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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DR. DILLIP KUMAR CHAND
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CYB 350A, Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai - 600036 INDIA
Education
Biography
Dillip Kumar Chand received his Ph. D from IIT Kanpur (1993 – 1998, Supervisor: Prof. P. K. Bharadwaj). Subsequently, he acquired postdoctoral experience from the Universität des Saarlandes, Germany (1999 – 2000, Host: Prof. H. J. Schneider), Nagoya University and The University of Tokyo, Japan (2000 – 2002, Host: Prof. M. Fujita). He joined IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor in 2003 and was promoted to the position of Professor in 2014. A molecular star of [Pd5(La)5(Lb)5] composition prepared by his group made the list of “Molecules of the Year 2017” as adjudicated by ACS – C&EN. Catalytic protocols developed by his group are popular and adopted by researchers across the globe for making new molecules of pharmaceutical values.
Research Interests
Honors and Recognitions
- 2026 FRSC (RSC, UK)
- 2022 CRSI Bronze Medal (CRSI, India)
- 2020 FICS (Indian Chemical Society)
- 2019 Mid-Career Institute Research and Development Award (IIT - Madras)
- 2017 Lectureship Award, Soft Molecular Systems (MEXT, Japan)
- 2010 JSPS Bridge Fellowship (JSPS, Japan)
- 2003 R. C. Tripathy Young Scientist Award, (OCS, India)
- 2000 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (JSPS, Japan)
- 1998 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, (AvH foundation, Germany)
Representative Publications
- Orientational Compatibility Modulation of Ligands in Low-Symmetry Multi-Cavity Discrete Coordination Cages by Neighbouring Cage Participation
A. Kumar, S. Krishnaswamy and D. K. Chand,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202416332 [Link] - Neighboring Cage Participation for Assisted Construction of Self-Assembled Multicavity Conjoined Cages and Augmented Guest Binding
S. S. Mishra, S. Krishnaswamy and D. K. Chand,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 4473–4488 [Link] - Highly Anisotropic Pd2Lab2Lcc2 and Pd2Lab2Lcd2 Type Cages by Heteromeric Completive Self-Sorting
M. Parbin, V. Sivalingam and D. K. Chand,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202410219 [Link] - Cage-to-Cage Transformations in Self-Assembled Coordination Cages Using “Acid/Base” or “Guest Binding-Induced Strain as Stimuli"
V. Sivalingam, M. Parbin, S.Krishnaswamy and D. K. Chand,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63, e202403711 [Link] - Self-assembled Conjoined-cages
S. Samantray, S. Krishnaswamy and D. K. Chand,
Nature Commun., 2020, 11, Artticle No. 880 [Link]
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