DR. CHANDRAKUMAR, N.
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Professor
- Email: chandrakumar.iitm@gmail.com
- Phone: +914422574920/+918939188543
- Address: MRI-MRS FF, Department of Chemistry
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. N. Chandrakumar has been with IIT Madras since Feb. 2001, joining as Professor. He has established the MRI-MRS Centre at IIT. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur (1979-‘80). Since July 2017, he is Professor Emeritus at IIT Madras. Formerly he is the Director-Grade-Scientist at CSIR-CLRI until Feb. 2001, where he founded Magnetic Resonance research, and multi-purpose NMR and EPR Labs from 1982 onwards. He has been DFG Visiting Professor at the Universität Ulm, Germany, Visiting Professor at the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka, Japan.
- 1979 – 1980, Ph. D (Chemistry) from IIT Kanpur
- 1972 – M. Sc Chemistry from IIT Madras, Distinction
- 1970 – B. Sc Chemistry (with Maths and Physics) from Loyola College, Univ. Madras, Special Distinction.
- Sept. 1998 – May 2000 – Research Associate University of Texas at Austin, Chemistry Department, Austin, TX. (Host: Prof. Robert E. Wyatt)
- Jun. 2000 – Aug. 2002 – Research Associate University of California, Chemistry Department, Santa Barbara, CA. (Host: Prof. Horia Metiu).
- Sept. 2002 – April 2006 – Visiting Research Scientist University of Houston, Chemistry Department, Houston, TX. (Host: Prof. D.J. Kouri).
- May 2006 – June 2006 – Professor Invité Observatoire de Besançon, Université de Franche-Comté, 25010 Besançon Cedex, France. (Host : Prof. Georges Jolicard).
- July 2006 – July 2015 – Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai (India).
- July 2015 – Present – Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai (India).
- 1963 – 1966 – All India Merit Scholar
- 1967 – 1974 – National Science Talent Scholar
- 1985 – Bruker Spectrospin Young Scientist Award for NMR
- 1987 – CSIR Young Scientist Award, Chemical Science
- 1988 – INSA-DFG Exchange Fellow
- 1989 & 1990 – Fellowship of the Max Planck Gesellschaft
- 1993 – Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc)
- 1996 – Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Chemical Science
- 1996 – CSIR New Idea Fund Award
- 1997 – Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
- 1997-1998 – DFG Visiting Professor, Universität Ulm, Germany
- 2000 – Millennium Medal, Indian Science Congress
- 2002 – Name Lecture Awards of the Indian National Science Academy:Prof. R.K. Asundi Lecture
- 2004 – Name Lecture Awards of the Indian National Science Academy:Prof. K. Rangadhama Rao Lecture
- 2009 – presen – J C Bose National Fellowship
- 2008 – CRSI Silver Medal