Amitava Das
Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: amitava [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Molecular Recognition; Supramolecular Chemistry; Stimuli-responsive nanostructured material, Stimuli-responsive drug release and Imaging Reagents.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. (Inorganic Reaction Mechanism), Jadavpur University, 1989
- M.Sc. (Analytical Chemistry), Jadavpur University, 1985
- B.Sc. (Chemistry), Jadavpur University, 1983
Positions:
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Director, CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (2016 - 2019)
- Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (2013 - 2016)
- Scientist, CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (1992 - 2013)
- Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Bristol (1990 - 1992)
- Post-doctoral Fellow [Nehru Fellowship], University of Birmingham (1989 - 1990)
- Research Fellow, Jadavpur University (1986 - 1989)
- Process Executive, Dytron India Ltd. (1985 - 1986)
Awards and Honors:
- Prof. P. K. Bhattacharya Gold Medal Lecture Series Award from M.S. University, Vadodara (2020)
- SERB-J.C. Bose National Fellow-Second Term Since April 2023 from DST-SERB (2017)
- Fellow of Indian National Science Academy from Indian National Science Academy (2017)
- CRSI Silver Medal from Chemical Research Society of India (2016)
- Fellow of Gujarat Science Academy from Gujarat Science Academy (2016)
- Prof. Suresh C. Ameta award of Indian Chemical Society from Indian Chemical Society (2015)
- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry from Royal Society (2014)
- Fellow of the National Academy of Science from National Academy of Science (2012)
- Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science from Indian Academy of Science (2010)
- CRSI Bronze Medal from Chemical Research Society of India (2009)
Selected Publications:
- Kandoth, N.; Chaudhary, S; Gupta, S.; Raksha, K.; Chatterjee, A.; Gupta, S.; Karuthedath, S.; Castro, C. De; Laquai, F.; Pramanik, S. K.; Bhattacharya, S.; Mallick, Amirul I. and Das, Amitava. 2023."Multimodal Biofilm Inactivation Using a Photocatalytic Bismuth Perovskite-TiO2-Ru(II)polypyridyl-based Multisite Heterojunctions." ACS Nano, 17, 10393
- Sarkar, P.; Sarkar, T.; Singh, H.; Sutariya, B.; Ray, S.; Das, Amitava; Pramanik, Sumit K. and Karan, S.. 2023."Microporous poly(triaminoguanidinium-amide) nanofilms with sub-nm precision for ultra-low molecular weight cut-off in nanofiltration." J. Mater. Chem. A, 11, 14390
- Dey, A.; Yadav, M.; Kumbart, D.; Samal, S.; Debpura, T; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2022."A Combination Therapy Strategy for Treating Antibiotic Resistant Biofilm Infection Using Guanidinium Derivative and Nanoparticulate Ag(0) Derived Hybrid Gel Conjugate." Chem. Sciences, 13, , 10103
- Pramanik, S. K.; Tiwari, R.; Chattopadhyay, S.; Das, Amitava and Thomas, James A.. 2022."Nanoparticles for super-resolution microscopy: intracellular delivery and molecular targeting." Chem. Soc. Rev., 51, 9882-9916
- Kandoth, Noufal; Barman, S.; Chatterjee, A.; Sarkar, S.; Dey, A. K.; Pramanik, S. K. and Das, Amitava. 2021."Photoactive lanthanide-based upconversion nanoclusters for antimicrobial applications." Adv. Funct. Mater, 31, 2104480
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