Kana M Sureshan
VIDWAN ID: 49301

Prof Kana M Sureshan

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Professor | School of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
Expertise: Organic Chemistry
198 Publications
6 Projects
3940 Scopus Citations
4535 CrossRef
16 Years 9 Months Total Experience
Publications
198 Total
Articles
198
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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
Regular
Jan 2009
Royal Society of Chemistry
Regular
Jan 2012
Chemical Research Society of India
Life member
Jan 2011
Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists India
Life member
Jan 2009
Society for Polymer Science India
Life Member
Jan 2018

Personal 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
Organic Chemistry

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Scholarly Work

Development of porous titania supported Lithium Hydroxide for efficient capture of carbon-di-oxide
Other
Agency: Indian Space Research Organisation Role: Other Grant: ISRO/RES/3/861/20-21
Synthesis of Pseudoproteins by TAAC reactions
Other
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: CRG/2018/000577
Swarnajayanti Fellowship: Chemical Biological intervention in cell signaling
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator Grant: DST/SJF/CSA-02/2012-13
Ramanujan Fellowship: Chemical biological intervention in cellular signaling
Completed
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator
Probing Adenophostin mediated IP3R activation using click chemistry approach
Completed
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Principal Investigator
Synthesis of IP3-analog libraries using click chemistry and their biological evaluation
Completed
Agency: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Role: Principal Investigator

Syntheses of Natural Products and Supramolecular Scaffolds from Polyols

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2016
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Total Syntheses of Carbosugar Natural Products and Analogues

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Stimuli-Induced Physicochemical Responses in Crystals and Gels

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Synthetic and Supramolecular Chemistry with Sugars and Cyclitols

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Design of Low Molecular Weight Organogelators and Their Exploitation for Environmental Applications

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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Novel Strategies for the Synthesis of Biomolecules and their Mimics

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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Synthesis of Triazole Linked Cyclodextrin Mimics and Linear Oligosaccharides

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2015
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Synthesis of Various Biopolymer Mimics via Topochemical Azide-alkyne Cycloaddition

University IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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Synthesis of Topologically Defined Pseudoproteins by TAAC Reaction and the Synthesis of Seven Membered Carbasugars

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2020
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Diverse Peptidomimetics Synthesized via Topochemical Polymerization and their Properties

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Synthesis of inositol-based inclusion complexes, structural mimics of inositol and polyinositols

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2023
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Engineering Supramolecular Interactions for the Synthesis of Non-covalent & Covalent Polymmers

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Synthesis of Various Polyamides via Topochemical Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (TAAC) Reaction

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2023
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Large Molecular Motion in Crystals Leading to Topochemical Reactions

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2025
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Topochemical Ene-Azide Cycloaddition Reaction for the Synthesis of Crystalline Polymers

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2024
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Synthesis of Organic Polymers via Uncatalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2026
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Synthesis of higher dimensional polymers via topochemical azide-alkyne cycloaddition

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2026
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Scholarly Publications

Neutral complexing agents with a cyclitol core. Effect of the relative orientation of the sidearms and end groups on the cation binding ability of myo-inositol based podands

Journal Article
Authors: Kana M. Sureshan; Mysore S. Shashidhar; Anjani J. Varma

Topochemical Transketalization Reaction Driven by Hydrogen Bonding

Journal Article
Journal of the American Chemical Society. Year: 2004. Volume: 126 , Issue: 30 , Pages: 9174-9175 .
Authors: Kana M. Sureshan; Tomohiro Murakami; Tomomi Miyasou; Yutaka Watanabe

Solid and solution state conformation of 1l-1-O-acetyl-2,3:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-chiro-inositol

Journal Article
Carbohydrate Research. Year: 2004. Volume: 339 , Issue: 10 , Pages: 1803-1807 .
Authors: Kana M Sureshan; Tomomi Miyasou; Yutaka Watanabe

Total synthesis of the proposed structure of `brahol' and the structural revision

Journal Article
Tetrahedron Letters. Year: 2004. Volume: 45 , Issue: 16 , Pages: 3197-3201 .
Authors: Kana M Sureshan; Tomomi Miyasou; Yutaka Watanabe

Regioselective Protection and Deprotection of Inositol Hydroxyl Groups

Journal Article
ChemInform. Year: 2004. Volume: 35 , Issue: 8 , Pages: chin.200408295 .
Authors: Kana M. Sureshan; Mysore S. Shashidhar; Thoniyot Praveen; Tanya Das

Simple and Efficient Routes to Optically Activechiro- andallo-Inositol Derivatives frommyo-Inositol

Journal Article
Synlett. Year: 2004. Issue: 3 , Pages: 493-496 .
Authors: Yutaka Watanabe; Kana M. Sureshan

Guanophostin A: Synthesis and evaluation of a high affinity agonist of the d-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor

Journal Article
Chemical Communications. Year: 2006. Issue: 19 , Pages: 2015 .
Authors: Kana M. Sureshan; Melanie Trusselle; Stephen C. Tovey; Colin W. Taylor; Barry V. L. Potter

Efficient Routes to Optically Active Azido-, Amino-, Di-azido- and Di-amino-cyclitols with chiro- and allo-Configuration from myo-Inositol.

Journal Article
ChemInform. Year: 2005. Volume: 36 , Issue: 8 , Pages: chin.200508203 .
Authors: Kana M. Sureshan; Kyoko Ikeda; Naoki Asano; Yutaka Watanabe
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