Debabrata Mukherjee
Associate Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: d.mukherjee [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Synthetic inorganic and organometallic chemistry.Chemistry of Earth-abundant elements with special emphasis on the main group.Molecular metal hydrides.Porous organic polymers. Homo- and heterogeneous catalysis.Reaction mechanism and Kinetics.
Academic Background:
- PhD (CHEM), Iowa State University, USA, 2013
- M.Sc. (CHEM), IIT Kanpur, 2005
- B.Sc. (CHEM), R. K. Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (Calcutta University), 2005
- Higher Secondary (PHY, CHEM, MATH, STAT), R. K. Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math (West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Education), 2002
- Madhyamik (PHY, CHEM, MATH, BENG, ENG, HIST, GEO), Pandua Sashi Bhusan Saha High School (West Board of Secondary Education), 2000
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2018 - 2019)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2017 - 2018)
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Fellow, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2015 - 2017)
- Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory, USA (2013 - 2014)
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Iowa State University, USA (2007 - 2013)
Awards and Honors:
- Ramanujan Fellowship from SERB (2018)
- Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship from AvH Foundation (2014)