Prakash P. Neelakandan

Career

  • 2021/04 - till date: Scientist ‘F’, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India.

  • 2015/04 - 2020/12: Scientist ‘E’, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India.

  • 2012/05 - 2015/03: Postdoc with Prof. JR Nitschke, University of Cambridge, UK.

Research topic: Photophysics and host-guest properties of metal-organic cages.

  • 2009/07 - 2012/04: Postdoc with Prof. FD Lewis, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.

Research topic: Self-assembly and electronic properties of chromophore functionalized oligonucleotides.

 

Education

  • Ph D (2009): CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (India) with Dr. D. Ramaiah.

Thesis title: Design of Cyclophanes: Synthesis and Study of Photophysical and Biomolecular Recognition Properties.

  • M Sc (2003): Sacred Heart College, Kochi under Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (India).

  • B Sc (2001): Sacred Heart College, Kochi under Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (India).