IISER Pune’s Chemistry division offers research opportunities for the degree of Doctor Philosophy in a wide range of interest from traditional physical, inorganic, organic, organometallic chemistry to new frontiers of chemical biology, materials research and nanoscience.
Inorganic Chemistry: V.G. Anand, Nimalya Ballav, Sujit K. Ghosh, Shabana Khan, Moumita Majumdar, R. Boomi Shankar, Debangsu Sil
Organic Chemistry: Ramakrishna G. Bhat, S. Sandanaraj Britto, Harinath Chakrapani, Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay, Boopathy Gnanaprakasam, Hosahudya N. Gopi, Amrita Hazra, Srinivas Hotha, Satavisha Kayal, M. Jayakannan, S.G. Srivatsan, Pinaki Talukdar
Physical Chemistry (Experiment): Sunil S. Bhagwat, Jeetender Chugh, Aloke Das, Partha Hazra, Pankaj Mandal, Muhammed Musthafa, Angshuman Nag, Pramod Pillai
Physical Chemistry (Theory): Srabanti Chaudhuri, Anirban Hazra, Arnab Mukherjee, Arun Venkatnathan
Research Areas
Advanced Spectroscopy and Molecular Biophysics
Jeetender Chugh, Aloke Das, Partha Hazra, Pankaj Mandal, S.G. Srivatsan
Electrochemistry, Energy, and Environment
Nimalya Ballav, Sujit K. Ghosh, Muhammed Musthafa, R. Boomi Shankar, Anghusman Nag, Pramod Pillai
Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Ramakrishna G. Bhat, S. Sandanaraj Britto, Harinath Chakrapani, Boopathy Gnanaprakasam, Hosahudya N. Gopi, Amrita Hazra, Srinivas Hotha, Satavisha Kayal, M. Jayakannan, S.G. Srivatsan, Pinaki Talukdar
Solid-state Chemistry and Materials Science
Nimalya Ballav, Sujit K. Ghosh, Partha Hazra, Pankaj Mandal, Muhammed Musthafa, Angshuman Nag, Pramod Pillai, R. Boomi Shankar
Synthesis and Catalysis
V.G. Anand, Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay, Sujit K. Ghosh, Boopathy Gnanaprakasam, Srinivas Hotha, Satavisha Kayal, Shabana Khan, Moumita Majumdar, R. Boomi Shankar, Debangsu Sil
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Biophysics
Srabanti Chaudhuri, Anirban Hazra, Arnab Mukherjee, Arun Venkatnathan
Research Centres and Initiatives
Centre for Energy Science
Set up under the Department of Science and Technology's Nanomission, the Centre is comprised of a team of about 15-20 faculty members from the Physics and Chemistry Departments at IISER Pune who joined hands to perform cutting-edge research in this interdisciplinary field to develop applications with direct societal impact.