Prof. S. Panda

Professional Experience:

• Associate professor (Jan, 2026 onwards), Department of chemistry, IIT Kharagpur.
• Assistant professor (July 2018 - Dec 2025), Department of chemistry, IIT Kharagpur.
• Post-doc (Aug 2013-June 2018), UTSW, Dallas, with Prof. Joseph Ready
• PhD (Jan 2009 ÔÇô June 2013), Case Western Reserve University, with Prof. A. J. Pearson

Research Focus: Prof. Santanu Panda's research focuses on developing innovative synthetic methodologies in organic chemistry, with particular emphasis on organoboron chemistry, strained-ring chemistry, photoredox catalysis, and the late-stage functionalization of biologically active molecules and pharmaceuticals.

• Gajria Faculty Excellence Award from IIT Kharagpur 2025
• Tetrahedron/Tetrahedron Lett. early career editorial board member
• Merck Young Scientist Award 2023, Winner
• CRS (Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha) Bronze Medal 2022
• Ramanujan Fellowship 2018
• Best Poster Award at 2017 UTSW Biochemistry Retreat at Dallas Botanical Garden, Dallas
• Graduate outstanding teaching assistant award 2013, Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University
• ACS (American Chemical Society) Travel Award 2012
• Indian Academy of Science Summer Research Fellowship 2005, Bangalore, India
• Merit-cum-Means (MCM) scholarship 2006 in IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
• Vidyasagar University Second Position in B.Sc. 2004, West Bengal, India

• “An Unprecedented Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydro-Deborylation & Deborylative- Allylation of 1,2-Bis(boronic) Esters to Skipped Dienes” 18th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBoron-18) in Tokyo from September 6-10, 2026.
• Stereoselective vinylation using Amino acids and organoboron reagents at Calcutta University,India (10-01-2026 to 12-01- 2026), Type: Invited Lecture, Event Name: “International Conference on Chemistry for Human Development (ICCHD-2026).
• Synthesis of olefins using organoboron reagents at ISM Dhanbad,India (13-03-2026 to 14-03-2026), Type: Invited Lecture, Event Name: National Conference on Catalysis in Synthesis.
• 1,2-Migration of boronate complex for the synthesis of vinyl heteroaryls at Agra,India (14-07-2024 to 18-07-2025), Type: Invited Lecture, Event Name: International conference in organometallic chemistry.
• Boron wittig reaction and its application at IISET Shibpur ,India (07-11-2024 to 09-11-2025), Type: Invited Lecture, Event Name: Recent advances in chemical sciences.
• Strain release ring opening for the synthesis of diverse Azetidines at IIT Guwahati ,India (02-12-2025 to 04-12-2025), Type: Invited Lecture, Event Name: Frontier in chemical sciences.
• ‘Stereodivergent olefination using organoboron compounds” Early career researcher symposium, IIT Jammu, 30th March 2024.
• “Synthesis of fluorinated organoboron compounds and olefins via novel 1,2-migration reaction” IOCOC conference, Goa, Dec 2023.
• “Synthesis of fluorinated organoboron compounds and olefins via novel 1,2-migration reaction” Merck Young scientist lecture, Bangalore, Nov 2023.
• “Stereodivergent olefination using photoredox catalysis” Speaker at the virtual interaction “Trends in Organometallic Chemistry” organized by ACS, Oct 2022.
• “Stereodivergent olefination using photoredox catalysis and organoboron chemistry” BORAM XVII, June 20-24, 2022, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia. BORAM XVI, USA.
• “Stereodivergent olefination using photoredox catalysis and organoboron chemistry” CRS (Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha) Bronze Medal 2022 award lecture.
• “Transition metal free synthesis of heterobiaryls’ International Conference in Emerging Trend in Synthesis and Synthesis (ETCS-2020).