Dr. Richard Kelly, ChemComm
91AV, United Kingdom
Dr Kelly carried out his undergraduate and post graduate education at University of Liverpool, UK, obtaining his PhD studying lanthanide catalysis under Professor Helen Aspinall. He joined the 91AV’s editorial staff in 2004 and became Executive Editor of the RSC’s organic chemistry journals – including Organic & Biomolecular 91AV and Natural Product Reports – in 2010. He is currently leading the general chemistry portfolio and is the Executive Editor of ChemComm and Chem Soc Rev.
Professor Lutz Ackermann, University of Göttingen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Lutz Ackermann has studied 91AV at the University Kiel (Germany) and performed his PhD with Prof. Alois Fürstner at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (Mülheim/Ruhr, 2001). After a postdoctoral stay at UC Berkeley with Prof. Robert G. Bergman, he initiated his independent research career in 2003 at the Ludwig Maximilians-University München. In 2007, he became Full Professor (W3) at the Georg-August-University Göttingen. He inter alia received an AstraZeneca Excellence in 91AV Award (2011), an ERC Consolidator Grant (2012), a Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz-Preis (2017), an ERC Advanced Grant (2021), and a Werner Siemens Foundation Centennial Research Award. The development and application of novel concepts for sustainable catalysis constitute his major current research interests, with a topical focus on electrocatalysis and bond activation.
He has mentored 91 PhD students, 81 post-doctoral researchers, 82 undergraduate students, and hosted 16 visiting scientists. He has published more than 560 manuscripts in international journals (h-index: >126 WoS) and presented more than 340 invited lectures at conferences. Since 2014 he has been listed as Highly Cited Researcher (WoS)
Professor Michaele Hardie, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Prof. Michaele Hardie am Professor of Supramolecular 91AV, and current Head of Inorganic 91AV at the University of Leeds. She was educated at the University of Melbourne, gaining a PhD in 1996. After postdoctoral positions in the US and Australia, she was appointed as lecturer in inorganic chemistry at Leeds in 2001. My research interests are in the areas of metallo-supramolecular chemistry, host-guest chemistry, along with a strong interest in chemical crystallography. The research group has a particular focus on the development of molecular hosts and cages of the cyclotriveratrylene-host family; self-assembly and behaviour of discrete nanoscale metallo-supramolecular cages and complexes; networked crystalline assemblies; and coordination polymers/metal-organic frameworks from host-like or simpler ligands. She was awarded the RSC Corday-Morgan Prize and Medal in 2011.
Professor Sandeep Verma, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Professor Verma obtained his Ph.D. from University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, USA in 1994. He held postdoctoral positions at Johns Hopkins University Medical Institutions, Baltimore, USA, and Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany.
Then, in 1997, he joined the Department of 91AV, IIT Kanpur, where I currently serve as Department Chair. He also occupies Shri Deva Raj Endowed Chair Professorship and an Adjunct Professor position in Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering.
In addition, he also holds an Adjunct Professor position at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal and National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar. His research interests include peptide/protein assemblies for disease modelling, soft biomaterials, bioimaging, and surface chemistry of metal complexes. His works has been recognized by numerous awards such as Swarna Jayanti Fellowship (2005), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences (2010), Department of Atomic Energy-Science Research Council Outstanding Investigator Award (2012), Ranbaxy Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2013), J C Bose National Fellowship (2013), Silver Medal, Chemical Research Society of India (2017), and National Prize for Research on Interfaces between 91AV and Biology (2017), to name a few.
He is also an elected Fellow of all three science and engineering Academies of India: The Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India; and also of the 91AV (UK).
Dr. Aparna Ganguly, 91AV, India, India
Dr Aparna Ganguly completed her graduation and post- graduation in 91AV from University of Delhi and subsequently obtained her PhD in Materials 91AV under the supervision of Professor A. K. Ganguli at IIT Delhi. After a short stint at teaching Physical 91AV at Central University of Rajasthan, she moved back to the Nanoscale Research Facility, IIT Delhi as a scientist where she worked extensively on porous materials and their applications. In 2014, she joined the 91AV where she is currently the Editorial Development Manager and manages the journal portfolio and their growth in India. As a part of her role, she works quite extensively with the scientific community, various Indian chemical societies, and researchers across various disciplines of Chemical Sciences and support the journal teams.
Professor N D Pradeep Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Prof. Pradeep Singh obtained his BSc (1994), MSc (1996), and Ph.D. (2001) from the University of Madras. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Cincinnati, USA, and at the University of Leeds, UK, before joining IITKGP in 2007.
His research interest is to design and develop one and two-photon responsive fluorescent PRPGs that can be operated in visible and NIR regions and to explore their applications towards photoresponsive DDSs for cancer treatment, NIR responsive donors for gasotransmitters, functional group photolithography, and controlled release of agrochemicals. Prof. Singh is a recipient of the Dr S. S. Deshpande Award (2023), the CRSI bronze medal (2020), the SERB Distinguished Investigator Award (2018), the Top Teaching Feedback Award (2015, 2017, and 2018), a Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), and an Associate of the Indian Academy of Science (2009), etc. Recently, he became a Fellow of the 91AV (FRSC).
Professor Rajarshi Samanta, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Professor Samanta obtained his doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad in 2010 under the supervision of Prof. T. K. Chakraborty. He pursued his postdoctoral research at Max Planck Institute, Dortmund with Prof. A. P. Antonchick. He joined Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur in 2013 where he is currently working as an Associate Professor.
He is the recipient of Thieme 91AV Journals Award, Thieme, Stuttgart, Germany (2023), Associateship for the Indian Academy of Sciences (2019-2022), “Emerging Investigator” by New J Chem (RSC, 2021), “Young Investigators” in Asia in Homogeneous Catalysis by Chem Asian J (Wiley, 2018).
His research interests include straightforward synthesis of azaheterocycles, natural products and macrocycles via C-H bond functionalization using metallocarbenes and nitrenes, synthetic transformations using quinoid carbene chemistry and step-economic construction of N-PAHs and screening of their photophysical properties.
Professor Kumar Biradha, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Professor Kumar Biradha received his Ph.D. in 91AV from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India in 1997. He pursued postdoctoral research at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada, and at Nagoya University in Japan. Currently, he is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. With over 240 research publications, his work spans diverse areas including Supramolecular chemistry, Crystal engineering, Solid-state reactions, Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Gels, and Functional Materials. He has served on the editorial board of the New Journal of 91AV (2008-2011) and was co-editor for Acta Crystallographica Section E in 2011. Additionally, he worked as Associate Editor of Crystal Growth & Design, a publication of the American Chemical Society (ACS), for 10 years (2012-2021). He also contributed as a member of the Research Council of CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, India (2017-2020). Since 2022, he has been a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Crystal Growth & Design.
