About the Author:
Venkateswarlu
Peesapati retired as a UGC Professor from Osmania and JNT University,
Hyderabad. He received his BSc(Spl) & MSc from Andhra University and Ph.D.
(1971) in Organic Chemistry under Prof. T R Seshadri, FRS, from Delhi
University.
His main research interests are in the
area of medicinal, organic synthesis, and polymer chemistry.
He has supervised 12 Ph.D. students
and 100 MSc students. He has more than 90 peer-reviewed research publications
to his credit. He has worked as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow and Senior Research
Associate with various international universities such as the University of
Florida, USA: the University of Edinburgh, and Strathclyde University,
Scotland, UK.
He served as an Assistant Professor
at BITS-Pilani and also worked as a visiting Professor at the National
Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, in the
department of medicinal chemistry. He has 40 years of teaching & research
experience.
In recognition of his experience and
diverse range of educational activities, the Royal Society of Chemistry-London
bestowed on him RSC-London “Inspirational Member Award” 2015 and “Award for
Service in Chemical Sciences”, 2017.
‘Best Individual Award 2016: “Science
for the Masses” by CSIR-IICT and VIBHA, India, 2016.
He has been elected by the Royal
Society of Chemistry-London (UK) as a Member Communities Board, 2018-2021. |