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Email: sayanb  iiserkol.ac.in

  Research Interest

Porous Nanomaterials; Magnetic Nanomaterials; Smart Inorganic Nanostructures; Carbon Nanotubes; Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors; Semiconductor Nanocrystals

  Academic Qualification

  1. Ph.D. (Solid State Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, 2006.
  2. M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry), University of Kalyani, 1998.
  3. B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Calcutta University, 1996.

  Positions

  1. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India (2010-Present)
  2. Postdoctoral Researcher, Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2008-2010)
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (2006-2008)
  Recognitions and Honors
  • Reviewer for the International Journals: Acta Materialia; ACS Nano; Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing; Chemical Communications; Langmuir; Inorganic Chemistry; Microporous and Mesoporous Materials; Ultrasonics Sonochemistry; Journal of Alloys and Compounds; Journal of Physical Chemistry C; Materials Research Bulletin
  • Member of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), 2009, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Judge at the REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) poster session, Drexel University, USA, August 2008.
  • Invited lecture entitled “Nanoparticle Insertion Inside Mesoporous Nanostructures” at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IFF Soft Matter, Germany, January 2008.
  • Invited lecture entitled “Magnetic Interactions Study of ε-Fe3N-GaN Core-Shell Nanocomposites/Nanowires” at 24th Annual Conference of the Indian Council of Chemists (ICC), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, December 2005.
  • 3rd Best paper award at 3rd National Symposium & Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas, Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, December 2003.
  • Best paper award at National Symposium on Nanostructured Materials, IIT Delhi, December 2002.
  • National Eligibility Test in Chemical Sciences (NET), 1999.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 1999.
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