Department of
Chemistry

Regular Faculty

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  Aloke Das

  Professor

  Gas phase laser spectroscopy, Non-covalent interactions in biomolecules

  a.das@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Amrita Hazra

  Associate Professor

  Enzyme mechanisms, Chemical biology of microbes

  amrita@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Angshuman Nag

  Professor

  Colloidal nanocrystals, Photophysics, Opto-electronics

  angshuman@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Anirban Hazra

  Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Student and Campus Activities)

  Theoretical Chemistry

  ahazra@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Arnab Mukherjee

  Professor

  Theoretical and computational chemistry, biophysics

  arnab.mukherjee@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Arun Venkatnathan

  Professor

  Molecular modelling, fuel cells and computational quantum chemistry

  arun@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Boopathy Gnanaprakasam

  Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Chemistry

  Natural products synthesis, Asymmetric synthesis, Homogeneous catalysis, Flow chemistry, Fluorination methods

  gnanaprakasam@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Debangsu Sil

  Assistant Professor

  Bio-Inorganic Chemistry

  debangsu@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Harinath Chakrapani

  Professor

  Organic Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Nitric Oxide Prodrugs

  harinath@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Hosahudya N. Gopi

  Professor

  Peptides, Peptidomimetics, Foldamers, Peptide Antibiotics and Inhibitors for Protein-Protein Interactions

  hn.gopi@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Jeetender Chugh

  Associate Professor

  NMR spectroscopy of biomolecules

  cjeet@iiserpune.ac.in
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  M. Jayakannan

  Professor

  Synthetic polymers and biomaterials

  jayakannan@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Moumita Majumdar

  Associate Professor

  Main-Group Organometallic Chemistry and their state-of-the-art applications

  moumitam@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Muhammed Musthafa

  Associate Professor

  Interfacial Electrochemistry, Functionalized Surfaces, Energy Conversion and Storage Devices, Water Splitting, Sensors

  musthafa@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Nirmalya Ballav

  Professor and Chair, Chemistry; Associate Dean (Research and Development)

  Interfacial Materials Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications

  nballav@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Pankaj Mandal

  Associate Professor

  pankaj@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Partha Hazra

  Professor

  Photophysics and biophysics

  p.hazra@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Pinaki Talukdar

  Professor and Dean (Faculty)

  Supramolecular Chemistry, Organic Materials, Membrane Transport, and Chemical Biology

  ptalukdar@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Pramod Pillai

  Associate Professor

  Functional nanomaterials: Hybrid nanostructures for self-assembly, light harvesting and bio-targeting studies.

  pramod.pillai@iiserpune.ac.in
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  R. Boomi Shankar

  Professor

  Synthetic Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

  boomi@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Ramakrishna G. Bhat

  Professor

  Organic Synthesis and Catalysis: Organocatalysis, Photoredox catalysis, C-H bond functionalization and Transition metal catalysis

  rgb@iiserpune.ac.in
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  S. Sandanaraj Britto

  Associate Professor

  Chemical biology/physiology, Optical molecular imaging of whole organisms

  sandanaraj.britto@iiserpune.ac.in
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  S. G. Srivatsan

  Professor

  Chemical biology, nucleic acid chemistry, assay development, functionalised nucleic acids

  srivatsan@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Shabana Khan

  Associate Professor

  Inorganic Chemistry

  shabana@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Srabanti Chaudhury

  Associate Professor and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor

  Chemical physics, theoretical biophysics

  srabanti@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Srinivas Hotha

  Professor

  Glycochemical Biology

  s.hotha@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sujit K. Ghosh

  Professor

  Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

  sghosh@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sunil S. Bhagwat

  Professor and Director

  Interfacial Science and Engineering, Energy and Exergy Engineering, Computer Process Simulation, and Artificial Neural Networks
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  V. G. Anand

  Professor

  Porphyrinoids, Molecular recognition, Luminescent materials

  vg.anand@iiserpune.ac.in