Post Doctoral Fellow:
Dr. Rahul Dev
Rahul Dev Mandal was born in West Bengal, India in 1992. He completed his B.Sc. at City College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and M.Sc. from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from the University of Calcutta in September 2024. Currently, he is working as Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (IPDF) in RAF group since September 2024.
Ph.D STUDENTS : (Ongoing)
Sanjita Moharana
Sanjita Moharana is from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She has completed her M.Sc. from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi with specialization in organic chemistry. She qualified UGC-JRF (December-2019) and joined the lab of Prof. Fernandes in Jan. 2021. Her hobbies are travelling, reading novels and painting.
Sagar Khandekar
Sagar Khandekar born in Solapur (Maharashtra), completed B.Sc. from Solapur University and M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. After clearing GATE 2020 as well as CSIR NET JRF 2020 he joined the group of Prof. Fernandes in Jan 2021. His hobbies include playing cricket and listening to music.
Ravikant Ranjan
Ravikant S. Ranjan born in Mirzapur, UP, India, completed B.Sc. in chemistry from K. V. Pendharkar college, Mumbai university in 2015 and M.Sc. in Organic chemistry from Birla college, Mumbai University in 2018. He qualified CSIR NETJRF in December 2019 and joined as a Ph.D. student in the research group of Prof. R. A. Fernandes at IIT Bombay in Jan. 2021. He likes to watch and play cricket.
Gulenur N. Khatun
Gulenur Nesha Khatun is from Birbhum, West Bengal. She received B.Sc. from Burdwan University in 2018 and M.Sc. degree in chemistry from IIEST, Shibpur in 2020. She cleared the CSIR- JRF in 2020 (AIR 48) and the GATE exam in 2020 and joined the group of Prof. RAF in July 2021. Her hobbies are dancing, traveling and making new friends.
Barnala Nagaraju
Barnala nagaraju is from Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. He has completed M.Sc. from Andhra University of Andhra Pradesh with specialization in Organic Chemistry. He qualified CSIR-NET in 2019 & 2022 and Gate 2022, and joined the lab of Prof. R. A. Fernandes in January 2023.
Sharad Survase
Sharad Survase is from Maharashtra, He has completed M.Sc. from Pune University with specialization in Drug Chemistry and joined the lab of Prof. R.A Fernandes in January 2023.
Nirav Chandan
Nirav Chandan is from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He has completed his B.Sc. Chemistry from V. K. Krishna Menon College, University of Mumbai and M.Sc. Chemistry from Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai. He has qualified GATE 2023 (AIR 280) and CSIR NET JRF June 2023 (AIR 71) exams. He joined as a Ph.D. student in the lab of Prof. Rodney A. Fernandes in January 2024. His hobbies are reading, cooking, and singing.
Ph.D STUDENTS : (Completed)
Dr. Sandhya Singh Yadav
Thesis Title - "Synthetic Studies of Isoclathroside, Oxilipins and Development of New Synthetic Methodologies "
Date: 8th April 2024Currently :- .
Dr. Priyanka Choudhary
Thesis Title - "Site-Selective C-H Iodination, Diene Functionalization and Total Synthesis of Mycalol "
Date: 26th July 2024Currently :- .
Dr. Deepak Saini
Thesis Title - "Total Syntheses of Catechol Pyran, Obolactone and Diosniponols A and B "
Date: 5th September 2024Currently :- .
Dr. Dnyaneshwar Gorve
Thesis Title - "Syntheses of (+)-Petromyroxol, Tetraketide, Deepoxyalchornoic Acid, Isoleukotoxin Diol, Guaianolides and Diene Functionalization "
Date: 25th October 2024Currently :- .
Amit Kumar Jha
Thesis Title - "Synthesis of Chloride Bridged n3-Bis-P-Allylpalladium Chloride Dimers and Total Synthesis of Oxylipids, Avocadyne and Avocadane."
Date: 20th February 2023Currently :- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, BSA Degree College Mathura, Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra.
Naveen Goswami
Thesis Title - "Stereoselective Synthesis of Guggultetrols, Phomonol, Nonenolides, Polyene Natural Products and Method Development for Alkoxylation of 1,3-Dienes"
Date: 08 April 2022Currently : -
Praveen Kumar
Thesis Title - "Method Development for 4-Aryldihydrocoumarins and Cinnamaldehydes and Total Synthesis of Pyran Natural Products"
Date: 16 March 2022Currently : -
G.V. Ramakrishna
Thesis Title - "Total Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydrovernoniyne, Paraconic acids, Guaianolides and New Method Development for Wacker Oxidation"
Date: 29 April 2022Currently : -
Ashvin Gangani
Thesis Title - Synthesis of Coumarin and Butenolide 4-Sulfonates, 5-Vinyl-2-isoxazolines and 1,3-Oxazines by Palladium Catalysis and Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural ?-Hydroxy-?-lactones
Date: 29 April 2022Currently : -
Anupama
Thesis Title - "Method Development for 3-Halo-1H-Indenes and (E)- -Hydroxy- , -Enals and Total Synthesis of Coriolides, Guggultetrol and Tonkinelins
Date: 08 September 2021Currently : -
Amit Bhowmik
Thesis Title -"Total synthesis of (-)-Juglomycin C, (-)-NHAB and Method Development for the Synthesis of Diarylsulfides and Cinnamaldehydes"
Date - 05 October 2020Currently : -
Rupesh Kunkalkar
Thesis Title -"Synthesis of 4-Sulfonyl Coumarins, 4-Aryldihydrocoumarins and Total Synthesis of (+)-Ancepsenolide and (+)-Muricadienini"
Date - 22 October 2019Currently : Syngenta, Goa
Sachin Gholap (UGC, JRF)
Thesis Title -"Synthetic Studies on (?)-Thysanone, 2,3 Dihydropyranones and Development of Fischer Carbene Pentannulation and Chemoselective Silyl Ether Deprotection"
Date - 17 September 2018Currently : Postdoc in Prof. Doron Shabat at Tel-Aviv University , Israel
Venkati Bethi
Thesis Title - " Synthetic Studies on Disparlure, Caruifolin A and Development of New Oxidative Methods"
Date - 22 April 2017Currently : Postdoc in Prof. Fujie Tanaka, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
Dipali Arun Chaudhari
Thesis Title - "Development of Chiral pi-Allylpalladium Catalysis, New Oxidants for Wacker-Oxidation Reaction and Stereoselective Synthesis of Cephalosorolides E and F, Hagen's Gland Lactones, Muricatacin and L-Factor"
Date - 05 January 2017Currently : Postdoc in Prof. Fraser Fleming's Laboratory, Drexel University, USA
Jothi Lakshmi Madhavan
Thesis Title - "Development of Asymmetric Allylation, Bis-Allylation Aza-Cope/Aza-Prins Cyclization, Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling and Mono and Bis-Arylation of g-Vinyl-g-butyrolactone"
Date -26 August 2016Mahesh B. Halle
Thesis Title - "Development of Synthetic Strategies for Cephalosprolide H, Paraconic Acids and Butenolide-Macrolide Molecules "
Date - 22 April 2016Currently : Postdoc with Prof. David Churchill, KIAST, Korea
Dr. Pradnya Patil
Thesis Title - "Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)-Murolic Acid, (-)-Incrustoporin, Reported Structure of Polyporolide and Development of New Piperidine Ligands for Ullman and Sonogashira Coupling"
Date - 1 October 2015.
Currently : Postdoc with Dr. Julia Khusnutdinova, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
Dr. Sandip V. Mulay
Thesis title - "Application of DöBenzannulation to the Syntheses of Pyranonaphthoquinone Natural Products and Analogues".
Date - 11 June 2014
Currently : Postdoc with Prof. David Churchill, KIAST, Korea
Dr. K. Pullaiah
Thesis title - "Stereoselective Syntheses of Bioactive Natural Products: Topsentolide B2, Cardiobutanolide, Hagen's Gland Lactones and Brevicomins and Development of Benzylic Oxidative Dihydroxylation".
Date - 2 April 2014
Currently : Postdoc with Satoshi Niwayama, Japan
Dr. Vijay P. Chavan
Thesis title - "Synthetic studies on Juglomycins, Pyranonaphthoquinones and Asteriscunolides".
Date - 7 May 2013
Currently : Scientist, Wokhardt, Aurangabad
Dr. Asim K. Chowdhury
Thesis title - "Strategic utility of orthoester Claisen rearrangement of vicinal diol based allyl alcohols in stereoselective synthesis of natural products".
Date - 26 April, 2013.
Currently : Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar Punjab
Dr. Arun B. Ingle
Thesis title - "Development of new synthetic strategies for the synthesis of bioactive molecules".
Date - 30 July, 2012.
Currently : Scientist, Biocon, Hyderabad