
Main-group Organometallic Functional Materials and Catalysis Lab (MOCL)

Dr. Chinna Ayya Swamy P
Assistant Professor
Department of chemistry
National Institute of Technology Calicut
NIT campus P.O. Kozhikode - 673601Kerala, India.
Email: swamy@nitc.ac.in
Ph: +91-49522 85328
Dr. Chinna Ayya Swamy P obtained his Ph.D from the Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, India working with Prof. P. Thilagar.Later he worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Graham De Ruiter and Prof. Ehud Keinan in Israel Institute of Technology. Later he worked as a Scientist-C CSIR-IITR, Lucknow. Later he joined as assistant professor in the department of chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Calicut in 2020. Currently, he works on design and synthesis of supramolecular architecture for stabilising main group elements as well as catalysis.
Research Experience
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2020-Present
National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India
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Scientist-C, December 2019- March 2020
CSIR-IITR, Lucknow, U. P. India
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Post-doctoral Fellow in Organometallics & Catalysis lab, 2018-2020
Israel Institute of Technology (IIT-Technion).
Adviser: Prof. Graham De Ruiter
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Post-doctoral Fellow in Organic Chemistry, 2015 - 2018
Israel Institute of Technology (IIT-Technion).
Adviser: Prof. Ehud Keinan
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Research Associate in Main group Organometallics, 2014 - 2015
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore, India.
Adviser: Prof. P. Thilagar
Grants
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NIT Calicut Student Innovative Project 2022-2023
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Awarded a Faculty Research Seed Grant 2022
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Awarded a sponsored project from SERB-Start-up Research Grant from Govt. of India 2021-2023
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Awarded a sponsored project from SERB-Start-up Research Grant from Govt. of India 2021-2024
Awards/Honours/Fellowships
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International Research Awards on Organic Chemistry (Best Researcher Award)- 2023.
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ISSN International Best Researcher Award - 2022.
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Fellowship program for post-doctoral researchers by the Azrieli Foundation in October- 2018
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Fellowship program for outstanding post-doctoral researchers by Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC), by Israel Chemical Society 2015.
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Research Associate Fellowship from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. May 2014 – June 2015,
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Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. August 2011–April 2014
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Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. August 2009–August 2011
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Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) upon qualifying the national level entrance test by UGC‐CSIR India, for Ph.D. December 2009
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Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE’09) Examination conducted by Indian Institutes of Technology, India, for Ph.D. March 2009
Lectures/ Seminars delivered
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Lecture on "Supramolecular Assemblies of Rigid Multifarenes: Synthesis and Applications" in the Department of Chemistry at St. Joseph's College Moolamattom, in Association with IQAC on Sep 2021.
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Lecture on "Molecular Material for the Detection of Biological Important Anions and Metal ions" in the Department of Chemistry at VVV College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, on Aug 2021.
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Lecture on “Metal-based Asymmetric catalysis" in the Department Webinar at Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala in Nov 2020.
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Lecture on “Chiral metal complexes for Direct Hydrogenation Reactions" in an International Virtual Conference on " Materials and Their Applications" Organized by the Departments of Chemistry and Physics SSMIET on June 2020.
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Presentation on “Design and Syntheses of Triaryl borane Decorated Luminescent Dyes: Intriguing Optical Properties and Anion Sensing Applications” in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore, in August 2013.
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Delivered a presentation on “Boron Chemistry Lights the way: Optical and Sensor Properties of Molecular Systems” in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in February 2011.
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Delivered a presentation on “Calixpyrroles‐Based Anion Sensors” in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in December 2010.
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Delivered a presentation on “New way to Strap Calix[n]pyrrole: Novel and Selective Recognition of Anions” As Part of Curriculum for the Master’s Degree in Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, in April, 2009.