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V. Ramamurthy (Murthy) was born in a village in Tamilnadu, India, and had his early education in and near the village. Upon receiving his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from IIT, Madras he proceeded to the United States to get trained in the laboratories of R. S. H. Liu (Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI), P. de Mayo (Western, London, Canada; postdoc), and N. J. Turro (Columbia University, New York, USA; postdoc). In 1978 he returned to India to join the Organic Chemistry faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where he conducted research in the area of photochemistry. Following a successful career, he migrated to the United States in 1987 and held positions at the Central Research and Development Department of The Du Pont Co. (Wilmington, DE; Senior Scientist; 1987–94) and at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA; Bernard-Baus Professor; 1994–2004) before joining the University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) in 2005 as Professor.
His current research interests are in the general area of supramolecular photochemistry. He is the coauthor of over 400 research publications and two textbooks (coauthored with N. J. Turro and J. C. Scaiano), coeditor of 14 monographs, and coguest editor of 6 journal special issues. Currently, he serves as Senior Editor of Langmuir. His scientific accomplishments have been recognized by several local, national, and international awards and fellowships.
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