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Dr. Sourav Sarkar began his academic journey in Chemistry at Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, where he completed his B.Sc. (2013), before moving to IIT Kharagpur for his M.Sc. (2015). He then pursued doctoral studies at POSTECH, South Korea, earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2020. Following his doctoral training, he held successive research positions at POSTECH as a Postdoctoral Associate (2020-2022), Research Professor (2022-2023), and later served as a Team Leader at SenPro Inc (2023-2025). He subsequently joined KAIST as an AI-CRED InnoCORE Research Fellow (2025-2026) before returning to India as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Bose Institute, Kolkata in August 2026.
His research lies at the interface of organic chemistry, chemical biology, and molecular imaging, with a particular focus on the design of functional fluorescent probes and imaging agents for studying disease chemical biology.
Outside the laboratory, he enjoys food, movies, and informal conversations.
Dr. Sourav Sarkar, PhD
Dr. Sourav Sarkar, PhD
Team Lead
Molecular Imaging and Cellomics Laboratory
#437, Unified Academic Campus
Bose Institute, Kolkata, India
sourav.sarkar@jcbose.ac.in
Experience
Experience
[2026–cont.] Assistant Professor at Bose Institute, India
[2025–2026] InnoCORE Fellow at KAIST, South Korea (w/ Prof. Yong Woong Jun)
[2023–2025] Team Leader at SenPro Inc., South Korea (w/ Prof. Young-Tae Chang)
[2022–2023] Research Prof. at POSTECH, South Korea (w/ Prof. Kyo Han Ahn)
[2020–2021] Postdoc. Associate at POSTECH, South Korea (w/ Prof. Kyo Han Ahn)
Education
Education
[2015–2020] Ph.D. in Chemistry at POSTECH, South Korea (w/ Prof. Kyo Han Ahn)
[2013–2015] M.Sc. in Chemistry at IIT Kharagpur, India (w/ Prof. Mintu Halder)
[2010–2013] B.Sc. in Chemistry at RKMRC Narendrapur, India
Recognition
Recognition
[2025] 'InnoCORE research fellowship' awarded by AI-CRED Institute, Korea
[2022] 'Annual best paper award' by Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH
[2021] 'Young chemist colloquium lecture award' by Dept. of Chemistry, POSTECH
[2020] 'BK21 post-doctoral fellowship' awarded by Govt. of Korea
[2015] 'Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering' (Chemistry; AIR 108)
[2014] 'National Eligibility Test' (Chemistry; AIR 57)
[2013] 'IIT Joint Admission Test for Masters' (Chemistry; AIR 105)
[2010] 'Merit-cum-means scholarship' by MHRDG, Govt. of India
[2007] 'Lily Smile Scholarship', by Lily Foundation of America, Texas, USA
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
[2025–2026] Steering committee member, AI-CRED Institute, South Korea
[2019–2020] President, Graduate Student Union POSTECH, South Korea
[2017–2018] President, POSTECH Student Ambassadors, South Korea
[2015–2017] Governing body, Uttoran- an endeavour, India
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