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Dr. SREEJITH SHANKAR

Dr. Sreejith Shankar completed his Masters with first rank in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam in 2007. He holds a PhD (with distinction) in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (2011). Dr. Shankar was as a Visiting Scientist (with a Marie Curie ESR Fellowship) at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, during 2011-2015 and a Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Kiel, Germany, during 2015-2016. He joined CSIR-NIIST with a DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award and later migrated to the Ramanujan Fellowship in June 2017. He was appointed as a Senior Scientist at CSIR-NIIST on 29 July, 2021.

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Dr. Shankar has been recognized by several awards including the JNCASR Best Emerging Young Scientist Award 2022, CSIR Technology Award (Certificate of Merit) 2021, Kerala State Young Scientist Award 2020, 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Award representing India at the 3rd BRICS Young Scientists Forum at Durban, South Africa (2018), Ramanujan Fellowship (DST-SERB, Government of India, 2016) and DST – INSPIRE Faculty Award (DST, Government of India, 2016).

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His research interest is on the development of smart and functional materials, coatings and thin films for energy applications including energy management and conservation (electrochromic and thermochromic materials), and multifunctional formulations and smart coatings.

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Dr. Sreejith Shankar

Senior Scientist

Photosciences and Photonics Section

CSTD, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram

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Email: sreejith.shankar@niist.res.in

Phone: +91-471-2515333

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

EDUCATION

2011:  PhD (Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (con merito, with distinction)

Advisor: Prof. Matteo Zanda.

Title of the Thesis: Development of Tubulysin Analogs:  Peptidomimetics Targeting Cancer and Angiogenesis through Immunoconjugates.

  • JNCASR Best Emerging Young Scientist Award, 2022

  • CSIR Technology Award (Certificate of Merit), 2021

  • Kerala State Young Scientist Award, Govt. of Kerala (2020)

  • DST selection for 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Conclave (2018)

  • Ramanujan Fellowship, SERB, India (2016-2022)

  • DST – INSPIRE Faculty Award, DST, India (2016)

  • Prof. Varghese Paul Endowment Lecture, S H College, India (2016)

  • Humboldt Fellowship, AvH Foundation, Germany (2015 – 2016)

  • SFB 677 Research Fellowship, University of Kiel, Germany (2015)

  • Fellowship from NOFAR Grant, WIS, Israel (2014 – 2015)

  • Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher Fellowship (2011 – 2014)

  • Borsa di Studio (PhD), Government of Italy (2008 – 2010)

  • First Rank – MSc. Chemistry (Organic), M G University, India (2007)

  • Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences (2007)

  • Summer Research Fellowship, JNCASR, India (2007)

  • Prof. P. J. Joseph Award, S H College, India (2005)

  • Prof. Fr. George Kallarackal Award, S H College, India (2005)

  • Prof. M. V. Varghese Endowment, S H College, India (2005)

  • Prof. Sitarama Iyer Award, S H College, India (2004)

  • Prof. K. T. Kerala Varma Award, S H College, India (2003)

  • Mathrubhumi Scholarship: 6th Rank (Kerala State Level, 2000)

  • National Merit Scholarship (1997 – 2007)

  • Upper Secondary Scholarship Winner

  • PCM Scholarship National Rank Holder

2007:  MSc Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India (First Rank)

Advisor: Dr. T. K. Chakraborty (CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad).

Title of the Thesis: Design and Development of Peptides and  Peptidomimetic Compounds – Synthesis of Homooligomers of Unusual δ-Amino Acids Derived from D-Glucose  

2005:  BSc Chemistry

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India (Distinction)   

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

29 July 2021-Present      Senior Scientist, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division (CSTD), CSIR – NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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June 2017-July 2021        Ramanujan Fellow (SERB) and Assistant Professor (AcSIR), CSTD, CSIR – NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Nov. 2016-June 2017       DST – INSPIRE Faculty, CSTD, CSIR – NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

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Sept. 2015-Oct. 2016       Humboldt Research Fellow, Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Kiel, Germany

Advisor: Prof. Rainer Herges

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June-August 2015            SFB 677 Research Fellow, Otto Diels Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Kiel, Germany

Advisor: Prof. Rainer Herges

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June 2014-Mar 2015        Academic Intern (Non-tenure Track), Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Advisor: Prof. Milko E. van der Boom

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June 2011-June 2014      Visiting Scientist (Marie Curie ESR), Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Advisor: Prof. Milko E. van der Boom

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October 2012                   Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK

Advisor: Prof. Jonathan Nitschke

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January-May 2009          Visiting Researcher, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands

Advisor: Prof. Guus van Dongen

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