Aswin Chandran was born in Kerala, India. He received his M.Sc. from NIT Tiruchirappalli (2020), with research on low-coordinate lead complexes at LHFA-CNRS, Toulouse, under Dr. Tsuyoshi Kato. He obtained his PhD (2020-2024) through an MSCA ITN European Joint Doctorate between the University of York (Prof. Jason Lynam and Dr. John Slattery) and the University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (Dr. Mary Grellier). His doctoral research focused on silicon and germanium coordination at ruthenium centers for catalysis. In 2024, he joined Lund University as a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Anders Reinholdt, focusing on early transition metal phosphide and low-valent complexes.