Dr.Kiran Kumar


  • Research Scientist, June 2018–September 2019, Rice University, Houston, USA.
  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, (Mentor: Prof. K. C. Nicolaou) November 2013–May 2018, Rice University, Houston, USA.
  • Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (Mentor: Prof. T. K. Chakraborty) 2013, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
  • Master’s in science in Chemical Sciences, 2007, Pondicherry Central University, Puducherry, India.
  • Bachelor’s in science in Chemical Sciences, 2005, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Awards and Fellowships:

  • Elsevier ‘Outstanding reviewer award’, November 2017.
  • ‘Eli-Lilly Asia Outstanding Best Thesis Award’ 1 st prize for the year 2013.
  • CDRI incentive award for publishing highest impact papers in the year 2012 and 2013.
  • Ph.D. fellowship (JRF and SRF) awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India.