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Prakash Kanoo

Prakash Kanoo

Prakash Kanoo
Prakash Kanoo
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for Nanoscience
Room No
103, SCNS
Email
prakashkanoo@mail.jnu.ac.in, prakashkanoo@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.prakashkanoo.in
Qualifications
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry (Materials Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru (Supervisor: Prof. Tapas K. Maji, 2019 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardee in Chemical Sciences)
  • M.Sc. Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry Specialization) from Assam University, Silchar, Assam (Gold Medalist)
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours) from Karimganj College (Assam University), Karimganj, Assam
Areas of Interest/Specialization
  • Design and synthesis of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) at bulk and nanoscale
  • Drug delivery using nanoscale MOFs (nMOFs) and MOF nanocomposites
  • Catalysis using MOFs/nMOFs with a greener approach
Experience
  • February 2024-Present, Associate Professor, Special Centre for Nano Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • 2016-2024, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana
  • 2014-2016, Research Associate, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (Supervisor: Prof. Gautam R. Desiraju)
  • 2012-2014, JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa)
  • 2005-2007, Project Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar, Assam (Supervisor Prof. Chira Ranjan Bhattacharjee)
Awards & Honours
  • Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India from March 2021
  • Nominated as Young Scientist by Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh to attend IISF-2018 held in Lucknow (2018)
  • Admitted as an Associate Member of Royal Society of Chemistry, London in Sept. 2018
  • Early Career Research Award (ECRA), from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, duration 3½  years (2017)
  • Start-Up Research Grant, from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, duration 3 years (2015)
  • DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, from UGC, India, duration 3 years (2015)
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Awarded by JSPS, Japan to conduct research at Kyoto University, Japan, duration 2 years (2012)
  • Foreign Travel Award (partial) from DST, India for attending MOF-2010, an International Conference in Marseilles, France (2010)
  • Foreign Travel Award (partial) from CSIR, India for Attending MOF-2010, an International Conference in Marseilles, France (2010)
  • ICAM-I2CAM Junior Travel Award for attending a Gordon Research Conference held at Holderness, NH, USA (2010)
  • Poster Award in International Winter School jointly organized by JNCASR, Bangalore and University of Cambridge, UK (2010)
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellowship JRF by CSIR, Govt. of India in 2007 followed by a Senior Research Fellowship, SRF in 2009
  • Qualified GATE in 2007 conducted by IIT Kanpur with AIR 45, Percentile 99.04
  • Certificate of appreciation by Govt. of India for witnessing Republic Day Parade 2006 as a guest of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India at Rajpath, for securing 1st class 1st position in M.Sc. Chemistry (2006)
  • Awarded Gold Medal by Assam University, Silchar for securing 1st class 1st position in M.Sc. Chemistry (2005)
  • Gajendra Kumar Roy Memorial Endowment Prize by Assam University, Silchar for securing 1st class 1st position in M.Sc. Chemistry (2005)
  • Merit Prize awarded by Assam University, Silchar in 2005 for securing highest mark in M.Sc. Chemistry
International Collaboration/Consultancy
  • Prof. Ryotaro Matsuda, Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Dr. George Kostakis, Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, UK
Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Total Citations: 1571;        h-index: 21;        i10-index: 24

  • Pseudo gated adsorption with negligible volume change evoked by halogen bond interaction in the nanospace of PCPs/MOFs, P. Kanoo, R. Matsuda, H. Sato, L. Li, N. Hosono and S. Kitagawa, Chem. Eur. J., 26, 2148 (2020). (IF: 4.3, Wiley Publication)  link
  • Crystal dynamics in multi-stimuli responsive entangled metal-organic frameworks, P. Kanoo, R. Haldar, S. K. Reddy, A. Hazra, S. N. Bonakala, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa, B. Sundaram, T. K. Maji, Chem. Eur. J., 22, 15864 (2016). (IF: 4.3, Wiley Publication)  link
  • Unusual room temperature CO2 uptake in a fluoro-functionalized MOF: Insights from Raman spectroscopy and theoretical studies, P. Kanoo, S. K. Reddy, G. Kumari, R. Haldar, C. Narayana, S. Balasubramanian and T. K. Maji, Chem. Commun., 48, 8487 (2012). (IF: 4.9, RSC Publication) link
  • A pillared‒bilayer porous coordination polymer with 1D channel and 2D interlayer space, showing unique gas and vapor sorption, P. Kanoo, G. Mostafa, R. Matsuda, S. Kitagawa and T. K. Maji, Chem. Commun., 47, 8106 (2011). (IF: 4.9, RSC Publication) link
  • New interpenetrated copper coordination polymer frameworks having porous properties, P. Kanoo, R. Matsuda, M. Higuchi, S. Kitagawa and T. K. Maji, Chem. Mater., 21, 5860 (2009). (IF: 8.6, ACS Publication) link
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  • Quest for Desolvated Structure Unveils Breathing Phenomena in a MOF Making it a Greener Catalyst in Solvent-Free Set-Up: Insights from Combined Experimental and Computational Studies, S. Kumari, A. Yadav, A. Kumari, S. Mahapatra, D. Kumar, J. Sharma, P. Yadav, D. Ghosh, A. Chakraborty*, P. Kanoo*, Inorg. Chem. (To Appear, 2024). (IF: 4.6, ACS Publication) link
  • Metal-Organic Framework Based Drug Delivery Systems as Smart Carriers for Release of Poorly Soluble Drugs Hydrochlorothiazide and Dapsone, P. Yadav, P. Bhardwaj, M. Maruthi, A. Chakraborty, P. Kanoo*,  Dalton Trans., 52, 11725 (2023). (IF: 4.0, RSC Publication)  link
  • A Biocompatible Drug Delivery System Based on MOF Platform for Sustained and Controlled Release of Poorly Soluble Drug Norfloxacin, P. Yadav, S. Kumari, A. Yadav, P. Bhardwaj, M. Maruthi, A. Chakraborty*, P. Kanoo*, ACS Omega, 8, 28367 (2023). (IF: 4.0, ACS Publication) link
  •  Open Metal Sites (OMSs) Inspired Investigation of Adsorption and Catalytic Functions in a Porous Metal-Organic Framework (MOF), A. Yadav, S. Kumari, P. Yadav, A. Hazra, A. Chakraborty*, P. Kanoo*, Dalton Trans., 54, 15496 (2022). (IF: 4.0, RSC Publication)  link
  • Probing Time Dependent Phase Transformation in a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework with Nanoindentation, P. Kanoo*, M. K. Mishra and A. Hazra, Dalton Trans. (Communication), 50, 11380, (2021). (IF: 4.0, RSC Publication) link
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks as Platform for Lewis acid Catalyzed Organic Transformations, A. Yadav, P. Kanoo*, Chem. Asian J., 14, 3531 (2019). (IF: 4.1, Wiley Publication) (Invited Review Article; Top 10% downloaded paper 2018-19, Chem. Asian J., Wiley)  link
Patents (if any)
  • An Efficient Process of Conversion of Aldehydes to Cyanohydrins by a MOF with Lewis Acidic Mn(II) Sites, A. Yadav, S. Kumari, A. Chakraborty, P. Kanoo, Indian Patent Application No. 202311029283 Year 2023 (Patent No. 534829, Date of Grant: 25-04-2024)
  • A Process for Sustained and Controlled Release of Norfloxacin Using a Biocompatible MOF based Drug Delivery System, P. Yadav, A. Chakraborty, P. Kanoo, Indian Patent Application No. 202311032462, Year 2023 (Under Examination)

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.