News 

03/06/2024

We are excited to welcome three MSc project students- Aditya Roy, Swrangsar Basumatary and Chitralekha Beypi. We also welcome Institute Summer Fellow Anakha Anand.

05/01/2024

Dr. Soumen Ghosh has been selected as an Early Career Board member for the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation!

30/10/2023

Our research group has moved to the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Madras!! 

31/05/2023

Our paper "A Combined Wave Function and Density Functional Approach for K-Edge X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectroscopy: A Case Study of Hydrated First-Row Transition Metal Ions" is now online in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In this article, we have shown performance of MC-PDFT for K-edge XANES of transition metal complexes.

20/03/2023

Dr. Ghosh has joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Indore!! 

27/02/2023

I have been awarded an INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship by the Government of India to conduct research at a host institute. The award comprises a monthly stipend and a research grant of Rs. 700000/year for five years.

06/07/2022

Our paper "Near-Quantitative Predictions of the First-Shell Coordination Structure of Hydrated First-Row Transition Metal Ions Using K‑Edge X‑ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectroscopy" is now online in J. Phys. Chem. Lett. In this article, we have explored K-edge XANES for first row transition metal ions both experimentally and computationally for the first time.

11/02/2022

My first paper as a corresponding author is now online- "Origin of the Failure of Density Functional Theories in Predicting Inverted Singlet–Triplet Gaps''. This is featured as a cover article. Here we have explored the reasons behind the failure of density functional theories in computing inverted singlet-triplet gaps and provided solutions to the problem.

30/08/2021

I have joined a new postdoctoral position at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. My research at PNNL will focus on X-ray spectroscopy and ultrafast processes.

09/07/2021

My first submission to ChemRxiv with Dr. kalishankar Bhattacharyya where we look into the reasons behind the failure of density functional theories in calculating inverted singlet-triplet gaps is now online.

https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/60f456f9f1a54f53b750baf6

25/05/2021

Our paper “Fragment-Based Local Coupled Cluster Embedding Approach for the Quantification and Analysis of Noncovalent Interactions: Exploring the Many-Body Expansion of the Local Coupled Cluster Energy” is now published in the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation.

04/06/2020

Our paper "“Revised M11 Exchange-Correlation Functional for Electronic Excitation Energies and Ground-State Properties,” is selected for the JPC Virtual Issue on New Tools and Methods in Physical Chemistry Research. 

19/03/2019

I have been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship from June, 2019 - May, 2021 to conduct research on "A New and Accurate Method for Modelling Excited States in Large Open-shell Chemical Systems". 

25/07/2018

Our review on combined WFT and DFT based methods for excited states is now online! 

22/06/2018

Defended my thesis titled "Static and Dynamic Charge and Energy Transport in Organic Electronics" on 22nd June, 2018. Picture is with all my committee members (left to right)- Prof. David Blank, Prof. Donald G. Truhlar, Prof. Turan Birol, Prof. Christopher J. Cramer, Dr. Niranajan Govind and Prof. Laura Gagliardi.