Uday Maitra | |
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| Born | Durgapur,West Bengal, India |
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| Known for | Studies on molecular tools and supramolecular assemblies |
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| Thesis | I. Selective aqueous Diels-Adler reactions / II. Template directed β-face functionalization and sidechain removal of steroids (1986) |
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Uday Maitra is an Indian organic chemist and a professor in the department of organic chemistry at theIndian Institute of Science.[1][2] He is known for his studies on molecular tools andsupramolecular assemblies.[3] He is a recipient of theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards.[4]
Born in Durgapur, Maitra secured B.Sc. in Chemistry from Presidency College(then affiliated toUniversity of Calcutta) and PhD in 1986 fromColumbia University, working under the guidance ofRonald Breslow and did his post-doctoral studies at the laboratory of Paul A. Bartlett of theUniversity of California, Berkeley. His studies are characterized by the new methodologies he employed in developing supramolecular assemblies and molecular tools like receptors, tweezers and gelators.[5] He has published his researches in a number of peer-reviewed articles;ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 142 of them.[6] He has mentored many doctoral scholars[7] and is involved in initiatives for the popularization of chemistry.[8] He has participated in seminars to deliver plenary/invited addresses, was a member of the Indian delegation at the Indo-German Symposium onFrontiers of Chemistry organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur[9] and is a member of the editorial board of the Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry.[10] TheCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2001, for his contributions to chemical sciences.[11]
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