Irishi Namboothiri

Irishi N N Namboothiri was born in the southern Indian state Kerala in 1964. He received his MSc from Mangalore University (1988) and PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1994). He carried out postdoctoral research at Bar-Ilan Universiy, Israel (1995-96), University of North Texas (1997-98) and Columbia University, USA (1999). After a brief stint as Senior Research Scientist at Sabinsa Corporation, New Jersey (2000), he joined the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai (2001) where he is currently a senior professor. His research interests include organic synthesis, development of new synthetic methodologies, asymmetric catalysis, mechanistic studies and materials chemistry. He is elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences India. He is also a recipient of the Jean D'Alembert Senior Fellowship, Paris-Saclay University, France, Chemical Research Society of India Medal and Excellence in Teaching Award at IIT Bombay. He has supervised over 25 PhDs and co-authored nearly 200 publications (h-index 49) including four chapters and two books and is also a co-inventor of 6 patents. One of the books he co-authored is the third edition of “Organic Synthesis Based on Name Reactions” with Alfred Hassner.

Namboothiri has been a visiting professor at Alternative Energy and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay, France and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has delivered over 240 invited lectures at various symposia/conferences and special seminars in India and abroad. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of Journal of Chemical Sciences, Bangalore and is on the editorial board of Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. He also serves on several academic and research advisory committees in India.