NISER

B.Sc University of Madras(Pachaiyappa's college), Madras, India. 1992-1996
M.Sc Anna University, Madras, India. 1996-1998
Ph.D IIT-Kanpur 1998-2003

Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

Ramanujan Fellowship, 2011, DST, India

Selected publications

1. A. C. Murali, P. Nayak, S. Nayak, S. Das, S. P. Senanayak*, and Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Boron-thioketonates: A new class of S,O-chelated boranes as acceptors in optoelectronic devices, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2023, 62, e202216871.
2. P. Nayak, A. C. Murali, P. K. Pal, U. D. Priyakumar*, V. Chandrasekhar*, and Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Tetra-Coordinated Boron-Functionalized PhenanthroimidazoleBased Zinc Salen as a Photocatalyst for the Cycloaddition of CO2 and Epoxides, Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 14511-14516.
3. A. C. Murali, P. Nayak, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Recent advances in the synthesis of luminescent tetra-coordinated boron compounds" Dalton Trans. 2022,  51, 5751–5771 . (Invited Perspective)
4. P. Biswal, S. Samser, S. K. Meher, V. Chandrasekhar* and Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of a-methyl ketones from allylic alcohols and methanol, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2022, 364, 413-419. 
5. S. Shreenibasa, A. C. Murali, P. Nayak, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, Thiophene-fused boracycles as photoactive analogues of diboraanthracenes, Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 10170–10173. (Invited article).
6. S. Samser, O. Mohapatra, P. Biswal, and Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Palladium Mediated Tandem Isomerisation-Methylenation of Allyl Alcohols: One Pot Synthesis of 1,5-Diketones, J. Org. Chem.  2021, 86, 13744–13753.
7. V. Mukundam, S Shreenibasa, K. Anupa, Murali, A. C. Nayak, P. Das, R, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Synthesis of Ï€-extended B¬N coordinated phenanthroimidazole dimers and their linear and nonlinear optical properties Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 7737–7746 (selected as one of the HOT articles).
8. M. Ramesh, P. Biswal, M. S. Subramani, S. Samser, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Palladacycle-phosphine catalyzed methylation of amines and ketones using methanol, J. Org. Chem.  2019, 84, 10472–10480.
9. V. Mukundam, S Shreenibasa, K. Anupa, Das, R, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, B-N coordinated triaryl pyrazole: Effect of dimerization, optical and NLO properties, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2019, 7, 12725 – 12737.
10. K. Dhanunjayarao, S Shreenibasa, N. Prakash, S. Joseph Ponniah, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, Tetrahydrodibenzophenanthridine-Based Boron-Bridged Polycyclic  Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis, Structural Diversity, and Optical  Properties, Organometallics 2019, 38, 870–878
11. M. Ramesh, M. S. Subramani, S. Samser, P. Biswal, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Chemoselective alkylation of aminoacetophenones with alcohols by using a palladacycle-phosphine catalyst, Eur. J. Org. Chem.  2018, 6286–6296
12. M. Ramesh, S. Samser, N. Sharma, U. Lourderaj, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Isolation and Characterization of Regioisomers of Pyrazole-Based Palladacycle and Their Use in α‑Alkylation of Ketones Using Alcohols, Organometallics 2017, 36, 3343–3351.
13. K. Dhanunjayarao, V. Mukundam, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Tetracoordinate Imidazole-Based Boron Complexes for the Selective Detection of Picric Acid, Inorg. Chem.  2016, 55, 11153–11159.
14. .V. Mukundam, K. Dhanunjayarao, M. Ramesh, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, Synthesis, Characterization and Aggregation Induced Enhanced Emission Properties of Tetraaryl Pyrazole Decorated Cyclophosphazenes, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2016, 4, 3523 – 3530.
15. V. Mukundam, A. Kumar, K. Dhanunjayarao, A. Ravi, S. Peruncheralathan, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah* Tetraaryl Pyrazole Polymers: Versatile Synthesis, Aggregation Induced Emission Enhancement and Detection of Explosives, Polym.Chem. 2015, 6, 7764 – 7770.
16. V. Mukundam, K. Dhanunjayarao, C-N Chuang, D-Y Kang, M-K Leung, K-H Hsieh, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, Design, Synthesis, Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of 2-(4,5-diphenyl-1-p-aryl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)phenol-based Boron Complexes, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 10228 - 10236.
17. M. Ramesh, V. Mukundam, K. Dhanunjayarao, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, Synthesis of a cyclometalated 1, 3, 5-triphenylpyrazole palladium dimer and its activity towards cross coupling reactions, Dalton Trans. 2015, 5805-5809.
18. K. Dhanunjayarao, V. Mukundam, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah*, A Highly Selective Ratiometric Detection of F-based on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton-Transfer (Imidazole) Materials, J. Mater. Chem. C. 2014, 2, 8599-8606.

The chemistry in my group will be interdisciplinary which includes inorganic (main-group), polymer and organic. My research focuses on the development of new synthetic routes for application in catalysis, and materials chemistry and fall into the following general areas.

Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Materials

Cooperative Catalysis