Dr. Sunita Arun Salunke Professor
Department of Chemistry Savitribai Phule Pune University
Dr. Sunita Salunke-Gawali, received her M.Sc.(1993) in Inorganic Chemistry and Ph.D. (1999) from Pune University. As an professional experience she worked as Post-doctoral Research Associate at Laboratoire de Magnétisme et d'Optique, Versailles France (Prof. F. Varret, 2001-2002), Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India (Prof. C. P. Rao, 2002 and 2004), Universidade do Porto, Portugal, supervised by Prof. Eulália Pereira (2004-2007) and Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (Dr. Eckhard Bill, 2007- 2008). She joined as a Reader in the Department of Chemistry, Savitribai Phule Pune University, in 2008, where she serves now as a Professor. Her research interests include coordination and bioorganic Chemistry of naphthoquinone ligands, developing photosensitizer for DSSC, HPLC method development for anticancer drugs, and separation of tautomers, chemosensors, and metallosurfactants. She is the author of more than 87 articles in international journals.