Advanced Chemistry

Dr. Wei Li has been working at the College of Pharmacy, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTCoP) since he obtained his PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 1999. Currently he is a Professor and the Director of the UTCoP Drug Discovery Center. His focus of research is small molecule drug discovery, and currently his research is mainly funded by NIH/NCI grants. He has published over 135 papers, 3 book chapters, five issued US patents, and additional patents from other countries. He is a frequent grant reviewer for NIH study sections, and currently he is an editorial board member for Current Medicinal Chemistry, Molecules, and Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Sabyasachi Sarkar (17th May, 1947) is working in diverse fronts of chemistry closely related to natural set up of particular emphasis on functional models of hyperthermophilic to mesophilic metalloproteins emphasizing enzymatic oxotransfer reactions differing Eyring activated complex based chemical oxotransfer reaction . He demonstrated CO2 bound magnesium in chlorophyll in photosynthesis as thought by Willstätter. The rare reaction of a Cu(II) complex with aerial oxygen to generate superoxide anion and Cu(III) has been shown to address Fridovich’s native SOD reaction. He made functional models of Ni-thiolate and Fe-S cubane clusters based hydrogenase and NO-synthase and also worked on ROS. He showed the architectural marvel in silk cocoon with the natural thermostatic and humidity control with preferential oxygen gating inside and carbon dioxide gating outside from the cocoon as green house architecture. He proposed a new magneto reception for nocturnal moth in sensing the Earth's magnetic field to navigate with a stable pool of carbon-centric free radicals with ferromagnetic components. Since 2104, he has explored water soluble non toxic nano carbons made from cheap sources to demonstrate their use in plant growth, in bioimaging of living animals and as drug cargo to cross blood brain barrier. He showed that nano carbons induce anoxia to mosquito larvae and under suitable condition nano carbon has been shown to kill hospital pathogens. Presently he is working to trap cosmic energy using carbon to generate energy day and night from the environment as better alternative of silicon based solar energy. He also mapped the degradation of Heritage monument, Taj Mahal. Guided 46 PhD, 200 M.Sc, M.Tech theses, ( Google Scholar Citation : h-index-33 ,h-10 –index – 318 ) . Humboldt Fellow, DAAD Fellow, Research Fellow INSA, F.A.Sc, ; FRSC, Fellow Indian Chemical Society.

Nano Science

Patrick Da Costa has completed his PhD at the age of 27 years from University Pierre et Marie Curie and postdoctoral studies from UC Berkekey. He is now Full Professor at Sorbonne University, in Faculty of Science and Engineering. He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of different journals in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Arif Ali Khan received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from A M U, Aligarh (INDIA) in 1994. Since then Dr. Khan has gained experience as Research Associate and Senior Research Associate at IIT-Delhi, and as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Dr. Khan joined as Lecturer in Chemistry at GGSIP University, New Delhi in 2005. His research interests are in the area of Coordination Chemistry, Organophosphorus Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Metal Ion Catalysed/Promoted Organic Synthesis, and Synthesis of Biofuels/ Biodiesel. He has published several research papers in reputed journals. He has successfully completed a number of national projects and international research projects.

Inorganic Chemistry