Understanding Kinetic Resolution by Hydrolases / SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science (PDF)

Dr. Abir Baran Majumder was born in India in 1977 and completed M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry in 2001 from the University of North Bengal, earning a University Graduation Gold Medal and a Certificate of Distinction as an Organic Chemist. He was awarded CSIR Junior Research Fellowship and CSIR Senior Research Fellowship during his doctoral research. His Ph.D. studies ended in 2010 under the guidance of Professor Munishwar Nath Gupta at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in the field of stereoselective biocatalysis. He then worked as a DST Project Scientist in the same institute and then joined Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad, as a full-time Lecturer of Chemistry in Basar. During this period, he teamed up with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and concentrated his research on the application of the promiscuous behavior of enzymes to synthesize exquisite molecules which were otherwise difficult to prepare. Apart from promiscuous biocatalysis his research was focused on extraction of algal oil from spirogyra using proteases, a project funded by the institute. From 2015 onwards he has been working as an Assistant Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department in KGT Mahavidyalaya, University of North Bengal. He is presently working in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University and with industries including Peak Biotech, Siliguri and Scrips Pharma, Hyderabad. His current areas of research interest are: Stereoselective biocatalysis, Green chemistry, Nanobiocatalysis, Bioorthogonal reactions.

Prof. Kalluri Venkata Sri Ranganath was born in 1976 and completed M.Sc in Physical Chemistry in 1998 from the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He joined for his Ph. D. studies under the guidance of Prof. B.M. Choudary at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Hyderabad in the field of heterogeneous (asymmetric) catalysis and completed in 2005. Later he moved to Japan for