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Dr. Meenakshi Iyer

Assistant Professor — Chemistry · Bengaluru, Karnataka

Professional Summary

Organic chemist with a PhD from IISc, six peer-reviewed papers (two as first author) and three years of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate labs. Research focus: green catalysis for pharmaceutical intermediates. Seeking an assistant professor or research scientist position to build a research group and teach core organic chemistry.

Skills

Research

  • Organic synthesis
  • Homogeneous & heterogeneous catalysis
  • Flow chemistry
  • Green chemistry

Instruments

  • NMR
  • HPLC
  • GC-MS
  • FT-IR
  • UV-Vis

Teaching

  • Lab instruction
  • Tutorials
  • Curriculum design

Software

  • ChemDraw
  • MestReNova
  • Origin
  • LaTeX

Education

  • PhD in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry — green catalysis)

    Indian Institute of Science · IISc · 2020 – 2025

  • M.Sc Chemistry (Organic Chemistry)

    University of Hyderabad · University of Hyderabad · 8.9 CGPA · 2018 – 2020

  • B.Sc Chemistry (Chemistry)

    Stella Maris College · University of Madras · 88.6% · 2015 – 2018

Work experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, IISc

Bengaluru · Aug 2025 – Present

  • Leading a DST-funded project on flow synthesis of an anti-diabetic drug intermediate.
  • Scaled a catalytic step from 1 g to 50 g with 92% yield and 70% less solvent.
  • Supervising two M.Sc project students.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, IISc

Bengaluru · Aug 2021 – May 2024

  • Ran organic chemistry labs for 60 undergraduates each semester.
  • Took tutorials in reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy for M.Sc students.
  • Wrote lab safety and waste-handling guides still used by the department.

Projects

  • Water-based copper catalysis for C–N bonds

    NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, X-ray crystallography

    Developed a catalyst reusable for 8 cycles without loss of activity; the method was licensed to an industry partner for evaluation.

Publications

  • Recyclable Cu nanocatalyst for Ullmann-type C–N coupling in water – Green Chemistry, 27, 2025 — first author (2025)
  • Ligand-free amination of aryl halides under mild conditions – Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89, 2024 — first author (2024)
  • Continuous-flow synthesis of a sitagliptin intermediate – Organic Process Research & Development, 28, 2024 — co-author (2024)
  • Three further co-authored papers in ACS Catalysis, ChemComm and RSC Advances (2022 – 2025)

Conferences & Talks

  • Oral presentation, National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI) – Kolkata (2025)
  • Poster, International Conference on Green Chemistry – IIT Bombay (2023): Best poster award.

Achievements & Awards

  • CSIR-NET JRF — All India Rank 42 – CSIR-UGC (2020)
  • GATE Chemistry — AIR 118 – IIT (2020)

Languages Known

  • English – Fluent
  • Tamil – Native
  • Kannada – Good
  • Hindi – Good

References

  • : Available on request.

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