GS

Gangadhar J. Sanjayan

Also known as: Sanjayan, Sanjayan G J

National Chemical Laboratory, Banaras Hindu University, University of Kerala

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7764-7329
Follow

About

After completing his PhD studies in heterocyclic chemistry from Banaras Hindu University (advisor: Prof. A.K. Mukherjee), Sanjayan joined the group of Prof. K. N. Ganesh (CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, NCL-Pune, India) for his first stint of post-doctoral studies (peptide nucleic acids & molecular self-assembly). Later, he moved to the University of Oxford, UK, to work with Prof. George. W. J. Fleet (carbohydrates & peptidomimetics).

Sanjayan is leading a group of synthetic chemists at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India - working on various projects including molecular recognition and self-assembly, medical chemistry, and peptides / peptidomimetics, We apply our skill and knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry to create novel molecules with potential applications in polymer/material chemistry and medicinal and. Our research interests lie primarily in the area of supramolecular chemistry, peptide chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and methodology/process development. We are developing diverse classes of self-assembling systems and investigating their application potential in polymer/material science. In medicinal chemistry, we apply our focus on anticancer drug development – and lately SARS-CoV-2 drug discovery as well. We have more than two decades of extensive experience in developing synthetic amino acids, peptides and their mimetics and their incorporation into bioactive peptides to modulate bioactivity. We also work on synthetic methodology and process development.

Visit our research group website to learn more about our research activities: https://gjsanjayan.wixsite.com/csir-ncl

Employment

  • National Chemical Laboratory Chief Scientist & AcSIR Professor of Chemistry

Education

  • Banaras Hindu University Ph.D
    ? - 1994
  • Banaras Hindu University M.Sc
    ? - 1990
  • University of Kerala B.Sc
    ? - 1988

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (62)