Dr. Rajendra Rohokale, Organic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Rajendra Rohokale, Organic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at University of Florida, United States

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Summary🌟

Dr. Rajendra Rohokale is a distinguished researcher specializing in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Glycochemistry, and Photoredox Catalysis. His expertise includes the development of innovative methods for the synthesis of complex oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, with applications in medical science for disease biomarker discovery and targeted drug delivery.

Education🎓

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (2010-2017)
Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (2007-2009)
Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

B.Sc. in Chemistry (2003-2007)
New Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Ahmednagar, India

Professional Experience👨‍🏫

Adjunct Research Scientist
Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA (Aug 2023–Present)

SERB National Post-doctoral Fellow
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (2017-2019)

Research Associate Scientist
Lupin Research Park, Pvt. Ltd., Pune, India (2009-2010)

Doctoral Research Fellow
Savitribai Phule Pune University, India (2010-2017)

Research Interests🔬

Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry: Development of methods for synthesizing glycolipids and glycoconjugates.

Glycochemistry: Study of glycans’ roles in diseases and their use in disease biomarkers.

Photoredox Catalysis: Application of Eosin Y in organic transformations.

Spin-Labeled Glycosphingolipids: Investigation of glycolipid orientations on cell surfaces through EPR studies.

Awards & Honors🏆 

Reviewer for various international journals

SERB National Post-doctoral Fellowship

Ph.D. Exchange Research Student Fellowship (INDIGO PROGRAM)

Publications📚

Monophosphoryl Lipid A-Rhamnose Conjugates as a New Class of Vaccine Adjuvants

Authors: Rohokale, R., Guo, J., Guo, Z.

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Year: 2024

Development in the Concept of Bacterial Polysaccharide Repeating Unit-Based Antibacterial Conjugate Vaccines

Authors: Rohokale, R., Guo, Z.

Journal: ACS Infectious Diseases

Year: 2023

Structural Characterization and Analysis of Different Epimers of Neutral Glycosphingolipid LcGg4 by Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry

Authors: Gao, T., Lott, A.A., Huang, F., Chen, S., Guo, Z.

Journal: Analyst

Year: 2022

A Diversity-Oriented Strategy for Chemical Synthesis of Glycosphingolipids: Synthesis of Glycosphingolipid LcGg4 and Its Analogues and Derivatives

Authors: Rohokale, R.S., Li, Q., Guo, Z.

Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry

Year: 2021

A Diversity-Oriented Strategy for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycosphingolipids and Related Derivatives

Authors: Li, Q., Jaiswal, M., Rohokale, R.S., Guo, Z.

Journal: Organic Letters

Year: 2020

Iridium(III)-Catalyzed Alkynylation of 2-(Hetero)arylquinazolin-4-one Scaffolds via C-H Bond Activation

Authors: Rohokale, R.S., Kalshetti, R.G., Ramana, C.V.

Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry

Year: 2019

 

Prof. Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani, Organic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Mohammad Zounemat-Kermani, Organic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

Professor at Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran

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🎓Education

PhD in Civil-Water Engineering (Oct 2004 – Sep 2010)
Civil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), Tehran, Iran

MSc in Civil-Water Engineering (Hydraulics Engineering) (Oct 2002 – Sep 2004)
Civil Engineering Department, K.N. Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), Tehran, Iran

BSc in Irrigation Engineering (Oct 1998 – Sep 2002)
Water Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (SBUK), Kerman, Iran

👨‍🏫Professional Experience

Teaching Experience: 17 years at national universities, covering over 20 subjects in undergraduate and postgraduate water sciences courses.

Thesis Supervision: Supervised more than 60 M.Sc. theses and 4 Ph.D. theses, advising over 30 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.

Editorial & Conference Roles: Editorial Board member for the Journal of Hydraulic Structures (JHS); Chair for multiple national conferences on irrigation and evaporation reduction.

🔬Research Interests

Machine Learning & Data Mining 📊

Computational Intelligence in Water Engineering 💡

Water Resources Management 💧

Environmental Sciences 🌍

Hydroinformatics 🌐

Computational Hydraulics & CFD 🌀

🏆Awards & Accomplishments

World’s Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University Scientist Ranking) 2020-2023 🌟

Georg Forster Research Fellowship (2019-2020) 🏆

Top Researcher at SBUK University (2023) 🥇

Top Scholar in Kerman Province (2018, 2021) 📜

Publications📝

Artificial Intelligence-Based Model for Optimal Conjunctive Operation of Surface and Groundwater Resources

Authors: S. Akbarifard, M.R. Madadi, M. Zounemat-Kermani

Journal: Nature Communications

Year: 2024

Stochastic (S[ARIMA]), Shallow (NARnet, NAR-GMDH, OS-ELM), and Deep Learning (LSTM, Stacked-LSTM, CNN-GRU) Models, Application to River Flow Forecasting

Authors: M. Kheimi, M. Almadani, M. Zounemat-Kermani

Journal: Acta Geophysica

Year: 2024

Predicting Microbiologically Influenced Concrete Corrosion in Self-Cleansing Sewers Using Meta-Learning Techniques

Authors: M. Zounemat-Kermani, A. Aldallal

Journal: Corrosion

Year: 2024

Exploitation of the Ensemble-Based Machine Learning Strategies to Elevate the Precision of CORDEX Regional Simulations in Precipitation Projection

Authors: A. Ghaemi, S.A. Hashemi Monfared, A. Bahrpeyma, P. Mahmoudi, M. Zounemat-Kermani

Journal: Earth Science Informatics

Year: 2024

Hybrid and Integrative Evolutionary Machine Learning in Hydrology: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors: A. Mahdavi-Meymand, W. Sulisz, M. Zounemat-Kermani

Journal: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering

Year: 2024

Spatiotemporal Variation of Projected Drought Characteristics in Iran Under Climate Change Scenarios Using CMIP5-CORDEX Product

Authors: A. Ghaemi, S.A.H. Monfared, A. Bahrpeyma, P. Mahmoudi, M. Zounemat-Kermani

Journal: Journal of Water and Climate Change

Year: 2024

 

Prof. Mokhtar FODILI, Organic Chemistry, Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Mokhtar FODILI, University of Djelfa, Algeria

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Professional Career

Higher Education

  • University Professor | Since 2012 | University of Djelfa
  • Senior Lecturer | 2005-2012 | University of Djelfa
  • Lecturer | 2000-2002 | Djelfa University Center
  • Full Assistant Professor | 1998-2000 | Djelfa University Center
  • Trainee Assistant Master | 1997-1998 | Djelfa University Center

Administrative Functions

  • Head of Erasmus+ COFFEE cooperation project | 2015-2019
  • Director of the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry and Natural Substances | 2016-2019 | University of Djelfa
  • Vice-Rector in charge of external relations, cooperation, communication, and scientific events | 2012 to present | University of Djelfa
  • Deputy Director in charge of graduation and external relations | 2005-2012 | University Center of Djelfa
  • Head of the Agro-Pastoral Department | 1997-1998

Research Activity

  • Project Leader PRFU | 2020 to present | Title: Heterocyclic natural products with therapeutic potential from arid zone plants used in traditional medicine in Algeria: extraction, structural studies, and total synthesis.
  • Project Leader CNEPRU | 2015-2019 | Title: Synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of complexes and their biological activity.
  • Responsible for Magister creation | 2008/2009 | Title: Chemistry of Natural Substances.
  • Research Project Leader CNEPRU | 2007-2009 | Title: Study of liquid crystals by CPG.

Notable Publication:

      • Paper Title: "ESIPT-active cinnamoyl pyrones are bright solid-state emitters: Revisited theoretical approach and experimental study"
      • Authors: Xueliang Huang, Mingming Zhang, Yuxiang Bu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhen Li, Fanglong Yuan
      • Journal: Dyes and Pigments
      • Year: 2022
      • Paper Title: "Characterization and evaluation of the treated water quality from the wastewater treatment plant of the Djelfa city"
      • Authors: Aicha Farsi, Abdelaziz Moussaceb, Mohammed Salah Abdellah, Kacem Mansouri, Abdelmadjid Benyettou, Oualid Hamdaoui
      • Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
      • Year: 2021
      • Paper Title: "Evaluation of heteroatom-rich derivatives as antitubercular agents with InhA inhibition properties"
      • Authors: Prakriti Sinha, Rajesh Kumar, Shivesh Kumar, Sumeet Gairola, Deepak Kumar, Virender Singh
      • Journal: Bioorganic Chemistry
      • Year: 2021
      • Paper Title: "The first example of an unusual rearrangement in the van Leusen imidazole synthesis"
      • Authors: Jonathan Clayden, Rebecca Menzies, Phil Dyer, Matt Smalley
      • Journal: Tetrahedron
      • Year: 2018
      • Paper Title: "Synthesis of functionalized benzimidazole-butyrolactone dyads"
      • Authors: Gaetano Celenza, Gianmarco Borra, Romano Silvestri, Giovanni Natile, Cristina Marzano
      • Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
      • Year: 2021