Rahul Shukla

Assistant Professor, Chemistry, GSS, VSP

rshukla2@gitam.edu | | | |

Dr. Rahul Shukla was born in Durg, Chhattisgarh (INDIA). Dr. Shukla completed his BS-MS and subsequently his Ph. D. from IISER Bhopal. He is postdoctoral research experience from University of Lorraine, FRANCE and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, ISRAEL. His research interest is to understand the origin of noncovalent interaction and to investigate application of diverse noncovalent interaction in the area of crystal engineering and catalysis.

Research Publications
  • Rahul Shukla,* Anik Sen*. Hydrogen- and halogen-bonding-directed trimeric supramolecular motifs in dihalogenated 1,2,4-triazoles. Acta Cryst. B. 2024, Just Accepted, DOI: 10.1107/S2052520624002427.
  • Anil Kumar Behera, Preeti Nanda Sahu, Rahul Shukla,* Anik Sen*. Donor effect on the B ← N dative bond directed dye sensitized solar cell application. Comput. Theor. Chem. 2024, 1236, 114606.
  • Subhrajyoti Bhandary,* Marek Beliš, Rahul Shukla, Laurens Bourda, Anna M Kaczmarek, Kristof Van Hecke*. Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photosynthesis of Supramolecular Organoboron Polymers with Dynamic Effects. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 12, 8659–8667.
  • Rahul Shukla,* Anik Sen*. Exploring the electron donor–acceptor duality of B 3 N 3 in noncovalent interactions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 32040-32050.
  • Koushik Mandal, Avantika Hasija, Rahul Shukla,* Venkatesha R Hathwar,* Deepak Chopra*. Quantitative evaluation of the electronic features involving “nucleophilic–electrophilic” character in the chalcogen sulfur. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023, 25, 19427-19434.
Ongoing Research Projects
  • A computational approach towards improving the -hole interaction directed anion sensing via intramolecular hydrogen bonding (GITAM SEED GRANT)
Expertise
  • Noncovalent Interactions
  • Crystal Engineering
  • Computational Chemistry
  • Organocatalysis
Rahul Shukla