The development of methodologies and strategies for target oriented total syntheses of architecturally intriguing alkaloids of biological relevance.

1. Ph.D. (Synthetic Organic Chemistry), IIT Kanpur, 2006
2. MSc (Organic Chemistry), BHU (Banaras Hindu University), 2000
3. BSc (Chemistry (H)), Midnapore College (Vidyasagar University), 1998

1. Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
2. Professor, IISER Bhopal (2018 - 2019)
3. Associate Professor, IISER Bhopal (2013 - 2018)
4. Assistant Professor, IISER Bhopal (2009 - 2013)
5. Postdoctoral, UC Berkeley (2006 - 2009)

1. Young Scientist Award from CRSI, India (2018)
2. Lead Lecture at 'Pfizer Symposium' from IISc Bangalore (2016)
3. Young Scientist Award from SERB, DST (2013)
4. Young Scientist Award from BRNS-DAE (2011)
5. GRC Award to Postdoc from GRC on Stereochemistry (2008)
6. Postdoctoral Fellowship from UC Berkeley (2006)

Selected Publications:

Babu, K. Naresh; Roy, Avishek; Singh, Manvendra and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Formal Total Syntheses of (-)-Chimonanthine, (-)-Folicanthine, and (+)-Calycanthine." Org. Lett., 20, 6327-6331

Kumar, Nivesh; Maity, Arindam; Gavit, Vipin R. and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic N-Deacylative Alkylation Approach to Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indoles." Chem. Commun., 54, 9083-9086

Das, Mrinal K.; Kumar, Nivesh and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids." Org. Lett., 20, 4421-4424

Babu, K. Naresh; Kinthada, Lakshmana K.; Das, Partha Pratim and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Cu(II)-tBu-PHOX Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition." Chem. Commun., 54, 7963-7966

Chaudhuri, Saikat; Ghosh, Santanu; Bhunia, Subhajit and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (+)- and (-)-Cycloclavine." Chem. Commun., 54, 940-943

All Publications:

1. Babu, K. Naresh; Roy, Avishek; Singh, Manvendra and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Formal Total Syntheses of (-)-Chimonanthine, (-)-Folicanthine, and (+)-Calycanthine." Org. Lett., 20, 6327-6331
2. Kumar, Nivesh; Maity, Arindam; Gavit, Vipin R. and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic N-Deacylative Alkylation Approach to Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indoles." Chem. Commun., 54, 9083-9086
3. Das, Mrinal K.; Kumar, Nivesh and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids." Org. Lett., 20, 4421-4424
4. Babu, K. Naresh; Kinthada, Lakshmana K.; Das, Partha Pratim and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Cu(II)-tBu-PHOX Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition." Chem. Commun., 54, 7963-7966
5. Chaudhuri, Saikat; Ghosh, Santanu; Bhunia, Subhajit and Bisai, Alakesh. 2018."Catalytic Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (+)- and (-)-Cycloclavine." Chem. Commun., 54, 940-943
6. Chaudhuri, Saikat; Bhunia, Subhajit; Roy, Avishek; Das, Mrinal K. and Bisai, Alakesh. 2017."Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Clavine Alkaloids." Org. Lett., 20, 288-291