Group Members

R. Boomi Shankar, Group Leader

Education:

M.Sc.: Madurai kamaraj University 1998

Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2004

Research Experience:

1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. 2004, Postdoctoral research

2. University of Liverpool, U.K., 2005-2007, postdoctoral research

3. IIT, Guwahati, Apr. 2008-Dec.2010, Assistant Professor

4. IISER, Pune, Dec.2010-Dec.2014, Assistant Professor

5. IISER, Pune, Dec.2014-Dec.2019, Associate Professor

6. IISER, Pune, Dec.2019-Present, Professor

MASTERS and SUMMER PROJECT STUDENTS

1. Suman Debnath: M.Sc. Project student, 2009 (IIT-Guwahati)

2. Tuhin Ghosh: M. Sc. Project Student, 2010 (IIT-Guwahati)

3. G. Suresh Babu: M. Sc. Project Student, 2010 (IIT-Guwahati)

4. Tharun Teja: Summer project Student from NISER Bhubaneshwar, May-July 2012

5. Shikha Singh: Research Student, August 2012-November 2012

6. Suchitra Sahadevan: Summer project student from IISER Kolkata, May-July 2013

7. S. Arun Dixith Reddy, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2009 Batch, Group member from May 2011 to April 2014, Present Position: Senior Scientist / TCG Greenchem, Inc. - Ewing, NJ, USA.

8. Indra Kumar Mahawar, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2009 Batch, Group member from May 2012 to April 2014, Present Position: Patent Officer, New Delhi, India

9. Shekh Saddam Husen, Project Student, Nov 2014-May 2015

10. Saurabh, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2011 Batch, Group member from May 2014 to May 2016

11. Uddipana Kakati, Summer project student, May-July 2017, Graduate Student Temple University, USA

12. Atul Chaudhary, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2013 Batch, Group member from May 2016 to May 2018

13. Anupriya Jayaraman, Project Assistant, Group member from Aug 2017 to Aug 2018, Present Position: Doctoral Student, Taiwan

14. K. Sravan Kumar, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2014 Batch, Group member from May 2017 to July 2019, Present Position: Doctoral Student at Institut d'electronique de microelectronique et de nanotechnologie (IEMN).

15. Rani Gourkhede, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2015 Batch, Group member from May 2018 to May 2020, Present Position: Doctoral Student, IIT-Bombay.

16. Hrithik Gudapati, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2015 Batch, Group member from March 2019 to May 2020

17. Namonarayan Meena, BS-MS Student, IISER Pune 2017 Batch, Group member from November 2021 to October 2022.

Group Alumni

R. Boomi Shankar

Professor

Group members

Neetu Prajesh, Senior Research Fellow

Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, April 2023

Group Member Since August 2016

E-mail: neetu@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Meghamala Sarkar, Senior Research Fellow

Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, April 2023

Group Member Since August 2017

E-mail: meghamala.sarkar@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Laboratory of Synthetic Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

Group photo with Prof. Dietmar Stalke from University of Gottingen during his visit to our lab in March 2015

Group photo during the Diwali dinner in October 2017

Group photo taken when Ashok hosted his graduation party in March 2018

Group photo on teachers day in September 2017

DOCTORAL and POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS

1. Dr. Arvind K. Gupta: Doctoral Student, Group member from July 2008 to July 2014, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden.

2. Dr. Anant K. Srivastava: Doctoral Student, Group member from July 2011 to March 2018, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur.

3. Dr. Mahesh S. Deshmukh: Doctoral Student, Group member from January 2011 to April 2018, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Aurobindo Pharma, Hyderabad.

4. Dr. Ashok Yadav: Doctoral Student and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Group Member from January 2011 to January 2019, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Clemson University, USA.

5. Dr. Sachin Kumar Singh: Doctoral Student, Group Member from August 2016 to March 2020, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi.

6. Dr. Thangavel Vijayakanth: Doctoral Student, Group Member from January 2014 to March 2021, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Tel Aviv University.

7. Dr. Prabakaran Rajasekar: Doctoral Student, Group Member from January 2014 to November 2021, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, IISER-Kolkata.

8. Dr. Swati Deswal: Int. Ph.D. student, Group Member from August 2017 to February 2022, Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST), North Carolina State University, USA.

9. Dr. Rishabh Gupta: Doctoral Student, Group Member from January 2015 to October 2022. Current Position: Self-employed.

10. Dr. Meghamala Sarkar: Int. PhD. Student, Group Member from January 2017 to July 2023. Current Position: Senior Research Fellow, IISER Pune

11. Dr. Neetu Prajesh: Doctoral Student, Group Member from August 2016 to July 2023. Current Position: Senior Research Fellow, IISER Pune

M.Sc.: College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2017

Group Member Since August 2018

E-mail: sahoo.supriya@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Supriya Sahoo, Doctoral Student

M.Sc.: S. P. Pune University, 2019

Group Member Since August 2019

E-mail: panday.rishukumar@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Rishu Kumar Pandey, Doctoral Student

BS-MS: IISER Bhopal, 2018

Group Member Since August 2019

E-mail: jose.cavya@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Cavya Jose, Doctoral Student and Prime Ministers Research Fellow

Group photo on teachers day in September 2019

Group photo taken when Anant hosted his graduation party in March 2018

Dr. Ranita Samanta, SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, 2020

Group Member Since February 2021

E-mail: ranita.samanta@acads.iiserpune.ac.in

M.Sc.: Banaras Hindu University, 2020

Group Member Since August 2021

E-mail: nilotpal.deka@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Nilotpal Deka, Doctoral Student

M.Sc.: University of Hyderabad, 2021

Group Member Since August 2021

E-mail: vikash.kushwaha@students.iiserpune.ac.in

Vikash Kushwaha, Doctoral Student

Group photo taken when Swati hosted her graduation party in Feb. 2022

Group photo taken on a party hosted by the PMRF awardees Cavya and Nilotpal

Awards, Recognitions, Fellowships:

1. CRSI-Bronze Medal for the year 2022

2. SERB-STAR Award for the period Dec. 2021-Dec. 2024

3. Editorial Advisor Board Member: Inorganic Chemistry

4. Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS)

Memberships:

1. Chemical Research Society of India

2. Indian Crystallography Association

3. Materials Research Society of India

4. American Chemical Society