Pradipta Purkayastha
Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: ppurkayastha [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
•Photophysical characterization of new organic and inorganic molecules in microheterogeneous environments •Host-guest interaction and applications in biological environments •Synthesis and application of metal nanoparticles and nanoclusters in drug delivery •Carbon nanoparticles in photoinduced energy/electron transfer •Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)
Academic Background:
- PhD (Photophysics and Photochemistry), Jadavpur University, 2002
Positions:
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (2013 - 2018)
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2009 - 2013)
- Assistant Professor, BITS, Pilani (2007 - 2009)
- Lecturer, BITS, Pilani (2004 - 2007)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (2002 - 2004)
Awards and Honors:
- Bharat Gaurav Puraskar from KTK Outstanding Achievers and Education Foundation (2022)
- Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry from The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (2022)
- Research Excellence Award from Institute of Scholars, Bangalore (2020)
- Fellow from West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) (2019)
- Research Ratna Awards 2019 from Research Under Literal Access (RULA) Awards (2019)
- Outstanding Faculty in Chemistry from Venus International Foundation (2018)