Ss Krishnamurthy
Deptt of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Setharampattu Seshaiyer Krishnamurthy earned his BSc and MSc degrees with first rank from Madras University, after which he joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore where he worked on Structural Chemistry under the supervision of Professor S Soundararajan to obtain his PhD degree (1968). He then studied and worked in UK (1969-72) at the University of Sussex and Birkbeck College. On returning to India, Krishnamurthy joined the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore where he initiated research programme in main group and organometallic chemistry. He became a Professor in 1984. Currently he is an INSA Senior Scientist at IISc.
Research Interest
Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry
