Research Interests

Organic Synthesis and Pharmacetical /Medicinal interest, Development of Potentiometric Sensors Based on Organic Ionophores, Synthesis and Application of Polyelectrolytes in Water Treatment and Recent Publications

Research Interest:
Biomimetic chemistry, study of formation of metal complexes, synthesis and study of metal complexes, supramolecular compounds and molecular modeling

Electronic structure and properties of organic materials, Computational Design and synthesis of optoelectronic materials, Near Infrared absorbing dyes, Molecular Docking and Drug Design

Experience:
Post Ph. D.: 14 years
Postdoctoral research: 3 years (University of Rennes-I, France, and National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Teaching and R & D organization: 21 years

Sponsored R &D Projects:

1. DST-SERB Fast Track Project 2015-18 (Total cost 22.81 Lakhs).
2. DST-WOS-A Project, as mentor faculty 2017-2020 (Total cost 19.74 Lakhs, PI- Ms. V. M. Vidya)
3. CSIR Project 2018-21 (Total cost ~23.96 Lakhs)
4. GIAN course1:  (15-19 Jan 2018) Total cost 5.44 Lakhs-Vibrational Spectroscopy and the Molecular Vibrations; Guest faculties, Prof. Rui Fausto (University of Coimbra, Portugal) and Prof. Gulce Ogruc Ildiz (Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey).
5. GIAN Course 2: (26-30 November 2018) Total cost 5.44 Lakhs- Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage; Guest faculty, Prof. Oleg KOZADEROV, Voronezh State University, Russia

Professional recognition, awards, fellowships received:

Received “Best Young Scientist Award” (Dr. Arvind Kumar Memorial Award) from Indian Council of Chemists on 20^th December 2023.

Received “Best Faculty Award under Research Activities” from NIT Kurukshetra for the academic year 2021-22

• Member American Chemical Society (ACS-2015-22)
• Member Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC-2020-21)
• Life member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
• Life member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
• Life Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (ICS).
• Life member of Indian Council of Chemists (ICC).
• Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Synthesis and mechanism study of transition metal promoted radical reactions of trichloromethyl group-containing compounds.
Green approach for synthesizing biologically important organic molecules by “Click-Chemistry”.
Development of new methodologies for the synthesis of biologically significant organic molecules. Interdisciplinary approach for the synthesis of high energy molecules.

Note: Ph. D. positions are available for highly motivated UGC-CSIR NET, JRF, or GATE-qualified candidates.

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Supramolecular Analytical Chemistry
• Bio-nanotechnology for drug delivery
• Bio-sensors,
• Functional nanomaterials for therapeutic applications. 

Further details visit group webpage  https://sites.google.com/view/supraanalytical/amilan-jose

Position: Looking for summer intern studying B.Sc Chemistry or M.Sc Chemistry Students.

• High Energy Materials: Computational design and Synthesis
• Conducting polymers: Synthesis, modeling, and applications.
• Synthesis of nitrogen-rich materials
• Organic chemistry

Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis, Main Group Chemistry and Chemical Hydrogen Storage Materials

One JRF position is available for a highly motivated candidate under SERB sponsored project (Feb 2023).

Solid state synthesis of new Metal-organic Frameworks and Multinary oxides; Investigations of their physical, electronic and catalytic properties. Click here for details https://avijitnitchem.wixsite.com/solid-state-chem/publications

New project position is available on SERB project (Feb 2023)