My Bio

   I was born at Lokhesole, Bankura, West Bengal, India. I obtained my MSc degree from Indian Institute of technology Kharagpur, and followed by PhD at Indian Institute of technology Kanpur in 2005. Then, I moved for postdoctoral studies at the University of Siegen in Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2006-2007) and at the University of Cambridge in the UK as a Marie Curie Fellow (2008-2009). I started an independent research career at NISER Bhubaneswar in December 2009. My research is focused on supramolecular catalysis in organic chemistry. Recently, our group is promptly contributing for developing new materials as visible light photoradox catalysts.

• My Education and Experiences

  • May 2024 - Till Date: Professor, NISER Bhubaneswar, India
  • July 2017 – May 2024: Associate Professor, NISER Bhubaneswar, India
  • 2009 (December) – June 2017: Assistant Professor, NISER Bhubaneswar, India
  • 2008 – 2009: Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (Host: Dr. Jonathan R. Nitschke, University of Cambridge, UK)
    • Synthesis of Cage Molecules in Water and Exploring their Host-Guest Chemistry.
    • Sequential Self-Assembly in Dynamic Combinatorial Library.
  • 2006 – 2007: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (Host: Prof. Dr. Michael Schmittel, University of Siegen, Germany)
    • Sensoric Materials using Multicomponent Self-assembly.
    • Technomimetic Approach in Metallo-Supramolecular Chemistry.
  • 1999-2005: Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. J. Narasimha Moorthy, IIT Kanpur, India)
  • Photochromism and Photoreactivity of o-Alkyl Aromatic Aldehydes in the Solid State.
  • Diastereomer-Differentiating Photochemistry of β-Arylalkanophenones.
  • 1997-1999: M. Sc. in Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur.
  • 1993-1996: B. Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry (Bankura Christian College, University of Burdwan, West Bengal)