Name : Arvind Singh Negi Designation : Chief Scientist Address : CSIR-CIMAP Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, Lucknow 226015, India E. mail : as[dot]negi[at]cimap[dot]res[dot]in , arvindcimap[at]rediffmail[dot]com Contact No : 9452158129 Fax : 583 Area of Specialization Medicinal chemistry, Organic Chemistry- Development of cancer chemotherapeutics by modulation of microtubule dynamics. (Designer molecules) Education Master Degree Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) Ph.D. Chemistry (Medicinal Chemistry) Academic/Research Experience CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Scientist (Feb 1995 - May 2000 ) CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Scientist, ‘C’ (May 2000 - May 2004 ) CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Scientist, ‘E-I’ (May 2004 - May 2008 ) CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Principal Scientist (May 2008 - May 2013 ) CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Senior Principal Scientist (May 2013 - May 2018 ) CIMAP, Phytochemistry - Chief Scientist (May 2018 - till date ) Honours and Awards Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry,Most cited paper by Elsevier Press, USA in 2007 Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry,Most cited paper by Elsevier Press, USA in 2010 Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry,Most cited paper by Elsevier Press, USA in 2008 ICS-UNIDO Fellowship , by Univ. of Trieste, Italy in 2008 Raman Research Fellowship , by Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA in 2010 DHR-Overseas Fellowship, by Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA in 2017 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK, by UK in 2022 Publication An Efficient Merging of DBU/Enolate and DBU/Benzyl Bromide Organocycles for the Synthesis of alpha Benzylated 1-Indanone Derivatives Plant isoquinoline alkaloids: Advances in the chemistry and biology of berberine Microtubule associated proteins as targets for anticancer drug development “Handbook on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Natural Product Researcher” Patents 291668 Anticancer and tubulin polymerization inhibition activity of benzylidene indanones and process of preparing the same Arvind Singh Negi, A.P. Prakasham, AK Saxena, Suaib Luqman, D. Chanda, Tandeep Kaur, Atul Gupta India/291668/ Anticancer and tubulin polymerization inhibition activity of benzylidene indanones and process of preparing the same