Prof. Subhajit Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Subhajit Bandyopadhyay did his M.Sc from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. He did his doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Reginald Mitchell at University of Victoria, British Columbia.This was followed by a postdoctoral position with Professor Ron Breslow at Columbia University. He spent a year with Prof. Florian Hollfelder at the University of Cambridge before joining IISER Kolkata as an Assistant Professor. His research interests cover the synthesis and studies of photochromic systems, optical sensors for biologically relevant analytes, machine learning, photo controlled catalysis, and smartphone chemistry. Currently he is a Professor at IISER Kolkata. He has been awarded as the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (2022). Prof. Bandyopadhyay led the Indian National Team as the Head Mentor, under his leadership India performed exceptionally well at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2026 held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 10 to 19 July 2026, with all four students bagging Gold Medals. Prof. Bandyopadhyay has also been awarded with the prestigious CRSI Bronze Medal for the year 2027.
Professional Career
Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
PostDoc
University of Cambridge
(Supervisor: Prof. Florian Hollfelder)
Academic Profile
PostDoc
Columbia University, British Columbia, Canada
(Supervisor: Prof. Ron Breslow)
PhD
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
(Supervisor: Prof. Reginald Mitchell)
M.Sc
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
B.Sc
The University of Burdwan
Awards and Honors
Head Mentor of Indian National Team Winning All 4 GOLD Medals 🥇 at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) Uzbekistan, 2026.
Recipient of the Prestigious CRSI Bronze Medal for the year 2027.
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2022.
Editorial Advisory Board Member of the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry.
Honorary Membership of the American Chemical Society 2020.
New Talent by Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry by The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
Certificate of Appreciation as the Thesis Advisor of a 2014 Eli Lilly Asia Outstanding Thesis Awardee.
Best Teacher Award-Chemical Sciences 2014 - Sep 2014 (IISER Kolkata Student Community): On the Teachers'Day.
Best Teacher Award—Chemical Sciences - Teachers' Day 2011, 2012, 2013 (IISER Kolkata Students’ Community).
Selected for INSA-Australian Academy of Sciences Fellowship 2013. (Indian National Academy of Sciences-Australian Academy of Sciences).
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship - 2012.
Von Rudolff Award, Canada 2003.
National Scholarship for Academic Excellence at the Bachelor's level.