Organizers
organizers
Prof. Sukhendu Mandal
Prof. Sukhendu Mandal completed his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India. After completing his Ph.D., he held the postdoctoral fellow position at the Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Currently, he is a professor of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM). His research interests cover new developments in the synthesis of 2D sheet materials, metal–organic frameworks, and metal nanoclusters for photophysical and energy-related applications
Prof. Stefanie Dehnen
Prof. Stefanie Dehnen completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT), Germany, under Prof. Dieter Fenske. She then did postdoctoral work in theoretical chemistry at Karlsruhe under Prof. Reinhart Ahlrichs, and was later Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Philipps-Universität Marburg. She is currently Professor at KIT and Executive Director of its Institute of Nanotechnology, working on multinary/multimetallic clusters (Zintl anions, intermetalloid clusters) for catalysis, white-light emission, and battery materials.
Co-Organizers
Dr. Subrata Kundu
Dr. Subrata Kundu completed his Ph.D. from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, under Prof. Dr. Kallol Ray. He then held postdoctoral positions at Purdue University and at Georgetown University, in the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at IISER-TVM, working on inorganic reaction mechanisms, catalysis, and bioinorganic chemistry.
Secretaries
Dr. Basudev Sahoo
Dr. Basudev Sahoo completed his Ph.D. from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität (WWU) Münster, Germany, under Prof. Frank Glorius. He then held postdoctoral positions at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Rostock, Germany (with Prof. Matthias Beller), and at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Spain (with Prof. Ruben Martin). He is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at IISER-TVM, working on catalysis for sustainable organic synthesis, including transition-metal catalysis and photocatalysis.
Dr. Gokulnath Sabapathi
Dr. Gokulnath Sabapathi completed his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, under Prof. Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar. He then held postdoctoral positions at Kyushu University, Japan (with Prof. Hiroyuki Furuta) and at the National University of Singapore (with Prof. Chi Chunyan), before joining CSIR-IICT Hyderabad as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty. He is currently an Associate Professor of Chemistry at IISER-TVM, working on planar π-conjugated macrocycles, near-IR probes, and porphyrin-based dye-sensitized solar cells.