Ph. D. Student(s)

Dr. Tripti Ahuja

Towards vibrational tomography of ligand protected nanoparticles, 2020

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: ahujatripti.cool948@gmail.com

Dr. Biswajit Mondol

Exploring the chemical and physical properties of 2D MoS2 for clean water, 2020

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: bishu841993@gmail.com

Dr. Mohammad Bodiuzzaman

Exploring chemical and structural diversity in atomically precise nanoclusters, 2020

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: mdbodiuzzaman682@gmail.com

Dr. Debasmita Ghosh

An investigation of the chemical properties of luminescent protein protected atomically precise noble metal clusters, 2020

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: gdebasmita14@yahoo.com

Dr. Jyotirmoy Ghosh

Clathrate hydrates in ultrahigh vacuum under cryogenic conditions, 2020

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: ghoshjyoti372@gmail.com

Dr. Vidhya Subramanian

Integrating Technologies to Create Modular Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring, 2019

Principal scientist, International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW), Chennai.
Email: vidhya.subramanian.nt@gmail.com

Dr. Abhijit Nag

Consequences of molecular interactions of noble metals in the bulk and nanoscale, 2019

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: nagabhijit75@gmail.com

Dr. Papri Chakraborty

Chemical interactions of noble metal nanoclusters: Dynamics, aggregation and supramolecular complexation, 2019

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. T. Pradeep, DST unit on Nanoscience and Thematic Unit of Excellence, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Madras. Email: pc.paprichakraborty@gmail.com

Dr. Jyoti Sarita Mohanty

Atomically precise clusters in protein templates: Synthesis and applications, 2019

Email: mohantyjs@gmail.com

Dr. Manju C. K.

Investigations of new atomically precise metal chalcogenide clusters, 2019

Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
Email: joshumanju@gmail.com

Dr. Swathy J. R.

Employing Common Ions And Molecules For Sustainable Clean Water, 2019

Assistant Manager, R&D, Eureka Forbes Ltd, Technical Headquaters, Bangalore.
Email: mailmeswathy@gmail.com

Dr. Shridevi Bhat

Investigations of mono and bimetallic clusters of Iridium, 2018

Post doctoral fellow, Bioengineering Dept, UCLA.
Email: swasthishridevi@gmail.com

Dr. Avijit Baidya

Chemical Approaches for Reliable Superhydrophobic Coatings: Synthesis and Applications, 2018

Post doctoral fellow, Bioengineering Dept, UCLA.

Email: a.baidyaju@gmail.com

Dr. Rahul Narayanan

Molecular ionization at low voltage from one-dimensional nanostructures: Phenomena and applications, 2017

Post doctoral fellow, Richard N Zare research group, Fudan University China.
Email: rahulknkudilil@gmail.com

Dr. Atanu Ghosh

Atomically precise noble metal clusters: Synthesis, transformation and applications, 2017

Post Doctoral Fellow, c/o Prof. Osman Bakr, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
Email: atanughosh88@gmail.com

Dr. Deepanjan Sarkar

Ambient ions: investigations at the materials-mass spectrometry interface, 2017

Royal Soceity-SERB Newton International Fellow, University of Manchester.
Email: depanjansarkar@gmail.com

Dr. Soujit Sengupta

Graphenic materials for affordable clean water, 2017

Assistant Manager, RTIC, Thermax Limited Pune 411019

Email: soujit.sengupta@gmail.com

Dr. K. R. Krishnadas

Chemical reactions of atomically precise noble metal clusters, 2016

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Thomas Buergi Group, Physical Chemistry Department University of Geneva, Geneva. Email: krdasnandipulam@gmail.com

Dr. Rabin Rajan J. Methikkalam

Physico-chemical changes at icy surfaces of relevance to astrochemical processes, 2016

Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous),Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Email: rabinrajanj@gmail.com

Dr. Anirban Som

Investigations into the reactivity of tellurium nanowires with ionic, molecular and metallic silver, 2016

Post Doctoral Fellow, Prof. Olli Ikkala, Molecular Materials, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Finland. Email: asomchem@gmail.com

Dr. Ananya Baksi

Interaction of proteins and sugars with noble metals: Adducts, Clusters and Dissolution, 2015

Post-Doctoral Researcher c/o Prof. Horst Hahn, Nanostructured Materials Lab, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Email: baksi.ananya@yahoo.in

Dr. Amitava Srimany

Investigations of molecular signatures of plants and cells by ambient mass spectrometry, 2015

Assistant Scientist, International Rice Rearch Institute (IRRI)

Email: amitavasrimany@gmail.com

Dr. Radha Gobinda Bhuin

Understanding molecules of interstellar relevance by optical spectroscopies, 2015

Research Employee, Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II, Egerlandstraße 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Email: radhagobindabhuin@gmail.com

Dr. Indranath Chakraborty

An Investigation into the formation, functionalization and applications of atomically precise silver clusters, 2015

Junior Group Leader, Parak Research Group, Centre for Hybrid Nanostructure (CHyN), University of Hamburg, Germany.

Dr. Ammu Mathew

Functional noble metal clusters: Synthesis, surface chemistry and applications, 2014

ORISE Fellow, U S Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, 10 General Greene Ave, Natick, MA 01760
Email: ammumathew@gmail.com

Dr. Kamalesh Chaudhari

Single particle investigations of nano-bio interactions, 2014.

Principal scientist, International Centre for Clean Water (ICCW), Chennai.

Dr. Robin John

Investigation on the formation and inter-conversion of low dimensional carbon systems, 2014.

Email: robinjohn7@gmail.com

Dr. M. S. Bootharaju

Investigations of the interactions of noble metal nanosystems with contaminants in water, 2014

Senior Researcher, Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon research group, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
E-mail: megalamane.bootharaju@kaust.ed u.sa

Dr. Soumabha Bag

Ultralow Energy Ion Scattering at Ice Surfaces: Instrumentation and Unusual Reactivity, 2014

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Nanotechnology, KIT, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
Email: soumabha.bag@gmail.com

Dr. Thumu Udayabhaskararao

Luminescent quantum clusters of silver and their variants, 2013

Professor, Institute of Fundmenatal and Frontier Sciences, UESTC, China.

Email: uday.tumu@gmail.com

Dr. J. Purushothaman

Nano and sub-micro inclusions as probes into the origin and history of natural diamonds, 2013

Consultant IIT M, F98/5, Shyam’s, Fourth Street, Anna Nagar, Chennai- 600102.

Email: jporus2000@yahoo.com

Dr. T. S. Sreeprasad

Chemical interactions of selected one- and two- dimensional nanosystems: Reactions, shape change and self organization, 2011.

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at El Paso, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 500 W University, El Paso, Texas, USA-79968.
Email: sreeprasadts@gmail.com

Dr. P. R. Sajanlal

Shape-controlled synthesis, characterization, and applications of anisotropic meso/nano materials, 2011.

Scientist II, Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 27 DryDock Avenue, Boston.

Email: sajanlalpr@gmail.com

Dr. Habeeb Muhammed M. A.

Investigations of luminescent gold quantum clusters, 2010.

Post Doctoral Fellow, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.

Email: habeeb.muhammed@gmail.com

Dr. E. S. Shibu

Quantum clusters and superlattices derived from gold nanoparticles: Two distinct regimes of nanosystems, 2010.

Ramanujan Scientist, CECRI-Kararikudi, Tamil Nadu.

Email: shibuchem@gmail.com

Dr. Akshaya Kumar Samal

Synthesis, characterization and properties of one dimensional nanostructures, 2010.

Assistant Professor, Photo & Electrocatalysis Research Group, Centre for Nano & Materials Sciences, Jain University, Ramanagara – 562112, Bangalore. Email: aksamal@gmail.com

Dr. D. M. David Jeba Singh

Gas phase clusters, 2009.

Senior Research Scientist, Reliance Technology Group, Reliance Corporate Park, Bldg. No. 7, 2nd Floor, B wing, Thane Belapur Road, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai – 400701, INDIA.

Email: dmdavid@gmail.com

Dr. V. R. Rajeev Kumar

Investigation of nanoparticle hybrids, 2008.

Professor, School of Natural and Computational Sciences, Wollega University Nekemte, Ethiopia.

Email: rajeevvr@gmail.com

Dr. Jobin Cyriac

Probing atmospherically relevant molecules on ice films, 2007.

Associate Professor, Deaprtment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram, Valiamala, Kerala. Email: cyriac.jobin@gmail.com

Dr. C. Subramaniam

Nanosensors with metal nanoparticles and nanoparticle-nanotube composites, 2007.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Email: csubbu@gmail.com

Dr. Renjis T. Tom

Interactions of certain biomolecules with metal nanoparticles, 2006.

Assistant Professor, St. Joseph’s College Devagiri, Medical college post, Calicut 673008, Kerala.

Email: renjis1@gmail.com

Dr. Rosemary M. J.

Investigations of molecules confined in silica nanoshells, 2006.

Scientist E1 Corporate R & D Centre, HLL Lifecare Ltd., Sreekariyam.P.O., Trivandrum.
Email: mjrose@rediffmail.com

Dr. A. Sreekumaran Nair

Chemistry of halocarbons with bare and protected silver and gold nanoparticles, 2006.

Senior Manager (II) level (R&D), Advanced Design and Materials Group, MRF Limited, R&D Centre/Corporate Technical, Chennai
Email: nniansn@nus.edu.sg

Dr. R. Selvan

Synthesis and spectroscopic investigations of novel clusters, 2001.

Associate Professor, Symbiosis School of Biomedical Sciences Symbiosis International University Symbiosis Knowledge Village Lavale , Pune, India.
Email: selvan.r@saiadvantium.com

Dr. M. Venkataramanan

Investigations of the structure, stability and surface modification of self-assembled monolayers, 2000.

Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA. Email: mvenkat@iiserkol.ac.in

Dr. N. Sandhyarani

Structure, phase transitions and properties of monolayer-protected metal clusters, 2000.

Professor School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calciut, NIT Campus P.O, Kozhikode, Kerala.
Email: sandhya@nitc.ac.in

Dr. M. R. Resmi

Vibrational spectroscopic investigations of orientational ordering
in fullerene based materials, 2000.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Sree Neelakanta, Govt. Sanskrit College, Pattambi, Kerala.
Email:resmiraveendran.mr@gmail.com

Dr. Bindhu Varughese

Investigations of the chemical transformations of self assembled monolayers and the surface structure of liquids, 1997.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. Xavier University,
Chicago, IL
Email:varughese@sxu.edu