Organic Molecules and Functional Materials
aiming at MATERIALS EVOLUTION
from de novo design to applications
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DOCTORAL SCHOLARS
Sarah Titus
I joined the group on Feb 04, 2011 and graduated with my doctoral degree in 2016.
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Research topic: Structure based design and development of kinase inhibitors and dendrimeric nanoprobe based on 2-aminothiazole template
You can read an abstract of my thesis in the following link
https://www.iist.ac.in/sites/default/files/library/thesis/SC11D004.pdf
Research interests: Organic synthesis (4-hydrazinothiazoles), one-pot and sequential routes, In-silico design and binding site analysis of aurora kinase inhibitors, thiazole-PAMAM dendrimer probes
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Rakesh R.
I joined the group on Aug 14, 2012 and have defended my doctoral thesis on 25.06.2018.
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Research topic: Computational assisted de novo design and development of combinatorial library of fluorophores for theranostics
Research interests: DFT and TD-DFT studies on multiheterocyclic multifunctional materials, organic synthesis, combinatorial design of fluorophore libraries, development of small heterocyclic systems for theranostics
My thesis can be viewed at this link
Chithra R. Nair
I joined the group on 02.01.2019 as a CSIR-UGC fellow and completed my course work.
Currently, I am a senior Research Fellow focusing on developing dendrimer heterocycle conjugates as nanotheranostics
JULSANA JALAL
I joined the group on 02.01.2023 and currently undergoing my course work.
My broad area of research is Bioastronautics, where I will be using whole animal models to study physiological changes during spaceflight.
Sreeraj V
I joined the group on 01.07.2023 and currently undergoing my course work.
My broad area of research is Bioastronautics, where I will be exploring the prospects of developing bioregenerative life support systems for long duration space missions.