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Sundeep Rayat is a Professor of Chemistry at Ball State University, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry in the College of Sciences and Humanities. He holds a BS and MS from institutions in India, followed by a PhD from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His postdoctoral research was conducted at The Ohio State University. Prior to Ball State, he served as an Assistant Professor at Kansas State University.
His research focuses on synthetic organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, photochemistry, and materials chemistry. His lab develops novel synthetic strategies for bridgehead-nitrogen fused heterocyclic systems and evaluates their optoelectronic properties for applications in organic semiconductors, fluorescent DNA probes, and topoisomerase inhibitors. A key project involves synthesizing tetrazolethione-based compounds for photoactivated DNA damage via biradicals, with potential applications in photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment.
His research group has pioneered methods for constructing complex heterocyclic scaffolds using sequential intramolecular cyclization reactions. Current work emphasizes computational modeling alongside experimental synthesis to refine material properties and biological activity.
Dr. Rayat teaches advanced courses such as Research in Chemistry (CHEM 670) and actively collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to bridge synthetic chemistry with biomedical applications. His contributions include over a dozen peer-reviewed publications on heterocyclic synthesis and DNA damage mechanisms.
