Prof Kana M Sureshan
Professor
| School of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
Expertise:
Organic Chemistry
198
Publications
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Projects
3940
Scopus Citations
4535
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16 Years 9 Months Total Experience
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Professional Recognition
MRSI Medal
2017
Material Research Society of India
CRSI Bronze Medal
2017
Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
Young scientist award
2015
YIM-Boston, MIT, USA
Swarnajayanti Fellowship
2014
Govt. of India
Ramanujan Fellowship
2010
DST, Govt of India
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
2017
Royal Society of Chemistry
Innocentive challenge winner
2008
Innocentive, USA
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2006
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
JSPS Fellowship
2002
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
Gold Medal
1991
Govt of Kerala
Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences
2020
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
Bhagyatara Award
2019
Punjab University
National Awards for technology innovation in Petrochemical and Downstream Plastic Processing Industry
2020
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Govt. of India
Rajib Goyal Prize in Chemical Science
2021
Kurukshetra University (KU)
J. C. Bose National Fellowship
2024
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Ind
Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy
2024
Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
Elected as Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA
2025
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
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American Chemical Society
RegularRoyal Society of Chemistry
RegularChemical Research Society of India
Life memberAssociation of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists India
Life memberSociety for Polymer Science India
Life MemberPersonal Details
Doctor of Philosophy
2002
N/A
Master of Science
1996
Karimganj College
Bachelor of Science
1994
Karimganj College
Professor
Jan 2020 – Present
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
| School of Chemistry
Associate Professor
Apr 2014 – Apr 2019
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
| School of Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Apr 2009 – Apr 2014
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
| School of Chemistry
Chemical Sciences
Scholarly Work
Development of porous titania supported Lithium Hydroxide for efficient capture of carbon-di-oxide
OtherSynthesis of Pseudoproteins by TAAC reactions
OtherSwarnajayanti Fellowship: Chemical Biological intervention in cell signaling
OtherRamanujan Fellowship: Chemical biological intervention in cellular signaling
CompletedProbing Adenophostin mediated IP3R activation using click chemistry approach
CompletedSynthesis of IP3-analog libraries using click chemistry and their biological evaluation
CompletedSyntheses of Natural Products and Supramolecular Scaffolds from Polyols
Total Syntheses of Carbosugar Natural Products and Analogues
Stimuli-Induced Physicochemical Responses in Crystals and Gels
Synthetic and Supramolecular Chemistry with Sugars and Cyclitols
Design of Low Molecular Weight Organogelators and Their Exploitation for Environmental Applications
Novel Strategies for the Synthesis of Biomolecules and their Mimics
Synthesis of Triazole Linked Cyclodextrin Mimics and Linear Oligosaccharides
Synthesis of Various Biopolymer Mimics via Topochemical Azide-alkyne Cycloaddition
Synthesis of Topologically Defined Pseudoproteins by TAAC Reaction and the Synthesis of Seven Membered Carbasugars
Diverse Peptidomimetics Synthesized via Topochemical Polymerization and their Properties
Synthesis of inositol-based inclusion complexes, structural mimics of inositol and polyinositols
Engineering Supramolecular Interactions for the Synthesis of Non-covalent & Covalent Polymmers
Synthesis of Various Polyamides via Topochemical Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (TAAC) Reaction
Large Molecular Motion in Crystals Leading to Topochemical Reactions
Topochemical Ene-Azide Cycloaddition Reaction for the Synthesis of Crystalline Polymers
Synthesis of Organic Polymers via Uncatalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions
Synthesis of higher dimensional polymers via topochemical azide-alkyne cycloaddition
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Scholarly Publications
A highly selective host-guest system formed and stabilized due to concerted halogen···oxygen and C-H···O non-bonded interactions: X-ray structures of racemic 1,2,3,4,5-penta-O-benzoyl-6-O-tosyl myo-inositol-dihalomethane (CH2X2, X = Cl and Br) inclusion complexes
Erratum: Sulfonate protecting groups. Regioselective sulfonylation of myo-inositol orthoesters - Improved synthesis of precursors of D- and L-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate, myo-inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate and related derivatives (Carbohydrate Research (2002) 337 (2399-2410) PII: S0008621502002987)
Sulfonate protecting groups. Regioselective sulfonylation of myo-inositol orthoesters - Improved synthesis of precursors of D- and L-myo-inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate, myo-inositol 1,3,4,5,6-pentakisphosphate and related derivatives
Crystal structure, solid state and solution conformation of 1D-1,4-di-O-[(S)-O-acetylmandeloyl]-2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-myo-inositol
Is O-acetylmandelic acid a reliable chiral anisotropy reagent?
Crystal structure of 1L-1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene-allo-inositol; A comparison of its conformation in solid and solution states
An efficient route to optically active inositol derivatives via the resolution of myo-inositol 1,3,5-orthoformate: A short synthesis of D-myo-inositol-4-phosphate
Resolution of synthetically useful myo-inositol derivatives using the chiral auxiliary O-acetylmandelic acid
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