Alakesh Bisai

Alakesh Bisai

B.S.

Ph.D. IIT Kanpur, India

Currently: Assistant Professor, IISER Bhopal

Joined in: 2006 Alakesh was born July 23, 1977 in Midnapore, West Bengal, India. After completing his undergraduate studies from Midnapore College, he decided to move to BHU Varanasi, where he received his Master of Science with in Chemistry. Subsequently, he moved to the IIT Kanpur in 2000 for his doctoral studies in the group of Professor Vinod K. Singh in the area of enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions. After completing his Ph.D. thesis in 2006, he immediately started as a postdoctoral research at the UC Berkeley with Professor Richmond Sarpong where he worked in the area of total synthesis of "miscellaneous" class of Lycopodium alkaloids. In December, 2009 he left UC Berkeley and join IISER Bhopal as an assistant professor of Chemistry. Since then his group is actively engaged in development of methodologies for C-C bond-forming reactions that took advantage of Lewis-acid catalyzed processes, various oxidative coupling reactions, C-H activations, and enantioselective methodologies. In  November, 2013 he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in the same Department. Currently, his research group is working on total synthesis of various architecturally complex and biologically active Indole alkaloids. Positions Held Associate Professor (Nov. 2013 - till date), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, INDIA. Assistant Professor (Dec. 2009 - Nov. 2013), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, INDIA. Post-Doctoral (Oct. 2006 - Dec. 2009), Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Advisor : Prof. Richmond Sarpong . Awards & Honors 'Pfizer Endowment Lecture' at IISc Bangalore (Jan., 2016) Young Scientist Award by the BRNS, DAE (2011-2014) through a research grant DST Fast-Track Research Project (March, 2013-February, 2016) for Young Scientist GRC award to Post-docs by chair, 17th GRC on Stereochemistry (2008), RI, USA Dr. Alakesh Bisai 231, Academic Building II Department of Chemistry IISER Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road Bhauri, Bhopal - 462 066 Madhya Pradesh, India Phone    :    +91-755-6692374 Fax         :    +91-755-6692392 Email     :    alakesh@iiserb.ac.in Alakesh Bisai Alakesh Bisai was born in Midnapore, West Bengal, India. After completing his undergraduate studies from Midnapore College, he decided to move to B.H.U, Varanasi, where he received his Master of Science with in Chemistry. Subsequently, he moved to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 2000 for his doctoral studies in the group of Professor Vinod K. Singh in the area of enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions. After obtaining his Ph.D. in 2006, he immediately started as a postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley with Professor Richmond Sarpong. The focus of his research is the total synthesis of "miscellaneous" class of Lycopodium alkaloids. Contact Information Email: alakesh at calmail dot berkeley dot edu

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Personal Details

Designation :Associate ProfessorDepartment :ChemistryE-Mail :alakesh@iiserb.ac.inPhone :+91-755-669-2374Fax :+91-755-669-2392

 

Academic Details

• Associate Professor: Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal (Nov. 2013 - till date)
• Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal (Dec. 2009 - Nov. 2013)
• Post-Doc.: Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley (Oct. 2006- Dec. 2009). Research Advisor: Prof. Richmond Sarpong
• Ph.D.: Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur (Sept. 2006). Thesis Advisor: Prof. Vinod K. Singh

professional Services

• Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), IISER Bhopal (Jul. 2015 - till date)
• Dean, Faculty Affairs (DoFA), IISER Bhopal (Jan., 2015 - till date)
• Chairperson, Health Center User Committee (HUC) (Jan., 2015 - till date)
• Coordinator, Outreach Activities, IISER Bhopal (Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015)
• Member, Departmental Faculty Affair Committee (DFAC), IISER Bhopal (Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2013)
• Convener, DUGC and DPGC, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal (Feb, 2011- Apr, 2013)
• Convener, Rate Contract Committee, IISER Bhopal (2011 - 2013)
• Warden of Hostel, IISER Bhopal (July 2010 - Dec. 2011)
• Member, Anti-Ragging Committee (July 2010 - Dec. 2011)

Invited Lectures (India and Abroad)

• '10th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium' and '18th National Symposium in Chemistry - CRSI 2016' organized by Punjab University and INST Mohali, (4th - 7th February, 2016); Talk Title: "Total Syntheses of Biologically Active Complex Alkaloids"

• 'Pfizer Endowment Lecture' at Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore (19th - 20th January, 2016); Talk Title: "Total Syntheses of Architecturally Complex Indole Alkaloids of Biological Relevance"

• Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata (4th Jnuary, 2016); Talk Title: "Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformations (DYKAT) as a Strategic Platform for Total Syntheses of Natural Products"

• 'New Frontiers in Chemistry- from Fundamentals to Applications' at Department of Chemistry, BITS Goa (NFCFA - 2015) (18th - 19th December, 2015); Talk Title: "Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformations (DYKAT) of a Mixture of Allylesters and Allylcarbonates: Total Syntheses of Indole Alkaloids Sharing Quaternary Stereocenters"

• 'Inter IISER Chemistry Meet - 2015' at Department of Chemistry, IISER Thiruvananthapuram (IICM-2015) (4th - 6th December, 2015); Talk Title: "Exploring the Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformations (DYKAT) of a Complex Mixture: Total Syntheses of Indole Alkaloids Sharing Quaternary Stereocenters"

• 'IISERB - Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Symposium' at Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal (FICS-2014) (18th May, 2015); Talk Title: "Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Cyclotryptamine and Ergot Alkaloids"

• 'Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS)' at Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati (FICS-2014) (4th- 6th December); Talk Title: "Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Sequential Decarboxylative Allylations: Total Synthesis of (+)-Folicanthine"

• INDO-GERMAN Conference on "Bioinspired Chemistry" (IGCBIC-2014) (10th-13th September), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore; Talk Title: "Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Dimeric Indole Alkaloids of Biological Importance"

• School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad (UoH), INDIA (26th August, 2014); Talk Title: "Synthetic Approaches to Biologically Relevant Bis-Indole Alkaloids with Complex Architecture"

• Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Treands (NIICT-2014) (2nd - 5th March, 2014), CSIR-IICT Hyderabad, INDIA; Talk title: "Expeditious Approach to the Bis-cyclotryptamine Alkaloids Utilizing a Catalytic Double Enantioselective Alkylations"

• 4th INDIGO Ph.D. Research Conference and Intensive Course (6th - 10th October, 2013), Ludwigshafen (BASF) & University of Regensburg, Germany. Talk title: "Construction of Vicinal Quaternary Stereocenters via a Catalytic Double Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Tsuji Allylations"

• INDO-GERMAN Conference on "Complex Chemical Systems" (3rd-5th December, 2012) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, INDIA. Talk title: "Unified Approach to the Indole Alkaloids Sharing Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters"

• Young Scientist Research Meeting (YSRA) (26th-27th November, 2012) by the BARC, DAE, Mumbai, INDIA. Talk title: "Strategies and Tactics towards the Total Synthesis of Icetaxane and [6,5,6]-abeo-Abietane Skeleton"

• XV NOST-Organic Chemistry Conference (NOST-OCC) (10th-13th October, 2012)  Jaypee Palace Hotel, Agra, INDIA. Talk Title: "Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling (IDC) Strategy for the Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids".

• Advances in Pharmaceutical Research and Chemistry (22nd-24th March, 2012) National Institute of Technical Teachers' and Training (NITTTR) Bhopal, Shamla Hills, INDIA. Talk Title: "Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling (IDC) of sp2 C-H and sp3 C-H Bonds"

• 3rd INDIGO Ph.D. Research Conference and Intensive Course (12th - 16th February, 2012) Mahabalipuram, Chennai, INDIA. Talk Title: "Intramolecular Dehydrogenative Coupling (IDC) of sp2 C-H and sp3 C-H Bonds: Convenient Approach to Natural Products having all Carbon Quaternary Center".

• Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK (28th September, 2010) during UK visit organized by Royal Society of Chemistry. Talk title: "Synthesis of Architecturally Complex Lycopodium Alkaloids via Oxidative Bond-Forming Reactions".

• Department of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK (27th September, 2010) during UK visit organized by Royal Society of Chemistry. Talk title: "Unified Strategy toward the Total Syntheses of the complex 'Miscellaneous' Lycopodium Alkaloids".

• Gregynog Synthesis Workshop, UK (24th - 26th September, 2010) organized by the Organic Division of Royal Society of Chemistry. Talk title: "Oxidative Bond-Forming Strategy in the Context of the Syntheses of Lycopodium Alkaloids".

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