhD Student (Jan 2018- Jan 2024)

Email: ektanag@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Thesis Title:

“Chemistry of Carbene-Anchored Mono-Atomic Phosphorus Anion with Main Group Elements and Coinage Metals”

Current Affiliation:

Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Lutz Greb
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Heidelberg University,
Germany.

Miss Divya Putta

Email: divyaputta@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Miss Divya Putta

5 th Year BS-MS Thesis Student (2022-2023)

Email: divyaputta@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Stabilization of novel hetero-diatomic compounds of main group elements and mixed main group/transition-metals: Theoretical and experimental approaches.

Thesis Title:

“Carbene-Phosphinidenides as Novel Ligands Towards Stabilization of Aminoborane Functionalized Phosphaalkenes and Mixed Main Group/Transition-Metal Compounds”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Ekta Nag, Maria Francis, Divya Putta, and Sudipta Roy.*Isolation of (Aryl)-(Imino) Phosphide, and (Aryl)- (Phosphaalkene) Amide Complexes of Alkali Metals from Carbene-Phosphinidenes under Reductive- Thermal Rearrangements.
Chem. Eur. J. 2023; DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302120

Current Affiliation:

PhD Candidate
Research Group of Prof. Dr. Christian Müller
Institut für Chemie und Biochemie
Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany.

Miss Bhavya B. S.

Email: bhavyabs@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Miss Bhavya B. S.

5th Year BS-MS Thesis Student

Email: bhavyabs@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Main Group Compound mediated C-O Bond Activation: Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Experimental Evidences

Thesis Title:

“Stabilization of Heterodiatomic Main Group Compounds and their Reactivity: Theoretical and Experimental Studies”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Ekta Nag, Sridhar Battuluri, Bhavya Bini Sinu, Sudipta Roy.* Carbene- Anchored Boryl- and Stibanyl-Phosphaalkenes as Precursors for Bis- Phosphaalkenyl Dichlorogermane and Mixed-Valence AgI /AgII Phosphinidenide.
2. Ekta Nag, Maria Francis, Sridhar Battuluri, Bhavya Bini Sinu, Sudipta Roy.* Isolation of Elusive Phosphinidene-Chloroterylenes: The Heavier Cyanogen Chloride Analogues.

Miss Aishwarya Lakshmi M. G.

Email: aishwaryalakshmimg@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Miss Aishwarya Lakshmi M. G.

5th Year BS-MS Thesis Student

Email: aishwaryalakshmimg@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Reactions: Experimental and Theoretical Insights

Thesis Title:

“Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-N Bond Formation Reactions: An Easy Access to Carbazoles”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Coming soon...

Current Affiliation:

Fixed Term Project Associate, Hindustan Petroleum Green
R&D Centre, Bengaluru, India.

Mr. Aditya Kulkarni

Email: aditya.kulkarni@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Mr. Aditya Kulkarni

5 th Year BS-MS Thesis Student (2019-2020)

Email: aditya.kulkarni@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Heterodiatomic Mixed Main Group(0)-Transition Metal(0) Species: Computational Studies, Syntheses, Isolations and Reactivity

Thesis Title:

“Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene-Stabilized Pnictinides”

Publications from Thesis:

1. Aditya Kulkarni, Selvakumar Arumugam, Maria Francis, Pulikanti Guruprasad Reddy, Ekta Nag, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal,*Sudipta Roy.*Solid‐State Isolation of Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene (cAAC)‐Supported Structurally Diverse Alkali Metal‐Phosphinidenides.
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 200-206.

2. Ekta Nag, Aditya Kulkarni, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Nico Graw, Maria Francis, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke*, Herbert W. Roesky*, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy.*Fluorescent organo-antimony compounds as precursors for syntheses of redox-active trimeric and dimeric alkali metal antimonides: an insight into electron transfer reduction processes.

Current Affiliation:

Direct Procurement Strategy Analyst, Sanofi, Paris.

Dr. Guruprasad Reddy

Email: guruprasad@iisertirupati.ac.in.com

Dr. Guruprasad Reddy

Joined the group: Decmber, 2018
PhD(July, 2018) Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi M.Sc. in Chemistry (2009-2011): Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur

Email: guruprasad@iisertirupati.ac.in.com

Research Topic:

Synthesis of Cp-Substituted Lanthanide Metal Complexes and their Applications in Material Science

Usharani Patra

Email: usharanipatra@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in

Usharani Patra

Joined the Group: November, 2022
BS-MS Chemistry (2022): IISER Berhampur

Email: usharanipatra@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in

Research Topic:

Syntheses and reactivity of carbene-phosphinidenide supported exotic main group compounds.

BS-MS-Thesis Student

Heterodiatomic Mixed Main Group(0)-Transition Metal(0) Species: Computational Studies, Syntheses, Isolations and Reactivity

Aditya Kulkarni

Semester Projects: August-December, 2017
January-April, 2019
Summer Projects: 2017 and 2018

Project Assistant

Syntheses and characterization of first row transition metal complexes.

R. Yasodha

July 2017-February 2018

Postdoctoral Fellow

Application of Rare earth complexes in homogeneous catalysis

Abdul Sakoor

April-July 2018

BS-MS-Project Student

Transition metal catalyzed syntheses of small organic molecules.

Nabadip Chaudhury

Semester Project : August-December 2017
Summer Project : 2017 and 2018

Int-PhD Semester Project

Syntheses and Characterization of small organic molecules

Rohit Kumar

August-November 2018

Summer Project 2019

Organocatalyzed syntheses of small organic molecules and their characterization techniques

Sutirtha Chattopadhy

(IISER T/BS-MS-2nd Year)

June-July 2019

Summer Project 2019

Syntheses and characterization of substituted Cp derivatives

Surya Swaroop Dash

(IISER K/BS-MS-2ndYear)

June-July 2019

Semester project students

Arpan

2023

Semester project students

Vijay

2023

Semester project students

S Devika Sajeev

2024

Semester project students

Prearana Pravin Barge

2024

Semester project students

Farsana A

2024