DP Hari
Durga Prasad Hari
Durga Prasad Hari received his MSc degree from IIT Madras in 2010. He then moved to the University of Regensburg, Germany, where he pursued his Ph.D. with Prof. Burkhard Koenig. In 2014, following his graduate education, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Jerome Waser at EPFL, Switzerland. In 2018, he joined the Aggarwal group at the University of Bristol as a Marie-Curie research fellow. Since March 2021, he is holding an assistant professor position at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore.
Education
2010 – 2014 PhD, University of Regensburg, Germany, Adviser: Prof. Burkhard Koenig
2008 – 2010 MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, Thesis Adviser: Prof. S. Sankararaman
Professional Experience
2021 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore
2018 – 2021 Mari-Curie Research Fellow, University of Bristol, UK, Adviser: Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal
2014 – 2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, EPFL, Switzerland, Adviser: Prof. Jerome Waser
Awards and Fellowships
2023 Infosys Young Investigator Award
2022 Member of Early Career International Advisory Board of Helvetica Chimica Acta
2021 1st place – 8th National SCI/RSC Retrosynthesis Competition, UK
2020 Finalist – 7th National SCI/RSC Retrosynthesis Competition, UK
2019 Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship
2017 Future Leaders on Stage, SCS Fall Meeting, Switzerland
2016 Bayer Postdoc Workshop in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, USA
2014 Graduated with Summa Cum Laude, University of Regensburg, Germany
2012 Finalist – Reaxys PhD prize, Philadelphia, USA
2012 BASF International Summer Course, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2010 GRK 1626 Chemical Photocatalysis Fellowship, Germany
2009 Merit Scholarship by IIT Madras for all semesters
2008 1st rank – MSc Chemistry entrance test conducted by UoH and PCU