I am an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India. My research interest involves the development and utilization of various spectroscopic, microscopic and electrochemical techniques to address challenging problems in the field of chemistry, materials and biology. 

            Prior to my joining the current position, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the research group of Professor Neal Woodbury at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University, USA. In Woodbury group, I worked for 2.7 years (October 2015 – June 2018) focusing on the studies of (1) electron transfer and energy transfer mechanisms in bacterial photosynthetic systems, (2) making programmable DNA nanostructures-based excitonic circuits for artificial light harvesting and energy transfer systems, and (3) developing (bio)photoelectrochemical cells by designing and integrating Photosystem I (PSI)-based electron transfer chains on suitable electrodes for efficient conversion of light energy into electrical energy and (bio)fuels.

           Previously, I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, New York, USA for one year (September 2014 – September 2015) with Professor Kenneth B. Eisenthal. In the Eisenthal group, I primarily focused on developing nonlinear Second-harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy to study binding/bending interactions and dynamics of a restriction enzyme, EcoRV with DNA.

         I received my Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Nilmoni Sarkar in July 2014 from the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. During this period, I investigated in considerable detail various biologically important photophysical and dynamical processes namely, excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), photo-induced electron transfer (PET), fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), solvation and rotational dynamics in a wide variety of biomimetic confined microenvironments. 

         I received my M.Sc. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, in 2010. My Master project thesis, under the supervision of Professor Nilmoni Sarkar, focused on photo-induced electron transfer processes in room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) and RTIL/co-solvent binary mixtures, exploring their micro-heterogeneous properties.

         Previously, I received my B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.) from Bankura Christian College under The Burdwan University in 2008. I obtained a first class degree with second rank among all the colleges of The University of Burdwan.