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Dr. Neeta M. Karjule
Ramanujan Fellow
Natural Products & Medicinal Chemistry Division
CSIR – Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine,Canal Road, Jammu – 180001
Email: neetakarjule[dot]iiim[at]csir[dot]res[dot]in
Bio Sketch
Dr. Neeta Karjule is a Ramanujan Fellow at CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM), Jammu. She completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. After that, she worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, for four years and later spent a year as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany. Dr. Karjule’s research covers areas like materials chemistry, organic synthesis, solar energy conversion, photocatalysis, and water splitting to produce hydrogen for clean energy. She has also worked on fuel cells and flow chemistry using light-driven reactions. At CSIR-IIIM, Dr. Karjule’s research focuses on natural product-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications and the development of smart materials for biological systems. She has published over 30 research papers in top international journals and has received more than 10 national and international awards for her work.
Education
| Degree | Subjects | University | Qualifying Year |
| PhD | Chemical Sciences | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune | 2018 |
| MSc | Organic Chemistry | SP Pune University | 2010 |
| BSc | Chemistry | SP Pune University | 2008 |
Position Held
| Position Held | Period | Organization |
| Ramanujan Fellow | June-2024 to till date | CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | Feb-2022 to Feb-2023 | Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | April-2018 to Jan-2022 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | July-2011 to Dec-2012 | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune |
Area of Expertise
- Materials Chemistry
- Organic Synthesis
- Photocatalysis
- Photoelectrochemistry
- Solar Energy Conversion
- Organic Materials
Projects
- Solar-Driven Fuel Generation Using Semiconductors Coupled with Molecular Catalysts (GAP 3171).
Publications
Complete list of publications: Click Here
| Authors | Title | Journal |
| Karjule, N.; Phatake, R. S.; Barzilai, S.; Mondal, B.; Azoulay, A.; Albero, J.; Shames A. I.; Volokh, M; Shalom, M.* | Photoelectrochemical Alcohol Oxidation by Carbon Nitride Photoanode with Simultaneous H2 Production. | J. Mater. Chem. A
2022, 10, 16585. Impact Factor (IF): 14.511 |
| Karjule, N.;Abisdris, L.; Azoulay, A.; Volokh, M; Shalom, M.* | Carbon-Doped Porous Polymeric Carbon Nitride with Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Performance. | Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. 2022, 2200035.
IF: 5.7 |
| Karjule, N.; Singh, C.; Barrio, J.; Tzadikov, J.; Liberman, I.; Volokh, M.; Palomares, E.; Hod, I.*; Shalom, M.* | Carbon Nitride-Based Photoanode with Enhanced Photostability and Water Oxidation Kinetics | Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2101724
IF: 19.924 |
| Karjule, N.; Rana, M.; Shalom, M.; Barrio, J.*; Vilatela, J. J.* | Controlled Nucleation and Growth of Carbon Nitride Films on CNT Fiber Fabric for Photoelectrochemical Applications. | Adv. Sustain. Syst. 2021, 5, 2000265.
IF: 6.1 |
| Mondal, B.; Karjule, N.; Singh, C.; Shimoni, R.; Hod, I.; Shalom, M.* | Unraveling the Mechanisms of Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Dehydrogenation of Organic Molecules to Value-Added Chemicals Over a Ni–Fe Oxide Catalyst. | Adv. Energy. Mater. 2021,11,2101858.
IF: 29.698 |
| Karjule, N.; Barrio, J.; Xing, L.; Volokh, M.; Shalom, M.* | Highly Efficient Polymeric Carbon Nitride Photoanode with Excellent Electron Diffusion Length and Hole Extraction Properties | Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 4618.
IF: 12.262 |
| Xia, J.;‡ Karjule, N.;‡ Abisdris, L.; Volokh, M.; Shalom, M.*
(‡ These authors contributed equally to this work) |
Controllable Synthesis of Carbon Nitride Film with Type-II Heterojunction for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Cells | Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 5845.
IF: 10.508 |
| Karjule, N.; Barrio, J.; Tashakory, A.; Shalom, M.* | Bismuthiol-Mediated Synthesis of Ordered Carbon Nitride Nanosheets with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance | Sol. RRL 2020, 4, 2000017.
IF: 9.173 |
| Karjule, N.; Barrio, J.; Tzadikov, J.; Shalom, M.* | Electronic Structure Engineering of Carbon Nitride Materials Using Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 6622.
IF: 5.020 |
| Karjule, N.; Phatake, R.; Volokh, M.; Hod, I.; Shalom, M | Solution-Processable Carbon Nitride Polymers for Photoelectrochemical Applications. | Small Methods 2019, 3, 1900401
IF: 15.367 |
| Karjule, N.; Sharma, M. K.; Nithyanandhan, J.*; Kulkarni, A. A.* | Modulation of Reactivity of Singlet Radical Pair in Continuous Flow: Photo-Fries Rearrangement | J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2018, 364, 316
IF: 4.68 |
| Karjule, N.; Mele Kavungathodi, M. F.; Nithyanandhan, J.* | Molecular Control of the Band Edge Movement and the Recombination Process in Donor–Acceptor Hemicyanine-Sensitized Solar Cells | J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 21836
IF: 4.177 |
| Karjule, N.; Mele Kavungathodi, M. F.; Nithyanandhan, J.* | Heterotriangulene-based Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes: Synergistic Effects of Donor Moieties and Out-of-Plane Branched Alkyl Chains on Dye Cell Performance | J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 18910
IF: 14.511 |
Awards and Honours
- 2024: Ramanujan Fellowship instituted by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Department of Science and Technology (DST).
- 2021: Best Research Paper Award and Grant in Energy and Sustainability-First Prize at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
- 2020: IVS-Intel-2020 Excellence Award and Grant for Outstanding Female Scientist at the 38th Annual Conference of the Israel Vacuum Society, Israel.
- 2019–2021: Kreitmann Post-doctoral Fellowship at Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
- 2018: Best Research Scholar Award in Physical and Materials Science NCL RF-Keerthi Sangram Memorial Endowment Award at CSIR-NCL.
- 2017: ITS Scheme Financial grant to attend International Symposium (at Budapest, Hungary) support by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India.
- 2017: NCL RF-Agnimitra Memorial Best Poster Presentation Award in National Science Day Celebrations at CSIR-NCL, India.
- 2015: NCL RF-Agnimitra Memorial Best Poster Presentation Award in National Science Day Celebrations at CSIR-NCL, India.
- 2015: Best Poster Presentation Award in 3rd International Conference Flow Chemistry India at Mumbai, India.
- 2013: Best Poster Presentation Award in Workshop on “Intensification and Up-scaling of Continuous Processes” at CSIR-NCL, India.
- 2013–2017: Junior and Senior Research Fellowship awarded by UGC, New Delhi, India based on National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET).
Students
| Photo | Name | Area of Interest | Position | Education |
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Pradeep Yadav | Engaged in the rational design and synthesis of nanomaterials with tunable and targeted therapeutic bioactivities, employing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and structurally diverse bioactive molecules as molecular precursors. | Project Associate-I |
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