Asymmetric Synthesis Laboratory

Department of Chemistry

 




Dr. Rodney A. Fernandes, Ph.D.


Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai 400076,
Mumbai, Maharashtra India.

Tel: 0091-22-25767174 (O),   0091-22-25768174 (R)
Fax: 0091-22-25767152 (O)
Email: rfernand@chem.iitb.ac.in

Prof. Rodney A. Fernandes served as :
-Dean Academic and Faculty Affairs at IIT-Goa, Goa from 1st August 2017 to 31st July 2018.
-Acting Director, IIT Goa (09-14 January 2018)

  • Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc, 2015)
  • Life Member of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
  • Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India
  • Life Member of the Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists
  • Life Member of Indian Association of Chemistry Teachers


Academic/Administration :

  • 2021-2024: Member UGPC, IIT Bombay
  • 2020-2023: Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Chemical Sciences (UG), Goa University, Goa
  • 2020-ongoing: Member UGPC, IIT Bombay
  • 2017-2020: Member, Board of Studies (BoS), Chemical Sciences, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat

Education:

  • B.Sc.: 1995, Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar Goa, Goa University
  • M.Sc.: 1997, Department of Chemistry, Goa University
  • Ph.D.: Jan 2003, National Chemical Laboratory/Pune University

Post-Doc:

  • Jan 2003-Dec 2003: Chemistry Department, Tohoku University,
    Sendai Japan (Prof. Yoshinori Yamamoto)
  • Jul 2004-Mar 2006: AvH Fellow, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
    Germany (Prof. Reinhard Brueckner)
  • Apr 2006-Jun 2006: DFG Postdoc, Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
    Germany (Prof. Reinhard Brueckner)

Independent:

  • May 2015-present, Professor, Chemistry Department, IIT Bombay
  • January 2011-May 2015, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, IIT Bombay
  • Aug 2007-January 2011: Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, IIT Bombay
  • Sep 2006-Jul 2007: Investigator Titular A (Assistant Professor)
    Instituto de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma Mexico
    Mexico City, Mexico

Teaching:

  • Oct 1997-Nov 1997: Lecturer, Goa Engineering College, Ponda Goa
  • Jan 1998-June 1998: Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Goa University, Goa
  • Aug 2007-January 2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay
  • January 2011-May 2015: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay
  • May 2015-present: Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay

Awards and Honors:

  • 2023: Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal for significant research contribution in chemical sciences.
  • 2023: Research Dissemination Award 2022 of IIT Bombay.
  • 2019-2020: Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching, IIT Bombay
  • 2019: 'Outstanding Reviewer Award' by Chemical Communication Journal of RSC Publishing
  • 4th S. C. Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture 08th October 2017.
  • Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc 2015)
  • INSA Young Scientist Medal Award, 2004
  • Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2004
  • International Patent Award-Silver Medallion, NCL Research Foundation, 2002
  • Keerti Sangoram Endowment Award: Best Research Scholar of the Year 2001 (Chemical Sciences), NCL Research Foundation, 2002
  • Dr. Rajappa Award, Year 2000 for Best Research Paper in Organic Chemistry; NCL Research Foundation, 2001