Venkateswara Rao
Assistant Professor II
Dr. V. Rao Mundlapati is a Senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at KIIT Deemed to be University. He obtained his PhD from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, in 2018. With a diverse research background, Dr. Mundlapati has expertise in several areas including Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, conformational studies of peptide foldamers, non-covalent interactions, laser spectroscopy, astrochemistry, and environmental chemistry. Dr. Mundlapati brings over six years of postdoctoral experience, having worked in prestigious research institutions across Europe. At CEA, CNRS, and the University of Paris-Saclay, France, he conducted laser spectroscopic studies of sulfur-containing peptides. He further contributed to the field of astrochemistry by studying the spectroscopic properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) cations and their derivatives under astrophysical conditions at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), CNRS, and CNES in Toulouse, France. Additionally, he has collaborated on environmental chemistry research at Université de Lille, CNRS, PhLAM - Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules, Lille, France. At present, Dr. Mundlapati is actively involved in both teaching and research. His current research focuses on the role of non-covalent interactions in stabilizing biomolecules and materials, computational studies using DFT, and spectroscopic investigations of astrochemical environments. He is also dedicated to advancing knowledge in environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on understanding molecular interactions and their implications in both natural and synthetic systems.
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Phd. Degree
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Awards & Honours
1. Received Senior Research Fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Mumbai 2. Received Junior Research Fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Mumbai 3. Qualified GATE 4. Qualified SLET-2018, Andhrapradesh
Memberships
1. Membership in American Chemical Society 2. Membership in Art of Giving
V. Rao Mundlapati‡; Imani, Z. ‡; Brenner, V.; Gloaguen, E.; Baltaze, J.-P.; Le Barbu-Debus, K.; Robin, S.; Zehnacker, A.; Aitken, D. J.; Mons, M., Non-covalent interactions reveal the protein chain δ conformation in a flexible single-residue model, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 1161-1164 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06658K
Vinitha. M., V. Rao Mundlapati, A. Marciniak, M. Carlos, H. Sabbah, A. Bonnamy, L. Noguès, D. Murat, O. Coeur-Joly and C.Joblin*, Isomer Differentiation of Trapped C16H10+ Using Low-Energy Collisions and Visible/VUV Photons, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 2022, 126 (33), 5632–5646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c03304
Marciniak, A.; Joblin, C.; Mulas, G.; V. Rao Mundlapati.; Bonnamy, Photodissociation of aliphatic PAH derivatives under relevant astrophysical conditions, Astronomy & Astrophysics 2021, 652, A42 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140737
Goldsztejn, G.; V. Rao Mundlapati; Brenner, V.; Gloaguen, E.; and Mons, M;* Selenium in Proteins: Conformational Changes Induced by Se Substitution on Methionine, as Studied in Isolated Model Peptides by Optical Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry, Molecules 2022, 27, 3163 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103163
V. Rao Mundlapati‡; Imani, Z. ‡; D'Mello, V. C.; Brenner, V.; Gloaguen, E.; Baltaze, J.-P.; Robin, S.; Mons, M.; Aitken, D. J., N–H⋯X interactions stabilize intra-residue C5 hydrogen bonded conformations in heterocyclic α-amino acid derivatives, Chemical Science 2021, 12 (44), 14826-14832 DOI: 10.1039/D1SC05014A
V. Rao Mundlapati‡; Imani, Z.‡; Goldsztejn, G.; Brenner, V.; Gloaguen, E.; Guillot, R.; Baltaze, J. P.; Le Barbu-Debus, K.; Robin, S.; Zehnacker, A.; Mons, M.; Aitken, D. J., Conformation control through concurrent N–H⋯S and N–H⋯O[double bond, length as m-dash]C hydrogen bonding and hyperconjugation effects, Chemical Science 2020, 11 (34), 9191-9197. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03339A
V. Rao Mundlapati, Dipak K. Sahoo, S. Bhaumik, S. Jena, A. Chandrakar, Himansu S Biswal*, Noncovalent Carbon-Bonding Interactions in Proteins, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2018, 57, 16496. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811171
V. Rao Mundlapati; S. Gautam; Dipak K. Sahoo; A. Ghosh; Himansu S. Biswal* Thioamide, a Hydrogen Bond Acceptor in Proteins and Nucleic Acids, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8 (18), 4573-4579. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01810
V. Rao Mundlapati; Dipak K. Sahoo; S. Ghosh; U. K. Purame; S. Pandey; R. Acharya;N. Pal; P. Tiwari; Himansu S. Biswal*, Spectroscopic Evidences for Strong Hydrogen Bonds with Selenomethionine in Proteins, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8(4), 794-800. (selected for ACS live Slides) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02931
V. Rao Mundlapati; S. Ghosh; A. Bhattacherjee.; P. Tiwari; Himansu S. Biswal*, Critical Assessment of the Strength of Hydrogen Bonds between the Sulfur Atom of Methionine/Cysteine and Backbone Amides in Proteins, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2015, 6 (8), 1385-1389. (selected for ACS live slides) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00491