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Members
Postdocs
Pravin Kumar
Pravin received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemistry from University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. In 2015, he completed his MTech (Chemistry) from IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India and in early 2016, joined the research group of Dr. Manmohan Kapur at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India, and completed his PhD in 2021, in the area of transition metal mediated C–H functionalization in N-heterocycle synthesis. Thereafter, in March, 2022, Pravin join the research group of Prof. Chandra M. R. Volla at IIT Bombay, for his Postdoctoral studies, where he worked in allene chemistry. On the 1st of September 2023, Pravin started his postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Dr. Łukasz Woźniak at Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
PhD Students
Rajat Shankhdhar
Rajat obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Ramjas College, Delhi University, India, 2019. Then he came to IIT Ropar for his Master’s degree and joined the IC research group under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Indranil Chatterjee in August 2020 to fulfil his M.Sc. project at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, India, where he worked on Photoredox Catalysis. After completing his master thesis, he joined a Research and Development Department at VIVA Active Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd. where he worked as a chemist for one year. Since December 2022, he is a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Łukasz Woźniak at Jagiellonian University, Krakow.
Anna Iagarmina
Anna obtained her Master’s degree (2013) from the Faculty of Chemistry of Kazan Federal University (Russia). Her research was dedicated to the selective functionalization of calixarenes. Afterwards, she worked as a researcher in oilfield chemistry at ChampionX company for 6 years. In 2021, she moved to Krakow and worked as a synthetic organic chemist at CRO Selvita for 2 years. Her tasks included stereoselective synthesis of small molecules – drug candidates library for screening purposes. Since October 2023, she has been a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Łukasz Woźniak at Jagiellonian University, Krakow.
Ajit Kumar Sahu
Ajit obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Anchal College, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India, in 2021. Then he came to IISER Pune in August 2022 for his Master’s degree and joined the RGB research group (Organic Synthesis and Catalysis group) under the guidance of Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhat in May 2023 to fulfill his M.Sc. project at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India, where he worked on Photoredox Catalysis and Electro-Organic Synthesis. He completed his MSc in Chemistry in May 2024. Since October 2024, he has been a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Dr. Łukasz Woźniak at Jagiellonian University, Krakow.
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