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CSIR - CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT. OF INDIA,
MYSURU - 570020

Krishnakumar K A

Technical Assistant

B.Sc. Chemistry, B.Ed. Physical Science, M.Sc. Chemistry and PhD in Chemical Sciences

Email : kkumar[dot]cftri[at]csir[dot]res[dot]in

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Expertise

Synthetic organic chemistry with special emphasis on synthetic carbohydrate chemistry and glycosylation. Natural product isolation and identification. Activity-oriented isolation and identification of microbial secondary metabolites. Total synthesis, multi-step synthesis, and synthetic transformation of natural products and microbial secondary metabolites. NMR data interpretation and HRMS metabolomics of small molecules.

Area of interest

Organic synthesis, Natural Product chemistry, Total synthesis, Semisynthesis, NMR and HRMS

Awards and Certificates

2016: CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)

2016: National Eligibility Test (NET) for Assistant Professor 

2015: State Eligibility Test (SET)

2015: GATE