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Meet The Faculty Members

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Catalysis, Synthetic Methodology, Total syntheses of Natural Products

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alakesh@iiserkol.ac.in

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Molecular regognition & supramolecular Chemistry

sensors for biomarkers/ Imaging Reagents...

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amitava@iiserkol.ac.in

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Electronic structure theory, Density functional theory, Information theory in chemistry, Confined quantum systems


akroy@iiserkol.ac.in

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Nitrogen mustards; anticancer agents; kinase inhibitors; ATP7B transport of metal drugs

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a.mukherjee@iiserkol.ac.in

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Theoretical Reaction Dynamics, Quantum Chemistry, Laser Control of Chemical Reactions, Study of Gas-Surfaces Reactions, Study of Heterogeneous Catalysis

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ashwani@iiserkol.ac.in

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Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Carbohydrate), Glyco-nanotechnology

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mbalaram@iiserkol.ac.in

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Organic synthesis, catalysis and physical organic chemistry

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bm@iiserkol.ac.in

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Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Chemistry of Earth-abundant elements with special emphasis on the main group.

d.mukherjee@iiserkol.ac.in

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self-assembly of small molecule chromophores. From trying to understand the role of molecular design & other extrinsic factors in a self-assembly process to design new materials with interesting properties

dchaudhuri@iiserkol.ac.in

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Computational modelling of the transition metal mediated homogeneous catalysis, Small Molecule Activation, Structure, Bonding and reactivity analysis in unique main group and transition metal complexes

koley@iiserkol.ac.in

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SupraMolecular Bio Organic Chemistry

deba_h76@iiserkol.ac.in

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C-H bond activation, Asymmetric metal and organocatalysis, Asymmetric Halofunctionalization of Olefins, Visible Light Photocatalysis

suresh@iiserkol.ac.in

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Systems Chemistry, Organic Materials, Peptide Nanomaterials, Chemical Evolution

dasd@iiserkol.ac.in

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Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

mousumi@iiserkol.ac.in

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Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

pradip@iiserkol.ac.in

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Medicinal Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry

tarafdar@iiserkol.ac.in

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Photophysics, Spectroscopy, Nanosciences, Nanomedicines

ppurkayastha@iiserkol.ac.in

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Ultrasensitive Single Molecule/Particle Spectroscopy, Ultrafast Dynamics, Probe Development, Perovskites, Quantum Dots, Fluorescent Protein Chromophores, Meta Fluorophores, Live Cell Imaging

prasunchem@iiserkol.ac.in

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Hydrogen Storage and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Metal OrganicFrameworks
r.banerjee@iiserkol.ac.in

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Organic Semiconductor, Semiconductor Devices, Spectroscopy

ratheesh@iiserkol.ac.in

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 Developing fast-charging, long-lasting sodium-ion batteries 

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ritambhara.gond@iiserkol.ac.in

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Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
 

sangita.sen@iiserkol.ac.in

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Organic Electronics Materials
sanjiozade@iiserkol.ac.in

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Solid State Chemistry and Nanoscience for Energy
sayanb@iiserkol.ac.in

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Soft-matter, Supramolecular Sciences, Materials Science, Sustainability Sciences.

s.roy@iiserkol.ac.in

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Light-triggered modulation of molecular properties, analytical chemistry, bio-inspired catalysis, smartphone chemistry
sb1@iiserkol.ac.in

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Design and mechanistic investigation of low-dimensional semiconductor and hybrid materials for optoelectronic and energy applications

subila.kb@iiserkol.ac.in

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Synthesis and Catalysis
sds@iiserkol.ac.in

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Bioinspired Water Oxidation towards Energy, Small Molecules and C-H bond Activation, Nanomagnetism, Organometallic Chemistry
sumit.khanra@iiserkol.ac.in

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Supramolecular and Organic Functional Materials
supratim.banerjee@iiserkol.ac.in

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Luminescent Nanomaterials & Nanocomposites
mvenkat@iiserkol.ac.in

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Senior Scientific Officer

parna@iiserkol.ac.in

Cell-organelle specific imaging and photodynamic therapy
Sensing materials within cellular environment

Photocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Water Splitting

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Senior Scientific Officer
srikanth@iiserkol.ac.in

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Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Mohanpur - 741246, West Bengal

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Dr.Susmita Roy(Faculty),
Sabyasachi Das (Research Scholar)
Saptarshi Acharyya (BS-MS)

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