Kalyani Maitra earned her doctoral degree in Chemistry from University of Nevada, Reno. Her first postdoctoral research work at UC Davis was in the area of bioinorganic chemistry where she worked with fullerenes and its derivatives. Her subsequent research at UC Irvine focused on the understanding of the structural aspects and behavior of artificial ß-sheets in solution by NMR spectroscopy. She worked as a scientist in the biocatalysis division in Dr. Reddy’s Lab in Hyderabad (India) – a leading pharmaceutical company in India. Kalyani was a lecturer in the Chemistry Department at Fresno State, until her recent appointment in the current faculty position.

1) Building peptidomimetic biomolecules (peptoids, peptomers) and investigating their potential to function as biomaterial, therapeutics and sensors. 2) Design solid-phase bound catalysts for asymmetric allylic alkylation. 3) A two-prong approach on remediation of waste water by growing algae and subsequently screening their oil content for biodiesel.