Professional Experience
1. Organic Synthesis and Catalysis, Bayreuth, Germany
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
October 2023 — Present
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Shoubhik Das
2. Organic Synthesis and Catalysis, Antwerpen, Belgium
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
October 2022 — September 2023
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Shoubhik Das
Expertise
● Homogeneous Photoredox catalysis ● Heterogeneous Photoredox catalysis for the selective aromatic C−H bond functionalization ● Photocatalyzed CO2 reduction ● Plastic valorization ● Writing manuscript and proposal for funding ● Lab instruments maintenance Mentoring graduate and master students in research.
Education
1. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab, India
PhD: January 2018 — September 2022
Title of Thesis: "Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) Assisted Transition-Metal-Free C-heteroatom bond Forming Reactions."
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Indranil Chatterjee
Expertise
● Photoredox catalysis ● Transition-metal free catalysis ● C−H bond functionalization ● Asymmetric catalysis ● Writing manuscript and proposal for funding ● Lab instruments maintenance Mentoring bachelor and master students in research.
2. Department of Chemistry, RKMRC Narendrapur
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
M.Sc. in Chemistry (2014-2016)
Areas of Expertise ● Synthesis (Organic & Material) ● NMR ● GC / GC-MS ● Analytical instruments ● Catalysis ● Fluorescence ● HPLC ● Chromatography ● Mass Spectrometry ● FT-IR ● Flow Reactor ● Microsoft Office