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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|5|29}}
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| residence = [[Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Chemical biology]] | [[Inorganic chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Indian Institute of Science]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Madras]] | [[Bharathidasan University]] | [[IIT Mumbai]] | [[Brunswick University of Technology]] | [[University of Düsseldorf]] | [[Scripps Research Institute]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| H. B. Singh | Wolf-Walther du Mont | Helmut Sies | [[K. C. Nicolaou]] }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on mechanism of thyroid hormone action
| awards = {{ublist | 2005 [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry|IUPAC]] International Award for Young Chemists | 2005 [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]] Equipment Award | 2009 UKIERI Standard Research Award | 2010 [[Chemical Research Society of India]] Bronze Medal | 2010 [[InterAcademy Panel|IAP]] Young Scientist Award | 2010 RSC-West India Young Scientist Award | 2010 [[Central Drug Research Institute|CDRI]] Award | 2011 [[AstraZeneca]] Chemistry Award | 2012 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 2013 Asian Rising Star Commemorative Plaque | 2016 ISCB Award }}
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'''Govindasamy Mugesh''' (born 1970) is an Indian inorganic and physical chemist, a professor and the head of the ''Mugesh Laboratory'' attached to the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref name="Mugesh Laboratory">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mugesh.org/ |title=Mugesh Laboratory |date=2016 |publisher=Mugesh Laboratory IISc}}</ref> He is known for his studies on mechanism of thyroid hormone action<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=140 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Mugesh,_Prof._Govindasamy |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="Fellows elected 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/ref3.php |title=Fellows elected 2016 |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> [[Royal Society of Chemistry]]<ref name="New Editorial and Advisory Board Members">{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.rsc.org/ob/2016/06/ |title=New Editorial and Advisory Board Members |date=29 June 2016 |website=Royal Society of Chemistry}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2012, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> In 2019, he was awarded the Infosys Prize in Physical Sciences for his seminal work in the chemical synthesis of small molecules and nanomaterials for biomedical applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2019/govindasamy-mugesh.asp|title=Infosys Science Foundation}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Born on 29 May 1970 in the south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], G. Mugesh completed his graduate studies in chemistry at the [[University of Madras]] in 1990 and after obtaining a master's degree from [[Bharathidasan University]] in 1993, he enrolled for his doctoral degree at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]] under the guidance of H. B. Singh to secure a PhD in 1998.<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mugesh.org/mugesh |title=Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=Mugesh Lab IISc}}</ref> Remaining at the institute, he did his post doctoral studies there till 2000 and moved to continue his studies at the laboratories of [[:de:Wolf-Walther du Mont]] of [[Brunswick University of Technology]] and [[:de:Helmut Sies]] of [[University of Düsseldorf]] on an [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation|Alexander von Humboldt fellowship]] till 2001. Subsequently, obtaining a Skaggs Postdoctoral Fellowship, he moved to the US to work with [[K. C. Nicolaou]] at [[Scripps Research Institute]]. On his return to India in 2002, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science]] as an assistant professor where he rose in ranks to become an associate professor in 2006 and a professor at the department of inorganic and physical chemistry in 2012.<ref name="Profile summary">{{Cite web |url=http://ipc.iisc.ac.in/mugesh.php |title=Profile summary |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Institute of Science}}</ref> At IISc, he heads the ''Mugesh Laboratory'' attached to it.<ref name="Mugesh Laboratory" />

== Legacy ==
Mugesh is known to have carried out extensive researches on the chemistry of thyroid hormone metabolism<ref name="Biography">{{Cite web |url=http://toxicology.global-summit.com/europe/speaker/2016/govindasamy-mugesh-indian-institute-of-science |title=Biography |date=2016 |publisher=Toxicology}}</ref> and his work has assisted in widening the understanding of organic/inorganic synthesis and enzyme mimetic studies.<ref name="Profile summary" /> He is credited with the development of therapeutic protocols for endothelial dysfunction and neurodegenerative diseases and with notable work on [[β-lactamase]]-based antibiotic resistance.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His researches have been documented by way of a number of peer-reviewed articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Mugesh=3AGovindasamy=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[ResearchGate]] and [[Google Scholar]], two online article repositories of scientific articles, has listed 151<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Govindasamy_Mugesh |title=On ResearchGate |date=2016 }}</ref> and 153 of them respectively.<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5gJtz6MAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2016 |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref> He has done many clinical trials including the one on a compound developed by him for use as an anti-thyroid agent.<ref name="IISc's Prof Govindasamy Mugesh bags 5 awards in drug research">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pharmabiz.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?aid=59180&sid=12 |title=IISc's Prof Govindasamy Mugesh bags 5 awards in drug research |date=25 October 2010 |publisher=Phamrabiz}}</ref> He has also been associated with science journals such as [[Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry]],<ref name="New Editorial and Advisory Board Members" /> ACS Omega of the [[American Chemical Society]], Bioorganic Chemistry of [[Elsevier]] and [[Scientific Reports]] of [[Nature Publishing Group]] as a member of their editorial boards<ref name="Biography" /> and serves as the vice president of the Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES) which publishes three science journals viz. Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, and ChemNanoMat.<ref name="Fellow profile" />

== Awards and honors ==
Mugesh received the International Award for Young Chemists of the [[International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry]] (IUPAC) and the [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]] Equipment Award in 2005.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> [[The World Academy of Sciences]] selected him as a Young Affiliate in 2008 and he received the UKIERI Standard Research Award in 2009.<ref name="IISc's Prof Govindasamy Mugesh bags 5 awards in drug research" /> The year 2010 brought him four awards, viz. the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]], Young Scientist Award of [[InterAcademy Panel]],
RSC-West India Young Scientist Award, Award for Excellence in Drug Research of [[Central Drug Research Institute]]<ref name="CDRI Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf |title=CDRI AWard |date=2016 |publisher=Central Drug Research Institute |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220063006/http://www.cdri.res.in/pdf/CDRI_Awards_Notification.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The next year, he was chosen for [[AstraZeneca]] Excellence in Chemistry Award and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2012.<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | title=Chemical Sciences | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=2012-09-12 }}</ref> He was awarded ''Asian Rising Star Commemorative Plaque'' at the 15th Asian Chemical Congress organized by Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) in 2013<ref name="New Editorial and Advisory Board Members" /> and he was selected for the ISCB Award for Excellence by the Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists in 2016.<ref name="ISCB Award for Excellence">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iscbindia.com/phocadownload/iscb-awards/iscb-awards-result-2016.pdf |title=ISCB Award for Excellence |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists}}</ref>

Holder of an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship during his post-doctoral days, Swarnajayanthi Fellowship (2006–07),<ref name="Swarnajayanthi fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/sjaward06-07.pdf |title=Swarnajayanthi fellowship |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Science and Technology (India)}}</ref> Ramanna Fellowship (2008–09) and the J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2015) of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] and the Invitation Fellowship of the [[Japan Society for the Promotion of Science]] (2016), Mugesh was elected as a fellow by the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2010<ref name="NASI Fellows" /> by the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] in 2013<ref name="New Editorial and Advisory Board Members" /> and by the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 2016.<ref name="Fellows elected 2016" /> Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture of National Chemical Laboratory (2014) and the Prof. S. K. Pradhan Endowment Lecture of [[Institute of Chemical Technology]] (2014) feature among the several award rations he has delivered.<ref name="Fellow profile" />

== See also ==
* [[K. C. Nicolaou]]
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