Biophysical Chemistry

Dr. C Kalidas served as a faculty at the Department of Chemistry at IIT Madras, for more than three decades and was also an emeritus scientist (CSIR) at IIT Madras. He visited the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry (later Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry) Gottingen, Germany, as a German Academic Exchange scholar in 1968-69 and again as a senior fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation during 1976-77 and 1990-91. His research interests are centered around electrochemistry, fast reaction kinetics, and macrocyclic chemistry. He was also an IUPAC committee member for analytical chemistry. He has taught a variety of chemistry courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at IIT Madras.Dr. M V Sangaranarayanan obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany. He has been a faculty at the Department of Chemistry at IIT Madras from1993 onwards till date. His research interests include nonequilibrium thermodynamics, interfacial electrochemistry, and supercapacitors. He has published 125 papers in refereed international journals and co-authored three textbooks. He has taught diverse theory courses at IIT Madras, ranging from electrochemistry and statistical thermodynamics to analytical chemistry and biomolecules. He is the recipient of the Prof. C N R Rao National Prize for research in chemical sciences and was the president, Society for the Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, India.

• Cell and its Biochemical Setup.- Thermodynamic Aspects of the Cell.- Carbohydrates, their Reactions, Thermochemistry and Energetics.- Lipids.- Amino Acids.- Peptides.- Proteins.- Nucleosides and Nucleotides.- Enzymes.- Co-Enzymes and Vitamins.- Bioenergetics.- Biosensors.