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Dadri, UP, 201314, India
Rupamanjari Ghosh
Director,
School of Natural Sciences
Parthapratim Munshi
Head,
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Chemistry education at SNU provides a link
between the fundamental principles governing
the nature of the universe and the science of life,
and spans traditional as well as a variety of
inter-disciplinary areas. We offer
undergraduate specializations in Chemical
Physics, Chemical Biology, Chemistry of
Materials, Bioinformatics or Chemistry of the
Environment. You can also combine a Minor in
Chemistry with a Major in any discipline at
SNU. University-wide elective courses in the
curriculum allow students unprecedented
freedom to explore subjects outside their chosen
major; in some depth. This flexible and broad
curriculum prepares students not just for a
career in chemistry upon graduation, but for a
leadership role in the world as well.
The Undergraduate Chemistry Experience
The chemistry curriculum at SNU provides
both a broad background in chemical principles
as well as in-depth study of chemistry or
chemistry-related areas that build on this
background. The chemistry curriculum is
divided into three categories: introductory
general chemistry, foundation courses
providing breadth across sub-disciplines, and
rigorous in-depth courses that build upon these
foundations and develop critical thinking and
problem-solving skills. Since chemistry is an
experimental science, substantial laboratory
work is an integral part of almost all our
courses. The introductory general chemistry
course provides a common grounding in basic
chemical concepts for students with diverse
backgrounds, develops basic mathematical and
laboratory skills, and prepares students for the
foundation courses. Foundation courses in
analytical chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic
chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical
chemistry provide breadth and lay the
groundwork for more in-depth course work.
Laboratory Experience: The chemistry
laboratory experience at SNU includes
synthesis of molecules; measurement of
chemical properties, structures, and
phenomena; hands-on experience with modern
analytical instrumentation; and computational
data analysis and modeling. All laboratory
programs are conducted in a safe environment
that includes adherence to national and state
regulations regarding hazardous waste
management and laboratory safety including,
facilities for chemical waste disposal, safety
information and reference materials, and
personal protective equipment available to all
students and faculty. The chemistry
laboratories at SNU are equipped with
functioning fume hoods, safety showers,
eyewashes, first aid kits, and fire extinguishers
are readily available. Students are trained in
modern chemical safety, to understand
responsible disposal techniques, understand
and comply with safety regulations,
understand and use material safety data sheets
(MSDS), recognize and minimize potential
chemical and physical hazards in the
laboratory, and know how to handle laboratory
emergencies effectively.
Problem-Solving Skills: As part of the SNU
experience, students will be expected to develop
the ability to define problems, develop testable
hypotheses, design and execute experiments,
analyze data using statistical methods, and
draw appropriate conclusions. The chemistry
curriculum provides ample opportunities for
developing both written and oral
communication skills, as well as team skills.
Our instructional programs incorporate team
experiences in classroom and laboratory
components of the chemistry curriculum.
Post-Graduate Programs: At the postgraduate
level, SNU offers the Ph.D. program in
chemistry. Students for this program are drawn
from the fields of Chemistry, Biology,
Computer Science and Statistics. Foundation
courses in the first semester ensure that all
students, irrespective of undergraduate
specialization, possess the requisite background
to complete the course of study and benefit
fully from the program. The estimated demand
for around 8000 bioinformatics professionals in
India indicates good job opportunities for high
quality graduates. Both Bioinformatics and
Cheminformatics offer good career
opportunities, in industry as well as in
academia, in developed markets abroad such as
the US and Europe - the major employers
being: industries from biotechnology, agri-
biotech, pharmaceutical; IT industries working
towards providing solutions to life Sciences,
biotechnology and health-care sectors; as well
as R&D institutes and academia.
The Ph.D. program in chemistry at SNU
consists of a rigorous regimen of both broad-
based and in-depth course work, development
of project proposals, research and literature
seminars, in-depth dissertation research under
the supervision of a research advisor, and a
public thesis defense.
Chemistry Research at SNU
Research activities are not confined to post-
graduate level, but are integrated into the
under-graduate program at SNU through our
Research Experiential & Applied Learning
courses. Undergraduate research allows
students to integrate and reinforce chemistry
knowledge from their formal course work,
develop their scientific and professional skills,
and create new scientific knowledge. Original
research culminating in a comprehensive
written report provides an effective means for
integrating undergraduate learning
experiences, and allows students to participate
directly in the process of science.
Opportunities for research in chemistry at SNU
are available in the following broad areas:
Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Catalysis
Chemical Biology
Chemical & Biological Crystallography
Cheminformatics
Computational Quantum Chemistry
Coordination Chemistry
Green and Environmental Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Metalloradical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Protein Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Chemical
Dynamics
Parthapratim Munshi
Associate Professor
Head,
Department of Chemistry
(Ph.D. Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, India)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/parthapratim-munshi
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Chemical Principles, Chemical Equilibrium,
Chemistry of Solids & Surfaces, Physical
Methods, Chemical Analysis Laboratory,
Research Methodology, Fundamentals of
Crystallography and Structural Biology.
Teaching Experiences: 6 Years
Research Experiences: 19 Years
Postdoc Experiences: University of Western
Australia, Australia; Nancy University, Nancy,
France, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.
Research Focus: Our research, covering both
the fundamental as well as applied sciences, is
interdisciplinary in nature. In one hand, we
produce novel organic materials (ferroelectrics,
optoelectronic, semiconductors etc.), with
potential applications in memristors, non-
volatile memory storage, transistors, sensors,
etc. for studying their structure-property
relationship. On the other hand, we are
interested in the topological analysis of
hydrogen bonds and interaction energies in
proteins and their complexes from electron
density point of view. We also perform charge
density analysis in biologically active molecules
for studying polymorph driven drug design.
Research Publications: 60 articles, 1 book
chapter.
Journals (From SNU): Chem. Commun. 2019;
Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015.
Tetrahedron, 2018; J. Mol. Struc.,2018;
ChemistrySelect 2018; Aust. J. Chem. 2018;
Struct. Chem., 2017; Mol. Cell Bio., 2017;
CrystEngComm, 2017, 2016; Tet. Lett., 2017;
Org. Lett., 2016; Org. & Biomol. Chem., 2016,
Sci. Rep., 2016; New J. Chem., 2015; RSC Adv.,
2015; ChemComm, 2015; Eur. J. Med. Chem.,
2015; Acta Cryst. D, 2015, 2014, 2013; BMC
Struct. Biol., 2013.
External Grants (at SNU): SERB-DST (EMR),
India, 2015-2018. SERB-DST (CRG), India,
2019-2022. ANSTO, Australia 2015.
Selected awards and accolades: Marie-Curie
Fellow. Significant event award from ORNL.
Participant: meeting of Nobel Laureates, 2010.
Chairperson for the Sagamore XX conference.
Session Chair at the NSC-2016 & 2018.
Associate Editor of MOJ Bioorg. & Org. Chem.
Emerging Investigators in Cryst. Growth & Des.
– An American Chemical Society journal, 2019.
Chairperson of XX Sagamore meeting, 2021.
N. Sukumar
Professor
Director, Center for
Informatics
(PhD, SUNY, Stony
Brook)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/n-sukumar
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy, Art &
Science of Color, Chemical Applications of
Group Theory, Chemical Binding; Chemical
Equilibrium, Chemical Principles;
Computational Chemistry, Drugs and Natural
Remedies; General Chemistry, Informatics &
Drug Discovery, Molecular Reaction
Dynamics, Molecules of Love, Lust & Passion,
Physical Chemistry, Research Methodologies,
Scientific Epistemology & Consciousness.
Teaching Experiences: 10 Years
Research Experiences: 34 Years
Postdoc Experiences: Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Wadsworth Center, Albany, USA.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA.
University of Bonn, Germany. Panjab
University, Chandigarh, India. University of
New Orleans, New Orleans, USA. University of
Southern California, California, USA.
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Research Focus:
Our group uses
computational quantum
chemistry, network science
and machine learning for
materials, drug and
molecular design. Current
research interests include
analysis of chemical space
networks, application of
deep learning in chemistry,
and development of novel
molecular descriptors,
cheminformatics software
and property modeling
methods for prediction and
interpretation of protein-
ligand binding and protein
similarity classification.
Research Publications: 40 Articles, 2 books
(science & photography) & 10 chapters.
Journals (From SNU): Struct. Chem. 2017; Nat.
Comm. 2017; J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017; J.
Polymer Sci. 2016; J. Math. Chem. 2016; Phys.
Scr. 2016; Drug Develop. Res. 2014; J. Chem.
Inf. Model. 2013; Found. Chem. 2013; A Matter
of Density Wiley, 2012; Future Med. Chem.
2012; J. Mater. Sci., 2012.
External Grants (At SNU): SERB-DST (EMR),
India, 2018 - 2021.
Selected awards and accolades: Alexander von
Humboldt Fellow. Associate of the
Photographic Society of America.
Subhabrata Sen,
Professor
(PhD, University of
Missouri, Columbia,
USA)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/subhabrata-sen
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Molecules and medicines, Synthetic organic
chemistry, Physical methods in chemistry,
Applied chemistry.
Teaching Experiences: 6.5 years
Research Experiences: 22 years
Industry Experiences: 12 years
Postdoc Experiences: Colorado State
University, USA.
Research Focus: Synthetic Organic and
Medicinal Chemistry
Research Publications: 52 Articles, 2 book
chapters & 5 patents
Journals (From SNU): Organic Letters 2019(2);
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2019, Eur. J. Org.
Chem. 2019 & 2017; Archiv der Pharmazie
2019; European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2019, Scientific Reports 2018, Organic and
Biomolecular Chemistry 2017, New. J. Chem.
2018, RSC Advances 2017, 2015, 2014 & 2013,
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2013, Tetrahedron Letters 2017, Tetrahedron
2018.
External Grants (At SNU): DBT Pilot Grant,
2015-2018(completed);DST,2017-2020
(ongoing). BIRAC-SBIRI 2019-2020 (ongoing).
International Award and membership:
SCIAS Fellow 2016 (University of Wuerzburg,
Germany). Editorial Advisory Board Member:
Drug Development Research (Wiley).
Bimlesh Lochab
Associate Professor
(D. Phil., University of
Oxford, UK)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/bimlesh-lochab
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU): Basic
Organic Chemistry I & II, Chemical Analysis
Lab, Topics in Nanotechnology, Chemistry in
our life, Crime and Chemistry, Polymer
Chemistry and its scope, Green Chemistry and
sustainability,intelligent materials in medicine. Teaching Experiences: 12.5 years
Research Experiences: 17 years
Postdoc Experiences: University of Oxford,
Oxford, UK. University of Nottingham.
Nottingham, UK. IIT-Delhi, India.
Research Focus:
Synthesis of monomers and polymers sourced
from agricultural wastes and their applications.
Polymers for electro-optic applications.
Synthesis of nanomaterials and their
derivatives for:
A. Device applications (energy storage devices)
B. Drug delivery applications
C. Antibacterial applications
Research Publications: 38 Articles, 3 book
chapters, 3 patents.
Journals (From SNU): EBioMedicine 2019;
ACS Omega 2019, 2017; Flat Chem., 2019; ACS
Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019(2), 2018(2), 2016;
Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2018, 2016; Mol. Cell.
Biochem., 2019, 2018; ACS Appl. Mater.
Interfaces, 2018; Bioorg. Medicin. Chem. Lett.
2018; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018; Green Mat.,
2017; ACS Energy Lett., 2017; Polymer 2016;
Sci. Rep. 2016; Chemistry Select, 2016; RSC
Adv., 2015, 2014; J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2015;
Mater. Lett. 2014; J. Therm. Anal. and
Calorimetry, 2013, 2012; Adv. Mater. Phys.
Chem., 2012. Lab-manual for UG Chemistry
labs (2017). Contributed chapters in Elsevier,
Amsterdam (2017).
External Grants (At SNU); GE India
Technology Pvt. Ltd., India, 2017-2018
completed. DST-EMRF, India, 2014-2017
completed. DRDO-DST, India, 2014-2017
completed, Young Scientist Award. DST -MES,
India, 2018-21. CSIR, 2019-2022
Selected awards and accolades: BIRAC-
SRISTI: GYTI 2019 (Gandhian Young
Technological Innovation, Team member)
award. ACS invitations to Chair session and
invited talks (2018 and 2013). Invitation by
Universities (national and international) and
DU colleges for plenary lecture, invited talks,
inaugurations and panelist for competitions.
Gouriprasanna Roy
Associate Professor
(Ph.D. Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, India)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/gouriprasanna-roy
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU): Main
Group Chemistry, Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry, Chemical Principles, General
Biochemistry: Role of Metals in Human
Health, Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy,
Intelligent Materials for Medicine.
Teaching Experiences: 7 Years
Research Experiences: 17 Years
Postdoc Experiences: The Scripps Research
Institute, CA, USA. Oregon Health and Science
University, Oregon, USA, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore, India.
Research Focus: Enzyme-mimetic studies;
Heavy metals Detoxification; Nanomaterials;
Coordination and Bio-inorganic Chemistry,
Medicinal Chemistry, and Chemical Biology.
Research in our laboratory focus on two major
areas: chemistry (Organic / Inorganic /
nanomaterial) and biology, at the interface of
chemistry and biology. Research group aims to
understand the roles of proteins/enzymes that
play in physiological and pathological processes
and use this knowledge to develop synthetic
molecules to mimic the functional aspects of
proteins/enzymes or develop novel therapeutic
targets for the treatment of complex diseases.
Research Publications: 37 Articles, 1 book
chapter, 1 patent.
Journals (From SNU): Chem Eur, Journal
2019; Chemistry, an Asian journal 2019; ACS
Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019; Metallomics,
2019; Chem. Liq. Cryst., 2019; Org. Biomol.
Chem., 2018; Inorg. Chem, 2019, 2017; Angew.
Chem. Int. Ed., 2015; J., 2017. Proc. Natl.
Acad. Sci., Sect A Phys. Sci, India, 2016; Acc.
Chem. Res., 2013, Chem. Asian J., 2013.
External Grants (At SNU): SERB-DST (EMR)
India, 2014-2017. Indo-French Scientific
Collaborative Research Program (CEFIPRA)
2017-2019. SERB-DST (CRG),India,2019-
2021.
Selected awards and accolades: Emerging
Investigators 2019 by Metallomics, Royal
Society of Chemistry; Awarded Prof. S
Soundararajan Medal for Best Thesis in
Inorganic Chemistry, 2007-2008; Excellency
Award, SNU (2011-2014); Selected for
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow.
Debdas Ray
Associate Professor
(PhD, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur,
India)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/debdas-ray
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU): Applied
Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Physical
Methods in Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy
Electrochemistry, Structure and Bonding,
Coordination and Bio-Inorganic Chemistry,
Nano and Supramolecular Chemistry,
Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy, Research
Methodology.
Teaching Experiences: 8 years
Research Experiences: 16 years
Postdoc Experiences: National Institute for
Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan.
Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, New Hamshire, USA. University of
Bordeaux 1, France.
Research Focus:
Searching Molecular Systems for
Thermally Enhanced
Photoluminescence(TEPL) above RT
Security Imaging, Bio-imaging & Sensors
White Organic Light-Emitting Devices
(WOLEDs)
Research Publications: 20 Articles
Journals (From SNU): Chem. Commun., 2019;
J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 2018; J. Phys. Chem.
Lett. 2018 (2), Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018;
Chem. Sci. 2015.
External Grants (At SNU): SERB-DST (EMR),
India, 2016-2019 (ongoing). SERB-DST
(EMR) Young Scientist, 2015 – 2017
(completed). BRNS-DAE, India, 2018-2020
(ongoing).
Selected Awards and Accolades: Reviewer of
International journals published by Nature,
ACS, Elsevier, RSC, Wiley-VCH, etc. Reviewer
of Science and Engineering Research Board
(SERB), India. Featured in “Faculty in
Spotlight” of Shiv Nadar University. Senior
Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research, India (2005 – 2008).
Junior Research Fellowship, Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research, India
(2002 – 2005).
Basab Bijayi Dhar
Assistant Professor
(PhD, Jadavpur
University, Kolkata,
India)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/basab-dhar
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Electrochemistry Bioinorganic chemistry,
Organometallic chemistry, Transition metals in
the synthesis of complex organic molecules,
Green chemistry and sustainability, Inorganic
reaction mechanism, Organometallic
chemistry, Coordination and bioinorganic
chemistry. Teaching Experiences: 4 year
Research Experiences: 19 years
Postdoc Experiences: Kent State University,
Ohio USA. Queens University, Ontario,
Canada. Pool officer (Scientist pool scheme),
CSIR-national Chemical Laboratory, Pune,
Maharashtra, India.
Research Focus: The primary motivations of
my research is to develop new heterogeneous
and homogeneous catalyst for C-H and O-H
activation using first row transition metals, and
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hence minimizing the use of rare metals as
catalysts in synthetic chemistry. At present, we
are studying phosphorus and sulphur doped
graphitic material as a new generation
carbocatalyst.
Research Publications: 33 Articles
Journals (From SNU): Eur. J. Org. Chem.,
2018; New. J. Chem., 2017; Chem. A Euro. J.,
2017; Inorg. Chem., 2017; Tetra. Lett.,
2017; Inorg. Chem., 2015.
External Grants (At SNU): DST, 2013-2017
(completed). CSIR, 2018-2021.
Kshatresh Dutta Dubey,
Ramalingaswami Fellow
(DBT)
(PhD, DDU Gorakhpur
University)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/kshatresh-dubey
Courses to be Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry,
Chemical Kinetics, Catalysis, Statistical
Thermodynamics, Protein-ligand Binding.
Teaching Experiences: 2 years
Research Experiences: 11 years
Postdoc Experiences: Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, India. The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden,
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Research Focus: Metalloenzymes, Enzyme
Mechanism & Evolution, Computational
Chemistry, Hybrid QM/MM calculations and
MD simulations.
Research Publications: 22 Articles, 2 book
chapters
External Grants (At SNU): DBT, 2019-2024.
Selected awards and accolades:
Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, India. PBC
Fellowship for outstanding postdocs, Israel.
Sven Lilly Foundation Fellowship Sweden.
Ramalingaswami re-entry Fellowship,
Department of Biotechnology, India.
Dr. Animesh Samanta
Assistant Professor
(PhD, National
University of Singapore,
Singapore)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/animesh-samanta
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Macromolecules, Advanced Biochemistry,
Chemical Principles. Teaching Experiences: 1 year
Research Experiences: 11 years
Postdoc Experiences: A*STAR, Singapore
Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC), Singapore,
National University of Singapore (Dept.
Biomedical Engineering). Ramanujan Fellow
(CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary
Science and Technology (NIIST),
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Research Focus: Integrating the interface of
Chemistry and Biology is the prime concern in
our research laboratory. Especially, optically
active small molecules, nanohybrids are
synthesized from core understanding of
Organic/Inorganic and Physical chemistry to
develop imaging probes for diseases diagnosis,
carriers for drug delivery and therapeutic
study. Especially, small molecule based
multicolor fluorogenic probes are applied for
sensing and monitoring the dysregulation of
important biomolecules that lead to diagnosis
of neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. In
addition, nanohybrid systems for non-invasive
multimodal imaging including Surface
Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and
MALDI mass imaging techniques to study
biological events at lab level. The developed
fluorogenic probes, efficient drug carriers,
affordable diagnostic systems to be translated
for societal benefits is the ultimate goal in our
research lab.
Research Publications: 33 Articles
External Grants (Transferred to SNU): DST-
SERB, 2016-2021.
Selected awards and accolades:
Ramanujan Fellowship, re-entry Fellowship
DST-SERB, Award No. SB/S2/RJN-148/2015;
DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, DST-
INSPIRE, Award No. IFA12-CH-87; First
Prize Johnson & Johnson Ser. Inc. Asia
Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award in Bio-
Tech.; R Padmanavan Memorial Prize, I.I.T.
Madras; Qualified GATE and CSIR-JRF.
Ajoy Kapat
Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Bern,
Switzerland)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/ajoy-kapat
Courses To be Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Basic Organic Chemistry II (Practical),
Application of analytical techniques,
Stereoelectronic Effect in Organic Chemistry,
Organic Synthesis with Light, Modern Radical
Chemistry.
Teaching Experiences: 7 months
Research Experiences: 12 years
Postdoc Experiences: Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry at University of Bern,
Switzerland. Frick Chemistry Laboratory at
Princeton University, USA. Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science Kolkata, India.
Institute of Organic Chemistry at RWTH
Aachen University, Germany.
Research Focus: Radical Chemistry and
asymmetric Catalysis (organocatalysis,
transition metal catalysis & synergistic
catalysis). Biomimetic synthesis of biologically
active natural products utilizing cascade
reactions. Insight driven development of
chemical trans-
formations utilizing computational studies and
experimental techniques (mechanistic study of
homogeneous catalysis)
Research Publications: 10 Articles
Journals (Outside SNU): Science 2019; J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2016; J. Org. Chem. 2015; J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 2011; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009. 1
patent (German patent, DE 102018123342.6)
Selected awards and accolades: Molecular
Science & Engineering Travel Grant from
RWTH Aachen University, Post-Doctoral
Fellowship from RWTH Aachen University,
Swiss National Science Foundation Post-
Doctoral Fellowship, SCNAT/SCS Chemistry
Travel Award, ESKAS Scholarship from Swiss
Federal Commission. MCM Scholarship from
IIT Madras.
Biswajit Guchhait
Assistant Professor
(PhD, S N Bose National
Centre for Basic Sciences,
Kolkata)
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/people/facul
ty/biswajit-guchhait
Courses Developed & Taught (At SNU):
Molecular Spectroscopy, Application of
Analytical Techniques, Chemical Equilibrium.
Teaching Experiences: 6 months
Research Experiences: 11 years
Postdoc Experiences: Max-Born-Institute for
Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse
Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany. Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, USA. Ruhr University
Bochum, Germany.
Research Focus: Understanding complex
(bio)molecular processes using ultrafast 2DIR
(2-dimensional infrared) spectroscopic
techniques. Ultrafast solvent relaxation,
electron and proton transfer dynamics in
various confined environments of ionic liquids
using femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy.
Investigation of (bio)molecular phenomena at
oil-water interface using sum frequency
generation (SFG) spectroscopy.
Research Publications: 16 Articles
Selected awards: Graduate Aptitude Test in
Engineering, GATE (all India rank 2nd in
Chemistry), National Eligibility Test, NET
(CSIR fellowship awards), Best Poster Award
in annual meeting of S N Bose National Centre,
Kolkata.
Research Publications: 17 Articles
Selected awards and accolades: Graduate
Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE (all India
rank 2nd in Chemistry), National Eligibility
Test, NET (CSIR fellowship awards), Best
Poster Award in annual meeting of S N Bose
National Centre, Kolkata.
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
All chemistry labs are equipped with fume-
hoods, Schlenk lines, eyewash stations and
safety showers. Lab facilities include advanced
analytical instruments such as flash
chromatography, gas chromatography, gel
permeation chromatography, HPLC, FPLC,
NMR, LCMS-qToF, MALDI-ToF, DSC, TGA,
Single-crystal X-ray diffractometer,
Electrochemical analyzer, Fluorimeter,
Polarimeter, UV-visible and Infrared
spectrophotometers, Microwave reactor,
Inverted microscope, Fluorescent microscope,
Polarized miscroscope, Bio-safety cabinets, CO2
incubators, Shaker incubators, Flow
cytometry, Electroporator, Deep freezer. The
plate reader, cell counter and Raman
spectrometer are in the process of procurement.
Computational facilities at SNS include a high
performance IBM cluster (“Magus”) consisting
of 32 compute nodes (plus two nodes with GPU
processors) with a total capacity of 30 TF of
Theoretical Peak Performance, plus 8 nodes
with high-end CPUs. Additionally, several
Linux workstations are used for teaching as
well as research purposes. Software for
bioinformatics and cheminformatics, molecular
modeling, molecular dynamics, quantum
chemistry, data analysis and statistical
learning are also available.
Our library, housed in a modern 5-storey
building, provides online access, from anywhere
in the campus, to a large number of electronic
journals and databases including APS, AIP,
ACS, RSC, AMS, SIAM, Springer, Elsevier,
Wiley and Nature journals, in addition to
various books, e-books and other learning
resources.
Selected Laboratories & Equipment
Department of Chemistry
Shiv Nadar University
NH-91, Tehsil Dadri
Gautam Buddha Nagar
U.P. 201314
Tel: +91-120-7170118
Email : [email protected]
NMR
SCXRD MALDI
UV-Vis HPLC
LCMS
DSC Fluorimeter
Laboratory
Class of 2017 & 2018 to talk about SNU
“I fondly remember the first few days at SNU, when we were all getting to know each other. I met people pursuing Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and every other stream but, couldn’t find anyone from chemistry. I soon realized that we were a batch of just four. In the first two
years, whenever I introduced myself as a Chemistry undergrad, the reaction was ‘You mean Chemical Engineering, right?” Today the response is completely different. The Chemistry department provides hands-on research experience to its undergrads. You guys are so lucky to get to work in those labs. The transition has been incredible and the four of us have been fortunate to see the department grow. I can proudly say at we have come a long way! Srirupa Sen, B.Sc. (Research) Chemistry
