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Advances in carbon nanotube-noble metal catalyzed organic transformations

• Jubi John

  Dr. Jubi John is a native of Mulakuzha (Kerala), India. He obtained his MSc degree in Chemistry from St. Berchmans’ College, Changanacherry (Mahatma Gandhi University) in 2004. In 2010, he completed his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry at the University of Kerala under the supervision of Dr. K. V. Radhakrishnan (National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvanathapuram). Soon after, he was awarded a CEA-Eurotalents postdoctoral fellowship to work in the group of Dr. Eric Doris at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA) at Saclay. There, he worked on the preparation and catalytic application of metal nanoparticle-carbon nanotube hybrids. Since August 2011, he has been working with Prof. Dr. Henning Hopf as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow on perhydroazulene-based liquid crystalline compounds at the Institute for Organic Chemistry of Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.

  , Edmond Gravel

  Dr. Edmond Gravel studied pharmacy at the Paris-Sud XI University (France). He obtained his PharmD in 2007 and received his PhD from the same University under the guidance of Prof. Erwan Poupon in 2008. He then joined the group of Dr. Eric Doris as a postdoctoral fellow at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA), where he was appointed, in 2009, as a permanent researcher in the Nanoscience group. His research interests focus on bioactive natural products, supramolecular self-assemblies, heterogeneous catalysis, and nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

  , Irishi N.N. Namboothiri

  Prof. Irishi N. N. Namboothiri received his MSc from Mangalore University and PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He carried out his postdoctoral research at Bar-Ilan University (Israel), University of North Texas, and Columbia University. His research interests include organic synthesis, development of new synthetic methodologies, asymmetric catalysis, and mechanistic studies. He has supervised 11 PhDs and coauthored around 65 publications including two chapters and a book.

  and Eric Doris

  Dr. Eric Doris studied organic chemistry at the University of Strasbourg (France). He obtained his PhD degree in 1995 from the same University, under the guidance of Dr. Charles Mioskowski. In 1996, he completed his postdoctoral training with Sir Derek H. R. Barton at Texas A&M University (USA). Since 1997, he has been working at the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission of France (CEA) where he is leading the Nanoscience Research Group. His current research interests include the synthesis of biologically active compounds, supramolecular assemblies on carbon nanotubes, and nanomedicines for drug delivery and imaging application