Topic：Controlling Stereochemistry at the Quaternary Center: From Olefin Functionalization to Desymmetrization

Speaker: Assistant Professor Santanu Mukherjee

  Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian

  Institute of Science, Bangalore

Time：Friday, 2015.5.15  am 10:00 -- 11:30
Location： 701#B501

EDUCATION

Post-doctoral Research, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA, USA

Advisor: Professor E. J. Corey   6/2008 – 2/2010

MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KOHLENFORSCHUNG, Mülheim, Germany

Advisor: Professor Benjamin List  6/2006 – 5/2008

Ph.D. summa cum laude Organic Chemistry, Universität zu Köln, Germany 2006

M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 2002

B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.) R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India 2000

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

Dr. Srinivasan Rajagopalan Award 2015

Prof. Priti Shankar Teaching Award for Assistant Professors in Science for the year 2014 2015

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 2012-15

Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2011

Max-Planck Fellowship for postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institut für

Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany 2006

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) in National Eligibility Test (NET) 2002

The General Proficiency Medal 2002 for the Best Academic Performance in the Master of

Science (Two Year) Programme in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 2002

Debaprasad Ghoshal Memorial Gold Medal for commendable performance in University

Exam. 2000,

R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur2000

National Scholarship from the Government of India for the result in Higher Secondary

Examination 1997

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Manna, M. S.; Mukherjee, S. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 130-133.

(2) Manna, M. S.; Mukherjee, S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 18-24. [Perspective]

(3) Manna, M. S.; Mukherjee, S. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 1627-1633.

(4) Tripathi, C. B.; Mukherjee, S. Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 3368-3371.

(5) Tripathi, C. B.; Mukherjee, S. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8450-8453.

(6) Tripathi, C. B.; Mukherjee, S. Synlett 2014, 25, 163-169. [Highlights]

(7) Kumar, V.; Mukherjee, S. Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11203-11205.

(8) Manna, M. S.; Mukherjee, S. Chem.–Eur. J. 2012, 18, 15277-15282.

(9) Manna, M. S.; Kumar, V.; Mukherjee, S. Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5193-5195.