Education and Research Experience:
· March 2016 – Present: Senior Principal Scientist (Scientist F), Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India.
· March 2012- March 2016: Principal Scientist (Scientist E II), Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India.
· March 2008 – March 2012: Sr. Scientist (Scientist E1), Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India.
· March 2003 – March 2008: Scientist (Scientist C), Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India. · March 1999 – March 2003: Scientist (Scientist B), Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India. · JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellow (June 2009 – May 2011): Graduate School of Human and Environmental Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
· Ph. D. (2002-2007), Chemistry: SP Pune University, Pune, India. · M. Sc. (1995-1997), Chemistry: RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.
· B. Sc. (1992-1995), Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics: RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.
Research Interest: o Crystal Engineering and Supramolecular Chemistry
o Group Transfer Reactions in Molecular Crystals
o Polymorphism and Structural Phase Transition in Molecular Crystals
o Drug Polymorphism and Pharmaceutical Multicomponent Crystals (cocrystals, salts, eutectic, hydrate, solvate)
o Crystal Engineering of Fluorescent Materials for Multi-colour Emission
o Spontaneous Resolution of Enantiomers by Crystallization
o Chemical Crystallography and Evaluation of Intermolecular Interactions
v Research Papers: 295
v Patents: 6 (1 US patent granted, five filed)
v Conference Papers/Talk: 39v Ph.D. Students Guided: 6
v MSc/MPharm Students Guided: 18 |