Swadhin Mandal

Professor
Dept: Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: swadhin.mandal [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
Organometallic chemistry and its application in catalysis, new drug development and material chemistry
Academic Background:
- PhD (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, 2002
- MSc (Chemistry), University of Kalyani, 1996, Secured first rank in University
- BSc (Chemistry), University of Kalyani, 1993, Secured 3rd Rank in University
Positions:
- Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (2013 - 2014)
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2007 - 2013)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Goettingen (2006 - 2007)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside (2002 - 2005)
Awards and Honors:
- SKM delivers Physics Colloquium from University of Greifswald, Germany (2016)
- Honor from ACS (2014)
- Honor from ACS (2013)
- YIM Boston Young Scientist Award from YIM Boston at MIT, USA (2012)
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2005)
Selected Publications:
- Ahmed, J.; Prasannan, S.; Vijaykumar, G.; Jose, A.; Raj, M. and Mandal, S. K.. 2017."A new face of phenalenyl-based radicals in the transition metal-free C–H arylation of heteroarenes at room temperature: trapping the radical initiator via C–C ?-bond formation." Chem. Sci., ,
- Mukherjee, A.; Sau, S. C. and Mandal, S. K,. 2017."Exploring Closed-Shell Cationic Phenalenyl: From Catalysis to Spin Electronics." Acc. Chem. Res., 50, 1679-1691
- Sau, Samaresh Chandra; Bhattacharjee, R.; Vardhanapu, Pavan Kumar; Vijaykumar, Gonela; Datta, A. and Mandal, Swadhin Kumar. 2016."Metal Free Reduction of CO2 to Methoxyborane Under Ambient Conditions through Borondiformate Formation." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 15147
- Paira, Rupankar; Singh, Bhagat; Hota, Pradip K; Ahmed, Jasimuddin; Sau, Samaresh Ch; Jhonpeter, Justin and Mandal, Swadhin K. 2016."Phenalenyl Based Radical in Transition Metal Free Catalytic C-H Functionalization." J. Org. Chem., 81, 2432–2441
- Paryar, Anand; Vijaykumar, Gonela; Dey, Suman Kr.; Singh, Santosh K; Kurongot, Shreekumar and Mandal, Swadhin K. 2015."Switching Closed-Shell to Open-Shell Phenalenyl: Toward Designing Electroactive Materials." J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 5955-5960
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