Current group members
Janakiram Vaitla ,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
R. NO- 615, East Academic Complex, 99C2
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
POSITIONS AND EDUCATION
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi
Associate Professor (2024 – Present)
Assistant Professor (2020-2024)
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Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Postdoc (2019-2020)
Advisor : Prof. Huw M. L. Davies
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University of Tromsø, Norway
Postdoc (2016-2019)
Advisors: Prof. Annette Bayer and Prof. Kathrin Hopmann
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2010-2015)
Advisor : Prof. Ganesh Pandey
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
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2025: Merck Young Scientist Award (Scientific Excellence) - Merck Group​
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2022: Teaching Excellence Award – IIT Delhi
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2020: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award - Thieme Chemistry.
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2018: FRIPRO mobility grant (Research Council of Norway and (COFUND) – Marie Curie Actions)
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2017: Certificate of Outstanding reviewing from Tetrahedron Journal (Elsevier)
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2016: Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by RCN on deFACTO project from CHOCO group, Norway.
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2009: JRF (CSIR-NET) (Conducted by CSIR and UGC, New Delhi)
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2009: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

2008 : First Class First and Best Outgoing Student award in M.Sc. (Loyola Academy, Osmania University, India)
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