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Principal Investigator

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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

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Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahoo (PDRF)
PhD, IISER Berhampur
email: amiyaks@iiserbpr.ac.in
Awards and Achievements
Qualified Gate 2019
Qualified CSIR-NET
Research InterestsDesign, 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

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Ms. Aiswarya Moharana
M.Sc  Chemistry, Lovely Professional University 
email: aiswaryam@iiserbpr.ac.inLab 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
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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.

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

Topic: redox-active carbenes and their reactivity studies
MS thesis work 
IISER Berhampur

BSMS Final Year Project Students 

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Ms. Saroj Bala
BS-MS 2021; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
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G. Vishnuvardan
BS-MS 2021;, Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
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Sayan Sarkar, BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree, 
IISER Berhampur
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Sarojit Nayak
BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree, 

IISER Berhampur
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Richeek Debnath
BS-MS 2021;
Dual Degree, 

IISER Berhampur

Group Alumni (PhDs)

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Dr. Bhagyashree Das
Current position
Postdoc at TIFR Hyderabad

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Dr. Amiya K Sahoo
Current position
Postdoc at  IISER Berhampur

Group Alumni (BSMS project students)

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Ms. Aniana S
BS-MS 2020; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
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Ms. Reshma T S
BS-MS 2020; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
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Ms. Asritha Arika
MS project work student
Central Tribal University, AP
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Mr. Lapislazuli C V
BS-MS 2019; Dual Degree
MS thesis work

PhD at TU-Dresden, Germany
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Subhradip Das
BS-MS 2019; Dual Degree
MS thesis work
PhD at IISER Pune
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Mr. Asish Kumar Sahoo
BSMS-Dual degree, IISER Berhampur
MS thesis work 2022-2023
PhD at NISER Bhubaneswar
1) Ms. Usharani Patra, BSMS-2017 batch,  thesis work; 2017-2022  (PhD in South Denmark University)
2) Mr. Sanjay Biswas, BSMS-2016;  Thesis work, 2016-2021; currently pursuing PhD in Germany
3)  Mr. Kumar Gaurav, BSMS-2016, Thesis work, 2016-2021
4)  Dr. Vivek Gupta (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021)
5) Mr. Prasanth Kumar Behera
6) Asish Kumar Sahoo (BSMS 2018 batch)
7) Jasasree Singh (BSMS 2018 batch)
8) 
Saiprada Sourav Dehuri (BSMS 2019 batch)
9) Subhradip Das (BSM 2019 batch)
10) Mr. Lapislazuli C V (BSMS 2019 batch)
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