• The manuscript (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504747) has been chosen to be highlighted on the ChemistryViews website. The short news article is available at http://www.chemistryviews.org/details/ezine/8897191/Versatile_CuIIMetal-Organic_Framework.html.

  • Guest Editor, Special thematic issue on Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformations, Cryst. Eng. Comm. 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

  • Reached the US DOE target of hydrogen storage at 77 K by a new MOF

  • In a major breakthrough showed selective adsorption of carbon dioxide and its conversion to cyclic carbonates using a new porous MOF.

  • Invited to contribute a Chapter on Cryptands for the second edition of Comprehensive Supramolecular Chemistry

  • Recipient of the Prestigious J. C. Bose National Fellowship for excellence in research.

  • Highest number of publications on the chemistry of cryptands from one individual lab in the world (SciFinder).