Soumyajit's Research Group
Structural Organic Chemistry
Lab #414, SS Bhatnagar Block
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
Dr. Soumyajit Das
Assistant Professor
ORCID: 0000-0003-0964-1958
# 323, SS Bhatnagar Block
Permanent campus, IIT Ropar
Rupnagar 140001, Punjab
Phone: (+91)1881-232067
Email: chmsdas@iitrpr.ac.in
Research Interests
Organic synthesis
Benzenoid/Non-benzenoid polyaromatics
Open-shell diradicaloids
Organic spin/electronics (with collaboration)
Education
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)
Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, 2007-2012
(Thesis advisor: Prof. Sanjio S. Zade)
M.Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
Amingaon, Assam, 2005-2007
(Project advisor: Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer)
B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.): Bagati Sreegopal Banerjee College
Mogra, Hooghly, West Bengal, 2002-2005
(affiliation: The University of Burdwan)
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor (Mar 2019 – Present), Indian Institute of Technology Ropar.
Senior Scientist (Mar 2018 – Feb 2019), Aurigene Discovery, Bangalore.
Research Scientist (Sep 2016 – Feb 2018), Sai Life Sciences, Pune.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mar 2012 – Aug 2016), National University of Singapore (NUS)
(advisor: Prof. Jishan Wu)
Teaching Courses
CY101 - Chemistry for Engineers (Theory and Lab)
EV101 - Environmental Science and Engineering
GE101 - Technology Museum Lab
CY427/701 - Molecular Spectroscopy
CY412/602 - Concise Organic Chemistry
CY001 - Preparatory Chemistry
Research Funding:
ISIRD start-up grant by IIT Ropar
Start-up Research Grant (SERB, GoI), 2019-2021
Core Research Grant (SERB, GoI), 2022-2025