Mahesh Hariharan
VIDWAN ID: 49302

Prof Mahesh Hariharan

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Professor | School of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala
Expertise: Multidisciplinary Chemistry
103 Publications
7 Projects
1758 Scopus Citations
2252 CrossRef
17 Years 2 Months Total Experience
Publications
103 Total
Articles
103
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Professional Recognition

Distinguished Lectureship Award
2017
Chemical Society of Japan
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2016
Royal Society of Chemistry
Associate Editor of Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
2016
Royal Society of Chemistry
Associate Editor of RSC Advances
2015
Royal Society of Chemistry
Kerala State Young Scientist Award
2013
KSCSTE
CRSI bronze medal for the year 2020
2019
Chemical Research Society of India
Editorial Board Member
2019
General Chemistry
Young Scientists
2019
Featured in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Virtual Special Issue
Young Chemists
2018
Featured in Chemistry-A European Journal Special Issue
Chartered Chemist and Scientist
2015
Royal Society of Chemistry
Young Scientist Prize
2014
Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association
Editorial Board Member 2013-2017
2013
Advances in Chemistry
Japanese Photochemistry Association Lectureship Award for Asian and Oceanian Photochemist
2020
Eikohsha
IASc Fellowship
2022
Indian Academy of Sciences

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Royal Society of Chemistry
Member
Jan 2019
American Chemical Society
Member
Jan 2019
Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association
Member
Jan 2019
Inter-American Photochemical Society
Member
Jan 2019
European Photochemistry Association
Member
Jan 2019
International Association of Advanced Materials
Member
Jan 2019
Chemical Society of Japan
Member
Jan 2019
Japanese Photochemistry Association
Member
Jan 2019
Chemical Research Society of India
Member
Jan 2019
Materials Research Society of India
Member
Jan 2019
Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences
Member
Jan 2019
Photosciences Research Society of India
Member
Jan 2019
Fluorescence Society of India
Member
Jan 2019
Indian Society of Nano Medicine
Member
Jan 2019
Kerala Academy of Sciences
India
Jan 2019

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2006
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Master of Science
2000
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Bachelor of Science
1998
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Professor
Jan 2020 – Present
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Chemistry
Associate Professor
Sep 2014 – Dec 2019
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Jul 2009 – Sep 2014
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram | School of Chemistry
Chemical Sciences
Multidisciplinary Chemistry

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Scholarly Work

Unravelling the interplay of reorganization energy, driving force and electronic coupling on the rate of electron transfer
Other
Role: Other Grant: CRG/2019/002119
Design, synthesis and photocatalytic water splitting properties of functional cobalt based inorganic-organic hybrids
Completed
Role: Other
Crafting Young Scientists of Tomorrow (CRYSTAL) Science Orientation Camp
Completed
Role: Other
Charge and Energy Transfer in Molecular Multifunctional Materials
Other
Role: Principal Investigator
500 MHz NMR Spectrometer with Solid State Attachment
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Other
Nano Mission: Dipolar and Multipolar Interactions in Assembled Molecules and Nanostructures: Developing a General Description and its Applications
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Effect of Light on DNA under Water-Free Conditions
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator

Strategies to Reduce Rate of Charge Recombination: Long-Lived Charge Seperated States Through Self-Assembly

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Photoinduced Excited State Processes in Carbonylpyrenes: A Comparison Between Solution and Solid-State Properties

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Strategies to Access Triplet Excited State in Core-Twisted Perylendiimides

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2017
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Moderating the Photogenerated Exciton Dynamics in Molecular Aggregates

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2019
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Light Induced Processes in Near- Orthogonal Bichromophores Separated Through a Single Bond

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2015
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Supramolecular and Multichromophoric Systems : Structural Emegence and Implications on Electronic and Photophysical Properties

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Modulating Charge Transport in Angular Naphthothiazoles Through Crystal Engineering

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2023
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Exciton and Charge Transfer Interactions in Molecular Aggregates

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Orthogonal Bichromorphic Systems: From Null Exciton Coupling to Symmetry-Breaking Charge Seperation

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2022
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Exploring Exciton Interactions in Crystalline Pentacene Architectures

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2024
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Understanding the Photophysical Response of π-Twisted Chromophores

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2025
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Excitonic Interactions Mediated Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation in Perylenediimide Multichromophoric Architectures

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2025
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Structural Modulation of Carbazole Derivatives for Triplet State Engineering and Delayed Emission

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2026
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Unravelling the Structure-Property Relationship in Eumelanin: From Natural Photoprotection to Tailored Photophysics

University IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Year 2026
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Scholarly Publications

Viable access to the triplet excited state in peryleneimide based palladium complex §

Journal Article
Journal of Chemical Sciences. Year: 2018. Volume: 130 , Issue: 10 .
Authors: Abbey M Philip; Ebin Sebastian; Gopika Gopan; Remya Ramakrishnan; Mahesh Hariharan

Deciphering the role of (anti)aromaticity in cofacial excimers of linear acenes

Open Access
Review
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Year: 2023. Volume: 36 , Issue: 1 .
Authors: Akhilesh Krishnan; Aitor Diaz‐Andres; Keerthy P. Sudhakaran; Athira T. John; Mahesh Hariharan; David Casanova

Outstanding Reviewers for Chemical Science in 2023

Open Access
Editorial
Chemical Science. Year: 2024. Volume: 15 , Issue: 32 , Pages: 12634-12635 .

Magnetic Anisotropic Effects in Charged Aza[10]annulene Analogs with a Non-planar Carbon Framework

Journal Article
CHEMISTRY - AN ASIAN JOURNAL (ELECTRONIC). Year: 2025. Volume: 20 , Issue: 2 .
Authors: Jais Kurian; P. E. Swathi Krishna; Ishika Agrawal; Nagarajan Jayabal; Mahesh Hariharan; Muraleedharan K. Manheri

Stability of Polyatomic Molecules in Degenerate Electronic States I – Orbital Degeneracy: By H A Jahn and E Teller: An Introduction to the Classic Paper

Journal Article
Resonance. Year: 2026. Volume: 31 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 605-622 .
Authors: Mahesh Hariharan

Editorial

Editorial
Resonance. Year: 2026. Volume: 31 , Issue: 4 , Pages: 485-487 .
Authors: Mahesh Hariharan

Long alkyl side-chains impede exciton interaction in organic light harvesting crystals

Journal Article
Chemical Communications. Year: 2017. Volume: 53 , Issue: 53 , Pages: 7409-7411 .
Authors: Kalaivanan Nagarajan; Gopika Gopan; Rijo T. Cheriya; Mahesh Hariharan

Prolonged Charge Separated States in Twisted Stacks of All-Carbon Donor and Acceptor Chromophores

Journal Article
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Year: 2016. Volume: 7 , Issue: 22 , Pages: 4751-4756 .
Authors: Abbey M. Philip; Ajith R. Mallia; Mahesh Hariharan
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