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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA
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Faculty Details

Susmita Roy
Susmita Roy

Department: Chemical Sciences (DCS)

Email: susmita.roy [at] iiserkol.ac.in

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Research Interests

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

  1. PhD (Physical Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, (IISc, Bangalore), 2015, PhD Supervisor: Professor Biman Bagchi

Positions

  1. Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
  2. Academic Visiting Faculty, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA (2019 - 2025)
  3. Assistant Professor , IISER Kolkata (2019 - 2025)
  4. Academic Visiting Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA (2017 - 2019)
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA (2015 - 2019)

Awards and Honors

  1. Chemical Communication Emerging Investigator from Chemical Communication (Royal Society of Chemistry, (RSC)) (2024)
  2. CRSI Young Scientist Award from Chemical Research Society of India (2021)
  3. Editorial Board Member of 'Frontiers' from Frontiers in Physics and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences Journals. (2020)
  4. Har Govind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award from DBT, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. (2019)

Selected Publications

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