Joshy Joseph

Joshy Joseph received the master’s degree in chemistry from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Kerala (work carried out at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research—National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, in 2004, under the guidance of Dr. D. Ramaiah). He is a Principal Scientist at the CSIR-NIIST and an Associate Professor at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). Subsequently, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow from2004 to 2006 and as a Research Scientist II from 2006 to 2011 in Professor Gary B. Schuster’s Group, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA. In February 2012, he joined the Chemical Science and Technology Division, CSIR-NIIST, as a Scientist. His current research interests include bio-molecular recognition, nucleic acid chemistry, and design of functional organic materials. He is a Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India and the Materials Research Society of India and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He was a recipient of the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship from DST, India, in 2012, and the Raman Research Fellowship from CSIR, Government of India, in 2020.