Suresh Rajamanickam

Organic Chemist & Chemical Biologist | PhD (IITG) | CRSI-NOST Best Thesis Awardee | Former RA @ IISc | ANRF-NPDF @ JNCASR | PDF @ IISER Tirupati | Orchid Pharma

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

Check out the first intermolecular CDC remote Csp3-H amination reaction reported in the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry @ChemicalScience! Many thanks to the incredible support of my colleagues for #MyFirstChemSci
https://t.co/GgB7Cmf9Tq

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@buddhadeb1979 @ChattopadhyayL1 @serbonline Great work. Congratulations to the entire team 👏

[Ilya Levental @LeventalLab]

here's a really neat story about how lipid oxidation changes membrane properties: https://t.co/QyGIR7cMm9

Convincing and striking evidence that oxidized lipids stabilize phase separation and change protein affinity for ordered phases.

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@TheBKPLab @bubul_chem Congratulations @bubul_chem

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@buddhadeb1979 @J_A_C_S @bruin_bas Good work. Congratulations to the team 👏

[Andrew Akbashev @Andrew_Akbashev]

Postdoc is conceptually different from a #PhD position. Below are some key points to keep in mind before starting postdoc.

1️⃣ The harsh reality of being a postdoc:

1. Postdoc is a contractual (not educational) position. Your postdoc duties are defined by your contract & agreement with your advisor.

2. Usually, a contract is given for 1 year and renewed annually. It does NOT offer the same job security that PhD students enjoy. Be prepared to start searching for a new position in 1st year and leave anytime.

3. Postdoc is inherently a position for academia (with a few exceptions like in bio). Often, companies will assume that you’ve chosen an academic track, not industry. They’d rather hire a fresh PhD graduate from the same field than a postdoc. So, your job search outside academia may become challenging, especially if you do fundamental research.

4. If you want to be a faculty, your postdoc may require a lot more efforts than you originally expected, making it the most intense time of your life. Be prepared.

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2️⃣ If you take postdoc because you want to be more competitive for senior academic positions, keep in mind that:

0. Choosing the right lab & advisor is statistically MORE important than simply working hard and publishing papers during postdoc (esp. in the U.S.). However, working with an advisor who can write an excellent recommendation letter does NOT mean that you will also get prepared for a faculty life and become a great scientist. Your advisor should be a good mentor for this.

1. As the competition for faculty positions can easily reach over 1/300 and you have ~1 year before applying for positions, postdoc time often turns into a “race”. The worst part is that hard work does NOT necessarily lead to success.

2. Postdoc is NOT a must for being a faculty. Some students secure professor positions at the end of their PhDs (esp. at the top universities in the U.S.).

3. Postdoc lasts 1-3 years. If you’re a first-year postdoc and apply for faculty positions, committees will be OK with you showing your PhD work during interview. But starting from your 2nd year, they expect you to show successful postdoc results.

4. Some committees expect that a 3-year postdoc should complete as much work as a 5-year PhD student. It’s like a fast-track PhD.

5. Often (esp. in STEM), the expected number of “postdoc papers” is on average 1 paper per 1 year, unless the work is unusually complex. NOT 10 papers/year.

6. Publishing a lot of papers is normally viewed negatively. Coauthoring tens of papers will send a RED flag to the committee. For decent universities, it's (almost always) quality over quantity.

7. Doing a second postdoc is rarely helpful in landing a faculty position.

8. Ideally, postdoc should be in a different field than your PhD. Switching fields is viewed positively and can be helpful in landing a faculty position. But it is much more challenging because your time is very limited but you must do outstanding research. Also, I know many people who didn’t change fields but became faculties nonetheless.

Good luck!

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[CHAIR @chair_itn]

📢 Save the date! Join us for #OCCHA2023 - Opportunities and Challenges in C-H Activation – online symposium on 25th May 2023, featuring a panel of international experts in the field. Stay tuned for additional details! #chemtwitter #CHActivation #OnlineSymposium

[T Govindaraju @govindaraju_tgr]

I am honoured to receive this award. Thank you @SunPharma_Live, Sun Pharma Science Foundation and the jury for recognising our group research contributions.

[ThePatelGroup @TheBKPLab]

Thank you @ChemicalScience for this highlight and heartiest congratulations to our wonderful PI 🥳🥂

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@TheBKPLab @amitavarakshit7 @HirendraDhara @AKS_tutu1 @JOC_OL Good work @amitavarakshit7 @HirendraDhara @AKS_tutu1 and tipu. You guys exploring nitrile molecule nicely. Congrats entire team👏

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@pavankancharla Nice work. Congrats entire team👏

[Raktim Abha Saikia @Raktim_Abha]

Glad to share, our recent work on diaryliodonium salt is now published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. The work explores the reactivity of unsymmetrical iodonium salts on S-arylation of heteroaryl thiols.

@OrgBiomolChem @HyperIodine
@AshimJyotiThak1

https://t.co/1AENwpBnbl

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@janaIITG Good work, congratulations to the entire team 👏👏

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@Vinod31234 @AdvOpticalMat Congrats @Vinod31234. Good molecular design.

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@bhabak_krishna Congratulations Sulendar and team👏

[Suresh Rajamanickam @SureshRajmaanic]

@TheBKPLab @ChemistrySelect @binoyarghadam Congrats @binoyarghadam 👏

[Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) @ChemResSocIndia]

Congratulations to Professor CNR Rao, Founder President of CRSI who is selected for a prestigious Eni award of Italy Government for the year 2020. It will be presented to him on 14th October by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. @jncasr @EduMinOfIndia

[Scripps Research @scrippsresearch]

Scientists in @Shenvi_Lab have found a streamlined method for synthesizing compounds found in the bark of trees in Papua New Guinea, which are known for their #hallucinogenic effects and could form the basis of new neurological treatments https://t.co/qmqyW0tqJw @ScienceMagazine

[Organic Chemistry Portal @organic_portal]

https://t.co/jMvUADbgm4
Synthesis of tetrazoles - an overview of recently published methods

[JNCASR Bangalore @jncasr]

Applications invited for admission to postgraduate and research programmes 2022 @jncasr
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[ThePatelGroup @TheBKPLab]

⚡💡Our latest work on Visible Light Mediated Thio-Functionalized Pyrroles synthesis is published in @JOC_OL
Congratulations @AKS_tutu1 for your first #OL Cheers 🥂 to co authors @amitavarakshit7 @Anj_Dahiya @pan_avishek https://t.co/wMCrRd1xum