Name:		Anirban Pradhan
	Year of Birth:		1987
	Address:		Xiamen University, China Department of Chemistry, 2011-iChem center , 361005, Lujaxi building, Xiamen, China
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	E-mail:		anirban1987@xmu.edu.cn
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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2014: Post-doctoral research with Dr. Davide Bonifazi and Prof. Maurizio Prato (University of Trieste, Italy and University of Namur, Belgium).
2013-2010: PhD-thesis at the CRPP, Bordeaux, France, supervised by Pr. H. Bock and Dr. F. Durola. Distorted arenes by Scholl cyclizations, towards twisted carbon nanoribbons.
2010-2008: Master of Science in chemistry at the IIT Bombay, India.
Research project at the IIT Bombay, supervised by Pr. I.N.N. Namboothiri. Application of Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts in the synthesis of aza heterocycles.
2008-2005: Bachelor of Science in chemistry at the University of Calcutta, India.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Preparation of new organic electronic materials based on chiral hetero doped graphene nanoribbons. Design and Synthesis of new 1-Dimensional Molecular assembly.

HONORS AND AWARDS
2014: Prestigious “FIRB” postdoctoral funding selected by Italian Government.
2013-2010: PhD in chemistry with “Tre′s honorable” grade [Highest honour in PhD in France] in September 2013.
2013: Top six “best PhD thesis” selected by Société Chimique de France (SCF).
2010-2008: Merit-cum-Means scholarship by IIT Bombay, India.
2009: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
2008: 2nd Rank in B.Sc. (Chemistry major), University of Calcutta, India.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
[1] Highly Twisted Arenes by Scholl Cyclizations with Unexpected Regioselectivity.
A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, Angew. Chem. 2011, 50, 12582.
[2] Twisted polycyclic arenes by intramolecular Scholl reactions of C3-symmetric precursors. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 2266. (Highlighted in Synfacts. 2013, 9(6), 0617.
[3] Helicenes from diarylmaleimides.
H. Bock, D. Subervie, P. Mathey, A. Pradhan, P. Sarkar, E. Hillard, P. Dechambenoit, F. Durola, Org. Lett. 2014, 16(6), 1546.