Curriculum vitae

Dr. Subhajit Acharya

Post-doctoral research associate

Institute for Computational Molecular Science,                                                                     

Temple University, Philadelphia, USA                                                                 

Email: subhajit.acharya@temple.edu

Alternate Email:subhajitacharya70@gmail.com

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Education

• Post-doctoral research associate [2024-present]

Institute for computational molecular science

Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) [2018 – 2024] 

Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

• Master of Science (M.S) [2016-2018]

 Department of Chemical Science 

 Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

 Specialization: Physical Chemistry, CGPA: 8.6 out of 10

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) [2013-2016]  

Department of Chemistry 

Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, Kolkata

West Bengal, India

Honors/Major: Chemistry, Marks obtained: 83% (first class, second position) 

• Secondary & Higher Secondary Education [2011 & 2013]

Sabajput Sambodhi Sikshatirtha, West Bengal, India

Higher Secondary, Marks obtained (92%), 2013

Secondary Exam, Marks Obtained (88%), 2011

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Awards and Honours

• Best Poster Award, at Paris International School on Advanced Computational Materials Science, Sorbonne Université, Paris, 2022

• Best Poster Award, SSCU Unit Day, IISc, Bengaluru, India, 2022

• Dr. Sailendra Jha Memorial Prize, Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission, Kolkata, India

• CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship; Awarded the CSIR-UGC JRF by Joint Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission, New Delhi (All India Rank-JRF 40), 2017

• Joint Admission Test For Masters (JAM); Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Madras, (All India Rank 10), 2016

• INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology,   India, 2013-2016

• Peer review: Solvation free energies of alcohols in water: temperature and pressure dependences; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3CP03799A

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Attended Conferences

[1]  ACS SPRING 2025 | San Diego, CA | 2025 | Poster

[2]  Paris International School on Advanced Computational Materials Science| Sorbonne Université, Paris|France|2022|Poster|Best Poster

[3] SSCU Unit Day Symposium | SSCU, IISc, India | 2022 | Poster| Best Poster 

[4] ACS FALL 2022|Chiago University|2022|Poster

[5] Dynamics at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology | SSCU, IISc, India | 2019 | Poster

[6] Theoretical Chemistry Symposium | BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India | 2019 | Poster 

[7] SSCU Unit Day Symposium | SSCU, IISc, India | 2021 | Oral

[8] SSCU Unit Day Symposium | SSCU, IISc, India | 2019 | Oral

[9] SSCU Unit Day Symposium | SSCU, IISc, India | 2018 | Poster

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Technical Skills

• Programming & scripting: FORTRAN, Bash, Python, C++

• Operating systems: Windows, Linux

• Scientific software: Quantum Espresso, Gaussian, CP2K, GROMACS, LAMMPS, Plumed, Gaussian, VMD, Packmol

• Graph plotting tools: xmgrace, gnuplot, origin, matplotlib

• Simulation techniques: Ab initio molecular dynamics, Density functional theory, Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, Brownian dynamics, Enhanced sampling

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Teaching Experiences

• Teaching Assistant

1.   Course: Basic Statistical Mechanics

        Instructor: Prof. Biman Bagchi

        Organised by: National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), Indian Institute of Technology,         Bombay, India, 2020

2.    Course: Physical Chemistry – I: Quantum Chemistry and Group Theory

         Instructor: Prof. Abhishek Singh & Prof. S. Ramasesha

         Organized by: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India

3.     Course: Physical Chemistry II: Statistical Mechanics

           Instructor: Prof. Biman Bagchi

           Organized by: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India