RESUME
 
  
 DEBESH R ROY
 
 

         EDUCATION

 

                 M.Sc. (Phy) : Visva-Bharati University, INDIA (2002)

                 Ph.D. (Chemical & Material Physics) : IIT KHARAGPUR, INDIA (2008)

 

         WORK EXPERIENCES

 

                 July, 2008 - Dec., 2008:   Post Doctoral Research Associate, IIT Kharagpur, INDIA 

                   Jan., 2009 - Oct., 2010:   Post Doctoral Research Associate, Virginia Commonwealth

                                                      University, Richmond, VA, USA

                 Oct., 2010 -                :   Lecturer, S. V. National Institute of Technology, INDIA 

                     June, 2011                  :   Summer Research Visit, Theory Department, Max Planck 

                                                      Institute of Microstructure Physics, 06120 Halle, Germany.


         INVITED LECTURE      

 

             1. Electronic Structure Principles and Aromaticity

                 One Day Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Studies,

                 IIT Kharagpur, INDIA.

                 March 29, 2007. [Link]

 

             2. Physics and Chemistry of Clusters: A Density Functional Theory (DFT) Approach

                 Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, 06120 Halle, Germany.

                 June 9, 2011.

                

             3. Atomic clusters: A possible building motif for inorganic nanomaterials

                 International Symposium on Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, and Nano-scale Materials 

                 (ISCANM-II)

                 Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India.

                 November 28 - December 1, 2011.  [Link]

                

         CONTRIBUTED LECTURE 

 

                1.  Theoretical Studies of the Stability and Electronic Properties of Pdn and PdnO

                 (1 ≤ n ≤ 13) Clusters

                 APS March Meeting 2010, Portland, OR, USA.

                 March 15–19, 2010. [Link]

 

             2. The Physics and Chemistry of Clusters: A Density Functional Theory Approach 

                 National Conference on PHYSICS FOR TOMORROW, St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

                     March 3-4, 2011.

 

         MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

 

                1.    American Physical Socity (APS): 2009 - 

                2.   American Chemical Society (ACS): 2010 - 

 

         SYMPOSIUM & CONFERENCES

 

               INTERNATIONAL

 

    1.    First INDO-US Lecture Series on Discrete Mathematical Chemistry

          January 8–11, 2007 at PESIT, Bangalore

    2.    Indo-German Conference on Modeling Chemical and Biological (Re)activity

          September 26–29, 2007 at IICT, Hyderabad

         3.    APS March Meeting 2009

          March 16–20, 2009 at Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    4.    APS March Meeting 2010

          March 15–19, 2010 at Portland, OR, USA

    5.    International Symposium on Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, and Nano-scale Materials 

          (ISCANM-II)

          November 28 - December 1, 2011 at Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India.


               NATIONAL

 

    1.    National Conference on Nonlinear Systems & Dynamics, NCNSD-2003

          December 28-30, 2003, IIT Kharagpur, India.

    2.    One day Symposium in Chemistry

          January 18, 2004 at IIT Kharagpur, India

    3.    Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (TCS – 2004)

          December 9-12, 2004, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.

    4.    One day Symposium in Chemistry

          January 6, 2006, IIT Kharagpur, India

    5.    Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry (TCS – 2006)

          December 11-13, 2006, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

    6.    One day Symposium in Chemistry

          November 08, 2008, IIT Kharagpur, India

  

         RESEARCH EXPERIENCES      

 

             PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCES

    • FORTRAN 77 & 90, C and C++ Languages        
    • MATLAB Programming Language
    • DOS, WINDOWS, LINUX, UNIX Operating Systems

 

            SOFTWARE EXPERIENCES

    • GAUSSIAN 03, Gaussian, Inc.: Pittsburgh, PA.      
    • DMol3 (MS Modeling), Accelrys. Inc.; San Diego, California, USA.    
    • MATLAB, The Math Works, Inc.: Natick, USA, 1999.
    • MINITAB 14, Minitab Inc., State College PA, USA.
    • GAMESS-UK 2000; M.F. Guest et al, Computing for Science Ltd., UK
    • MOPAC 2007, J.J.P. Stewart, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, USA.
    • deMon2k, V-2.5.0, A. M. Köster et al., 2008, Mexico.
    • AutoDock 3, La Jolla, CA 92037-1000, USA.
    • NRLMOL, M. R. Pederson et al, 1990, USA.
    • ADF, V-2008.01, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    • VASP, V-4.6, G. Kresse and J. Furthmüller, 2006, Vienna, Austria.

   

         HONORS,AWARDS, RECOGNITIONS
 
    • Junior Fellow Award, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK) [Institute for Advanced Study], Delmenhorst, GERMANY, 2011.
    • National Scholarship Award for the result in Secondary examination.
    • Diploma in Painting (Ankan Bivakar), Bangiya Sangeet Parishad (Affiliated to Rabindra Bharati Univ.,W.B.)
    • 'Special Prize’ in Essay at the State Level Youth Competition, 1994.
    • Reviewer: Arabian J. Chem. (Elsevier)
    • Top-25 Hottest Article:

[1]   Electrophilicity as a Possible Descriptor for Toxicity Prediction

      Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2005, 13, 3405

                   [2]  Are Strong Brønsted Acids Necessarily Strong Lewis Acids?

      J. Mol. Struct. (THEOCHEM) 2007, 812, 13                           

    • Top 50 most cited article:

                   [1] 2003-2006: Electrophilicity Index as a Possible Descriptor of Biological 

         Activity, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2004, 12, 5533

[2] 2004-2007: Electrophilicity as a Possible Descriptor for Toxicity 

         Prediction, Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2005, 13, 3405

    • Most-Accessed Articles:
                   [1]  Local Descriptors around a Transition State: A Link between Chemical Bonding
                         and Reactivity, J. Phys. Chem. A (Letter) 2006, 110, 11401 (Oct.-Dec., 2006)

[2]  Electrophilicity Index, Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 2065 (April-June, 2006)

[3]  A Possible Union of Chemical Bonding, Reactivity and Kinetics, J. Phys.    

     Chem. A (Letter) 2005, 109, 3771 (April-June, 2005)

    • Top 1% Most Cited Article (Thomson Scientific):

                  Electrophilicity Index, Chem. Rev. 2006, 106, 2065

    • Cover Articles:

                        [1]   Update 1 of: Electrophilicity Index, Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, PR46

                        [2]   Aromaticity in Cyclic Alkali Clusters, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2008, 10, 2461

 
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