B.Sc. (2011) in Chemistry (Honours), Visva-Bharati Central University, Santiniketan, India M.Sc. (2013) in Organic Chemistry, Visva-Bharati Central University, Santiniketan, India. (Thesis Advisor - Professor Alakananda Hazra) Ph.D. (2018) in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (Thesis Advisor - Professor Santanu Mukherjee)Education
Professional Experience
1/2024–present: Assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Berhampur, Odisha, India
8/2021–12/2023: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. (Advisor - Professor Keary M. Engle)
1/2019–7/2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA. (Advisor - Professor M. Kevin Brown)
8/2018–11/2018: Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
2018: GRC Carl Storm International Diversity (CSID) Award to attend the 2018 GRC in Stereochemistry, USA
Awards and Fellowships
2013: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with All India Rank (AIR) 22.
2013: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from the CSIR with All India Rank (AIR) 10.
2013: Fellowship from Visva-Bharati Central University for securing first position in M.Sc.
Simlandy, A. K.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Nguyen, J. M.; Oxtoby, L. J.; Wong, Q. N.; Chen, J. S.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M. Enantioselective Hydroalkenylation and Hydroalkynylation of Alkenes Enabled by a Transient Directing Group: Catalyst Generality through Rigidification. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202304013.
Simlandy, A. K.; Rodphon, W.; Alturaifi, T. M.; Mai, B. K.; Ni, H.-Q.; Gurak, J. A., Jr.; Liu, P.; Engle, K. M. Catalytic Addition of Nitroalkanes to Unactivated Alkenes via Directed Carbopalladation. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13755–13762. (Highlighted in ChemistryViews and Synfacts 2023, 19, 0040).
Simlandy, A. K.; Lyu, M.; Brown, M. K. Catalytic Arylboration of Spirocyclic Cyclobutenes: Rapid Access to Highly Substituted Spiro[3.n]alkanes. ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 12815–12820.
Simlandy, A. K.; Brown, M. K. Allenylidene Induced 1,2-Metalate Rearrangement of Indole-Boronates: Diastereoselective Access to Highly Substituted Indolines. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12366–12370. (Selected as a HOT article) .
Simlandy, A. K.; Sardini, S.; Brown, M. K. Construction of Congested Csp3-Csp3 Bonds by a Formal Ni-Catalyzed Alkylboration. Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 5517–5521. (Highlighted in Synfacts 2021, 17, 0650).
