Principal Investigator
PhD scholars
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
Ms. Aiswarya Moharana
M.Sc. Chemistry, Lovely Professional University
Lab no. 403
Awards and Achievements
Qualified; CSIR-JRF/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.
3) A. Moharana, J. K. Shoo and A.Doddi., Adv. Synth. Catal. 2026; 368:e70308
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
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
PhD scholar, CSIR-JRF
Topic: redox-active carbenes and their reactivity studies
MSc from MSCB University, Odisha
Rashmita Bhuyan
PhD scholar, December 2025
Topic: Silylphosphines, and their reactivity studies
MSc from Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, MP
Fuad Abdurahman
JRF, July 2026
Topic: PNP Pincer ligands and their bimetallic complexes
Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ), Ranchi
Zurita Parvin
March 2026
Junior Research Fellow
Topic: redox-active carbenes and their reactivity studies
MSc from Presidency University, Kolkata
MS Project Students (2026 to 2027)
Sreeja Sarkar (MS student)
22173
Sneha Jiju (MS student)
22185
Arya Shyam (MS student)
Group Alumni
Ms. Aniana S
BS-MS 2020
Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
Ms. Reshma T S
BS-MS 2020; Dual Degree
IISER Berhampur
DAAD Scholarship Holder
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
