Ph.D. Scholar
Tuhin Subhra Koley
Theranostic metal complexes as tubulin-binding agents and inhibitors of VEGFR-2 phosphorylation
The Group
Researchers and postdoctoral fellows working at the interface of coordination chemistry, chemical biology and molecular pharmacology to develop mechanism-driven metal-based therapeutic platforms.
Medicinal inorganic chemistryChemical biologyCancer therapeuticsMolecular imaging
Laboratory leadership
Prof. Arindam Mukherjee
Principal Investigator and Group Leader
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata.
His research programme integrates coordination chemistry, medicinal inorganic chemistry, chemical biology and molecular pharmacology to develop mechanism-driven metal-based molecular systems and understand their biological function.
Current team
Current researchers
The current SMTL team spans postdoctoral and graduate researchers working across therapeutic molecular design, sensing, targeted degradation and mechanistic chemical biology.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral researcher
Dr. Pritam Maity
SERB–N-PDF
Joined SMTL on 1 September 2026 as a SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focuses on developing sensors and targeted degraders for ALDH1A1.
His work combines molecular probe design and targeted protein degradation to investigate ALDH1A1 biology in disease-relevant cellular systems.
Graduate Researchers
Ph.D. Scholar · UGC Fellow
Sandip Ghosh
Targeting gastrointestinal stromal tumours using Pt(II/IV) complexes
Ph.D. Scholar
Sk Razibul Alam
Ph.D. research: Design of PDAC-targeting photoresponsive agents.
Current team
Master’s student
MS Student
Lalit Kumar Mohanta
Designing new anti-fibrillating agents for Alzheimer’s disease
Alumni network
Ph.D. alumni
Former doctoral researchers now contributing across academia, biotechnology and pharmaceutical research.
2015
Suman Kumar Dey
Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Vidyasagar University
2016
Subhendu Karmakar
Assistant Professor, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata
2016
Amrita Sarkar
Marie Curie Fellow, Prof. Ramon Vilar, Imperial College London
2017
Sudipta Bhattacharyya
Assistant Manager, PI Industries
2019
Kallol Purkait
Senior Scientist, Enveda Biosciences
2021
Sourav Acharya
Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Dan Gibson, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2021
Moumita Maji
Humboldt Fellow, Prof. Angela Casini, Technical University of Munich
2022
Arpan Mukherjee
Assistant Professor, Swami Vivekananda University, West Bengal
2023
Ayan Chakraborty
Research Scientist, Sai Life Sciences Ltd.
2024
Soumya Paul
Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University, USA
2025
Souryadip Roy
Postdoctoral Fellow, IISER Berhampur
2026
Shilpendu Ghosh
Seeking postdoctoral opportunities
Former researchers
Research fellows and associates
Former Ph.D. Student
Tuhin Roy
Research Scientist, DRDO, India
Former SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow
Ramkrishna Pal
Scientist, Enveda Biosciences
Alumni network
MS alumni
Former BS–MS thesis students pursuing research and professional careers in India and abroad.
MS Thesis, 2014
Alok Kumar
SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
MS Thesis, 2016
Kumar Khushvant
Former BS–MS student; associated publication in Dalton Transactions
MS Thesis, 2016
Debsouri Kundu
Ph.D. researcher, Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences; Marie Curie Fellow
MS Thesis, 2019
Moumita Ghosh
Ph.D. researcher, Indiana University Bloomington
MS Thesis, 2019
Rakesh Sahoo
R&D Chemist, American River Nutrition
MS Thesis, 2020
Surasree Rakshit
Ph.D. researcher, University of Florida, USA
MS Thesis, 2020
Rishav Chatterjee
Ph.D. researcher, University of Illinois, USA
MS Thesis, 2021
Pragya Kumari
Ph.D. researcher, University of Warwick, UK
MS Thesis, 2022
Aniket Majhee
Ph.D. researcher, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
MS Thesis, 2022
Dipayan Maity
Ph.D. researcher, University of Maryland, USA
MS Thesis, 2024
Sujato Mukherjee
Ph.D. researcher, Arizona State University, USA
MS Thesis, 2025
Yash Mohature
Project Fellow, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
MS Thesis, 2026
Goutam Sahoo
Applying for Ph.D. positions