Balaji R. Jagirdar

Prof. Balaji R. Jagirdar is a Professor in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. He has held progressively senior roles at IISc since 1995, including Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and full Professor since 2011. His research focuses on Organometallic Chemistry and Nanomaterials, with applications in catalysis and materials science.

Education:

• M.Sc. from IIT-Bombay (1987-89)
• Ph.D. from Kansas State University (1989-93) under Prof. Ken Klabunde
• Post-doctoral research at University of Colorado (1994-95) with Prof. Mary Rakowski DuBois

His research group investigates transition metal complexes and nanomaterials for catalytic applications, particularly in homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. The work spans inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, and green chemistry approaches.

Current Group Members:

• Kamla Netam (PhD, Organometallics)
• Selva Kumar S. (PhD, Organometallics)
• Mitarani Pradhan (PhD, Organometallics)
• Saibalendu Sarkar (PhD, Nanomaterials)
• Jyothi Jangir (PhD, Nanomaterials)
• E. Babu (PhD, Nanomaterials)
• Somnath Parui (PhD, Nanomaterials)

Alumni/Former Members:

• Dr. Kanak Majumdar (Senior Research Scientist, Chem Biotech Research International)
• Dr. Nibedita Rath (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania)
• Dr. Rakesh Rath (Queen's University, Belfast)
• Dr. Sarjit Singh (Project Assistant)
• Dr. R. Srinivasan (Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Tuebingen)
• Mr. Mahesh Hariharan (Photochemistry Research Unit, RRL Trivandrum)
• Mr. G. Kathirvel (Essen University)
• Mr. Ajay Venugopal (University of Münster)
• Ms. Anjali Chhabra (Dept. of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay)