Dr Brijesh Kumar Mishra

Associate Professor, Chemistry

PhD, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Dr Brijesh Kumar Mishra holds a PhD in Chemistry and MSc (int) from IIT Kanpur, India. His PhD research focused on the use of various quantum chemical methods for investigating weak interactions between aromatic moieties. Dr Mishra worked as a post-doctoral scientist at EPFL, Switzerland, in the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, where he was engaged in several projects, including modeling the formation mechanism of NDMA (a carcinogenic compound) during ozonation of drinking water. Subsequently, he joined the Drug-Design Lab at Umeå University, Sweden as a post-doctoral researcher, where his work focused primarily on investigating weak interactions in protein-ligand systems. Prior to joining Krea University, Dr Mishra worked as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at IIIT-B Bangalore for six years. He also contributed to a large bilateral STEM project between the governments of India and Myanmar — the establishment of the Myanmar Institute of Information Technology (MIIT), Mandalay, Myanmar. At MIIT, he was involved in capacity building through faculty training, curriculum development and teaching. During his tenure at IIIT-B, he received two project grants from SERB, Government of India. He has authored over 30 publications in various international and national journals.