T. V. (Babu) RajanBabu received his undergraduate education in India (Kerala University and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras). He obtained a Ph. D. degree from The Ohio State University under the direction of Professor Harold Shechter, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with the late Professor R. B. Woodward. He then joined the Research Staff of Dupont Central Research and Development, becoming a Research Fellow in 1993. He returned to OSU as a Professor of Chemistry in 1995.
| Education | |
| 1969 1971 1977 1978-1979 |
CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala University. B.Sc. (special), Chemistry. Indian Inst. Tech., Madras. M.Sc., Chemistry. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry. Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Organic Chemistry. |
| Professional | |
| 1995 – 1980-1994 |
Professor of Chemistry, The Ohio State University. Member of Research Staff and Research Fellow, DuPont Central Research |
| Research Interests | |
| » Enantioselective catalysis of C-C, C-H, and C-O bond formations » Novel multi-component cyclization methods that lead to vinyl Si, Sn and B derivatives » Novel free radical reactions » Natural Products Synthesis » Organic chemistry in water |
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