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)

1. PhD (Photophysics and Photochemistry), Jadavpur University, 2002

1. Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
2. Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (2013 - 2018)
3. Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2009 - 2013)
4. Assistant Professor, BITS, Pilani (2007 - 2009)
5. Lecturer, BITS, Pilani (2004 - 2007)
6. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (2002 - 2004)

1. Bharat Gaurav Puraskar from KTK Outstanding Achievers and Education Foundation (2022)
2. Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry from The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (2022)
3. Research Excellence Award from Institute of Scholars, Bangalore (2020)
4. Fellow from West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST) (2019)
5. Research Ratna Awards 2019 from Research Under Literal Access (RULA) Awards (2019)
6. Outstanding Faculty in Chemistry from Venus International Foundation (2018)

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