Ramesh Jasti

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| citizenship = American

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| fields = chemistry

| workplaces = University of Oregon

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| doctoral_advisor = Scott D. Rychnovsky

| academic_advisors = Carolyn R. Bertozzi

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| known_for = cycloparaphenylenes

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| website = jastilab.uoregon.edu

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Ramesh Jasti is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Oregon. He was the first person to synthesize the elusive cycloparaphenylene in 2008{{Cite journal|url= |title=Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of [9]-, [12]-, and [18]Cycloparaphenylene: Carbon Nanohoop Structures|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|year=2008|doi=10.1021/ja807126u|last1=Jasti|first1=Ramesh|last2=Bhattacharjee|first2=Joydeep|last3=Neaton|first3=Jeffrey B.|last4=Bertozzi|first4=Carolyn R.|volume=130|issue=52|pages=17646–17647|pmid=19055403|pmc=2709987}} during post doctoral work in the laboratory of Professor Carolyn Bertozzi. He started his laboratory at Boston University where he was the recipient of the NSF CAREER award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/chemistry/2013/01/10/jasti-receives-nsf-career-award/|title=Jasti Receives NSF CAREER Award » Chemistry | Blog Archive | Boston University|website=www.bu.edu}} His early lab repeatedly broke the record for the synthesis of the smallest cycloparaphenylene known. In 2014, he moved his laboratory to the University of Oregon where he expanded his focus to apply the molecules he discovered in the areas of organic materials,{{Cite journal|url= |title=Synthesis, Properties, and Design Principles of Donor–Acceptor Nanohoops|journal=ACS Central Science|year=2015|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.5b00269|last1=Darzi|first1=Evan R.|last2=Hirst|first2=Elizabeth S.|last3=Weber|first3=Christopher D.|last4=Zakharov|first4=Lev N.|last5=Lonergan|first5=Mark C.|last6=Jasti|first6=Ramesh|volume=1|issue=6|pages=335–342|pmid=27162989|pmc=4827663}} mechanically interlocked molecules,{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201901984|title=Nanohoop Rotaxanes from Active Metal Template Syntheses and Their Potential in Sensing Applications|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|year=2019|doi=10.1002/anie.201901984|last1=Van Raden|first1=Jeff M.|last2=White|first2=Brittany M.|last3=Zakharov|first3=Lev N.|last4=Jasti|first4=Ramesh|volume=58|issue=22|pages=7341–7345|pmid=30913355|s2cid=85530177 }} and biology.{{Cite journal|url= |title=Expanding the Chemical Space of Biocompatible Fluorophores: Nanohoops in Cells|journal=ACS Central Science|year=2018|doi=10.1021/acscentsci.8b00346|last1=White|first1=Brittany M.|last2=Zhao|first2=Yu|last3=Kawashima|first3=Taryn E.|last4=Branchaud|first4=Bruce P.|last5=Pluth|first5=Michael D.|last6=Jasti|first6=Ramesh|volume=4|issue=9|pages=1173–1178|pmid=30276250|pmc=6161054}} He is the Director of the Materials Science Institute at the University of Oregon.{{Cite web|url=https://materialscience.uoregon.edu/faculty/|title=Full MSI Members; University of Oregon|website=www.uoregon.edu}}