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                                                                                                                 ORCID:  0000-0003-2274-9082, Researcher ID: Q-3604-2018

Research interest

Dynamics of Probe molecules in polymers and Microgels, water molecule sensing in microgel, FLIM super-resolution microscopy and FCS, Development of TWIN-FRET probe and their biological application, Single-molecule spectroscopy of photosynthetic proteins, Development of new cryogenic microscope for single-molecule spectroscopy and imaging, Retinal protein, Excited  state  intramolecular charge transfer,  proton transfer,  biologically  important  and environmentally pollutant ion sensing,  interaction of ICT and ESIPT probe  with protein,  micelle, cyclodextrin etc., development of  multifunctional  materials,  DFT and  ab-initio  calculations,  molecular  docking  and molecular  dynamics simulation etc.

Academic profile

♦ Postdoc Fellow (Jul, 2021-Present), Institute of Physical Chem., RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

♦ Newton International Postdoc Fellow (Feb, 2018-Present) School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom.

♦ JSPS Postdoc Fellow (Sept, 2015-Sept, 2017)Dept. of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan.

♦ Postdoc Fellow (Apr, 2014-Aug, 2015), Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

♦ Ph D (Feb, 2014), Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Calcutta, India.

♦ M Sc (2008), Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Calcutta, India.

♦ B Sc (2006), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Univ. of Calcutta, India.

Honor and Award

♣ Best Poster award, French, Swiss and German Conference on Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photosciences, 2023, Mulhouse, France.

♣ 2019 Travel award from the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

♣ Awarded Newton International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for two years.

♣ Awarded JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for two years.

♣ Awarded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Weizmann Institute of Science.

♣ Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF-Extended) from Department of Science & Technology.

♣ Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from University Grants Commission.

♣ Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from University Grants Commission. 

♣ Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Centre for Research on Nanoscience  and  Nanotechnology,     University of Calcutta.

♣ Qualified National Eligibility Test exam. (NET) 2008, Dec. 

♣ Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2009.

♣ 2019 Travel award from the Biophysical Society, USA.

♣ Received a certificate of honor from R. K. Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, University of Calcutta for    good result in undergraduate class.

♣ Awarded the National Fellowship of Merit for XIIth standard.

♣ Awarded prestigious PBC postdoctoral fellowship for postdoc research (3 years) at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Jan, 2014 (unable to accept it due to postdoc offer from Weizmann Institute of Science).

♣ Received postdoc offer from Dept. of Chemistry, Pusan National University, Republic of Korea, Sept, 2017. (unable to accept it due to Newton International Fellowship).

Grants Received 

♦ 2019 Travel award grant from the Biophysical Society Baltimore, Maryland, USA (USD 600).

♦ Royal Society Newton Fellowship grant for two years of postdoctoral research (USD 133000). 

♦ JSPS research grant for two years of postdoctoral research (USD 100000).

♦ Travel and accommodation grant from Tohoku University for lab visit, 21- 26th March, 2014 (USD 2250).

♦ Grant from University Grant Commission, Govt. of India during PhD (USD 24000)

Conference/Symposium/Meeting attained

♠ French, Swiss and German Conf. on Photochemistry 2023, Photophysics and Photosciences, Mulhouse, France.

♠ 27th International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy 2022, Berlin, Germany.

♠ The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, 2-6th March, 2019, Baltimore, USA.

♠ The 46th Scottish Microscopy Group symposium, 5th December 2018, Chester Hotel, Aberdeen, UK.

♠ Introduction to public engagement, 24th October, 2018, The Grassmarket Centre, Edinburgh, UK.

♠ Annual Meeting on Photochemistry, 4-6th September, 2017, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

♠ 19th International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics Congress 11th European Biophysics Congress, 16– 20th July, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.

♠ 54th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, 25–27th November, Tsukuba, Japan.

♠ The 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, 7–12nd August, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

♠ National Symposium on Radiation & Photochemistry (NSRP)  20-22nd  March, 2013,  NEHU, Shillong, India. 

♠ International  Symposium  on  Molecular  Organization  and  Complexicity : A  Chemical  Perspective,  6–8th  February, 2013. Univ. of Calcutta, kolkata, India.

♠ RSC Meeting, RSC India Roadshow (one-day scientific symposia), 5th February, IACS, Kolkata, India.

♠ ACS Meeting, ACS on Campus (one-day scientific symposia), 12th October, IACS, Kolkata, India.

♠ Trombay   Symposium  on   Radiation  &   Photochemistry  (TSRP) 4-7th  January,   2012,  Trombay,  BARC, India. An international symposium.

♠ Journey of an atom through 100 years, 15-16th Decmber, 2011,  Bethun College,  Kolkata, India.  A national level conference.

♠ International Symposium on Chemistry & Complexicity, 6–8th Decmber, 2011. IACS, India.

♠ International Symposium on Facets of weak interaction, 13–15th January, 2011, Univ. of Calcutta, India.

♠ Asia  Pacific  Symposium  on  Radiation  Chemistry/Trombay  Symposium  on Radiation  &  Photochemistry (APSRC/TSRP) 14–17th September, Lonavala, India. An international symposium.

♠ National Symposium on Photochemistry, August, 2010, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. 

♠ International Symposium on Frontier of functional materials, 6–8th January, 2009, Univ. of Calcutta, India.

Few Selected publications

[12] S. Jana, O, Nevskyi, H. Höche, L. Trottenberg, E. Siemes, J. Enderlein, A. Fürstenberg, D. Wöll, Water content in polymer gels with super-resolved fluorescence lifetime imaging, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202318421, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318421.

[11] S. Jana, Y. Shibata, Development of a Multicolor Line-Focus Microscope for Rapid Acquisitions of Excitation Spectra, Biophys. J. 118 (2019) 36-43 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.023

[10] S. Jana,  T. Du, R. Nagao, T. Noguchi, Y. Shibata, Redox-state dependent blinking of single photosystem I trimers at around liquid-nitrogen temperature, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Bioenerg. 1860 (2019) 30-40 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2018. 11.002

[9] S. Jana,  T. Eliash, K. H. Jung, M. Sheves,  Retinal Binding to Apo-Gloeobacter Rhodopsin: The Role of pH and Retinal–Carotenoid Interaction, J. Phys. Chem. B 121 (2017) 10759–10769 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b07523

[8] S. Jana, S. Dalapati, N. Guchhait, Functional group induced excited state intramolecular proton transfer process in 4-amino-2-methylsulfanyl-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acid ethyl ester: A combined spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory study, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 12 (2013) 1636-1648 DOI: 10.1039/C3PP50010A

[7]  S.  Jana,  S. Dalapati,  N. Guchhait,  Excited  state  intramolecular  charge  transfer  suppressed  proton transfer  process  in  4-diethylamino-2-hydroxy-benzaldehyde,  J. Phys.  Chem. A,  117  (2013)  4367-4376 DOI: 10.1021/jp3120463

[6]  S. Jana, S. Dalapati,  N.  Guchhait,  Proton transfer  tssisted charge transfer phenomena in photochromic  Schiff  bases  and  effect  of  -NEt2 groups  to  the anil Schiff bases,  J. Phys. Chem. A,  116  (2012) 10948-10958 DOI: 10.1021/jp3079698

[5] S. Dalapati, R. Saha,  S. Jana,  A. K. Patra,  A. Bhaumik,  S. Kumar,  N. Guchhait,  A  multifunctional  porous organic Schottky Barrier diode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (2012) 12534-12537 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205439

[4] S. Dalapati,  S. Jana, R. Saha, M.A. Alam, N. Guchhait,  Reusable  amine-based  structural motifs for green house gas (CO2) fixation, Org. Lett., 14 (2012) 3244-3247 DOI:10.1020/ol301241k

[3]  S.  Jana,  S.  Dalapati,  M. A.  Alam, N.  Guchhait,  Fluorescent  chemosensor for  Zn(II) ion  by ratiometric displacement of Cd(II) ion: A spectroscopic   study and  DFT calculation,  J. Photochem. Photobiol. A,  238 (2012) 7-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2012.04.002

[2]  S. Jana, S. Ghosh, S. Dalapati, N. Guchhait,  Exploring structural change of protein bovine serum albumin     by external perturbation using extrinsic fluorescence probe : spectroscopic measurement, molecular  docking  and molecular dynamics  simulation,  Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,  11 (2012) 323-332 DOI: 10.1039/C1PP05180F

[1]  S.  Ghosh,  S.  Jana, N.  Guchhait,  Domain  specific  association  of  small  fluorescent probe trans-3-(4-monomethylAmino-phenyl)-acrylonitrile (MMAPA) with BSA and its dissociation from  protein binding site by Ag  nanoparticle : Spectroscopic  and  molecular docking study,  J. Phys. Chem. B,  116  (2011)  1155-1163  DOI: 10.1021/jp2094752

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