Dr. Raja Shunmugam
Professor

Degree Information:
Post-Doc. University of Massachusetts Amherst-USA (Prof. Gregory N. Tew).
PhD. Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (Prof. R. Dhamodharan).
M.Sc. (Chemistry), V.O.C. College, Tuticorin, 1996
B.Sc. (Chemistry), V.O.C. College, Tuticorin, 1994 
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Mailing Address:
IISER Kolkata
Department of Chemistry
Polymer Research Center
Mohanpur Campus, Mohanpur
Nadia - 741246, West Bengal
India
Email: sraja@iiserkol.ac.in               
                polyraja@gmail.com
Phone: +91 33-25873121
Fax: +91 33-25873020

Research Interest:·        

• Synthetic Macromolecules
  
• Drug Carriers
  
• Self-assembling Nanomaterials
  
• Sensors

Honors:

•  2019-NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award 2019 for Application Oriented Innovations.
  
•  2019-'Multifunctional nanocarrier with a platinum prodrug as an efficient dual-imaging, site-specific cancer theranostic agent' has been selected as Joint Runner-Up for 8th NATIONAL AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, under The New Polymer category, implemented by Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
  
•  2017-'Nerve Agent Sensing' has been selected as Joint Winner for 7th NATIONAL AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, under the Polymeric Materials category, implemented by Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
  
•  2016-'Arsenic Sensing and Trapping by Norbornene-based Polymer' has been selected as Joint Runner-Up for 6th NATIONAL AWARD FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION, under the Polymeric Materials category, implemented by Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
  
• 2010 -Ramanujan Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
• 2008-Invited US team member of the 1st NSF-sponsored US-India Nano Science  Institute, USINSEI Chennai, India.
• 2007-Invited presenter, STIPOMAT 2007, Switzerland.
• 2007-Invited presenter, Polymers West Gordon Research Conference,Ventura, CA, USA.
• 2000-2003: Graduate Research Fellowship.
• 2000-(All India Master Level Chemistry Test; All India 12th rank with percentile of 99.38).

Professional Appointments:

• October 2018 - present: Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
  
• January 2014 - September 2018: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
  
• September 2008- December 2013: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
  
• 2003-2008: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
  
• 2000-2003: Research and Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
  
• 1998-2000: Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
  
• 1996-1998: Teaching Assistant, V.O.C. College, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India.
  

Distinguished Honors:

• Elected Board of Governors (BoG) member for the period of 2 years (July 2019 to July 2021).
  
• Associate Editor, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) Since January 2016
  
• Participated as Institute representative on the occasion of the Festival of Innovation 2016 and 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan and presented a poster on Arsenic removal research.
  
• Felicitated on Science day for four consecutive years (2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020) for the contribution in the field of Science and Technology Development.