Dr. Santanu Karan (Group head)

Tenure: Oct 2016 - till date

E-mail addresses:

Official: santanuk[at]csmcri[dot]res[dot]in

Personal: santanukaran[at]gmail[dot]com; sk.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Interfacial polymerization, instabilities, and kinetics

• Polymer nanofilms and separation membranes (reverse osmosis & nanofiltration)

• Organic solvent nanofiltration

• Roll-to-roll fabrication of composite membranes & making spiral-wound modules

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Ms. Tapashi Sarkar (Ph.D. student) (Jointly with Dr. S.K. Pramanik, CSIR-CSMCRI)

Tenure: Aug 2020 - till date

Fellowship: External funded project

E-mail address: ts.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Interfacial Polymerisation

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

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Mr. Dinesh B. Vasave (Ph.D. student)

Tenure: Sept 2021 - till date

Fellowship: NET JRF

E-mail address: dv.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Physical Chemistry

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

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Mr. Manas R. Puhan (Ph.D. student)

Tenure: Sept 2021 - till date

Fellowship: DST Inspire

E-mail address: mp.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Polymer Physics

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

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Mr. Ajay Surwade (Ph.D. student)

Tenure: July 2022 - till date

Fellowship: NET JRF

E-mail address: mp.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Polymer Physics

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

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Ms. Arpita Sahoo (Project JRF)

Tenure: Aug 2022 - till date

Fellowship: SERB CRG funded project

E-mail address: as.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Polymer Physics

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

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Dr. Solagna Modak (Research Associate)

Tenure: Feb 2018 - Jan 2021

Fellowship: SERB funded project

E-mail address: solagnamodak[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Physics

• Polymer membranes

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Hooghly Women's College, West Bengal.

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Dr. Karishma Tiwari (Research Associate)
(Jointly with Dr. Amitava Das, IISER Kolkata)

Tenure: Feb 2019 - March 2021

Fellowship: CSIR-RA

E-mail address: k.tiwari10[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Coordination chemistry

• Membrane separation

Current position: Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, UP.

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Dr. Pulak Sarkar (PhD student)

Tenure: Feb 2017 - March 2022

Fellowship: SERB funded project

E-mail address: ps.nanofilmlab[at]gmail[dot]com

Research Interest:

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis

Current Position: Postdoc at Hong Kong University

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Mr. Amal R (MSc student)

Tenure: Jan 2021 - June 2021

Institute: CIPET, Kochi

E-mail address:

Research Interest:

• Polymers

• Membrane separation

Ms. Deepa Bermeda (MSc student)

Tenure: Jan 2021 - March 2021

Institute: Marwardi University, Rajkot

E-mail address:

Research Interest:

• Chemistry

• Membrane separation

Ms. Karthika (MSc student)

Tenure: March - May 2022

Institute: CIPET, Kochi

E-mail address:

Research Interest:

• Interfacial Polymerization

• Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis