S Chandrasekaran

Biography

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran earned his BSc and MSc from Vivekananda College, University of Madras, Chennai, after which he joined the Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras to work with Professor S Swaminathan for his PhD degree, in the area of oxy-Cope rearrangement and on the synthesis of novel norbornane derivatives. After graduation, he went to Harvard University, USA (1973-75 and 1976-77) to work as a Research Associate on the (first successful) synthesis of gibberellic acid, a plant growth hormone, with Professor EJ Corey. He worked as a Scientist at the Syntex Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California (1975-76) on the synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics.

Research Interest

Organic Synthesis, Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis