Curriculum Vitae



Professional Experience

Professor (Higher Administrative Grade) Aug. 2025 - present Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Professor Nov. 2018 - July 2025 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Associate Professor June 2014 - Nov. 2018 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Assistant Professor Dec. 2008 - June 2014 Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Post Doc. Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2008 In the group of Prof. Dominik Marx, Lehrstühl für Theoretische Chemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Education

Ph.D. Oct. 2001 - Dec. 2004 under the guidance of Prof. Karl Jug, Theoretische Chemie, Universität Hannover, Germany
M.Sc. Chem. July 1999 -
June 2001		 Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Awards and Honors

Young Scientist Medal 2013 Indian Academy of Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
Young Associate 2012-2015 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
P. K. Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellow 2012-2015 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Distinguished Lectureship Award 2018 Chemical Society of Japan
Excellence in Teaching Award 2019 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Visiting Professor 2018 Institute of Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Japan
Sanjani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair Professorship 2022-2025 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam HPC Award 2023 Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Bronze Medal, Chemical Research Society of India 2024 Chemical Research Society of India
Member, Editorial Board, Resonance 2025-present Resonance (Springer)
Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2026-present American Chemical Society


Last updated on April 27 (2026) by Nisanth N. Nair