Raja Shunmugam

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:

•  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:

• January 2014 - Present: 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.