Dr. Barla Thirupathi was born in Madavelli, Telangana, in 1984. He completed his M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry at Osmania University (2006–2008) and subsequently worked at Aragen Life Sciences before joining CSIR–IICT, Hyderabad, as a Junior Research Fellow for his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. D. K. Mohapatra (2009–2015). He later served as an Associate Research Scientist at Sai Life Sciences.
From 2015 to 2018, he pursued postdoctoral research at Harvard University with Prof. E. J. Corey, where he developed fluorinated second-generation oxazaborolidine catalysts for enantioselective Diels–Alder reactions. In 2018, Dr. Thirupathi joined IISER Berhampur as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and was promoted to Associate Professor in February 2024.
He is a recipient of the 2023 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, a Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), and an Associate Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences (2024).
* Mandal, S.; Kundu, S.; Thirupathi, B.* Total Synthesis,
Determination of Absolute Configuration, Antibacterial Efficacy of
Colletotrichumolide, and Its 3R-Diastereomer, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025, 90, 7902–7909.; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00832
* Kundu, S.; Mandal, S.; Thirupathi, B.* Kobayashi’s Aryne Precursor for the One-Step Synthesis of Anthraquinones and Its Application to the Total Synthesis of Chrysophanol, Danthron, and Physcion, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025, 90, 2472–2478.; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.4c03041
* Pal, B. K.; Sahoo, K.; Sourav D., Ruthrotha S. B., Thirupathi, B.* Rapid Assembly of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Fused 5-phenyl-1-Azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes and Their Cytotoxic Activities, Organic Letters, 2025, 27, 761-766.; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c04394
* Mandal, S.; Mahananda, D.; Paladugu, D.; Thirupathi, B*. Total Synthesis and Determination of the Absolute Configuration of Berkeleylactone I. Journal of Organic Chemistry 2024, 89, 4165-4175.; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00178
* Mandal, S.; Mahananda, D.; Dey, S.; Bharathavikru, R. S.; Thirupathi, B*. Total Synthesis, Revised Structure, and Biological Evaluation of Elgonene B and Analogues. Journal of Natural Products 2024, 87, 152-159.; https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00988
* Mishra, G.; Sasmal, M.; Chakraborty, A.; Thirupathi, B*. Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Spirocycles and Pentafulvene-Containing Dyes Involving 2-(2′-ketoalkyl)-1,3-indandiones. Chemistry - A European Journal 2023, 29, e202301976.; https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202301976
