Research Group
Insha Anis
PhD Scholar
Insha Anis did her masters in Organic Chemistry from University of Kashmir in 2016. She joined CMCG in 2019 as a PhD scholar. Her current research interest is to simulate the structure, reactivity and catalytic properties of main group and transition metal clusters.
Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Dar
Research Supervisor
Manzoor Ahmad Dar did masters in Physical Chemistry from University of Kashmir in 2010. He qualified National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship in 2010 and subsequently did his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Sourav Pal at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. His PhD work involved understanding the structure, dynamics and catalytic activity of gold and silver nanoclusters using density functional theory and abinitio molecular dynamics based simulations. Soon after his PhD, he joined Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal as a postdoctoral fellow where he worked with Prof. Vardharajan Srinivasan in understanding methane activation on bare iron clusters and iron atoms trapped in silica matrix. He joined as an Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IUST Awantipora in June 2018.
Anjumun Rasool
PhD Scholar
Anjumun Rasool did her masters in Chemistry from Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora in 2019. She joined CMCG in 2020 as a PhD scholar. Her current research interest is to simulate nitrogen reduction reaction on single atom catalysts based on metal and non-metal atoms on variable 2D-materials using first principle simulations.
Afshana Hassan
Project Assistant
Afshana Hassan did her masters in Physical Chemistry from University of Kashmir in 2018. She joined CMCG in 2021 as a project assistant and will be working on the design principles of Single Atom Catalysts for carbon dioxide utilization using first principle simulations.
Romana Khanam
PhD Scholar
Romana did her masters in Physical Chemistry from University of Kashmir in 2019. She joined CMCG in 2021 as a PhD scholar. Her current research interest is to design novel catalysts for electrocatalytic applications.