Prof. Dr. Rodney A. Fernandes

Profile

Academic position	Full Professor
Research fields	Organic Molecular Chemistry,Natural Product Chemistry
Keywords	New method development, Total Synthesis, Asymmetric Synthesis, Catalysis, Catalytic allylation and oxidations
Honours and awards	2023: Chemical Research Soceity of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal 2023 for research in chemical sciences. 2023: Research Dissemination Award, IRCC IIT Bombay 2019: Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching 2019, IIT Bombay 2019: Outstanding Reviewer Award 2019 by the Journal Chemical Communications, RSC Publishing 2017: 4th S.C. Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture, hosted by Prof. S. K. Paknikar Research and Education Trust, 8th December 2017 2016: Elected Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, October 2016 2004: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany, May 2004 – March 2006 2004: Indian National Science Academy (INSA) - Young Scientist Medal Award 2004, Chemical Sciences 2003: International Patent Award 2003 - Silver Medallion by NCL Research Foundation for US-Patent. No. 6376683. Pradeep Kumar and Rodney A. Fernandes 2002: Keerti Sangoram Endowment Award 2002, Best Research Scholar, NCL Research Foundation 2000: Dr. Rajappa Award for Best Research Paper by NCL Research Foundation

Current contact address

Country	India
City	Mumbai
Institution	Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay
Institute	Department of Chemistry
Homepage	http://ether.chem.iitb.ac.in/~rfernand/people/prof.htm

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Brückner	Institut für Organische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Start of initial sponsorship	01/07/2004

Programme(s)

2003	Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2005	Rodney A. Fernandes, Reinhard Brückner: Efficient Synthesis of (+)-Kalafungin and (-)-Nanaomycin D by Asymmetric Dihydroxylation, Oxa-Pictet-Spengler Cyclization, and H2SO4-Mediated Isomerization . In: SYNLETT, 2005, 1281-1285