Dr. Neeladri Das, PhD (Utah)
Associate Professor, Former Head of Department
Chemistry Department, IIT Patna
Ph: +91-6115-233-023
Address: Room 215, Block IV, Department of Chemistry, IIT Patna, Bihta, Patna (801106), India
Academic Profile
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Dec. 2015-Present)
Head of Department , Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Mar. 2017-Mar. 2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (Dec. 2008-Dec. 2015)
Post-Doctoral Experience
Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität, Dortmund, Germany, Post-doctoral Scholar (Mar. 2008-Oct. 2008)
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A., Post-doctoral Scholar (Jan. 2007-Feb. 2008)
Alma Mater
PhD Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 84112 (2006), Supramolecular chemistry, coordination self-driven assembly. Ph.D. Supervisor : Prof Dr. Peter J. Stang
M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2002)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Presidency College, Calcutta University, Kolkata (2000)
Awards & Honours
Awarded “Research Stays” (Forschungsaufenthalte) Fellowship by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service in 2018. Visited Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
Dr. Neeladri Das have been awarded the "Chemical Science" Poster Prize at 6th EuCheMS (The European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences) conference on Nitrogen Ligands held in Beaune France (13-17th Sept, 2015). This prize was given by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK.
Awarded participation in 1st Call of framework of the Research Excellence Program (PEIN) of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain in 2012.
Awarded “Research Stays” (Forschungsaufenthalte) Fellowship by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) German Academic Exchange Service in 2010.
230th American Chemical Society Meeting Travel Award from University of Utah, 2005.
CSIR-JRF Fellowship for qualifying in National Eligibility Test (NET) (conducted jointly by UGC-CSIR for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship) held in December 2001.
Selected and participated in Visiting Student Research Program (VSRP) of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
Considered for award under the National Scholarship scheme of Government of India for securing 1st class in B.Sc “Chemistry Honors”. Examination conducted by Calcutta University in 2000.
Selected and participated in Summer Research Fellowships Program (1999) of Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) in association with Department of Science and Technology and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, New Delhi, India
Invited Lectures
National Seminar on "Frontiers in Chemical Research: Exploring New Horizons" organized by the Department of Chemistry, Ram Jaipal Chapra, Jai Prakash University, Chapra: November 29-30, 2024.
National conference on Innovative Approaches in Industrial Chemistry for Eco-Friendly Solutions (IIES-2024) Organized by Department of Industrial Chemistry, AMU: November 23-24.
The International Conference on New Approaches in Material Fabrication for Environmental Clean-up & Impacts on Human Health (ICAMEH - 2024) Organized by at T.P.S. College, Patliputra University, Patna: October 17th -19th, 2024.
National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry & Materials (CCM-2023) Organized by the Department of Chemistry: January 6 - 7, Chemistry Department, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Keynote lecture at 13th International Virtual Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM) 2022, organized by CIPET – 09.03.2022
DBT Star College Scheme, Dept. of Chemistry and Dept. of Biotechnology, Patna Science College, Patna University (23.01.2020)
Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XVIII) – IIT Guwahati (11.12.2019)
Fifth International Conference on Polymer Processing and Characterization (ICPPC – 2019) - Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India (11.10.2019)
MACRO 2015 - IACS, Kolkata (24.01. 2015)
Research Outputs
More than 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals published by ACS, RSC, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer and others.
PhD students’ supervision: Degree awarded – Ten; On-going – Three