Within SPPU Campus

Dr. Bhalchandra Pujari
Centre for Modeling and Simulation, SP Pune University
We investigated proton conduction pathway in a Cu(II) based hydrogen-bonded framework using ab initio electronic structure calculations with molecular dynamics (MD) simulations by Nudged Elastic Band (NEB) method.(Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 6968-6974)
Dr. Anupa Kumbhar
Department of Chemistry, SP Pune University
We have studied the biological evaluation of metal polypyridyl complexes by gel electrophoresis (Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2002-2012; Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11068-11070)
Dr. Ayesha Khan
Department of Chemistry, SP Pune University
Together, we studied cytotoxicity of metal complexes using MTT assay against various cancer cell lines and gene delivery. (Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 16383-16392; Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 3003-3012; Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 15760-15771)

National

Dr. Sreekumar Kurungot
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
We investigated proton conduction in Cu(II) based hydrogen-bonded framework using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy technique.(Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 6968-6974)
Dr. Ramamoorthy Boomishankar
Indian Institute of Science and Research, Pune
We studied electrochemistry and light-driven proton reduction for hydrogen evolution from water, with water soluble [Co6L18Cl6(H2O)6]Cl6 cage by Pressure Transducer and Gas Chromatography. (Chem. Commun. Submitted 2017)
Dr. Prasad P. Kulkarni
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Together, we studied the Aß inhibition, aggregation and MTT assay of metal polypyridyl complexes.(Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2016, 121, 792-802)
Dr. Haridas Pal
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
We studied the ultra fast electron transfer and proton transfer processes in metal polypyridyl complexes using Transient Absorption Spectroscopy at nanosecond scale(Bioconjugate Chem., 2009, 20(2), 447-459)
Dr. Rajendra Joshi
Associate Director, Bioinformatics Group Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune University campus, Pune.
We studied the molecular docking of metal complexes in Aß peptides by using high performance computing programs. (Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2014, 75, 375-381; Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2016, 121, 793-802)

International

Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins
Dr. Peter LÖnnecke

Leipzig University, Germany
We studied the antiproliferative activity of Ru(II) arene complexes with mono and bidentate pyridine based ligand.(Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 12114-12125; Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 11068-11070; Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 4842-4852)
Prof. Dr. Andrea Erxleben
National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
We studied the crystal structures of various metal polypyridyl complexes.(Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2002-2012; Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2016, 121, 792-802; CrystEngComm, 2011, 12, 5289-5291; Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 629-650)
Prof. Dr. Raymond J. Butcher
Howard University, Howard, United States
We studied the crystal structures of several metal polypyridyl complexes (Dalton Trans., 2010, 29, 5664-5675; Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 8227-8246; Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 9120-9122; CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 1520-1522; J. Chem. Cryst., 1997, 27, (9), 522-529; Trans. Met. Chem., 1994, 19, 277-282)