Dr. Vishnumurthy K A
Experience:
11/2013-present: Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
RVCE Bangalore
02/2013-11/2013: Research associate
Department of Material Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Research: Synthesis of Organic photovoltaic materials
07/2012-01/2013: Research associate
Department of Photo-sciences and Photonics
National Institute for Inter Disciplinary Science, Trivandrum, Kerala,
Research: Synthesis of Organic photovoltaic materials
12/2008-07/2012: Research scholar
Department of Chemistry
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
Research: Synthesis of conjugated polymers for photonic applications
06/2007-12/2008 Scientist
Syngene International (http://www.syngeneintl.com)
Biocon Limited.
Research Area: Synthesis and characterization of medicinally important organic
heterocyclic molecules
Education:
12/2008-07/2012: Ph.D in Conjugated Polymer chemistry
Department of Chemistry
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India
Title: Design and synthesis of new conjugated polymers for photonic applications
Supervisor: Prof A. V. Adhikari
06/2005-12/2007: M.Sc. (Industrial chemistry)
(Ist rank, Gold Medal)
Department of Industrial Chemistry
Jnana Sahyadri Shankaraghatta
Kuvempu University
06/2003-12/2005: B.Sc. (Chemistry)
Tungamahavidyalaya Thirthahalli
Kuvempu University
Honors:
2011: Best poster award “International conference on Recent Trends in material science and
technology, Tiruvananthapuram, 18-21, October 2010.
2007: First rank award in M. Sc. (Industrial chemistry) with
Prof. Gajendraghad Goldmedal from Kuvempu University.