





Principal Investigator

Adinarayana Doddi, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur
Transit Campus, Industrial Training Institute (ITI)
Engineering School Road
760010, Ganjam District, Odisha
Email: adoddi@iiserbpr.ac.in
Telephone: +91 680 2227 772
Group Members
Research Associate

Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahoo (PDRF)
PhD, IISER Berhampur
email: amiyaks@iiserbpr.ac.in
Awards and Achievements
Qualified Gate 2019
Qualified CSIR-NET
Research Interests; Design, synthesis of unusual carbene-phosphorus compounds and, organometallic complexes and their applications in catalysis and small molecule activation
Publications
1).Dicationic Copper(I) Complexes Bearing ENE (E = S, Se) Pincer Ligands; Catalytic Applications in Regioselective Cyclization of 1,6-diynes., B. Das, A. K. Sahoo, S. K. Banjare, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*; Dalton Trans. 2023., DOI; 10.1039/D3DT01989; Cover Picture Contribution
2).New Cationic Coinage Metal Complexes Featuring Silyl Group Functionalized Phosphine; Syntheses, Structures and Catalytic Studies in Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Reactions1,6-diynes., A. K. Sahoo, A. K. Sahoo, B. Das, S. J. Panda, C. S. Purohit, and A. Doddi*., Dalton Trans., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3DT01692G. Advanced Article
PhD scholars



Ms. Aiswarya Moharana
M.Sc Chemistry, Lovely Professional University
email: aiswaryam@iiserbpr.ac.in; Lab no. 403
Awards and Achievements
Qualified; CSIR-JRF, and GATE-2020, PMRF research fellow
Research Topic; N-heterocyclic carbene and their applications in small molecule activations and homogeneous catalysis
Publications
1). A. Moharana, D. Kumar, and A. Kumar; J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1531 (2020) 012113.
2) A. Moharana, and A. Kumar; Mater. Today Chem., 17 (2020) 100346.
Book Chapter
Contributed to a book chapter in titled “Nanostructured Photocatalysts; From Fundamental to Practical Applications; Edited by Van-Huy Nguyen, Dai-Viet N. Vo and Sonil Nanda, Elsevier, 2021: Title of the chapter; Role of nanostructured metal oxides in photocatalysis: An overview, p 145-167.
A. Moharana, A. Kumar, A. Thakur, D. Viet N. Vo, A. Sharma, and D. Kumar
Maksood Alam
M.Sc Chemistry, AMU University, UP
DST INSPIRE PhD fellow
Gold Medalist, 2021
Awards and Achievements
Qualified; DST INSPIRE FELLOW
Research Topic; Pincer ligands of N-heterocyclic carbene and their applications transition metal in small molecule activations
Rageshree Dash
M.Sc Chemistry, Central University of Punjab
Lab no. 403
Awards and Achievements
Qualified; Gate 2023; IIT JAM 2021
CUCET 2021
Research Topic; Development of novel ligands and their metal complexes for CO2 activation and utilization reactions

Ms. Jyotikiran Sahoo,
MSc from MSCB University, Baripada
UGC-JRF qualified
GATE qualified, DST INSPIRE FELLOW
MSc and BSc Gold Medalist
Research Topic; Novel metal carbene pincer complexes and their utility in catalysis
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Mr. Santanu K Maharana
MSc from IIT Hyderabad
CSIR-JRF, and UGC-JRF qualified
GATE qualified
Research Topic; Main Group Complexes of (NHO)Phosphines and Use in CO2 and small molecule activation reactions.

Saiprada Sourav Dehuri
BS-MS 2019; Dual Degree
Topic; Development of new ligands for bimetallic complexes and their utility in cooperative catalysis
IISER Berhampur

Seema Nayak
Project JRF
Topic: redox-active carbenes and their reactivity studies
MS thesis work
IISER Berhampur
BSMS Final Year Project Students

Ms. Saroj Bala
BS-MS 2021; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur

G. Vishnuvardan
BS-MS 2021;, Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur

Sayan Sarkar, BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree, IISER Berhampur

Sarojit Nayak
BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree,
IISER Berhampur

Richeek Debnath
BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree,
IISER Berhampur
Group Alumni (PhDs)

Dr. Bhagyashree Das
Current position
Postdoc at TIFR Hyderabad

Dr. Amiya K Sahoo
Current position
Postdoc at IISER Berhampur
Group Alumni (BSMS project students)

Ms. Aniana S
BS-MS 2020; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur

Ms. Reshma T S
BS-MS 2020; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur

Ms. Asritha Arika
MS project work student
Central Tribal University, AP

Mr. Lapislazuli C V
BS-MS 2019; Dual Degree
MS thesis work
PhD at TU-Dresden, Germany

Subhradip Das
BS-MS 2019; Dual Degree
MS thesis work
PhD at IISER Pune
