About Kumar

Dr. Amit Kumar

Principal Investigator

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
School of Chemistry
University of St. Andrews, UK

• Since Aug 2022 UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, University of St. Andrews.
• Leverhulme Trust Early Career fellowship (Jan 2020-July 2022), University of St. Andrews.
• PBC fellowship (Planning and Budgeting Committee of Israel) for carrying postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (Aug 2016-Aug 2019).  
• Rhodes scholarship for the doctoral research at the University of Oxford (Oct 2012-Sep 2015).
• IIT-ParisTech fellowship to work on ‘Cobalt Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Reactions’ with Dr. Audrey Auffrant at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (15 May 2012-31 July 2012).
• DAAD-WISE fellowship to work on ‘Gold Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Allenes Bearing Two Heteroatoms’ with Prof. Norbert Krause at T U Dortmund, Germany (01 May 2010-31 July 2010)   
• Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship for excelling in science studies amongst undergraduate students of India by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Aug 2008- July 2012). Worked with Prof. Ankona Datta (TIFR, Mumbai) on the ‘Synthesis of Macrocycles for the Development of a Manganese Sensor’ (June 2011 – July 2011). 
• Indian Academy of Science fellowship to work on ‘Novel Multicomponent Reactions Involving Heterocyclic Nitrogen Nucleophiles, Allene esters and Isatilidines’ with   Dr. G. Vijay Nair at NIIST Trivandrum, India (01 May 2009-31 July 2009 and 01 May 2008-31 July 2008).
• INSPIRE scholarship for the excellent performance in Science studies amongst undergraduate students of India by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Aug 2007-July 2008).

Awards

• Poster prize at the 12th CaRLa Winter School (Feb 17-22, 2019) organised by the University of Heidelberg and the BASF.
• ‘FGS Prize’ (Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute of Science) for outstanding achievements in postdoctoral research, 2018.
• ‘RSC Advance Best Poster Prize’ at the 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition’, Ottawa (June 13-17, 2015).
• ‘Institute Silver Medal’ for obtaining the highest CGPA (9.25/10) amongst the students of Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry class at IIT Roorkee, India.

Invited Lectures and Conferences

• ScotCHEM Polymer & Soft Materials Conference (University of Edinburgh, May 4, 2023).
• RSC Dalton Meeting, University of Warwick (Coventry, April 18-20, 2023).
• Saltire Catalysis Symposium, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, Dec 12-13, 2022).
• School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Nov 23, 2022).
• Canada-UK Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry (St. Andrews, May 31-June 1, 2022).
• Global Inorganic Discussion Weekdays (Canada, GIDW, Feb 28, 2022).
• Department of Chemistry, University of Paris (Feb 25, 2022).
• ScotChem ECR Seminar (Scotland, Nov 16, 2021).
• Department of Chemistry, University of York (Nov 3, 2021).
• Johnson Matthey, Cambridge (Sep 10, 2021).
• Scottish Dalton Meeting (Scotland, Aug 26, 2021).
• Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick (Nov 19, 2020).
• 12th CaRLa Winter School (Feb 17-22, 2019) organised by the University of Heidelberg and the BASF.
• 28th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Florence (15-20 July, 2018).
• 21st International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis, Amsterdam (8-13 July, 2018).
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (8th August, 2016).        
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay (5th August, 2016).
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2nd August, 2016).
• Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (1st July, 2016).
• 98th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa (June 13-17, 2015).
• 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Singapore (July 21-25, 2014).
• 15th Modern Trend in Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (Dec 13-16, 2013).
• RSC Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group Meeting, Imperial College, London (July 4-5, 2013).