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