Research Interest

Techniques:   Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Confocal/TIRF/Wide-Field Microscopy, Ultrafast Fluorescence Spectroscopy.

Processes:      Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS, FCCS, FLCS), Single Particle Tracking, Enzyme Kinetics, Magnetic Tweezing, Solvation Dynamics, Translational Dynamics, Rotational Dynamics, Blinking, etc.

Materials:   Quantum Dots/Rods, Fluoro-Sensors, Enzymes, Proteins, Ionic Liquids,   Nano-materials.

  Academic Qualification

1. Ph.D. (Fluorescence Spectroscopy), University of Hyderabad, India, 2006.
2. M.Sc. (Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Specialisation), University of Calcutta, India, 2001.
3. B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, India, 1999.

  Positions

1. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, India (01/10 - ).
2. Post-doctoral researcher in group of Group of David Bensimon and Vincent Croquette, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (04/09 - 12/09)
3. Post-doctoral researcher in group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Basché, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany (02/07 - 02/09)

  Academic and Professional Honours

1. Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF).
2. CNRS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
3. Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.
4. Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR, India) – February 2004.
5. Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship (CSIR, India)- December 2000.
6. P. C. Rakshit memorial Chemistry quiz contest- 2nd prize for R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (University of Calcutta) -1999.
7. Best (2nd) Seminar Lecture on Chemical Toxicology, R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (University of Calcutta) – 1997.
8. National Merit Scholarship at Class X.