Professional Experience

2019 - 2020: Postdoctoral Fellow 

Institute: Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Advisor: Prof. Meital Reches

Expertise: Single-molecule force spectroscopy, Fluidic force microscopy

Educational Background

2013 - 2019: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) awarded as Best PhD thesis

Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India

Advisor: Prof. Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar

Expertise: Atomic force microscopy (High resolution imaging), Scanning tunnelling microscopy

2011 - 2013: Master of Science (MSc) 

Institute: Indian School of Mines (Indian Institute of Technology) Dhanbad, India

Subject: Chemistry

Research Visit

2022: Short-term research visit (HFSP project)

Institute: Ohio State University, Ohio, USA

Mentor: Prof. Marcos Sotomayor

Project: Gene cloning, protein expression and purification of cadherin-23 ectodomains

2017: Newton-Bhabha Ph.D. placement programme

Institute: The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Mentor: Prof. Peter Beton

Project: Structural properties of ultra-thin films of ferrocene derivatives using ambient & UHV-STM

Current Projects

1. Conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and its binding kinetics to ACE2.

2. Stuructural dynamics of M/R complex upon DNA binding.

Scholarships and Fellowships

2013-2019 (PhD): Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) fellowship, DST India 

2014: National Eligibility Test (NET)-Junior Research Fellow qualified, CSIR India

2013: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) qualified, MHRD India

2008-2013 (BSc & MSc): INSPIRE scholarship, DST, India

2006 (secondary exam): National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India (offered)

Awards (selected ones)

2022: 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Lindau, Germany 

2020: Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, awarded by IIT Kanpur, India

Presentation award

2017: IUVSTA-Elsevier Student Award at European Conference on Surface Science, Szeged, Hungary 

2016: Best oral presentation at International Conference on Electron Microscopy, IIT BHU, India

2016: Best poster presentation at International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, IISc Bangalore, India

Travel award

2017: International conference travel grant received from SERB-DST India & foreign travel grant offered by CSIR India

2012: MHRD-DST Science Conclave (interaction session with nobel laureates), IIIT Allahabad, India

Selected Publications 

2023 Chauhan, P.,* Saha, P.,* Gopakumar, T. G., Ramapaniker, R. (under revision)

Microscopic growth of pyridinium oxime based amphiphiles on graphite: effect of relative position of substituents.

2021 Malik, H., Saha, P., Patra, H., Bera, J. K., Gopakumar, T. G.

Solvent‐and temperature‐dependent assembly in monolayer films of a ferrocene‐naphthyridine hybrid on HOPG. Chemistry–An Asian Journal, volume: 16, issue: 11, pp: 1430 –1437.

2021 Mishra, V., Saha, P., Gopakumar, T. G.

Measuring the intermolecular interactions in molecular patterns on surfaces using microscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, volume: 125, issue: 1, pp: 602-609.

2020 Saha, P., Duanis-Assaf, T., Reches, M.

Fundamentals and applications of FluidFM technology in single-cell studies.

Advanced Materials Interfaces, volume: 7, issue: 23, pp: 2001115 (appeared in Frontispiece)

2020 Saha, P., Yadav, V. K., Gurunarayanan, V., Ramapanicker, R., Singh, J. K., Gopakumar, T. G.

Revealing the limits of intermolecular interactions: molecular rings of ferrocene derivatives on graphite surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, volume: 11, issue: 1, pp: 297-302.

2019 Saha, P., Yadav, V. K., Gurunarayanan, V., Ramapanicker, R., Singh, J. K., Gopakumar, T. G. Understanding the adsorption energetics of growth polymorphs of ferrocene derivatives: microscopic thermal desorption analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, volume: 123, issue: 30, pp: 18488-18494.

2018 Saha, P., Gurunarayanan, V., Korolkov, V. V., Vasudev, P. G., Ramapanicker, R., Beton, P. H., Gopakumar, T. G. Selection of adlayer patterns of 1,3-dithia derivatives of ferrocene by the nature of the solvent.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, volume: 122, issue: 33, pp: 19067-19074.

2017 Saravanan, K. R.,* Saha, P.,* Venkatesh, V., Gopakumar, T. G., Verma, S. Coordination-controlled one-dimensional molecular chains in hexapodal adenine-silver ultrathin films. Inorganic Chemistry, volume: 56, issue: 7, pp: 3976-3982.

2016 Saha, P., Yadav, K., Chacko, S., Philip, A., Ramapanicker, R., Gopakumar, T. G. Controlling growth to one dimension in nanoislands of ferrocene-sugar derivatives. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, volume: 120, issue: 17, pp: 9223-9228.

*equal contribution