Prof. Subi J. George
Research Background
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2020- present: Chair, New Chemistry Unit (NCU), JNCASR.
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2020-present: Full Professor, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
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2014-2020: Associate Professor, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
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August 2008-June 2014: Faculty Fellow, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
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December 2004 – June 2008: Post Doctoral Associate in the group of Prof. Dr. E. W. (Bert) Meijer and Dr. Albert Schenning Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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2000-2004: Ph.D. Researcher in the group of Dr. A. Ajayaghosh Photosciences and Photonics Unit, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, NIST (CSIR) (formerly RRL), Trivandrum, India
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March 2003 – May 2003: Guest Researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. E. W. (Bert) Meijer Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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1999: Undergraduate Researcher in the group of Dr. A. Ajayaghosh Photosciences and Photonics Unit, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, NIST (CSIR) (formerly RRL), Trivandrum, India
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Education
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2000-2004: Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, NIST (formerly RRL), Trivandrum, India, and Ph. D registered to Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, India
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. A. Ajayaghosh
Topic: Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Derived Organogels: A Novel Class of Functional Supramolecular Materials” -
1997-2000: Master Degree (M. Sc.) in Organic Chemistry (First Rank – Topper in the University, School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
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1994-1997: Bachelor Degree (B. Sc.) in Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
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Awards
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Editorial Advisory Board member , JACS (ACS) ( 2023 - present)
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CNR Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) 2021.
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Associate Editor, Chemical Science (RSC) ( 2020 - present)
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar​ (SSB) Award in chemical sciences in 2020
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Editorial Advisory Board Member, Organic Materials (Thieme) - (2020-to date)
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Editorial Advisory Board Member, Chem (Cell Press)- (2019-to date)
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Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2019
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Member of ChemNanoMat (Wiley)- Editorial Board (2018- to date)
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Recipient of SwarnaJayanti Fellowship (2017)
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Author Profile in Angewandte Chemie for publishing 10 articles in 10 years in this journal (2017)
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Member of Material Horizons (RSC)-Editorial Advisory Board (2017-to date)
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JSPS Short-Term Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (2016)
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Recipient of Asian Photochemistry Association (APA) Young Scientist Award (2016)
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NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in Chemistry for the year 2015
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Editorial Advisory Board Member, Chemistry of Materials (ACS) (2015- to date)
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CRSI Bronze Medal (2015)
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Sheikh Saqr Career Award Fellow, JNCASR (2014-2015)
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Emerging Investigator by Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2014)
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MRSI Medal (2013)
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Emerging Investigator by Chemical Communications (2012)
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Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences (2011)
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Poster Award in First Aquitaine Conference for Polymers, Arcachon, France, October 16-19, 2007.
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Best Poster Award in 6th National Symposium in Chemistry, Kanpur, India, February 06-08, 2004.
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Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Government of India (2003 – 2004).
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Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India (2001 - 2003).
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Best Poster Award in 4th National Symposium in Chemistry, Pune, February 1-3, 2002.
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First Rank in M. Sc. Organic Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala (2000).
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Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2000),conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
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Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship (2000)