DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
Sanjib Panda earned his Master’s degree from IIT Madras in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. at IIT
Bombay in 2020 under the supervision of Prof. Goutam Kumar Lahiri. Following his doctoral studies,
he briefly worked as a remote bridging postdoctoral fellow through a collaborative project between
IIT Bombay (India) and KAUST (Saudi Arabia). He then pursued postdoctoral research (2021-2025)
at Johns Hopkins University with Prof. Kenneth D. Karlin. In March 2025, he joined the Department
of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) as an Assistant Professor. His
research focuses on the synthetic modeling of metalloenzyme active sites and small molecule
activation, with an emphasis on inorganic biochemistry and inorganic reaction mechanisms,
employing various spectroscopic techniques and DFT studies.
S. Panda, H. Phan, E. M. Dunietz, M. T. Brueggemeyer, P. K. Hota, M. A. Siegler, A. Jose, M.
Bhadra, E. I. Solomon,* K. D. Karlin.* Intramolecular Phenolic H-Atom Abstraction by a N 3 ArOH
Ligand-Supported (μ‑η 2 :η 2 ‑Peroxo)dicopper(II) Species Relevant to the Active Site Function of
oxy-Tyrosinase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 14942.
S. Panda, † S. M. Adam, † H. Phan, P. J. Rogler, P. K. Hota, J. R. Helms, B. S. Pierce, G. B.
Wijeratne,* K. D. Karlin.* Reactivity of a heterobinuclear heme-peroxo-Cu complex with para-
substituted catechols shows a pKa-dependent change in mechanism. Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 2402.
S. Panda, † H. Phan, † and K. D. Karlin.* Heme-copper and Heme O 2 -derived synthetic
(bioinorganic) chemistry toward an understanding of cytochrome c oxidase dioxygen chemistry. J.
Inorg. Biochem. 2023, 249, 112367.
S. Panda,* S. K. Bera, P. Goel, A. K. Dutta, G. K. Lahiri.* Ruthenium-Chelated Non-Innocent Bis
(heterocyclo)methanides: A Mimicked β-Diketiminate. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 11458.
A. Singh, S. Panda,* S. Dey, G. K. Lahiri.* Metal‐to‐Ligand Charge Transfer Induced Valence
Tautomeric Forms of Non‐Innocent 2, 2′‐Azobis (benzothiazole) in Ruthenium Frameworks.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 11206.
S. Panda,* A. S. Hazari, M. Gogia, G. K. Lahiri.* Diverse Functionalization of Ruthenium-
Chelated 2‑Picolylamines: Oxygenation, Dehydrogenation, Cyclization, and N‑Dealkylation.
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 1355.
