Prof. Dr. Gautam R. Desiraju

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsOrganic Molecular Chemistry,Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis,Preparative and Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Keywordshydrogen bonding, crystal engineering, intermolecular interactions, supramolecular chemistry, self assembly

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityBengaluru
InstitutionIndian Institute of Science (IISC)
InstituteSolid State & Structural Chemistry Unit

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Reiner SustmannInstitut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen
Prof. Dr. Roland BoeseFachbereich 8 - Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Desiraju is one of the leading scientists in Supramolecular Chemistry which is the understanding of cooperative effects based on weak interactions between molecules. It is one of the most challenging fields in the intersection between Organic Chemistry, Crystallography, Material Sciences and Biology. Crystal Engineering provides the background of this new science, it tries to understand and design the arrangement of molecules in crystals with the principle that the sum of many weak interactions dominates the property of the whole system. This field was passionately pioneered by the laurate and inspired many scientists worldwide.

Publications (partial selection)

2005Rahul Banerjee, Prashant M. Bhatt, Michael T. Kirchner, Gautam R. Desiraju: Structural Studies of the System Na(saccharinate)-n H2O: A Model for Crystalization. In: Angewandte Chemie -International Edition, 2005, 2515-2520