Dr. Rajdip Dey

Head of the Department & Associate Professor - Chemistry

M.Sc, PhD, FICS, MRSC

Email: rajdip.d@snuniv.ac.in

Current Research:

2019- till date: Research Coordinator on a DBT funded project at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University), Lucknow, U.P.

Post-Doctoral Research:

2015-2016: URC-ARG Post-doctoral fellow at University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa.
2014-2015: Dr. D. S. Kothari Post-doctoral fellow (UGC, Govt. of India) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

Ph.D.: Jadavpur University, Kolkata. West Bengal

M.Sc.: C.S.J.M University (Formerly Kanpur University), Kanpur, U.P

B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.): St. Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata,

Dr. Rajdip Dey; has been duly awarded as a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS) for the year 2019. Also he is a Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (MRSC). Before joining here he worked as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at SRMU, Lucknow (2019-2022) and Techno India Salt Lake, Kolkata (2017-2019). In a nutshell, he has more than 6 years of teaching experiences and more than 8 years of research experiences (Post-PhD.) as well as 2 years of experiences in industry (TCG Lifesciences - Chembiotek, Kolkata). He has a sound experiences various topics of Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, both in undergraduate as well as in postgraduate level. During research Dr. Dey has a broad experience in designing and synthesizing functional coordination polymer by exploiting the dicarboxylate or monodented N, N donor as co-ligand especially for the fabrication of a number 1D, 2D and 3D supramolecular architecture of metal using different organic and inorganic spacers. Among the rich variety of fields in Chemistry, he has very keen interest to extend his research work in the relevant and recent fields like Nano materials and the development of novel eco-friendly nano pesticides formulations. During that period he bagged more than 15 publications in the reputed international scientific journals. He has conducted many conferences, seminars, workshops and webinars. Prof. Dey has acted as the resource person in several national and international conferences. He reviewed several international journals (PLOSone, RSC etc.). Simultaneously, he is a passionate columnist in various literary and science magazines, daily newspapers like ABP, Times group etc. Dr. Dey is associated with Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and St. Xavier’s college alumni association as a life member.

No. of Patent : 02

Personal Home Page:

https://rajdipdey.wordpress.com

DR. RAMA RANJAN BHATTACHARJEE

Professor - Chemistry

B.Sc. from CU 1999, M.Sc. from CU 2001, Ph. D Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2006

Email: rama.rb@snuniv.ac.in

I have been working in materials chemistry for the last twenty-one years. My expertise is in surface chemistry & catalysis and nanoformulations for polymer nanocomposites, sustainable drug release, energy storage, smart textiles, smart coatings, nano-sensors and nano-geotechnology. I am an innovator and thus like to work towards providing innovative solutions to societal problems through development of new smart materials and sustainable chemistry.

Experience      (Teaching experience: 13 years; Research experience: 23 years: Administrative experience: 3 years), Professor: Since 2022

Educational Qualifications:

• B.Sc.:  Chemistry (Honors), Calcutta University, India (1995-1999)
• M.Sc.:Chemistry (Physical Chemistry Specialization), Calcutta University, India (1999-2001)
• Ph. D: Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India (2001-2006)
• Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-structured Gold-Polymer Hybrid Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS, Jadavpur)

Research areas:

• Developed polymer-nanocomposite based moisture sensor prototype with Novatec Inc., USA
• Developed Hemp oil-based nano formulations for controlled drug release and selective separation of amino acids
• Developed porous silica-based dryer with Novatec Inc., USA
• Developed carbon based eco-friendly thermally conducting nanofluid for solar cells with SUNNYRAY SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
• Designing smart hand-held food sensors with national food laboratory
• Development of carbon-based conducting ink for sensing volatile organics
• Development of carbon material from waste for catalytic conversion of used oil into biodiesel and photocatalytic conversion of CO₂ to methanol
• Initiate industry-academia interactions on behalf of Amity University Kolkata

Associate Professor in Chemistry, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore; Jan 2013 to Jul 2017

• Development of polyoxometalate-based liquid catalyst for sustainable and water-based chemistry
• Development of nano-drug systems for sustainable release
• Development of liquid like nano-formulations for drug delivery
• Developed patient selective drug-delivery agent based on magneto-liposomal formulations
• Development of nano-fluids for industrial applications
• Development of light activated fluidic nano switch
• Large scale production of nanomaterials
• Carbon-based nano tracers for geophysical explorations
• Smart textiles for wound management

Postdoctoral Researcher at Cornell University, USA; Sept 2008 to Jun 2010

• Development of optically active nano-fluids
• Development of robust nanomaterials for oil exploration in collaboration with Saudi Aram Co.
• Development of nanomaterial coated fiber for puncture resistant cloth with Kimberly-lark, USA
• Leading researcher in the KAUST-Cornell Centre

Postdoctoral Researcher at Colorado School of Mines, USA & Jacobs University, Germany

• Development of sustainable catalyst for nylon production with EXXON Mobil & INVISTA, UK
• Development of synthesis protocol for selective catalytic conversion of cyclic alkanes to aldehyde
• Development of gas-chromatography-based analytical technique to detect intermediate peroxide during catalytic oxidation

DR. RUPALI GANGOPADHYAY

Associate Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry

Email: rupali.g@snuniv.ac.in

(Prof) DR. RUPALI  GANGOPADHYAY                                     

 Associate Professor, Chemistry Department

1. Area of Specialization and current research topic :

1. Conducting polymer composites, nanocomposites and IPNs  
2. Nanotechnology : Nanotubes, nanowires and self assembled systems and biosensors
3. Rheology of conducting polymer dispersions
4. Theoretical Simulation of hybrid nanostructures

1. Education and previous positions :

• M Sc, Calcutta University, 1993
• Ph D in Materials Science from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (2001)
• JSPS fellowship in Hokkaido University, Japan
• Principal investigator of SERC-DST sponsored Fast Track Project (2003-2007, 2008-2011)
• Visiting Fellow in SINP and IACS)
• Principal Investigator, Women Scientist Project, IACS, Kolkata
• Guest Lecturer in Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, University of Calcutta, and IIEST, Shibpur,
• Professor of Chemistry : University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata

1. Fellowship, Awards and Honours

1. Qualified WBJEE (Rank 644), GATE-94 (86.62), NET (CSIR-UGC,1996) and SLET (CSC, 1996)
2. Enjoyed JRF (1997) and SRF (1999) of CSIR (during Ph D)
3. Awarded S. R. Palit Award in Physical Chemistry in 34^th Annual Convention for Chemists in 1997 for best presentation.
4. Awarded First Prize for the article on “New Materials and Composites” in the All India Young Scientists’ Seminar, Essay and Quiz Competition, Rubber Technology Centre, IIT, Kharagpur, 1998.
5. Won the Young Scientist Award in the 87^th Indian Science Congress (2000).
6. Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists, sponsored by SERC-DST, India in 2003 and in 2008
7. Women Scientist Project, sponsored by SERC-DST, India
8. Reviewed papers of Langmuir, Synthetic Metals, Sensors and Actuators B, Biopolymers, Macromolecular Rapid Communication, Advanced Materials, Polymer and Electrochim Acta.

1. List of Publications : Published paper : 36, Book Chapter: 3, Popular scientific article : 2; Total citation ~ 2600 h-index : 17, since 1999, i-10 index : 23

1. Research papers and reviews in peer reviewed journals :
2. How does PEDOT grow like nanorope ? A theoretical investigation with experimental insights : Rupali Gangopadhyay, J Molecular Liquids, 316, 113739, 2020.
3. Controlling distance, size and concentration of nanoconjugates for optimized LSPR based biosensors, A D Chowdhury, F Nasrin, Rupali Gangopadhyay, A B Ganganboina, KTakemura^b, I Kozaki, H Honda, T Hara, F Abe, T Suzuki, E Y. ParK, Biosensors & Bioelectronics 170, 112657, 2020.
4. Enhanced photoluminescence from gold nanoparticle decorated polyniline nanowire bundles, A Samanta, Rupali Gangopadhyay, M Ray, C K Ghosh, RSC Advances, 7, 27473-27479, 2017
5. How does PEDOT combine with PSS ? Insights from structural studies, Rupali Gangopadhyay, Bidisa Das  and Mijanur Rahaman Molla, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 43912–43920
6. Highly sensitive electrochemical biosensor for glucose, DNA and protein using gold-polyaniline nanocomposites as a common matrix,  A D Chowdhury,  Rupali Gangopadhyay and A De, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,  190, 348–356 (2014)
7. Functionalized Polyaniline Nanowires for Biosensing : Rupali Gangopadhyay, A D Chowdhury and A De, Sensors and Actuators B (Chem), 171-172, 777-785 (2012)
8. Effects of conducting polymer poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanotubes on electro optical and dielectric properties of a nematic liquid crystal 4-n-pentyl-4’-cyanobiphenyl host, Sharmistha Ghosh, Prasenjit Nayek, Subir Kumar Roy, Rupali Gangopadhyay, MR Molla and R Dabrowski, Applied Physics Letters, 96, 073101 (2010)
9. Exploring properties of Polyaniline-SDS dispersion : A Rheological Approach : Rupali Gangopadhyay, J Colloid and Interface Science, 338, 435-443 (2009).
10. Smooth crossover from variable-range hopping with Coulomb gap to nearest-neighbour inter-chain hopping in conducting polymer : S Maji, S Mukhopadhyay, Rupali Gangopadhyay and A de, Physical Review B, 75, 073202(1-4) (2007)
11. Enhancement of electron-electron interactions in chemically synthesized polymer nanowires : A Rahaman, M K Sanyal, Rupali Gangopadhyay and A De, Chemical Physics Letters, 447, 268-273 (2007)
12. Evidence of a ratchet effect in nanowires of a conducting polymer : A. Rahman, M. K. Sanyal, Rupali Gangopadhyay. A. De, I. Das; Physical Review B, 73, 125313-12518 (2006).  (Selected for virtual publication of PRB)
13. A new conducting semi-IPN formed from polyaniline and crosslinked PAMPS : S K Siddhanta and Rupali Gangopadhyay, Polymer, 46(9),2993-3000 (2005).
14. Electrochemically prepared PPy-PVA pseudo IPN : Synthesis and Properties, R. Gangopadhyay and A. De, J. Materials Chemistry , 12 (12), 3591-3598 (2002).
15. Conducting polymer nanocomposite : a brief overview (Review), R. Gangopadhyay and A. De, Chemistry of Materials, 12, 608-623 (2000). (Cover article) (Citn. : ~1400, Selected among top 5% most cited publication of Chemistry of Materials )
16. Transport properties of polypyrrole-ferric oxide conducting nanocomposites, R. Gangopadhyay, A. De and S. N. Das, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 2363-2371 (2000).
17. Polypyrrole-ferric oxide conducting nanocomposite. I. Synthesis and Characterisation, R. Gangopadhyay and A. De, Eur. Polym. J, 35, 1985-1992 (1999).

1. Book Chapters

1. Conducting Polymers Nanocomposites : R. Gangopadhyay and A. De, Handbook of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Nanocomposites, ed. H. S. Nalwa, ASP, Vol. 2, 217-259 (2003)
2. Conducting Polymer Nanostructures : R. Gangopadhyay (invited review), Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ed. H. S. Nalwa, ASP, 2, 105 (2004).
3. Cooperative binding in surfactant-polymer association : a brief overview, Rupali Gangopadhyay*, Jian Ping Gong and Yoshihito Osada, Flash Polymers and Hydrogels, CRC Press, 2004.
4. Popular Articles in scientific magazines :
5. DST WOS-A: the scenario from recipient’s perspective, Rupali Gangopadhyay and Bidisa Das, Current Science, 25^th October, 2016
6. A Journey Through Fullerenes : Rupali Gangopadhyay, Science Reporter, November, 1997

Google scholar citations :

1. Invited lectures :
2. Nuclear Energy for Common People (Invited Lecture), VECC, 12^th Dec., 2005
3. Seminar on Smart Materials : Srirampur Textile College, August, 2008
4. National Seminar on Soft Materials : Bose Institute, September, 2008
5. Invited Lecture on Biosensors : Tezpur University, 26^th June, 2017
6. CTMSE 2018, SN Bose Centre or Basic Sciences (Session Chair), 18^th Jan, 2018
7. NAWCMP: National Seminar on Condensed Mater, Viswa Bharati University, 4-5^th Aug, 2018
8. Know Your Elements : Workshop on Periodic Table 4-10 Aug, 2019
9. Pressing for Progress : To be held in Hyderabad during 19-21 September, 2019
10.  ICCAES-2019 : IEM Kolkata, 19-21^st September, 2019
11. Scientists under scanner : Invited Lecture in the Webinar conducted by BES College, Kolkata, 1^st Aug., 2020

1. Activities beyond curriculum :

1. Selected as a Science Communicator by Vigyan Prasar, a DST organization in 1996. regularly publishes popular articles on scientific and social issues in Bengali and English magazines viz. Desh, Anandabazar Patrika, Ei Samai, Science Reporter, Resonance and Current Science.
2. Published an article on the effect of Globalization on Indian scientific research in an edited volume on Globalization (2011)
3. Regularly writing on Gender inequity in Science and Society. Presented paper in a conference “Pressing for Progress” held in the University of Hyderabad, on 19-21 September, 2019 with two papers on gender issues.

Dr. Papiya Majumdar

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry

Email: papiya.mj@snuniv.ac.in

Dr. Papiya Majumdar, PhD, Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA

Asst. Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, Sister Nivedita University; Faculty-in-Charge extracurricular activities, Sister Nivedita University

Educational Qualification:

Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA.

Area of Research and Research Interests:

1. Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology: exploring the role of DNA repair enzyme tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) as a co-target with human topoisomerase I (Top1) in anti-cancer therapy.

2. Different chemical compound/drug assay to find out potent Leishmania donovani (LdTop1) and human topoisomerase I (Top1) inhibitor/s.

Post-doctoral Experience:

1. Nov 2013 – Dec 2015: CSIR-Senior Research Associate (SRA: Scientist Pool Scheme) at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology.

2. Feb 2013 – Oct 2013: Research Associate under the “Raja Ramanna Fellowship Scheme” in Dept of Infectious disease and Immunology, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata

3. June 2007 – April 2009: Post-doctoral Fellow at University of California-San Diego, USA.

Specialization/Domain Area:

Organic Chemistry and Biotechnology

HONORS & AWARDS:        

• 2005 and 2006:           Professional Presentation Travel Fellowship Award, MU, USA. 
• 2005 and 2006:            GPC (Grad. Prof. Council) Travel Scholarship Award, MU, USA. 
• 2013:                          Senior Research Associate-ship Award (CSIR-Pool Officer) from Council of   Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.

Experience in Education/Academia: Total 10 years’:

3 years full time faculty member at Sister Nivedita University, India

1 year as adjunct faculty member at Adamas University, India

6 years as Teaching Assistant in University of Missouri Columbia, USA

Teaching Area:

Organic Stereochemistry, Organic Synthesis, Organic Spectroscopy, Reaction Mechanisms, Chemistry of Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Cumulative Industry/Research Experience: Total 11 years’:

6 Years at University of Missouri-Columbia, USA as PhD Scholar (2001-2007)

1 years 10 months at University of California-San Diego, USA as Post-Doc Research Scholar (2007-2009)

3 years at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata as SRA (2013-2015)

2 months at Tata Pharma Ltd., Mumbai (1998)

Selected Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

1.   Identification of Leishmania donovani Topoisomerase 1 inhibitors via intuitive scaffold hopping and bioisosteric modification of known Top 1 inhibitors. Rajinikanth Mamidala, Papiya Majumdar, Kunal Kumar Jha, Chandramohan Bathula, Rahul Agarwal, M. ThirumalaChary, H. K. Mazumdar, Parthapratim Munshi & Subhabrata Sen; accepted on 3^rd May, 2016: Scientific Reports (Impact factor: 5.578)

2. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymers regulate DNA topoisomerase I (Top1) nuclear dynamics and camptothecin sensitivity in living cells. Das, Subhendu; Rehman, Ishita; Ghosh, Arijit; Sengupta, Souvik; Majumdar, Papiya; Jana, Biman; Das, Benu Brata*: Accepted on July 13, 2016: Nucleic Acid Res  (Impact factor: 9.112)

3.   Design, synthesis and evaluation of thiohydantoin derivatives as Noncamptothecin Topoisomerase I (Top 1) Inhibitors.  Papiya Majumdar, Chandramohan Bathula, Suparna M Basu, Subhendu K Das, Rahul Agarwal, Santanu Hati, Ashutosh Singh, Subhabrata Sen,*, Benu Brata Das*, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: accepted on August 15, 2015. (Impact factor: 3.447)

4. PARP1-TDP1 coupling for the repair of topoisomerase I-induced DNA damage
Das, Benu; Huang, Shar-yin N; Murai, Junko.; Rehman, Ishita; Amé, Jean-Christophe; Sengupta, Souvik; Das, Subhendu; Majumdar, Papiya; Zhang, Hongliang; Biard, Denis; Majumder, Hemanta; Schreiber, Valérie; Pommier, Yves, Nucleic Acid Res 2014, 42, 4435-49.  (Impact factor: 9.112)

5. Ammonia Elimination from Protonated Nucleobases and Related Synthetic Substrates. Ming Qian, Shuo Yang, Hong Wu, Papiya Majumdar, Nathan Leigh, and Rainer Glaser, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrometry (JASMS) 2007, 18, 2040-2057.  (Impact factor: 3.19)

6. Oxanosine is a Substrate of Adenosine Deaminase.  Implications for the Quest for a Toxicological Marker for Nitrosation Activity.  Papiya Majumdar, Hong Wu, Peter Tipton, and Rainer Glaser, Chem. Res. Tox. 2005, 18, 1830-1841.  (Impact factor: 3.529)

7. 5-Cyanoimino-4-oxomethylene-4,5-dihydroimidazole and 5-cyanoamino-4-imidazole-carbo-xylic acid intermediates in nitrosative guanosine deamination. Evidence from ¹⁸O-labeling experiments. Sundeep Rayat, Papiya Majumdar, Peter Tipton, and Rainer Glaser, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9960-9969.  (Impact factor: 12.113)

Selected Conference Publications & Paper Presentations:

1. Press Meet 2019 on 30^th January, 2019 at Press Club: “How Cancer Starts, Grows, & Spreads” Dr. Papiya Majumdar, HOD of Chemistry, Sister Nivedita University; Prof. (Dr) Jahar Majumdar, CNCI; Dr. Ayan Basu, HOD, Radiation Oncology, HCG EKO Cancer Centre; Dt. Rohini Mondal, Diet Consultant, SD Medical Services & Consultancy.

2. “DNA topoisomerase I dynamics in living cells Nucleus:  Both the N-terminal and the catalytic domain of human Top1 steers the Camptothecin sensitivity.” Papiya Majumdar , Subhendu K. Das, Souvik Sengupta, Tamalika Sanyal, Arijit Ghosh and Benu Brata Das;  poster presentation, IABS-2015 (An Interdisciplinary Approach to Biological Sciences), Kolkata, February 2 & 3, 2015.

3. “DNA topoisomerase I dynamics in living cells: active site tyrosyl steers the CPT sensitivity.” Papiya Majumdar, Subhendu K. Das and Benu Brata Das; poster presentation, IACS (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science), on National Science Day, Kolkata, February 28, 2014.

4. “Fasicularin-derived aziridinium ion:  Theoretical study of the formation of the putative reactive nitrogen species.”  Papiya Majumdar, Rainer Glaser; Sanjay Dutta and Kent S. Gates; poster presentation, 232^nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, September 11 & 12, 2006. 

5. “Nitrosative guanosine deamination:  ¹⁷O-Labeling studies as integral accompaniment to ¹⁸O-studies.”  Papiya Majumdar, and Rainer Glaser; poster presentation, 19^th annual Organic Chemistry Day, University of Missouri-Columbia, April 29, 2006. 

6. “Nitrosative guanosine deamination:  ¹⁷O-Labeling studies as integral accompaniment to ¹⁸O-studies.”  Papiya Majumdar, and Rainer Glaser; oral presentation, Research and Creative Activities Forum (RCAF), University of Missouri-Columbia, March 18, 2006. 

7. “Oxanosine is a Substrate of Adenosine Deaminase: Identification and Characterization of the Reaction Product.”  Papiya Majumdar, Hong Wu, Peter Tipton, and Rainer Glaser; poster presentation, XXV Midwest Enzyme Chemistry Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, October 8, 2005.

8. “Nitrosative guanosine deamination:  ¹⁷O-Labeling studies as integral accompaniment to ¹⁸O-studies.”  Papiya Majumdar, and Rainer Glaser; oral presentation, 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington D.C., August 29, 2005. 

9. “Oxanosine is a Substrate of Adenosine Deaminase: Identification and Characterization of the Reaction Product.”  Papiya Majumdar, Hong Wu, Peter Tipton, and Rainer Glaser; poster presentation, 18^th annual Organic Chemistry Day, University of Missouri-Columbia, April 30, 2005. 

10. “Oxanosine is a Substrate of Adenosine Deaminase: Identification and Characterization of the Reaction Product.”  Papiya Majumdar, Hong Wu, Peter Tipton, and Rainer Glaser; poster presentation, 228^th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 24, 2004. 

Dr. Sudipta Bag

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry, M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam

Email: sudipta.b@snuniv.ac.in

Dr. Sudipta Bag

Position :  Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Sister Nivedita University Kolkata

1. Area of Specialization and current research topic :

Broad Area: Biophysical chemistry; Specific Area: Protein chemistry, Amyloid fibrillation

1. Contact : sudipta.b@snuniv.ac.in

1. Academic Credential

May 2018 – January 2019: Research Associate in Bose Institute, Centenary Campus

2018:  Ph.D. from Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India.

2012:  M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India

2010:  B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.), Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West   Bengal, India

1. Awards and recognition:

2019 : Selected for CSIR-RA position in Chemical Sciences

2012:    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry

2011:    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry

2011:    CSIR-UGC NET for Junior research fellowship in Chemical sciences

1. List of Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals :

1. Sett, A., Bag, S., DasGupta, S., Dasgupta S. (2015), Interfacial force-driven pattern formation during drying of Aβ (25-35) fibrils, Int. J. Biol. Macromol.79, 344–352.
2. Bag, S., Chaudhury, S., Pramanik, D., DasGupta, S, Dasgupta, S. (2016), Hydrophobic tail length plays a pivotal role in amyloid beta (25-35) fibril-surfactant interactions, Proteins 84, 1213–1223.
3. Bag, S., Sett A., DasGupta, S., Dasgupta S. (2016), Hydropathy: the controlling factor behind the inhibition of Aβ fibrillation by graphene oxide, RSC Adv. 6, 103242–103252.
4. Chaudhury, S., Bag, S., Bose, M., Das, A. K., Ghosh, A. K., Dasgupta, S. (2016), Protection of human γB-crystallin from UV-induced damage by epigallocatechingallate: spectroscopic and docking studies, Mol. BioSyst.12, 2901–2909.
5. Ghosh, P., Bag, S., Singha Roy, A., Chaudhury, S., Jana, S. K., Chaudhury, K., Dasgupta S. (2016), Solubility enhancement of morin and epicatechin through encapsulation in an albumin based nanoparticulate system and their anticancer activity against the MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cell line, RSC Adv. 6, 101415–101429.
6. Bag, S., Mitra, R., DasGupta, S, Dasgupta, S. (2017), Inhibition of human serum albumin fibrillation by two-dimensional nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 5474–5482.
7. Konar, M., Bag, S., Roy, P., Dasgupta, S. (2017), Gallic acid induced dose dependent inhibition of lysozyme fibrillation, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 103, 1224–1231.
8. Chaudhury, S., Dutta, A., Bag, S., Biswas, P., Das, A. K., Dasgupta, S. (2018), Probing the inhibitory potency of Epigallocatechingallate against human γB-crystallin aggregation: spectroscopic, microscopic and simulation studies, Spectrochim. Acta A 192, 318–327.
9. Singh, A. K., Burada, P. S., Bhattacharya, S., Bag, S., Bhattacharya, A., Dasgupta, S., Roy, A. (2018), Microwave-radiation-induced molecular structural rearrangement of hen egg-white lysozyme. Phys. Rev. E 97, 052416.
10. Roy, P., Bag, S., Chakraborty, D., Dasgupta, S. (2018), Exploring the Inhibitory and Antioxidant Effects of Fullerene and Fullerenol on Ribonuclease A, ACS Omega 3, 12270–12283.

1. Selected Conferences/workshops attended/participated:

1. Presented poster in 253^rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, held in San Francisco, California, USA, April 2-6, 2017(Poster title: Prevention of fibrillation of the amyloid-β (25-35) peptide by graphene oxide)
2. Presented poster in National Symposium on Contributions of Women in Science in India” (NSCWSI-2018) held in University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, February 15-16, 2018 (Poster title: Amyloid fibrillation of the Aβ _25-35 peptide is stimulated by Silver Nanoparticles)
3. 22^nd Conference of National Magnetic Resonance Society, organized by IIT Kharagpur, India, February 18-21, 2016
4. Presented poster in 18^th CRSI Symposium in Chemistry held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, February 5-7, 2016(Poster title: Studying the effects of small molecules and surfactants on amyloid fibrils in vitro)
5. Author Workshop on “Scholarly Publishing”, organized by Wiley and Central Library at IIT Kharagpur, India, March 23, 2015
6. National Symposium on Biophysics & Golden Jubilee Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society at JamiaMilliaIslamia, February 14-17, 2015
7. Author Workshop jointly organized by Springer and IIT Kharagpur at IIT Kharagpur, India, February 12, 2014
8. International conference on Chemical Biology: Disease mechanisms and therapeutics (ICCB-2014) at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India, February 6-8, 2014

Dr. Souvik Pandey

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Email: souvik.pa@snuniv.ac.in

Education and Trainings:
PhD from Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Minerology, University of Leipzig, Germany.
Research trainee at School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol-BS8 1TS, UK in August, 2011.
Research trainee at Karl-Franzens-University Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria in September, 2010.

Dr. Souvik Pandey has received Master Degree in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, University of Pune in 2008 and went to Germany to join the group of Prof. Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins, Institute of Inorganic and Minerology, University of Leipzig for PhD. During his PhD tenure he has received ‘600 years of University Leipzig’ special scholarship to participate in Erasmus program to perform research in the University of Graz, Austria in 2010 and has been awarded STSM (short term scientific mission) scholarship (PhoSciNet) to pursue research in the Manners’ group in school of Chemistry, University of Bristol in 2011. He received his PhD degree from University of Leipzig, Germany in 2012. He has almost seven years of postdoctoral experience abroad and in esteemed institutes in India. He was appointed as Guest Faculty in the department of chemistry, Sikkim Central University for two years. He presented several talks and posters in national and international conferences and awarded best poster prize from Wiley publishers at European Workshops on Phosphorus Chemistry conference EWPC-8, Muenster, Germany in 2011. He cleared NET with CSIR-JRF in 2008. He has authored several international publications.

Research Interests:
Inorganic-Organic hybrids for solar energy conversion
Ferrocene-azo derivatives for redox and photo-switch.
Phosphorus-based inorganic polymers for the applications in materials science e.g., Flame Retardants.

Dr. Nitul Ranjan Guha

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

Ph.D in Chemistry

Email: nitul.rg@snuniv.ac.in

Educational Qualification:

Ph.D in Chemistry (26 th April 2016), Thesis title: “Studies on nano-
impregnated transition metals as heterogeneous catalyst for coupling, reduction
and oxidation reactions” under supervision of Dr. Pralay Das at CSIR-Institute
of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, India.
Junior Research Fellow in CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource
Technology, Palampur, India. ( July 2010)
M.Sc (Specialization in Organic Chemistry) from University of North Bengal,
Darjeeling, India (2008)

Area Research :

•  Preparation of Axially-Chiral P,N-ligand and its application in asymmetric synthesis
•  Pd-catalysed synthesis of fused carbocycle’s by Tsuji-Trost type cascade cyclization
•  Exploration of solid supported chiral isothiourea-based Lewis basic organo-catalyst
•  Development of methodologies for challenging catalytic asymmetric synthesis e.g. kinetic resolution of tertiary alcohols and amines to access corresponding enantiopure isomers
•  Development of heterogeneous transition metal (Rh, Ru etc.) nano-catalysts
•  Development of methodologies for cross coupling (Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling), Pauson-Khand type carbonylative cyclization, reduction (nitroarenes reduction), cross-dehydrogenating coupling and oxidation reactions

Research Experience :

Assistant Professor
Sister Nivedita University
1 st June 2022 – still continuing
Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Senior Research Scientist
Jubilant Biosys LTD
6 th December 2021 – 23 rd May 2022
Noida, U.P., India

Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow
15 th November 2020 to 19 th October 2021
University College Dublin, Ireland

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
1st June 2019 to 31st May 2020
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Mohali, India

Newton International Postdoctoral Fellow
1 st February 2017 t0 31 st January 2019
University of St-Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom

SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow
1 st July 2016 – 30 th January 2017
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhopal, India

Selected Publications :

1. Nitul Ranjan Guha, Rifahath Mon Neyyappadath, Mark D. Greenhalgh,
Ross Chisholm, Samuel M. Smith, Megan L. McEvoy, Claire M. Young,

Carles Rodríguez-Escrich, Miquel A. Pericàs, Georg Hähner and Andrew D.
Smith, Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 4537.

2. Nitul Ranjan Guha, Saurabh Sharma, Dhananjay Bhattacherjee, Vandna
Thakur, Richa Bharti,C. B. Reddy, Pralay Das, Green Chemistry, 2016, 18,
1206.

3. Nitul Ranjan Guha, Dhananjay Bhattacharjee, Pralay Das, Catalysis
Science & Technology, 2015, 5, 2575.

4. Nitul Ranjan Guha, Dhananjay Bhattacharjee, Pralay Das, Tetrahedron
Letters 2014, 55, 2912.

5. Nitul Ranjan Guha, C. B. Reddy, Nidhi Aggawal, Dharminder Sharma,
Arun K. Shil, Bandna, Pralay Das, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 2911.

6. Nitul Ranjan Guha, Vandna Thakur, Dhananjay Bhattacherjee, Richa
Bharti, Pralay Das, Adv. Synth. Catal, 2016, 358, 3743.

7. Pralay Das, Nidhi Aggarwal, Nitul Ranjan Guha, Tetrahedron Letters,
2012, 54, 2924.

8. Bandna, Nitul Ranjan Guha, Arun K. Shil, Dharminder Sharma, Pralay
Das, Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53, 5318.

9. Arun K. Shil, Nitul Ranjan Guha, Dharminder Sharma, Pralay Das,, RSC
Adv. 2013, 3, 13671.

10. Dharminder Sharma, Bandna, C. B. Reddy, Sandeep Kumar, Arun K. Shil,
Nitul Ranjan Guha, Pralay Das, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 10335.

11. Arun K. Shil, Dharminder Sharma, Nitul Ranjan Guha, Pralay Das,
Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53, 4858.

12. Dharminder Sharma, Sandeep Kumar, Arun K. Shil, Nitul Ranjan Guha,
Bandna, Pralay Das, Tetrahedron Letters, 2012, 53, 7044.

13. C. Bal Reddy, Arun K. Shil, Nitul Ranjan Guha, Dharminder Sharma,
Pralay Das, Catalysis Letters, 2014, 144, 1530.

DR. ABHISHEK BARAL

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry (2016): Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata

Email: abhishek.b@snuniv.ac.in

Post Doctoral Research Experience:

• Feb 2021-May 2022: National Postdoctoral Fellow (SERB-NPDF) at IISER-Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal.
• May 2019-Jul 2020: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Trento, Trento, Italy
• Mar 2017-Feb 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
• Oct 2016-Feb 2017: Research Associate-I at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, West Bengal

Research Interest:

• Design and synthesis of self-assembled peptide based supramolecular gels and soft materials.
• Chemical protein synthesis and bacterial protein expression
• Synthesis of π-functional molecules and materials with applications in energy harvesting, catalysis, sensing, diagnostics and therapeutics.

Selected Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

A. Baral, A. Asokan, V. Bauer, B. Kieffer and V. Torbeev*. Chemical synthesis of transactivation domain (TAD) of tumor suppressor protein p53 by native chemical ligation of three peptide fragments. Tetrahedron, 2019, 75, 703-708.
2. A. Baral, K. Basu, S. Ghosh, K. Bhattacharyya, S. Roy, A. Datta and A. Banerjee*, Size specific emission in peptide capped gold quantum clusters with tunable photoswitching behavior. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 4419-4429.
3. A. Baral, K. Basu, S. Roy and A. Banerjee*, Blue Emitting Gold Cluster formation from Gold Nanorods: Selective and Sensitive Detection of Iron(III) ions in Aqueous Medium. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5, 1628–1637.
4. N. Nandi, A. Baral, K. Basu, Subhasish Roy and A. Banerjee*, A Dipeptide-based Superhydrogel: Removal of Toxic Dyes and Heavy Metal Ions from Waste-water. Peptide Science, 2017, 108, e22915.

A. Baral, S. Roy, S. Ghosh, D. Hermida-Merino, I. W. Hamley and A. Banerjee*. A Peptide based Mechano-sensitive, Proteolytically stable Hydrogel with Remarkable Antibacterial Properties. Langmuir, 2016, 32, 1836−1845.
6. A. Baral, S. Basak, K. Basu, A. Dehsorkhi, I. W. Hamley and A. Banerjee*. Time-Dependent Gel to Gel Transformation of a Peptide based Supramolecular Gelator. Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 4944-4951.
7. S. Roy, A. Baral, R. Bhattacharjee, B. Jana, A. Datta, S. Ghosh and A. Banerjee*. Preparation of multi-coloured different sized fluorescent gold clusters from blue to NIR, structural analysis of the blue emitting Au 7 cluster, and cell-imaging by the NIR gold cluster. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 1912-1920.
8. A. Baral, S. Roy, A. Dehsorkhi, I. W. Hamley, S. Mohapatra, S. Ghosh and A. Banerjee*. Assembly of an Injectable Noncytotoxic Peptide-Based Hydrogelator for Sustained Release of Drugs. Langmuir, 2014, 30, 929-936.

DR. MITALI SEN

Assistant Professor - Chemistry

PhD in Chemistry (2018): Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal

Email: mitali.s@snuniv.ac.in

PhD in Chemistry (2018): Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal

Post-Doctoral Research Experience:

Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2021: Dept. of Chem. Eng., IIT Bombay, India.                                                                             

Research Interest:        

• Synthesis of Novel Materials for Energy and Environmental Sustainability                     
• Development of Zeolite Based CO₂ Separation Membrane
• Synthesis Of Photocatalyst and Photocatalytic Membrane for Waste Water Treatment
• Synthesis and characterization of hollow fiber and flat sheet pure polymeric and Mixed Matrix Membrane for CO2/CH4 separation application
• Synthesis of different Metal Organic Framework (like: ZIF-8, Mg- based MOF) for CO₂ adsorption
• Fabrication of MOF incorporated mixed matrix membrane for biogas enrichment

Selected Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:

1. Mitali Sen, Koushik Dana and Nandini Das*, “Development of LTA zeolite membrane from clay by sonication assisted method at room temperature for H2-CO2 and CO2-CH4 separation” Ultrasonics–Sonochemistry, 2018, 48, 299-310.
2. Mitali Sen and Nandini Das*, “In-situ Carbon deposition in Polyetherimide / SAPO-34 Mixed Matrix Membrane for Efficient CO₂/CH₄ Separation”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2017, 134, 45508.
3. Mitali Sen, Jugal Kishore Das, S. N. Roy, Nandini Das* and S Bandyopadhyay, “Membrane Synthesized from Microemulsion-derived Ilmenite Nano Powders Used for Removal of Red Dye from Textile Industry”, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2016, 13, 487–497.
4. Ankita Bose, Mitali Sen, Jugal Kishore Das and Nandini Das*, “Sonication Mediated Hydrothermal Process - An Efficient Method for the Rapid Synthesis of DDR Zeolite Membrane”, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 19043–19052.
5. Mitali Sen, Ankita Bose, Pameli Pal, Jugal Kishore Das and Nandini Das*, “Rapid Synthesis of DDR Zeolite at Room Temperature”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2013, 97, 52-55.
6. Mitali Sen, Shweta Negi and Akkihebbal K Suresh, Enrichment of Biogas using PSf/Mg-based MOF Mixed Matrix Membrane (Ready to communicate)
7. Sarbasree Dutta, Hillol Acharjee, Mitali Sen, Sougata Dey Sarkar and Nandini Das*, Synthesis of Nickel loaded Deca-Dodecasil 3Rhombohedral (DDR) Zeolite Membrane for Separation of Hydrogen from Blast furnace flue gas, Journal of Coatings Technology and Research (JCTR) (Communicated)