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Yamuna Krishnan

Scientist and professor of Indian origin (born 1974)

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Early life and education

Krishnan was born to P.T. Krishnan and Mini in Parappanangadi, in the Malappuram district of Kerala, India. She grew up in Chennai, India. As a child, she met S. Krishnaswamy, Vice Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University, who fostered her interest in science. From a young age, she conducted her own informal home expiriments.

Krishnan earned her Bachelor's in Chemistry from the University of Madras, Women's Christian College, Chennai, India in 1993. She secured a Master's of Science in Chemical Sciences in 1997 and a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2002, both from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Krishnan worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and an 1851 Research Fellow from 2001 to 2004 at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, UK.

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