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Kumar Biradha

Kumar Biradha is a researcher in the field of crystal engineering. He was born on 15 June 1968 in Relangi, Andhra Pradesh. He is a professor at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,[1] and a member of Editorial Advisory board of Crystal Growth & Design, an American Chemical Society Journal.[2][3]

Kumar Biradha
Born15 June 1968 (1968-06-15) (age 56)
India
Alma materD.N.R. College, Andhra University; University of Hyderabad; Saint Mary's University, Canada; Nagoya University.
SpouseSatyasri Biradha
Scientific career
FieldsSupramolecular chemistry, Crystal Engineering
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Doctoral advisorGautam Radhakrishna Desiraju
Websitewww.structuralchemistrylab.com/prof-kumar-biradha

Biography

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Biradha completed his secondary and higher secondary education from TMP High School, Relangi, and SVSS Govt. Junior College, Attili, respectively. He obtained his bachelor's degree from DNR College, Bhimavaram, and soon after that he joined University of Hyderabad to complete his M.Sc. in chemistry in 1991. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. in structural chemistry from the same university under the guidance of Professor Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju in 1996.[4] From there he moved to Canada to work as postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Mike Zaworotko at Saint Mary's University, Canada in 1997. There he worked on designing various clay-like and zeolite-like architectures by using strong hydrogen bonds and coordination bonds.[5] In the next year he received the prestigious JSPS fellowship to work with Makoto Fujita at IMS, Okazaki, Japan, and Nagoya University, where he expertized on coordination networks and dynamic porous coordination polymers.[6][7] There he also appointed as an assistant professor and Researcher up to March 2002. Finally he moved back to India and joined the Chemistry Department at IIT Kharagpur as an assistant professor in 2002 and became a professor in 2014.[8]

Scientific contributions

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Biradha's research group aims at synthesizing multi-functional supramolecular materials with the use of distinct crystal engineering strategies.[9] Web of Science has listed over 200 of the published scientific articles by him[10] on Cocrystal, gels, organic polymers, coordination polymers, metal-organic frameworks and covalent organic framework and their potential applications in the fields of electrocatalysis,[11] molecular sensing, solid state [2+2] photo-dimerizations and polymerizations,[12] gas adsorption, inclusion materials, semiconductivity, luminescence, and isomeric hydrocarbon separation.[13] For such significant contributions in science, Biradha featured among 'Top 2% Global scientist' in a study by Stanford Analyst Group[14] under the category of 'Inorganic and Nuclear chemistry'.[15]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-Department of Chemistry">"Faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-Department of Chemistry". iitkgp.ac.in. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. ^ Rogers, Robin D. (2012). "Around the World in 2012". Crystal Growth & Design (12). American Chemical Society: 1–2. doi:10.1021/cg201654d.
  3. ^ "Crystal Growth & Design">"K Biradha-Crystal Growth & Design". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Chemistry Tree - Kumar Biradha". academictree.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  5. ^ Biradha, K. (2003). "Crystal engineering: from weak hydrogen bonds to co-ordination bonds". CrystEngComm. 5 (66): 374–384. doi:10.1039/b309903b.
  6. ^ Biradha, K.; Hongo, Y.; Fujita, M. (2002). "Crystal-to-Crystal Sliding of 2D Coordination Layers Triggered by Guest Exchange". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41 (18): 3395–3398. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20020916)41:18<3395::aid-anie3395>3.0.co;2-d. PMID 12298043.
  7. ^ Biradha, K.; Fujita, M. (2002). "A Springlike 3D-coordination Network That Shrinks or Swells in a Crystal-To-Crystal Manner Upon Guest Removal or Readsorption". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41 (18): 3392–3395. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20020916)41:18<3392::aid-anie3392>3.0.co;2-v. PMID 12298042.
  8. ^ "Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-Department of Chemistry">"Profile at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur-Department of Chemistry". iitkgp.ac.in.
  9. ^ "K Biradha - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Web of Science">"Author details (Biradha, Kumar)". Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. ^ Biradha, K.; Goswami, A.; Moi, R. (2020). "Coordination Polymers as Heterogeneous Catalysts in Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Evolution Reactions". Chem. Commun. 56 (74): 10824–10842. doi:10.1039/D0CC04236F. PMID 32813757. S2CID 221200481.
  12. ^ Biradha, K.; Santra, R. (2013). "Crystal engineering of topochemical solid state reactions". Chemical Society Reviews. 42 (3): 950–967. doi:10.1039/c2cs35343a. PMID 23223680.
  13. ^ "Research statement". Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
  14. ^ Ioannidis, JPA.; Boyack, KW.; Baas, J. (2020). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". PLOS Biol. 18 (10): e3000918. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. PMC 7567353. PMID 33064726.
  15. ^ "IIT Kharagpur Researchers Feature Among World's Top 2%". The KGP Chronicle. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Crystal Growth & Design">"K Biradha-Crystal Growth & Design". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  17. ^ "K Biradha-Crystal Growth & Design". pubs.acs.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  18. ^ "New Journal of Chemistry">"K Biradha-New Journal of Chemistry". pubs.rsc.org. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  19. ^ "NASI">"Scopus Young Scientist Award-2006" (PDF). nasi.nic.in.
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