Structural Chemistry Lab
Dr. Kumar Biradha, FRSC
Principal Investigator
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur-721302, India
Ph.: 03222-283346 (Off); 03222-283347 (Home)
email: kbiradha@chem.iitkgp.ac.in
Employment
Jan'1997 - Aug'1998: Post Doctoral Fellow (Prof. M.J. Zaworotko) Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jul'1997 - Dec'1997: Inorganic Lab Instructor Saint Mary’s University, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada
Oct'1998 - Oct'2000: JSPS Post Doctoral Fellow (Prof. Makoto Fujita) Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Oct'2000 - Oct'2001: Assistant Professor, Nagoya University Japan
Nov'2001 - Apr'2002: Researcher, Nagoya University, Japan
Jun'2002 - Dec'2008: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Dec'2008 - Mar'2014: Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur
2014 - Present: Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Associate Editor: 2012 - 2021, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS
Member of Editorial Advisory Board: 2021 - present, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS
Vice Chairman: 2021 - present, GATE-JAM Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Visiting Professor: 19 May-18 Jul'2008, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Visiting Researcher: 23 May – 9th June'2012, University of South Florida, USA
Education
Ph.D.: Chemistry (Structural), University of Hyderabad, India, Dec-1996,
Thesis: Some Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Organic and Organometallic Crystals: Applications to Crystal Engineering.
Supervisor: Prof. Gautam R. Desiraju
M.Sc: Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046, India, 1989-1991,
Dissertation: Studies on the Reduction of Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols Using Catechol/NaBH4 System Supervisor: Prof. M. Periasamy
B.Sc: Andhra University, D.N.R. College, Bimavaram, India, 1986-1989.
Main: Chemistry, Ancillaries: Mathematics and Physics
Fellowships, Awards & Honors:
2017-2020: Member of Research Council: CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, India
2012-2022: Associate Editor, Crystal Growth & Design, ACS
2022 onwards: Editorial Advisory board member of Crystal Growth & Design, ACS
2011 onwards: Editorial Advisory board member of New Journal of Chemistry, RSC
2011: Co-editor of Acta Cryst., Sect. E. (IUCr)
2010: Guest Editor of a Special Issue on “Coordination Polymers: Structure and Function” in New Journal of Chemistry.
2010: Editor: R. Sc. Book series on crystal engineering
2010: Board of Editors of Crystal Growth & Design Network
2010: Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2008-2011: Editorial board member of New Journal of Chemistry, RSC
2006 SCOPUS Young scientist award in Chemistry by Elsevier
1998-2000: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post Doctoral Award
1991-1996: UGC Fellowship
1989-1991: Merit and Mean Scholarship, University of Hyderabad
Contribution in Scientific Area:
Total Publications 233
Citations 14,194
h-index 57
i10-index 178
#Data credit: Web of Science, Google Scholar