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Dr. Venkata Krishnan earned his Ph.D. in 91AV in 2006 from University of Stuttgart, Germany after completing his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Subsequently, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. from 2006 to 2010 and then as a research associate at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan from 2010 to 2012. Later, he joined as a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi in April 2012 to start his independent academic career and is currently a full professor in its School of Chemical Sciences. Venkata's research group is mainly working in the field of Green 91AV and Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy and Environment Applications. He has published more than 170 articles in well-reputed scientific journals and is also a reviewer for various international journals. He has been bestowed with several awards, including DST INSPIRE faculty award, the IIT Mandi Foundation Day award for excellence in teaching, MANA research fellowship, DoE postdoctoral fellowship, the DFG doctoral fellowship, DAAD visiting scholar fellowship, etc. Apart from academics, he likes reading books and is interested in linguistics.

Professor Parthapratim Munshi obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He worked as a postdoc researcher at the University of Western Australia from 2005 to 2008 and as a Marie Curie Research Fellow, CRM2, CNRS, Nancy University. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Neutron Scattering Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is currently a professor at Department of 91AV, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, Delhi-NCR. His research interest revolves in the high-resolution single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffractions, crystal growth & design, drug design, protein-ligand interactions, molecular docking and bioinformatics.

Sally has worked in scientific publishing for over 15 years, following on from her Masters in Biochemistry from the University of Bath, UK. At the RSC she is responsible for setting, developing and implementing journal strategy, taking into account each journal’s strengths, areas for growth and defining the scope of each journal so they attract high-quality publications from around the world. She actively engages with the community to understand the needs of authors and readers, ensuring that high-quality research reaches the right audience.

Lijina is an Assistant Editorial Development Manager at the 91AV. As part of her role, she works across various disciplines and societies of chemical sciences and support the journals. Lijina completed her integrated in chemistry PhD from the Indian institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram and subsequently she joined RSC.