Dr. Soumen Barik
Curriculum Vitae
since 01/2026 Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster 08/2018 - 12/2025 Integrated PhD (MSc and PhD) in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Akkattu T. Biju, Title: N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Synthesis of C–N Atropisomers and Heteroatom Chiral Molecules. 07/2015 - 06/2018 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Midnapore College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India Fellowships and Awards
08/2021 - 07/2025 Awarded the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) 06/2019 Awarded the CSIR-JRF by Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (All India Rank 46) 02/2018 Qualified Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) (All India Rank 178) 07/2015 - 06/2018 Awarded DST INSPIRE scholarship 07/2015 - 06/2018 Awarded Merit-Cum-Means scholarship Publications
S. Barik, F. D. Paravakkal, P. Gupta, P. Roy, A. T. Biju,
Control Over S(VI)-Stereogenic Centres: NHC-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of N-Acyl Cyclic Sulfonimidamides,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506929.S. Chakraborty, S. Barik, A. T. Biju,
N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Organocatalysis: from Fundamentals to Frontiers,
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2025, 54, 1102.B. S. Dehury, S. Barik, G. Sankar, A. T. Biju,
Access to β-Keto Amino Acid Derivatives via Interrupted Polonovski Strategy Involving NHC-Catalyzed Aza Benzoin Reaction,
Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 10690.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2025, 21, 318.S. Barik, S. S. Ranganathappa, A. T. Biju,
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of N-Aryl Phthalimides and Maleimides via Activation of Carboxylic Acids,
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 5755.R. C. Das, S. Barik, A. A. Kunhiraman, A. Goswami, A. Mondal, M. De, A. T. Biju,
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Imine Umpolung/Semipinacol Rearrangement Cascade for the Synthesis of Indoxyls,
ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 4202.M. S. Gadhave, S. Barik, F. Wessels, A. T. Biju,
Nucleophilic Acylation-Annulation Cascade of 2-Chlorobenzonitriles using Aldehydes Triggered by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes,
Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8314.K. Balanna, S. Barik, S. Barik, S. Shee, N. Manoj, R. G. Gonnade, A. T. Biju,
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Atroposelective Synthesis of N-N Axially Chiral 3-Amino Quinazolinones,
ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 8752.S. Barik, R. C. Das, K. Balanna, A. T. Biju,
Kinetic Resolution Approach to the Synthesis of C-N Axially Chiral N-Aryl Aminomaleimides via NHC-Catalyzed [3+3] Annulation,
Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5456.K. Balanna, S. Barik, S. Shee, R. G. Gonnade, A. T. Biju,
Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of γ,γ-Disubstituted Indole 2-Carboxaldehydes via NHC-Lewis Acid Cooperative Catalysis for the Synthesis of Tetracyclic ε-Lactones,
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 11513.
This article appears in 2022 Chem. Sci. ‘HOT Article Collection’.S. Shee, S. Barik, A. Ghosh, A. T. Biju,
Synthesis of Functionalized Dihydrocoumarins by NHC-Catalyzed [3+3] Annulation of Enals with 2-Substituted Naphthoquinones,
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8039.A. Ghosh, S. Barik, S. Barik, S. Shee, A. T. Biju,
Oxidative N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Catalysis for the Rapid Access to Functionalized Pyrrolo-oxazinones,
Tetrahedron 2021, 94, 132330.
Special Issue on System-Oriented Development of Organocatalysis.S. Barik, S. Shee, S. Das, R. G. Gonnade, G. Jindal, S. Mukherjee, A. T. Biju,
NHC-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of N-Aryl Maleimides Leading to the Atroposelective Synthesis of N-Aryl Succinimides,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 12264.
This article appears in ‘HOT Topic’: Organocatalysis. Highlighted in Synfacts 2021, 17, 691.A. Ghosh, S. Barik, A. T. Biju,
NHC-Catalyzed (3+3) Annulation of Thioamides and Modified Enals for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Thiazinones,
Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 8598.Conferences and Symposia
- 02/2025: Pfizer Symposium, IISc Bangalore, India (oral presentation).
- 10/2024: Conference for Young Researchers National Organic Symposium Trust (J-NOST 2024), IIT Gandhinagar, India (oral presentation).
- 07/2024: 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2024), Agra, India (poster presentation)
- 12/2023: Indo-French Seminar on Catalysis for Sustainability (IFSCS 2023), IISEER Thiruvananthapuram, India (poster presentation)
- 11/2023: International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis (ICOC 2023), Goa, India (poster presentation).
- 10/2023: Thieme-IISc Organic Chemistry Symposium Oct 2023, IISc, Bangalore, India (poster presentation).
Teaching Experience
- 08/2021-07/2025: PMRF teaching assistance in Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women, Bangalore, India.
- 08/2021-12/2025: Teaching assistance, UG organic chemistry course: UC-206T: Basic Organic Chemistry Part-1.