ABOUT JPC
Dr. Jugun Prakash Chinta received his Master’s degree in chemistry (2004) from Andhra University and a doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mumbai, India) in 2011. He was a postdoctoral fellow at The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) during 2012–2014. Later he worked as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty at CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (Bhavnagar, India). Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Warangal. His research interests include the development of optical sensors for biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases and metal complexes as therapeutic agents.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. in Chemistry (2004): Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
B.Sc. in Chemistry (2002): Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry (April 2018- till date) National Institute of Technology Warangal
Warangal, Telangana 506004, India
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DST INSPIRE Faculty: Analytical and Environmental Science Division and Centralized Instrument (August 2014 - April 2018) Facility, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute,
Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
Postdoctoral Fellow: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
(July 2012 - July 2014) Supervisor: Prof. Shlomo Yitzchaik
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Research Associate: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (Aug 2011 - June 2012) Supervisor: Prof. Chebrolu Pulla Rao
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Ph.D. (Chemistry): Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (Jan 2006 - Aug 2011) Supervisor: Prof. Chebrolu Pulla Rao
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course instructor for the doctoral level course of supramolecular chemistry (CHE-CSMCRI-3-2503) at CSIR-CSMCRI (August 2015-April 2018)
AWARDS & HONORS
2015 - Recognized as an Assistant Professor of the Academy in the Faculty of Chemical Sciences by the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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2013 - INSPIRE faculty award (Session II 2013) by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
2012 - Selected for “The PBC Fellowships for Outstanding Post-doctoral Researchers from China and India - 2012/2013” by the government of Israel.
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2011 - Best poster award at the conference “Chemistry of Functional Materials 2011 (CFM-2011)” organized by IIT Bombay and the International Centre for Materials Science, JNCASR, Bangalore, August 12-14, 2011
2008 - Selected for “SAARC-IAESTE academic internship programme” organized by IAESTE Japan, August 4-29, 2008
2005 - Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR)
2005 - Qualified for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2005
REVIEWER
Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier)
RSC Advances (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics (Taylor and Francis)
Journal of Molecular and Applied Bioanalysis (Clyto Online Publishing Inc.)