Curriculum Vitae

Employments

Aug 2021 - Present: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

PI: Prof. Lawrence Que, Jr.

Nov 2020 - Jul 2021: Research Associate, IISER-Kolkata, West Bengal, India

PI: Prof. Rahul Banerjee

Education

Aug 2017 - Dec 2020: Ph.D. Chemical Sciences. IISER- Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Thesis: "Bio-inspired Iron Catalyzed Photochemical, Electrochemical and Aerial Oxygenation Reactions Involving Iron(V)-oxo Intermediate"

Supervisor: Prof. Sayam Sen Gupta

Aug 2014 - Sept 2017: Junior Research Fellow, CSIR-NCL, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Aug 2012 - May 2014: M.Sc. Chemical Sciences. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India

CGPA: 8.39 (out of 10)

Aug 2010 - May 2012 : B.Sc. Chemical Sciences. Burdwan University, West Bengal, India

Fellowship and Awards

• Joint CSIR-UGC Test for JRF and Eligibility for Lectureship (NET) June 2013 in the subject Chemical Sciences: JRF-UGC (All India Rank 69).

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2014 in the subject Chemistry: All India Rank 190.

• Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (Merit Criterion) in B.Sc. (West Bengal).

• Best Oral Presentation Award on Department of Chemical Sciences (DCS) Day, 2019 at IISER-Kolkata.

• Best Poster Award in Chemical Science in India: Leaders in Field Symposium held on 18^th-20^th October, 2019.

Conferences

· “International Conference on Structural and Inorganic Chemistry”, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India, 4^th-5^th December, 2014.

· “17^th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry”, CSIR-NCL, Pune, India, 6^th-8^th February, 2015.

· “5^th Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry”, Kolkata, India, 7^th-11^th January, 2017. (Poster Presenter)

· “Chemical Science in India: Leaders in the Field Symposium”, IISER-Kolkata, India, 18^th-20^th October, 2019. (Poster Presenter and Best Poster Award Winner)