
Dr. Abhishek Pareek,
Ramanujan Faculty Fellow | IPC | Indian Institute of Science
Chiral π-Conjugated Functional Materials
Exploring Chirality, Light, and Spin at the Molecular Level
We design and develop chiral organic materials for next-generation photonic, spintronic, and optoelectronic technologies. Our research explores how molecular chirality controls light, spin, and charge transport phenomena, including Circularly Polarized Luminescence (CPL) and Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS).
Applications of our work include:
• Catalysis • CP-OLEDs • Molecular Spintronics • Chiral Photonic Systems • Supramolecular Materials • Molecular Electronics



Recent Publications
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Laha, B.; Pareek, A.; Das, D.; Ganguly, B.; Maji, S.; Namboothiri, I. N. N.* Solvent and Temperature Dependent Selectivity in the [4+2] Annulation-Initiated Cascade Reactions of Nitroindoles with Curcumins: Access to Linear and Angular Polycycles. J. Org. Chem. 2026, (Just Accepted)
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Pareek, A.; Qiu, Y.; Johnson, M. A.; Tykwinski, R.*; Gaweł, P.* The Versatile World of Cumulene Chemistry. Chem. Sci. 2026, 17, 791-830
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Pareek, A.; Morawiak, M.; Masoumifeshani, E.; Gaweł, P.* Photostable π-Expanded Furans via Base-Mediated Quinone Oxygen-Annulation. J. Org. Chem. 2026, 91, 2837–2843
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Pareek, A.; Dada, R.; Yaragorla, S.* Calcium-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions in Organic Synthesis. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2025, 14, e202500141
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Pareek, A.; Mehboob, M. Y.; Cieplak, M.; Majdecki, M.; Szabat, H.; M.; Sharma, P.; Foroutan-Nejad, C.*; Gaweł, P.* Indoloindolizines: The Complete Story of a Polycyclic Aromatic Scaffold from Theoretical Design to Organic Field-Effect Transistor Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 5996-6005.
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Yafele, R. S.; Bernard, R. S.; Pareek, A.; Kalek, M.* C4-Regioselective Dearomatization of Quinolinium Salts via Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025; e2500621.