Professor

Department of Organic Chemistry

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, INDIA

Phone: +91-80-2293 2850/2849

E-mail: sm@iisc.ac.in

Professional Positions

- Since December 2021: Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

- December 2015 to December 2021: Associate Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

- April 2010 to December 2015: Assistant Professor at the Department of Organic Chemistry,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

- 2008 to 2010: Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

(Advisor: Prof. E. J. Corey)

- 2006 to 2008: Postdoctoral Fellow at Max-Planck Institute fuer Kohlenforschung,

Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Benjamin List)

 

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

- Member of the SYNLETT Advisory Board (since 2023)

- Science and Technology Award for Research by Science and Engineering Research Board

(SERB-STAR) (2021)

- AV Rama Rao (AVRA) Young Scientist Award for the year 2019 (2020)

- Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal (2019)

- Associate Editor, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry (since 2019)

- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK (FRSC) (2018)

- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Organic Chemistry (2018-2023)

- Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award for the year 2015 by Indian Chemical Society (2016)

- Dr. Srinivasan Rajagopalan Award by IISc Alumni Association (2015)

- Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award for Assistant Professors in Science for the year 2014

- Alkyl Amines-Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Young Scientist Award (2014)

- Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Young Scientist (2014)

- National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2013)

- Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2012-2015)

- Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2011)

- Max-Planck Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Max-Planck Institute fuer Kohlenforschung,

Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany (2006)

- The General Proficiency Medal 2002 for the Best Academic Performance in the MSc

(2 Year) Program in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

- Debaprasad Ghoshal Memorial Gold Medal for commendable performance in University

Exam. 2000, R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur.

 

 

 

OrgChem@IISc

Prof. Santanu Mukherjee

 

Education

- PhD (2006): University of Cologne, Germany

(Advisor: Prof. Albrecht Berkessel)

 

- MSc (2002): Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

(Thesis Advisor: Prof. Parimal K. Bharadwaj)

 

- BSc (2000): R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, India