About Me

I worked on the total synthesis of several Lycopodium alkaloids during my doctoral research under supervision of Professor Rich Carter at Oregon State University (the home of Beavers). After graduation, I moved to NIH (National Institutes of Health) in Washington DC metro area for postdoctoral research. There I worked on synthesis of small molecule enzyme inhibitors and Peptide Nucleic Acids under supervision of Dr. Daniel Appella at NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). At Abzena  in Greater Philadelphia area I concentrated mainly on antibody drug conjugate (ADC) related research. In 2021, to explore new adventures in process chemistry I moved to JM in Boston area.

Professional Appointments:

• Senior Scientist at Veranova (Formerly Johnson Matthey) (Devens, MA), April 2023 - present

• Scientist I/II at Johnson Matthey (Devens, MA), Nov 2021 - Mar 2023

• Principal Scientist at Abzena (Bristol, PA), Jul 2021 - Oct 2021

• Senior Scientist at Abzena (Bristol, PA), Feb 2017 – Jun 2021

• Instructor of Chemistry at FAES (Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences), 2015-2017

• Postdoctoral Fellow at NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases), NIH (National Institutes of Health), Feb 2015 - Jan 2017

• Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant at OSU (Oregon State University), 2008-2014

• Junior Research Fellow at IITG (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati), 2007-2008

Education:

• PhD Chemistry, Oregon State University, 2008-2014

Thesis: A unified approach for the total synthesis of C₁₀-functionalyzed Lycopodium alkaloids, Advisor: Professor Rich Carter 

• MS Chemistry,  Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 2005-2007

Thesis: Synthesis, characterization and spectroscopic studies of dienone compounds, Advisor: Professor Gopal Das

• BS Chemistry (Honors), Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta, 2002-2005

Minor in Physics and Mathematics, Languages (Bengali and English), Environmental Sciences

Awards and Fellowships:

• Milton Harris Graduate Fellowship, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2014

• College of Science Student Travel Award, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2013 & 2014

• Graduate Student Travel Award, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2013

• Teaching Assistant Award, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2012

• MCM Scholarship, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India, 2005-2007

• Merit Certificate and Somnath Banerjee Memorial Medal, RKMV Residential College affiliated to University of Calcutta, India, 2005

• Jindal Trust Scholarship, Jindal Trust, India 2002-2005