Chebrolu Pulla Rao
Department of Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Chebrolu Pulla Rao currently holds Institute Chair Professorship in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay wherein he has been a faculty since 1988. He did his Masters from IIT Madras (1977), Ph.D. from IISc. Bangalore (1982) under the mentorship of Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS, and two post doctoral stints one at Harvard University with Prof. Richard H. Holm and the other at MIT with Prof. Stephen J. Lippard. His research interests span across biological inorganic and supramolecular chemistry using small synthetic molecular systems as well as proteins with an extension of the studies to biological cells, and the efforts are way into nanobiomaterials. His research group extensively uses spectroscopy, microscopy and diffraction techniques besides practicing biochemical methodologies including antiproliferative activity.
Research Interest
Inorganic Chemistry
