Rishi Sapkota

Rishi Sapkota is a Senior Chemist I at Adesis, Inc. since December 2021, previously serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Penn State University from August 2019 to December 2021, where significant achievements included the synthesis of 9-arylmethylanthracene and the development of a novel method for indole synthesis without transition metals. Prior to this, Rishi was a Postdoctoral researcher at New Mexico State University from May 2012 to July 2019, where innovative work involved developing a new cross metathesis method for labeling trisubstituted alkenes and creating small-molecule fluorescent probes. Rishi's academic background includes a PhD in Organic and Computational Chemistry from New Mexico State University and an MSc in Chemistry from Nepal Jobs. Rishi also has teaching experience as a lecturer in organic and general chemistry at National School of Science and Einstein Academy, as well as experience as a teaching assistant at New Mexico State University.