Dr. Venkatesh Telugu’s research focuses on the total synthesis of natural products in organic chemistry. He teaches Organic Chemistry and related courses. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from CSIR-IICT, India, in 2021. Later, he did postdoctoral research at UCLA and OSU.

Publications:

1. Khong, S.; Venkatesh, T.; O. Nucleophilic Phosphine Catalysis: The Untold Story. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 2699–2708.
2. Venkatesh, T.; Mainkar, P. S.; Chandrasekhar, S. Diastereoselective formal synthesis of polycyclic meroterpenoid (±)-Cochlearol A. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 5412–5416.
3. Venkatesh, T.; Mainkar, P. S.; Chandrasekhar, S. Total synthesis of (±) galanthamine from GABA through regioselective aryne insertion. Biomol. Chem. 2019, 17, 2192-2198.

Area of research:

Organic synthesis, total synthesis of natural products.