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PhD Thesis Supervision
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Supervision of the PhD work (Seed-Mediated Growth of Anisotropic Au Nanostructures: Mechanistic Insights and Application Possibilities) of Ms. Debashree Roy submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) January 2022.
Supervision of the PhD work (Anchoring Cu(II)-based Low-Dimensional S=1/2 Spin Lattices onto Functionalized Graphene) of Ms. Kriti Gupta submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) November 2020.
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Supervision of the PhD work (Chemical Reduction at Solid-Liquid Interface: Growth and Electrical Conductance of Thin Films of Cu/Ag-TCNQ and Cu-Hexacyanoferrate) of Mr. Shammi Rana submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) April 2019.
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Supervision of the PhD work (Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide for Supercapacitor Applications) of Mr. Plawan Kumar Jha submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) January 2019.
Supervision of the PhD work (Gold and Gold-Silver Alloy Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications) of Mr. Ranguwar Rajendra submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) January 2018.
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Supervision of the PhD work (Metal-Organic Coordination Polymers and Composites: Electrical Conductivity, Photoluminescence, and Electro-catalysis) of Mr. Barun Dhara submitted to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune (IISER Pune) May 2017.
Co-supervision of the PhD work (Exchange Coupling of Magnetic Molecules at Magnetic and Non-Magnetic Substrates) of Mr. Jan Girovsky submitted to the University of Basel, Switzerland (with Prof. Thomas A. Jung) Oct 2014.
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Co-supervision of the PhD work (On-Surface Magnetochemistry) of Mr. Christian Waeckerlin submitted to the University of Basel, Switzerland (with Prof. Thomas A. Jung) March 2012.
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Co-supervision of the PhD work (Insight into the exchange coupling between magnetic molecules and the supporting surface: Spectromicroscopy correlation including x-ray magnetic circular dichroism) of Mrs. Dorota Siewert submitted to the University of Basel, Switzerland (with Prof. Thomas A. Jung) June 2011.
Professional info
Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India.
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory for Micro and Nanotechnology, PSI (ETH Domain), Switzerland.
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Associate Editor, Journal of Chemical Sciences © Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru
Education
B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), University of Calcutta, India (1998).
M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), University of Calcutta, India (2000).
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry), University of Calcutta, India (2005).
Employment
Junior/Senior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Presidency College, Kolkata, India (2001-2005).
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Applied Physical Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2005-2008).
Senior-Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Micro and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute (ETH Domain), Switzerland (2008-2011).
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India (2011-2017).
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Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India (2017-2022).
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Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India (2022-present).
Award/Recognition
ChemComm Emerging Investigator 2014, UK
DAE-Young Scientist Research Award 2012, India
Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award (top-five finalist) 2011, Germany
Holcim Fellowship 2010, Switzerland
P. C. Ray Research Award 2003, India
DST-Award for Meeting with Nobel Laureates 2002, India
GATE/NET Fellowship
Google Scholar
Publications > 110
Citations > 3800
h-index: 36
i10-index: 83
Member
American Chemical Society
American Vacuum Society
Invited Talk
More than 30 invited talks in National and International Conferences
More than 50 contributions in National and International Conferences
2010 - present
2010 - present