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Devarajulu Sureshkumar
Associate Professor
Ramanujan Fellow (DST-Govt India)
Department Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISERK)
Mohanpur - 741246, West Bengal, India
E-mail: suresh@iiserkol.ac.in, Phone: +91 33-6136-0000 (Extn: 1304)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2021-till date - Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Feb 2015-May 2021 - Assistant Professor (Ramanujan Fellow), Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
Oct 2013-Feb 2015 - JSPS Fellow (Pathway to University Positions in Japan). Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
April-Sept 2013 - IMC Senior Postdoctoral Fellow. Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
April 2011-March 2013 - JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow. Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
Oct 2010-March 2011 - IMC Postdoctoral Fellow. Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
April 2010-Sept 2010 - Max-Planck Postdoctoral Fellow. Prof. Wilhelm Boland, Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
April 2008-March 2010 - AvH Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt). Dr. Martin Klussmann in Prof. Benjamin List group, Max-Planck Institute for Köhlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Sept 2007-March 2008 - Max-Planck Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Martin Klussmann in Prof. Benjamin List group, Max-Planck Institute for Köhlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
EDUCATION
2000-2007 - Ph. D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
1998-2000 - M. Sc Organic Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, India.
1994-1997 - B. Sc Chemistry, GTM College, University of Madras, India.
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2017 - Early Carrier Research Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) Government of India.
2016 - Ramanujan Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
2013 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (JSPS) - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Pathway to University Positions in Japan).
April-Sept 2013 - Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC) Fellowship for senior postdoctoral research at IMC, Tokyo, Japan.
April 2011-March 2013 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (JSPS) - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers at Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
April 2010-Sep 2010 - Max-Planck Fellowship for postdoctoral research at Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.
April 2008-March 2010 - Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship for postdoctoral research at Max-Planck Institute for Köhlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
Sept 2007- March 2008 - Max-Planck Fellowship for postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Köhlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.
2002-2004 - Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
2000-2002 - Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. Selected among the top 20% awardees qualified in CSIR-JRF.
2000 - Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE - 98.25 percentile, All India 33rd rank).
1999 - Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by University Grant Commission (UGC), India.
2000 - Prof. S. Swaminathan Endowment Lectureship and Prize. For outstanding student in M. Sc Organic Chemistry.
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