DR. MD. MAHIUDDIN BAIDYA
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Associate Professor
- Email: mbaidya@iitm.ac.in
- Phone: +91-44-2257-4212
- Address: CYB 313, Department of Chemistry
BIOGRAPHY
Mahiuddin Baidya was born and brought up in West Bengal. He studied chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), India and obtained his Ph. D in 2009 from Ludwig – Maximilians – Universität München (LMU), Germany under the supervision of Prof. Herbert Mayr. After postdoctoral studies with Prof. Hisashi Yamamoto at The Universality of Chicago, USA and Molecular Catalyst Research Center in Japan, he moved in 2014 to Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) as assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 2018. His research interest includes the development of novel concepts on transition – metal – catalysis, organocatalysis, and visible-light photocatalysis for organic synthesis.
- 2012 – 2014: JSPS post doctoral fellow, Molecular Catalyst Research Center, Japan.
- 2010 – 2012: Post doctoral fellow, Deaprtment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, USA
- 2006 – 2009: Ph. D Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig – Maximilians – Universität München, Germany
- 2004 – 2006: Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT K), India
- 2001 – 2004: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry Honors), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- 2014 – 2018 – Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, IIT Madras, India
- July 2018 – Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, IIT Madras, India
- Stereoselective Synthesis of Natural Products – CY6110
- Modern Synthetic Methodology in Organic Chemistry – CY6013
- Heterocyclic Chemistry – CY6107
- Organic Chemistry Lab – CY5019
- Chemistry: Structure Bonding & Reactivity – CY1001
- Chemistry Lab I – CY1002
- Preparatory Theory & Laboratory courses – CYPCT & CYPCL
- Development of Bifunctional Catalyst Based on Squaramide Scaffold for Asymmetric Organic Synthesis – From SERB-DST – 2015
- Transition Metal Catalyzed C–H bond Activation: Formation of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds and Development of New Directing Group – From CSIR – 2014
- Asymmetric Green Catalysis for Organic Synthesis – From IIT Madras – 2014
- Harvesting Visible-Light for Organic Synthesis Using Semiconductor Materials as Next Generation Visible-Light Photo-Redox Catalysts – From IIT Madras, ERP – 2018
- Institute Research & Development Award (early career level) – 2018 from IIT Madras
- INSA – Young Scientist Medal – 2017 from Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
- NASI – Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award – 2017 (in Chemical Science) from The National Academy of Science (NASI)
- Young Associate – 2017 from Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012 – 2014
- Post – Doctoral Fellowship from University of Chicago, USA, 2010 – 2012
- Klaus Romer – Stiftung award (outstanding PhD student) from Ludwig – Maximilians – Universität München, Germany, 2007
- Working as contributing author for SYNFACTS: A monthly published journal from Theime Publishing Group highlights the current research results in synthetic organic chemistry, 2011 – 2014