PSML Group
Meet Our Team
Dr. Milan Bera
Principal Investigator & Ramanujan Faculty Fellow
Associate Editor: Innovation of Chemistry & Materials for Sustainability
Website: https://insuf.org/
Ph.D.: 2011; Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, with Prof. Sujit Roy
Awards
Thieme Chemistry Journal Awards 2025 in the area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
Professional Experience
Joined Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research & Studies (AICCRS) in June 2023
Research Professor: (2020 - 2023) Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, with Prof. Eun Jin Cho
Research Manager: (2017 -2020) Sun Pharma, Gurgaon, India
DST Young Scientist: (2014 - 2017) Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, India, with Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Postdoctoral Fellow: (2012 - 2013) Uppsala University, Sweden & UKZN, Durban with Prof. Pher G Andersson
Postdoctoral Fellow: (2011 - 2012) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, with Prof. Ryoichi Kuwano
Yafia Kousin Mirza
PhD Scholar
Yafia Kousin Mirza, born in New Delhi, India, completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2021. She completed her M.Sc. in Chemistry from Jamia Hamdard in 2023. Then, she joined Amity University, Noida, as a Ph.D. scholar under the supervision of Dr. Milan Bera at the Photocatalysis and Synthetic Methodology lab (PSML). Mirza's research focuses on selective allene functionalizations.
Ajeet Kumar Pandey
PhD Scholar
Ajeet Kumar Pandey completed his graduation and post-graduation from S.M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune, India. In 2023, he joined under Dr. Bera’s group as Ph.D. scholar at Amity University Noida. His research topic focuses on transition-metal catalyzed C-H functionalization
Tarunika Sachdeva
BSc. Project Student
Tarunika Sachdeva is pursuing her bachelor's in biotechnology from Amity University Noida. Currently working as a BSc. project student since 2024 in the PSML group under Dr. Milan Bera.