Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy

Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy
Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy
Born	B. Kothakota, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Bangalore University; Indian Institute of Science; University of Houston; University of Würzburg; University of Victoria;
Known for	Studies on organic photochemistry, supramolecular chemistry, organic materials and mechanistic organic chemistry
Awards	2003 CRSI Young Chemist Award; 2008 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize; 2009 CRSI Bronze Medal; 2016 ISCAMillennium Plaque of Honor;
	Scientific career
Fields	Physical organic chemistry;
Institutions	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; IIT Kanpur; IISER Thiruvananthapuram; University of Bremen; Jacobs University Bremen; University of Strasburg; Osaka University;
Doctoral advisor	Jay Kochi; Waldemar Adam; Cornelia Bohne;

Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy (born 1964) is an Indian organic photochemist and the director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. He was a Dr. Jag Mohan Garg Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is known for his studies on organic photochemistry and supramolecular chemistry. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2008, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

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