Biography
Professor Bhyrappa received his Bachelors degree from Kalpataru college, Tiptur (Tumkur district) and his Masters degree in Inorganic Chemistry with distinction form Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He earned his doctor of philosophy in Bioinorganic Chemistry from IISc, Bengaluru. He was a post doctoral fellow at USC, Los Angeles, CA and research associate at UIUC, Urbana, IL, USA. He is a recipient of AvH (1999) and JSPS-invitation fellowships (2005 06). He was a visiting professor at the University of Houston, Texas, USA (2011 12) and an extended AvH fellow. He is a recipient of Marquis Whos who in the world (2009), Asia pacific who is who (Vol. XVII; 2018) and Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2018). Bhyrappas current research interests are Bioinorganic, Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry of Porphyrinoids.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinorganic Chemistry from IISc, Bengaluru
Masters degree in Inorganic Chemistry with distinction form Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Bachelors degree from Kalpataru college, Tiptur (Tumkur district)
Research Interests
Bioinorganic Chemistry (Porphyrins and Metalloporphyrins)
Fullerenes & fullerides
Dendrimer metalloporphyrins Molecular recognition and catalysis
Porphyrns with tunable properties
Supramolecular chemistry of porphyrins including network solids
Applications of porphyrins in absolute configuration determination of chiral molecules
Dye - sensitised solar cells