Amitava Das

Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: amitava [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Molecular RecognitionSupramolecular ChemistryImaging ReagentsPhotoinduced Processes
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 ( - )
- 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)
- DST-J.C. Bose National Fellow from DST (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:
- Tiwari, Karishma. 2020."Large Area Self-Assembled Untrathin Polyamine Nanoflims Formed at the Liquid-Liquid interface Used for Molecular Separation." Advanced Materials, 32, 000
- Mahapatra, Tufan Singha. 2020."Two-dimensional lanthanide coordination polymer nanosheets for detection of FOX-7." Chemical Sciences, 11, 1032-1042
- Das, Amitava. 2019."Small Molecule as Fluorescent Probes for Monitoring Intracellular Enzymatic Transformations." Chemical reviews, 119, 11718
- Pramanik, Sumit Kumar. 2019."Stimuli-Responsive Nanocapsules for the Spatiotemporal Release of 2- Melatonin: Protection against Gastric Inflammation." ACS Appl. Bio. Mater., 2, 5218-5226
- Ashokkumar, P.. 2019."A fluorogenic BODIPY Molecular Rotor as Apoptosis Marker." Chem. Commun, 55, 6902-6905
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