Susmita Roy
Associate Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: susmita.roy [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Development of cutting-edge computational methodologies using fundamental concepts of physical chemistry/statistical mechanics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based approaches to understand nucleic acids structure-function, RNA regulation and Protein-RNA interaction related to viral and bacterial infection. (Note: Dr. Roy invites applications for regular Ph.D. programme in the coming semester, 2025.)
Academic Background:
- PhD (Physical Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, (IISc, Bangalore), 2015, PhD Supervisor: Professor Biman Bagchi
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Academic Visiting Faculty, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA (2019 - 2025)
- Assistant Professor , IISER Kolkata (2019 - 2025)
- Academic Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA (2017 - 2019)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA (2015 - 2019)
Awards and Honors:
- Chemical Communication Emerging Investigator from Chemical Communication (Royal Society of Chemistry, (RSC)) (2024)
- CRSI Young Scientist Award from Chemical Research Society of India (2021)
- Editorial Board Member of 'Frontiers' from Frontiers in Physics and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences Journals. (2020)
- Har Govind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award from DBT, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. (2019)