Ashwini Nangia
Department of Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Ashwini Nangia obtained MSc (Chemistry) (1983) from IIT Kanpur. Thereafter, he joined Yale University for graduate research where he worked with Frederick E Ziegler on the total synthesis of sesquiterpene natural products via a stereoselective Claisen rearrangement route. He used 2D NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography for structure elucidation and stereochemistry assignment of Sporol and Neosporol carbon skeletons. After receiving PhD (1988), he worked in NOCIL Agrochemicals R&D Centre, Navi Mumbai for a year, and then joined as Lecturer, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad (1989) where he is Professor (2002- ).
Research Interest
Organic Chemistry, Crystal Engineering, Pharmaceutical science
