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Prof. Debasish Haldar
Bio-Organic Supramolecular chemistry Group.
Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER KOLKATA.
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Prof. Debasish Haldar.
Department of Chemical Science
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Mohanpur-741 246, India
Email: deba_h76@iiserkol.ac.in
Academic Background:
  • Ph.D. (Chemistry), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science/Jadavpur University, 2005.
  • M.Sc. (Chemistry), University of Calcutta, 1999.
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons.), University of Calcutta, 1997.
Positions:
  • Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata (2018 - Present)
  • Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata (2013 - 2018)
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata (2008 - 2013)
  • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Wurzburg, working with Prof. Carsten Schmuck, Germany.(2007-08).
  • Leverhulme Trust Post-doctoral Fellow, The School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom (2006 - 07).
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate, Institut Europeen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France (2005-06).
Research Interest:
  • Developments of smart peptide-based nanostructured materials
  • Synthesis of new amino acid analogues with tuneable functionality
  • Self-aggregating systems from pharmaceutical small molecules as delivery vehicles and sustained released
  • Low molecular weight gelator compounds form receptor substrate complex
  • Polymer-peptide conjugate as ECM for tissue engineering and wound healing
  • Artificial light harvesting system
  • Designer ion channels and catalyst
Awards & Honors:
  • Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK. 2022
  • Young talents award, CryestEngComm., RSC, UK. 2016
  • Outstanding Faculty award, Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India. 2016
  • Emerging Investigators, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, RSC, UK. 2016
  • Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. 2006
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany. 2006
Selected Publications:
  • Hydrazine-Modified Topology-Dependent Conductivity of Cyclic NDI as a Molecular CircuitS. K. Nandi, David Diaz Diaz*, and D. Haldar*. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 1, 675-682 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c08659
  • Effect of spatial folding of molecules on two-photon absorption and nonlinear refraction in foldamers. S. Roy,# S. K. Nandi,# D. Haldar,* and Bipul Pal*, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 8767-8775' DOI: 10.1039/D2TC00951J
  • Proof of Concept: Interface of Recyclable Organogels with Embedded Palladium Nanoparticles Catalyzing Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling in Water at Room Temperature.,S. R. Chowdhury, S. K. Nandi and D. Haldar*, ACS Omega 2022, 7, 25, 21566-21573, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01360.
  • A small molecule peptidomimetic of spider silk and web K. Maji, R. Sarkar, S. Bera and Debasish Haldar*, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12749-12752, DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04475D
  • Topology-Controlled AIEE of Iminocoumarin Luminophores. D. Chattapadhyay#, S. Mondal#, S. Kumar, and D. Haldar*, Chem Asian J. 2021, 16, 1-7., DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100590
  • Porous organic material from discotic tricarboxyamide: side chains-core interactions, P. Jana, A. Paikar, S. Bera, S. K. Maity and Debasish Haldar*, Organic Letters, 2014, 16, 3841, DOI: 10.1021/ol402885t
  • Halogen bond induced phosphorescence of capped ?-amino acid in solid state, S. K. Maity, S. Bera, A. Paikar, A. Pramanik and Debasish Haldar*, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49 9051-9053, DOI: 10.1039/C3CC44231D
  • Photo-induced charge-transfer complex formation and organogelation by a tripeptide, P. Jana, S. Maity, S. K. Maity, P. K. Ghorai, Debasish Haldar*, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, DOI:10.1039/C2SM25062D.
Books:
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IISER Kolkata.
Main Campus, Mohanpur,
Nadia - 741246, W.B. India.
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