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Faculty Details

A.S. Achalkumar

Prof. A.S. Achalkumar

Professor

Ph.D. (CLCR, Bangalore)
Research Area: Liquid crystals, Functional Materials, Molecular Electronics, Self Assembly, Green Chemistry.
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  • Education

    • BSc: SDM College, Ujire, DK District, Karnataka (1999)
    • MSc: Department of Chemistry, Mangalore University (2001)
    • PhD: Centre for Soft Matter Research, Bangalore (2007)

  • Experience
    2001-2003: Scientist, Syngene International, Biocon Group of Companies, Bengaluru
    2003-2005: Junior Research Fellow, CNSMS, Bengaluru
    2005-2007: Senior Research Fellow, CNSMS, Bengaluru
    2007-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, CMNS, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
    2009-2011: Postdoctoral Fellow, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wakoshi, Japan
    2011- 2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Guwahati, Guwahati, India
    2015-2019: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Guwahati, Guwahati, India
    2019 onwards: Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Guwahati, Guwahati, India

  • Teaching

  • Awards
    • 1996-2001: National Merit Scholarship, Government of India
    • 2001: AstraZeneca Summer Research Fellowship
    • 2003-2007: Institute research Fellowship for PhD (CNSMS-Bengaluru)
    • 2004: Best Paper presentation at National Conference on Liquid Crystals
    • 2006: Selected for JNOST symposium held at ICG, Jaipur
    • 2006: Best Paper presentation at National Conference on Current Trends in Chemical Research
    • 2007: Australia Endeavor Research Fellowship (Declined)      
    • 2007: Postdoctoral Fellowship, CMNS, UK
    • 2009: Postdoctoral Fellowship, RIKEN, Japan

  • Patents