Dr. Shandev joined the Department of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT as assistant professor in March 2021. Before joining Department of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT, he was a Post-doctoral fellow at Depart of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Belgium with Prof. Wim Dehaen.

• Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Organic Optoelectronic Materials.
• Heterocyclic and Medicinal Chemistry
• Green and sustainable organic synthesis.

Research articles (Latest)

• ‘BOPAHY-: A doubly chelated highly fluorescent pyrrole-acyl hydrazone –BF2 Chromophore’: P. P. Shandev, F. de Jong, K. Veys, J. Huang, P. V. Santhini, D. Verhaeghe, L. V. Meervelt, D.l Escudero, M. V. der Auweraer and W. Dehaen, Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 5791.

• ‘Enhanced nonlinear absorption and efficient optical limiting action of a few 1,3,4-oxadiazole-based donor–acceptor systems’: T. M. Remya, E. Shiju, P.P. Shandev, K. Chandrasekharan, S. Haridas, P.A. Unnikrishnan, Journal of material science, 2021, 56, 3035.

• ‘A Multicomponent Approach toward Angularly Fused/Linear Bitriazoles: A Cascade Cornforth Rearrangement and Triazolization’: P. V. Santhini, P.P Shandev, Max Van Hoof, Wim Dehaen, J.Org.Chem., 2021, 86, 4346.

• ‘The Synthesis of Five-Membered N-Heterocycles by Cycloaddition of Nitroalkenes with (In)Organic Azides and Other 1,3-Dipoles’: P.P Shandev, P. V. Santhini, Wim Dehaen, Synthesis, 2021, DOI: 10.1055/a-1547-0196 (special topic on Cycloadditions – Established and Novel Trends – in Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize Awarded to Otto Diels and Kurt Alder).

• ‘Indepth photophysical characterization of novel doubly BF2-chelated fluorophores’ (submitted to dyes and pigments) : P. P. Shandev, F. de Jong, K. Veys, J. Huang, D. Verhaeghe, L. V. Meervelt, D.l Escudero, M. V. der Auweraer and W. Dehaen.

• ‘Synthesis and characterization of a few 1,3,4-oxadiazole-pyrene hybrid molecules’, Shandev P.P., Jyothi C. M., Unnikrishnan P. A., Prathapan, S. International conference on ‘Materials for the Millenium’ : MatCon 2016, Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology. ISBN 978-93-80095-738.

• ‘Synthesis and characterization of covalently-linked 1,3,4-oxadizole-phenothiazine hybrid molecules’ : Shandev P. P., Jyothi C. Mary., P. A. Unnikrishnan and S. Prathapan. International conference on ‘Materials for the Millenium’ : MatCon 2016, Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology. ISBN 978-93-80095-738.

• Postdoctoral Fellowship (KU Leuven, Belgium)
• Senior Research Fellowship-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi (Government of India).
• Junior Research Fellowship-Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi (Government of India).
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

• Organic Synthesis
• Organic Stereochemistry