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Dr. Saravanakumar Elangovan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry IIT(BHU)
saravana.chy@itbhu.ac.in
+919994209755
Area of Interest: 
Organometallic Chemistry, Homogeneous Catalysis, Biomass Conversions, Green Chemistry

Professional experience 

July 2022–Present                Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
Mar 2022–June 2022            Ramanujan Fellow, National Institute of Technology, Trichy.
Aug 2019–Feb 2022             Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellow, Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Oestreich.
Feb 2017–July 2019             Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Katalin Barta.                                             
Feb 2010–Aug 2012             Research Associate, Syngene International Ltd, Bangalore.
June 2009–Dec 2010           Chemist, Advinus therapeutics Private Ltd, Bangalore, India.

 

Educational Background

2013–2017      Ph.D., Organometallics and Catalysis, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France, Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V., Rostock, Germany.
                         Advisors: Prof. Christophe Darcel and Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller.
2012–2013      International Master Program in Molecular Catalysis and Green Chemistry, Université de Rennes1, France. Degree awarded by Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi.
2007–2009      Master of Science in Chemistry, St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, India.
2003–2006      Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, AVVM Sri Puspham College, Thanjavur, India.