Research Interest

• Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemstry
• Metal-Organic frameworks; coordination polymers
• Photochemistry
• Solid-state organic and metal-organic materials
• Photo-physics of Nonlinear optics

  Responsibilities

• Head of Department,
  Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering (MSME) .
• Faculty-in-charge (former), Health Center .

  Teaching

• CY512: Thermal and photo Chemistry (M.Sc. course, 2019-20 Winter Semester)
• CY503 Coordination Chemistry (M.Sc. course, 2019-20 Monsoon Semester)
• CY506 Inorganic Chemistry Practical (M.Sc. course, 2019-20 Monsoon Semester)
• IC201 Environmental Studies (BTech Course, 2019-20 Monsoon Semester)

  Academic Background

• PhD: National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
• MSc (Chemsitry): Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
• BSc (Chemistry): Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  Professional Experience

• Present: Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
• Until 2026: Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry (AMC) ,Technical University of Munich, Germany.
• Alexandra von Humboldt Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Inorganic Chemistry-II (AC2), Ruhr-Universtät Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
• Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland. Host: Prof. Marek Samoc

  Awards and Accolades

• Rising Star Award AsCA-2019, Sinagpore.
• Successfully selected for the "Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral ResearchersAlexandra von Humboldt foundation".
• Outstanding student researcher award Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Sinagpore.
• President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF), for all the four years during the graduate studies National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore, (Only one scholarship is available per year, and I am the holder of it for all the four years of graduation).
• All India top in GATE(Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering). A national open competitive exam conducted by all the Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) combinedly.
• Best research publication award, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Sinagpore.
• Selected as “Young research fellow (YRF)” to present my work in ICCC-41 conference, Singapore.

 Publications

No. of publications: 55, Citatios: 4082, H-index: 26 (21st April. 2026)

• A. Choudhury, S. Singh, U. Kurakula, S. Vempati*, R. Medishetty*, Design of a Photoactuator Based on a Photosalient Crystal Driven by Solid-State [2+2] Cycloaddition, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e7436035, DOI: 10.1002/anie.7436035. link
• G. Bolla* & R. Medishetty*, Solvent- and heat-induced polymorphic transformation with single-crystal integrity in Cu(II) paddle wheel metal complexes, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 6531-6535. DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00385K link
• A. Choudhary, N. Prasad, T. Banana, P. S. Lal, D. S. Hughes, N. R. Halcovitch, Md Mehboob Alam*, S. Vempati* & R. Medishetty*, Stepwise Photoreactions and Photosalient Effects in Isostructural Donor–Acceptor Molecular Complexes with Tunable Optical Properties, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2025, 16, 27, 7083–7089, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c01282 link
• R. Medishetty,# L. Nemec,# V. Nalla, S. Henke, M. Samoć, K. Reuter, R. A. Fischer. Multi-Photon Absorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 56, 14743–14748 (2017). Impact factor:12.102 in 2017. link
• R. Medishetty,# J. K. Zaręba,# D. Mayer, M. Samoć and R. A. Fischer, Nonlinear Optical Properties, Upconversion and Lasing in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Chem. Soc. Rev., 46, 4976-5004 (2017). Impact factor: 40.182 in 2017. link
• R. Medishetty, V. Nalla, L. Nemec, S. Henke, D. Mayer, H. Sun, K. Reuter, R. A. Fischer, A New Class of Lasing Materials: Intrinsic Stimulated Emission from Nonlinear Optically Active Metal–Organic Frameworks. Adv. Mater., 29, 1605637 (2017). Impact factor: 21.95 in 2017. This work has been featured at Front cover page. link
• Medishetty, R., Tandiana, R., Wu, J., Bai, Z., Du, Y., & Vittal J. J., A Step-by-step Assembly of a 3D Coordination Polymer in the Solid State by Desolvation and [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21, 11948-11953 (2015) (HOT PAPER). The work has also been invited to be featured on the Frontispiece. link
• Medishetty, R., Ahmad, H., Bai, Z., Runčevski, T., Dinnebier, R. E., Pance N. & Vittal, J. J. Single Crystals Popping Under UV Light: A Photosalient Effect Triggered by a [2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 53, 5907–5911 (2014) (HOT PAPER). Impact factor: 12.102 in 2017. The work has been invited to be featured on the Front cover page and also highlighted by Chemistry World and Nature middle east. link
• Park, I. –H.,# Medishetty, R.,# Kim, J.-Y., Lee, S. S. & Vittal, J. J. Distortional Supramolecular Isomers of Polyrotaxane Coordination Polymers: Photoreactivity and Sensing of Nitro Compounds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53 (22), 5591-5595 (2014). Impact factor: 12.102 in 2017. link
• R. Medishetty,* Z. Zhang, A. Sadlo, S. Cwik, D. Peeters, S. Henke, N. Mangayarkarasi, A. Devi.* Fabrication of zinc-dicarboxylate- and zinc-pyrazolate-carboxylate-framework thin films through vapour-solid deposition. Dalton Trans., DOI: 10.1039/C1038DT00352A (2018). link