Dr. Ajnabiul Hoque

Curriculum Vitae
since 10/2025 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster 07/2019 - 09/2024 Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India; Supervisor: Prof. Raghavan B. Sunoj 07/2026 - 06/2018 M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India 06/2013 - 05/2016 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.), University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India Publications
M. Das, A. Hoque, M. Baranwal, R. B. Sunoj,
DeepMech: A Machine Learning Framework for Chemical Reaction Mechanism Prediction,
arXiv preprint 2025, arXiv:2509.15872. DOIA. Hoque, T. Chang, J.-Q. Yu, R. B. Sunoj,
Molecular Machine Learning Approach to Enantioselective C–H Bond Activation Reactions: From Generative AI to Experimental Validation,
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 13276-13290. DOIA. Hoque, M. Das, M. Baranwal, R. B. Sunoj,
ReactAIvate: A Deep Learning Approach to Predicting Reaction Mechanisms and Unmasking Reactivity Hotspots,
In Proceedings of the European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024),
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IOS Press, 2024. DOIA. Hoque, M. Surve, S. Kalyanakrishnan, R. B. Sunoj,
Reinforcement Learning for Improving Chemical Reaction Performance,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 28250-28267. DOIA. Hoque, R. B. Sunoj,
Deep Learning for Enantioselectivity Predictions in Catalytic Asymmetric β-C–H Bond Activation Reactions,
Digital Discovery 2022, 1, 926-940. DOIAwarda and Fellowships
2019 Qualified CSIR-NET (UGC-CSIR) 2019 Qualified GATE Examination 2016 Qualified IIT JAM Examination Conferences and Symposia
06/09/2025 Best ChemReel Award, IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India 06/09/2025 Best Poster Award, IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India 20-25/10/2024 ECAI 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 10/03/2023 IIT Bombay Chemistry Symposium, India Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant for General Organic Chemistry (CH 105) (2022–23)
- Teaching Assistant for Computational Chemistry Laboratory (CH 504) (2023–24)
Extracurriculars and Skills
- Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi [read, write, and speak]
- Hobbies: Keen to learn innovative topics, Travelling, Playing football