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Computational Chemist | Intellectual Investor | Research Consultant | Scientific Writer | Data Scientist | Researcher

Profile Summary

Innovative and results-driven professional with over 6 years of experience in computational chemistry, machine learning, high-performance computing infrastructures, Python programming for data analysis and automatization, organic and inorganic synthesis, product development, stakeholder coordination, and agile methodologies. A proven track record of driving cross-functional collaboration and delivering successful projects from inception to commercialization. Expertise includes: 1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Lead projects in various domains, including carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), product development, and research initiatives. Proficient in agile methodologies and scrum frameworks. 2. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.Led the capability development in setting up the new laboratory infrastructure and all necessary equipment. Published 40+ research articles in various peer-reviewed international journals and peer-reviewed scientific articles for the Journal of Computational Chemistry. Mentored 5 Ph.D. and 7 master’s students. 3. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Successfully executed product scale-up from inception to commercialization of two products. Developed inorganic phase change materials for portable thermal management solutions and biolubricants, resulting in 20% revenue growth and improved customer retention. 4. STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION: Collaborated with stakeholders and researchers to gather requirements, define project scope, and prioritize R&D activities. Managed global teams and facilitated communication between cross-functional teams. 5. CONSULTING: Provided consulting services in the chemicals and materials industries. Advised clients on product strategy and technology adoption. 6. CERTIFICATIONS: Product Management, Project Management Foundation, Scrum Foundation Professional, Six Sigma White Belt, Introduction to Cheminformatics and Medicinal Chemistry, AI in the Real World.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Materials Science & Engineering
• ☆ Inorganic Chemistry
• ☆ Electronic, Optical & Magnetic Materials
• ☆ Organometallic Chemistry
• ☆ Theoretical Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Chemistry
• ☆ Physical Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Applied Chemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Researcher

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

February 2023 - Present

Research Analyst

Tan90 thermal Solutions Pvt Ltd

July 2022 - January 2023

Junior Research Fellow

Indian Institute of Science

May 2015 - December 2015

Project Assistant

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology

May 2012 - March 2015

Senior Technical Support engineer

CSS Corporation

August 2008 - April 2009

Education

PhD (Chemistry)

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

January 2016 - July 2022

Research Scholar (Chemistry)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

January 2016 - June 2022

Certifications

• Product Management

  Great Learning

  https://olympus.mygreatlearning.com/courses/61213/certificate

  March 2024 - Present

• SCRUM Foundation Professional Certificate

  CertiProf

  https://www.credly.com/badges/8bacc8da-b30a-4dca-a442-1856ce9cfd2d/linked_in_profile

  June 2023 - Present

• Project Management Foundations

  LinkedIn

  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/certificates/465e4859151a331562c8c13cf1c94b5d5bc3a1e41fadb8c328eb9c49066b8a9f

  April 2023 - Present

• Six Sigma White Belt Certification

  The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC)

  https://dashboard.educate360.com/certification/eyJpdiI6Im1GSE1LZWZjb2ROTWFjNVhDVUJhbUE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiaC9lY3VxYTdLRlFNbXA0UHRMbzBzQT09IiwibWFjIjoiNjNiYzE5Y2E3YzFhNzM2MDU0M2FhMTA0Y2RkMWQwY2EyNjdkYmRkNGMyMGU5NThmNzBhYmE0ZTIxZTczY2I1OCIsInRhZyI6IiJ9

  June 2023 - January 2024

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Harsha S Karnamkkott, Sai Manoj N V T Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2024). EDA-NOCV analyses of M−E2 bond: E2 binding and activation [E2 = N2, H2] . Journal of Chemical Sciences.

Martin Pettersen, Cuong Dat Do, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Marc F. Obst, Roman Damm, Anggi E. Putra, Ashot Gevorgyan, Ljiljana Pavlovic, Kathrin H. Hopmann, Annette Bayer (2024). Asymmetric Boracarboxylation of Styrenes Using Carbon Dioxide . Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

Arumugam, Selvakumar, Gorantla, Sai Manoj N. V. T., Mascarenhas, Christel Livia, Dittrich, Birger, Mondal, Kartik Chandra (2024). Activation of water at disiladicarbene: from the perspective of modification of silicon surface with organo-silicon compounds . Journal of Chemical Sciences.

Jayasree Kumar, Nikhil George Mohan, Tamilselvi Gurusamy, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Prathap Ravichandran, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Kothandaraman Ramanujam (2024). Electrochemical dinitrogen to ammonia reduction at a nickel(ii) site: an easy access to an air-stable catalyst . Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Kumar, Jayasree, Mohan, Nikhil George, Gurusamy, Tamilselvi, Gorantla, Sai Manoj N. V. T., Ravichandran, Prathap, Mondal, Kartik Chandra, Ramanujam, Kothandaraman (2024). Electrochemical dinitrogen to ammonia reduction at a nickel(ii) site: an easy access to an air-stable catalyst . Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Kushvaha, Saroj Kumar, Kallenbach, Paula, Gorantla, Sai Manoj N. V. T., Herbst-Irmer, Regine, Stalke, Dietmar, Roesky, Herbert W. (2024). Preparation of a Compound with a Si<SUP>II</SUP>-Si<SUP>IV</SUP>-Si<SUP>II</SUP> Bonding Arrangement . Chemistry - A European Journal.

Saroj Kumar Kushvaha, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Paula Kallenbach, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke, Herbert W. Roesky (2024). Preparation of a high-coordinated-silicon-centered spiro-cyclic compound . Dalton Transactions.

Kushvaha, Saroj Kumar, Gorantla, Sai Manoj N. V. T., Kallenbach, Paula, Herbst-Irmer, Regine, Stalke, Dietmar, Roesky, Herbert W. (2024). Preparation of a high-coordinated-silicon-centered spiro-cyclic compound . Dalton Transactions.

Selvakumar Arumugam, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2023). Redox Active cAAC−Fluorene/Indene Systems Displaying Solvatochromism, Green Luminescence and pH Sensing: Functionalization of Fluorenyl/Indenyl Rings with Radical Carbene . Chemistry – An Asian Journal.

Gorantla, Sai Manoj, Ding, Chengxiang, Pan, Sudip, Yan, Gai-Ru, Cui, Zhong-Hua, Frenking, Gernot (2023). Stabilization of Cyclic C₄ by Four Donor Ligands: A Theoretical Study of (L)₄C₄ (L = Carbene) . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). The Labile Nature of Air Stable Ni(II)/Ni(0)‐phosphine/Olefin Catalysts/Intermediates: EDA‐NOCV Analysis . Chemistry – An Asian Journal.

Akshay Chauhan, Harsha S. Karnamkkott, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Dinitrogen Binding and Activation: Bonding Analyses of Stable V(III/I)–N2–V(III/I) Complexes by the EDA–NOCV Method from the Perspective of Vanadium Nitrogenase . ACS Omega.

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Uncovering the hidden reactivity of benzyne/aryne precursors utilized under milder condition: Bonding and stability studies by <scp>EDA‐NOCV</scp> analyses . Journal of Computational Chemistry.

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Sudip Pan, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Gernot Frenking (2022). Bonding analysis of the C₂precursor Me₃E–C₂–I(Ph)FBF₃(E = C, Si, Ge) . Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Kavita Devi, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). <scp>EDA‐NOCV</scp> analysis of <scp>carbene‐borylene</scp> bonded dinitrogen complexes for deeper bonding insight: A fair comparison with a <scp>metal‐dinitrogen</scp> system . Journal of Computational Chemistry.

Kavita Devi, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Dinitrogen Binding Relevant to FeMoco of Nitrogenase: Clear Visualization of σ‐Donation and π‐Backdonation from Deformation Electron Densities around Carbon/Silicon‐Iron Site . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry.

Saroj Kumar Kushvaha, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal(2022). Stabilization of Interstellar CSi2 Species by Donor Base Ligands: L-CSi2-L; L = cAACMe, NHCMe, and PMe3 . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Ekta Nag, Aditya Kulkarni, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Nico Graw, Maria Francis, Regine Herbst-Irmer, Dietmar Stalke, Herbert W. Roesky, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy(2022). Fluorescent organo-antimony compounds as precursors for syntheses of redox-active trimeric and dimeric alkali metal antimonides: an insight into electron transfer reduction processes . Dalton Transactions. 51. (5). p. 1791--1805. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Sai Manoj. N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Estimations of Fe^0/−1–N₂interaction energies of iron(0)-dicarbene and its reduced analogue by EDA-NOCV analyses: crucial steps in dinitrogen activation under mild conditions . RSC Advances.

Harsha S. Karnamkkott, Sai Manoj. N. V. T. Gorantla, Kavita Devi, Geetika Tiwari, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Bonding and stability of dinitrogen-bonded donor base-stabilized Si(0)/Ge(0) species [(cAAC^Me–Si/Ge)₂(N₂)]: EDA-NOCV analysis . RSC Advances.

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2022). Estimations of Fe0/−1–N2 interaction energies of iron(0)-dicarbene and its reduced analogue by EDA-NOCV analyses: crucial steps in dinitrogen activation under mild conditions . RSC Advances.

Harsha S. Karnamkkott, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kavita Devi, Geetika Tiwari, Kartik Chandra Mondal(2022). Bonding and stability of dinitrogen-bonded donor base-stabilized Si(0)/Ge(0) species [(cAACMe–Si/Ge)2(N2)]: EDA-NOCV analysis . RSC Advances. 12. (7). p. 4081--4093. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal(2021). EDA–NOCV Calculation for Efficient N2 Binding to the Reduced Ni3S8 Complex: Estimation of Ni–N2 Intrinsic Interaction Energies . ACS Omega. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal(2021). Estimations of Fe–N2 Intrinsic Interaction Energies of Iron–Sulfur/Nitrogen–Carbon Sites: A Deeper Bonding Insight by EDA-NOCV Analysis of a Model Complex of the Nitrogenase Cofactor . ACS Omega. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Sai Manoj. N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal (2021). Estimations of Fe–N₂ Intrinsic Interaction Energies of Iron–Sulfur/Nitrogen–Carbon Sites: A Deeper Bonding Insight by EDA-NOCV Analysis of a Model Complex of the Nitrogenase Cofactor . ACS Omega.

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal(2021). Energy Decomposition Analysis Coupled with Natural Orbitals for Chemical Valence and Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shift Analysis of Bonding, Stability, and Aromaticity of Functionalized Fulvenes: A Bonding Insight . ACS Omega. 6. (28). p. 17798--17810. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Sudip Pan, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Gernot Frenking(2021). Revisiting the Bonding Scenario of Two Donor Ligand Stabilized C2 Species . The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125. (1). p. 291--301. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Aditya Kulkarni, Selvakumar Arumugam, Maria Francis, Pulikanti Guruprasad Reddy, Ekta Nag, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy(2021). Frontispiece: Solid‐State Isolation of Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene (cAAC)‐Supported Structurally Diverse Alkali Metal‐Phosphinidenides . Chemistry – A European Journal. 27. (1). Wiley

Aditya Kulkarni, Selvakumar Arumugam, Maria Francis, Pulikanti Guruprasad Reddy, Ekta Nag, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy(2021). Solid‐State Isolation of Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene (cAAC)‐Supported Structurally Diverse Alkali Metal‐Phosphinidenides . Chemistry – A European Journal. 27. (1). p. 200--206. Wiley

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Mondal, K.C.(2021). Bonding and Stability of C<inf>6</inf>F<inf>4</inf> Bridged by Bis-Carbenes: EDA-NOCV Analysis of (L)<inf>2</inf>C<inf>6</inf>F<inf>4</inf> [L = SNHC^Dip, cAAC^Me] . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2021. (10). p. 960-968.

Kulkarni, A., Arumugam, S., Francis, M., Reddy, P.G., Nag, E., Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Mondal, K.C., Roy, S.(2021). Solid-State Isolation of Cyclic Alkyl(Amino) Carbene (cAAC)-Supported Structurally Diverse Alkali Metal-Phosphinidenides . Chemistry - A European Journal. 27. (1). p. 200-206.

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Francis, M., Roy, S., Mondal, K.C.(2021). Bonding and stability of donor ligand-supported heavier analogues of cyanogen halides (L′)PSi(X)(L) . RSC Advances. 11. (12). p. 6586-6603.

Pan, S., Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Parasar, D., Dias, H.V.R., Frenking, G.(2021). Chemical Bonding in Homoleptic Carbonyl Cations [M{Fe(CO)<inf>5</inf>}<inf>2</inf>]⁺ (M=Cu, Ag, Au) . Chemistry - A European Journal. 27. (23). p. 6936-6944.

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Mondal, K.C.(2021). Energy Decomposition Analysis Coupled with Natural Orbitals for Chemical Valence and Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shift Analysis of Bonding, Stability, and Aromaticity of Functionalized Fulvenes: A Bonding Insight . ACS Omega.

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Pan, S., Mondal, K.C., Frenking, G.(2021). Revisiting the Bonding Scenario of Two Donor Ligand Stabilized C<inf>2</inf>Species . Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125. (1). p. 291-301.

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Parameswaran, P., Mondal, K.C.(2021). Stabilization of group 14 elements E = C, Si, Ge by hetero-bileptic ligands cAAC, MCO<inf>n</inf> with push-pull mechanism . Journal of Computational Chemistry. 42. (16). p. 1159-1177.

Ekta Nag, Sai Manoj N. V. T. Gorantla, Selvakumar Arumugam, Aditya Kulkarni, Kartik Chandra Mondal, Sudipta Roy(2020). Tridentate Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Chemodivergent C–H Functionalization and Cyclopropanation: Regioselective and Diastereoselective Access to Substituted Aromatic Heterocycles . Organic Letters. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Bohnenberger, J., Kratzert, D., Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Pan, S., Frenking, G., Krossing, I.(2020). Group 6 Hexacarbonyls as Ligands for the Silver Cation: Syntheses, Characterization, and Analysis of the Bonding Compared with the Isoelectronic Group 5 Hexacarbonylates . Chemistry - A European Journal. 26. (71). p. 17203-17211.

Pan, Sudip, Manoj, Sai, Frenking, Gernot (2020). Quadruple bonding of bare group-13 atoms in transition metal complexes . Dalton Transactions.

Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Pan, S., Mondal, K.C., Frenking, G.(2020). Stabilization of Linear C<inf>3</inf> by Two Donor Ligands: A Theoretical Study of L-C<inf>3</inf>-L (L=PPh<inf>3</inf>, NHC^Me, cAAC^Me)** . Chemistry - A European Journal. 26. (62). p. 14211-14220.

Nag, E., Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Arumugam, S., Kulkarni, A., Mondal, K.C., Roy, S.(2020). Tridentate Nickel(II)-Catalyzed Chemodivergent C-H Functionalization and Cyclopropanation: Regioselective and Diastereoselective Access to Substituted Aromatic Heterocycles . Organic Letters. 22. (16). p. 6313-6318.

Arumugam, S., Kumar Kushvaha, S., Shankar, B., Gorantla, S.M.N.V.T., Roy, S., Sana, B., Khuntia, P., Chandra Mondal, K.(2020). Tuning Nuclearity of Dysprosium (III) Complexes by Controlling Substitution on Ligand Molecule . ChemistrySelect. 5. (31). p. 9787-9792.

(2019). A Series of Umbrella‐Shape Copper‐Lanthanides Based Mixed Metallic Coordination Complexes . ChemistrySelect.

(2019). Tetranuclear 3 d/4 f Coordination Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts for Bis(indolyl)methane Syntheses . ChemistrySelect.

(2019). A Fluorescent Hexanuclear Zn(II) Complex . ChemistrySelect.

Gorantla, N. V. T. Sai Manoj, Kushvaha, Saroj Kumar, Mandal, Rajkumar, Mondal, Kartik Chandra (2019). A Series of Umbrella-Shape Copper-Lanthanides Based Mixed Metallic Coordination Complexes . ChemistrySelect.

Gorantla, N. V. T. Sai Manoj, Reddy, Pulikanti Guruprasad, Shakoor, Sayed Mohmmed Abdul, Mandal, Rajkumar, Roy, Sudipta, Mondal, Kartik Chandra (2019). Tetranuclear 3d/4f Coordination Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts for Bis(indolyl)methane Syntheses . ChemistrySelect.

Kushvaha, Saroj Kumar, Shankar, Bhaskaran, Gorantla, N. V. T. Sai Manoj, Mondal, Kartik Chandra (2019). A Fluorescent Hexanuclear Zn(II) Complex . ChemistrySelect.

(2018). A Dicobalt Coordination Complex with a Short Cobalt-Cobalt Distance . ChemistrySelect.

Kumar, Jayasree, Gorantla, N. V. T. Sai Manoj, Roy, Sudipta, Paesch, Alexander Noel, Herbst-Irmer, Regine, Stalke, Dietmar, Anusha, Chakkittakandiyil, De, Susmita, Parameswaran, Pattiyil, Roesky, Herbert W., et al. (2018). A Dicobalt Coordination Complex with a Short Cobalt-Cobalt Distance . ChemistrySelect.

(2015). Influence of structural modification on lubricant properties of sal fat-based lubricant base stocks . Industrial Crops and Products.

(2015). Novel fatty acid esters of apocynin oxime exhibit antimicrobial and antioxidant activities . European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology.

(2015). Thumba (Citrullus colocynthis.L) seed oil: a potential lubricant basestock . Grasas y Aceites.

Kamalakar, K., Manoj, G. N. V. T. Sai, Prasad, R. B. N., Karuna, M. S. L. (2015). Thumba (Citrullus colocynthis L.) seed oil: a potential bio-lubricant base-stock . Grasas Y Aceites.

Kamalakar, K., Manoj, G. N. V. T. Sai, Prasad, R. B. N., Karuna, M. S. L. (2015). Influence of structural modification on lubricant properties of sal fat-based lubricant base stocks . Industrial Crops and Products.

Sammaiah, Arukali, Kaki, Shiva Shanker, Manoj, Gorantla N. V. T. Sai, Poornachandra, Y., Kumar, C. Ganesh, Prasad, R. B. N. (2015). Novel fatty acid esters of apocynin oxime exhibit antimicrobial and antioxidant activities . European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology.

(2014). Novel acyloxy derivatives of branched mono-and polyol esters of sal fat: Multiviscosity grade lubricant base stocks . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry.

Kamalakar, Kotte, Manoj, Gorantla N. V. T. Sai, Prasad, Rachapudi B. N., Karuna, Mallampalli S. L. (2014). Novel Acyloxy Derivatives of Branched Mono- and Polyol Esters of Sal Fat: Multiviscosity Grade Lubricant Base Stocks . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.