{"id":62,"date":"2022-02-10T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2022-03-04T07:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T07:35:25","slug":"chemical-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/chemical-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"62\" class=\"elementor elementor-62\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4796902 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"4796902\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e5f607 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"1e5f607\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dcb9b7 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dcb9b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-645 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Aloke_iiser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"136\" \/><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dr.Aloke-Das-IISER-Pune.pdf\">Dr. Aloke Das<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Professor,Chemistry<\/p><p>IISER Pune<\/p><p><strong>Research Area<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Gas phase laser spectroscopy, Non-covalent interactions in biomolecules<\/li><li>The major focus of the research group is on molecular level understanding of various weak non-covalent interactions which govern the structures as well as the functions of biomolecules and materials.<\/li><li>They employ isolated gas phase laser spectroscopy techniques combined with quantum chemistry calculations to obtain intrinsic knowledge on the physical nature, strength, and binding motifs of these weak interactions.<\/li><li>Lab is equipped with mass elected Resonant 2-Photon Ionization (R2PI) and IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy in a home-built spectrometer coupled with supersonic jet-cooling, laser desorption, resonantly enhanced multi photon ionization and Time of Flight mass spectrometry. Quantum chemistry calculations are exploited to interpret the data obtained from gas phase spectroscopy.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58520bf jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"58520bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2899bb6 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2899bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-324 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Prasad-kulkarni.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"154\" \/><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Prasad_Kulkarni_ARI.pdf\"><strong>Dr. Prasad Padmakar Kulkarni<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Scientist E<\/p><p>Aghakar Research Institute, Pune<\/p><p><strong>Research Interest<\/strong><\/p><p>Alzheimer\u2019s disease, Inorganic Biochemistry, Natural products, Chemical Biology<\/p><ul><li>The team is working on understanding the role of transition metals especially Cu, Fe, Zn and Pt in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD).<\/li><li>The research focus is to understand the physiologically relevant metal ions with A\u03b21-16 peptide to study the oxidation patterns and electrochemical behavior of metallated A\u03b2 peptide. The metal ions are known to bind A\u03b2 peptide modulating the aggregation mechanism and formation of oligomers.<\/li><li>The team evaluates effect of a range of bioactive molecules on inhibition of A\u03b2 peptide fibrillization in vitro.<\/li><li>The team is also working on hepcidin measurement as a possible indicator to assess the iron status in adolescent girls from socioeconomic class.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a78be57 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"a78be57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87fec1 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f87fec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pratibha.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Pratibha_Srivastava_ARI.pdf\">Dr. Pratibha Srivastava<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Scientist C<\/p><p>Aghakar Research Institute, Pune<\/p><p><strong>Research Interest<\/strong><\/p><p>Synthetic and natural product chemistry<\/p><p>Research interest is focused on synthetic and natural product chemistry. The group is working in design and synthesize of new bioactive molecules by new routes for anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antiviral, hepatoprotective, antibacterial and anticancer activity. They also deal with isolation, purification and characterization of natural product molecules such as proteins and secondary metabolites. The focus is also on natural product molecules which play important role in biology and medicine, serving as pharmaceutical leads, drugs, and powerful reagents in the area of scientific research. The group is interested to develop new molecules based on naturally active pharmacophores.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0dc4bd6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"0dc4bd6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52d9f35 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"52d9f35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed8898d jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed8898d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-495 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Chetan_VU.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Chetan_VU.png 169w, https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Chetan_VU-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Chetan_VU-48x48.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/p><p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Chetan_VU.pdf\">Dr. Chetan Kapadnis<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Associate Professor &amp; Dean<\/p><p>Vishwakarma University<\/p><p><strong>Research Area<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Chetan is currently the Director for \u2013 Internal Quality Assurance Cell and Dean for 3 disciplines &#8211; Humanities &amp; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Media &amp; Communication at VU.<\/li><li>Chetan is on a constant Mission to work with students &amp; institutions leading them towards the path of growth &amp; innovation. He has built his expertise in the areas of Teaching, Strategic Planning, Administrative Management, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Research &amp; Innovation across various domains.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cb9c8d jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"7cb9c8d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31d82ea jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"31d82ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Aloke DasProfessor,Chemistry IISER Pune Research Area Gas phase laser spectroscopy, Non-covalent interactions in biomolecules The major focus of the research group is on molecular level understanding of various weak<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn button-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/chemical-sciences\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","crio-premium-page-header-override":0,"crio-premium-page-header-select":"","crio-premium-page-header-background":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techex.in\/researchgroups\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}