Bioinorganic Laboratory
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Present Members
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Dr. Chandrani Pal FARE Fellow Year of PhD completion: 2026Thesis title: From Conformational Dynamics to Supramolecular Interactions: Structure-Function Correlation in Zn(II) Porphyrin Dimer/Trimers Email: cpchem20@iitk.ac.in
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| Niva Ghosh M.Sc., Chemistry: IIT(ISM) Dhanbad Fellowship: Institute Email: nivaghosh21@iitk.ac.in
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| Santanu Manna M.Sc., Chemistry: Vidyasagar university, Midnapore Fellowship: UGC Email: santanum21@iitk.ac.in |
| Arya Roychowdhury M.Sc., Chemistry: University of Calcutta Fellowship: Institute Email: aryar21@iitk.ac.in
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| Namrata Chakraborty M.Sc., Chemistry: Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur Fellowship: PMRF Email: namratac23@iitk.ac.in
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Nigam kumari M.Sc., Chemistry: central university of South bihar Fellowship: Institute Email: nigamk24@iitk.ac.in
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Basanta
Khamrui M.Sc., Chemistry: Vidyasagar university Fellowship: Institute Email: basantak24@iitk.ac.in
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Priyajit
Tudu M.Sc., Chemistry: Visva-Bharati university Fellowship: CSIR Email: tpriyajit24@iitk.ac.in
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Suman Manna M.Sc., Chemistry: Central University of Karnataka Fellowship: Institute Email: sumanmanna25@iitk.ac.in
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Sreya
sasmal M.Sc., Chemistry: The University Of Burdwan Fellowship: Institute Email: ssasmal25@iitk.ac.in |
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Sourov Paul M.Sc., Chemistry: IIT Dhanbad Fellowship: Institute Email: sourovp25@iitk.ac.in
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Poulomi
Pramanik M.Sc., Chemistry: The University Of Burdwan Fellowship: Institute Email: poulomi25@iitk.ac.in
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Prity
Sardar M.Sc., Chemistry: Jadavpur University Fellowship: Institute Email: pritysardar26@iitk.ac.in
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Tanmay Das M.Sc., Chemistry: University Of Kalyani Fellowship: Institute Email: tanmayd26@iitk.ac.in
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Bhawana
Sharma M.Sc., Chemistry: NIT Kurukshetra Fellowship: Institute Email: bhawanas26@iitk.ac.in
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Dr. Subhadip Pramanik Year of PhD completion: 2025 Thesis title: Modulation of Electronic Structure in Iron(III) Porphyrins and Its Implications for Hemoprotein Functionality Current Position: Senior Research Associate IIT Kanpur
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Dr. Paulami Chakraborty Year of PhD completion: 2025 Thesis title: Spin Fluctuations in Dihemes: Structure-Function Correlation and Effect of Heme-Heme Interaction Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Science Molecular de Marseille (iSM2), France II FARE Fellow IIT Kanpur
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Dr. Deepannita Samanta Year of PhD completion: 2025 Thesis title: Probing bis-Fe(IV) MauG: From Electronic Structure to Reactivity Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Oxford, UK II FARE Fellow IIT Kanpur
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Dr.
Dolly Chandel Year of PhD completion: 2025 Thesis title: Modulation of Chirality in Nano-Size Zn(II)Porphyrin Dimers/Trimers Current Position: WPI-SKCM2 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Hiroshima University, Japan II FARE Fellow IIT Kanpur |
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Anindya Sarkar Year of MS(Research): 2025 Thesis title: Metallophilic Interactions in Hg(II) and Ag(III) Porphyrin Dimers: Structure-Function Correlation Current Position: Senior Research Associate at Enveda Biosciences, Hyderabad, India
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Dr. Syed
Jehanger Shah Year of PhD completion: 2024 Thesis title: Dipyrrole Bridged Metalloporphyrin Dimers: Structure, Reactivity and Electronic Communication via Bridge Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, The University of Arizona, USA |
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Sayantani
Banerjee Year of PhD completion: 2024 Thesis title: Spin Coupling in Homo and Hetero-bimetallic Porphyrin Dimer upon Stepwise Oxidations: A Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations Current Position: Senior Scientific Analyst at Molecular Connections, Bangalore, India |
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Dr.
Sabyasachi
Sarkar Year of PhD completion: 2023 Thesis title: Diiron(III) Porphyrin Dimer as Model of Diheme Enzyme MauG: From Electronic Communication to Reactivity Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Standford University II University of California, Berkeley, USA |
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Dr. Sarnali Sanfui Year of PhD completion: 2023 Thesis title: Molecular and Electronic Structure of Dicobalt Porphyrin Dimers: Effect of Axial Ligation, Chemical and Electrochemical Oxidation, and Theoretical Investigation Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, MIT II Texas A&M University, USA |
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Dr. Bapan Saha Year of PhD completion: 2021 Thesis title: Modulation of Supramolecular Chirogenesis in Chiral Zn(II) Porphyrin Dimer with Bidentate Substrates Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA |
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Dr. Anjani Kumar Pandey Year of PhD completion: 2020 Thesis title: Molecular and Electronic Structure of Metalloporphyrin Dimers: Effects of Metal, Axial Ligand and Noncovalent Interactions Post-Doc: University of Padova, Italy | University of Innsbruck, Austria Current Position: Assistant Professor, Manipal University, Jaipur, India
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Dr. Akhil Kumar Singh Year of PhD completion: 2020 Thesis title: Oxidation Triggers Intermacrocyclic Interactions in Metalloporphyrin Dimers: Metal versus Ring Oxidation Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Texas A&M University, USA II University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA II Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
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Dr. Younis Ahmad Pandit Year of PhD completion: 2020 Thesis title: Pyrrole/Dipyrrole Bridged Metalloporphyrin Dimers: Structure-Reactivity Correlation and Long Range Electronic Communication Current Position: Lecturer, Higher Education Department, J & K, India |
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Dr. Amit Kumar Year of PhD completion: 2019 Thesis title: Homo and Heterobimetallic Porphyrin Dimers: Effect of Chemical Oxidation over Intermacrocyclic Interaction and Electronic Communication Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Goettengen, Germany II Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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Dr. Firoz Shah Tuglak Khan Year of PhD completion: 2019 Thesis title: Diiron Porphyrin Dimers as Model of Diheme Cytochromes: Structure-Function Correlation and Effect of Heme-Heme Interaction Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University II UNC-Greensboro, USA
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Dr. Avinash Dhamija Year of PhD completion: 2018 Thesis title: Supramolecular Chirogenesis in Host-guest Systems Containing Metalloporphyrin Dimers/Trimers Current Position: Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Strasbourg, France II Institute of Basic Science, South Korea
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Dr. Pritam Mondal Year of PhD completion: 2017 Thesis title: Flexible Cyclic Bisporphyrins: Versatile Molecular Containers for Recognition, Switching and Catalysis Post-Doc: University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA | Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali, India
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Dr. Debangsu Sil Year of PhD completion: 2016 Thesis title: Fe(III)/Mn(III) Bisporphyrins as Model for Diheme Proteins: Effects of Inter-macrocyclic Interaction and Electronic Communication Post-Doc: Penn State University, USA | Texas A&M University, USA Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IISER Pune, India
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Dr. Dipankar Sahoo Year of PhD completion: 2016 Thesis title: Electronic Structure and Modulation of Spin State of Iron in Nonplanar Hemes: Implication for the Hemoproteins Post-Doc: Indiana University, Bloomington, USA | KAIST, Republic of Korea Current Position: Senior Research Associate, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
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Dr. Soumyajit Dey Year of PhD completion: 2015 Thesis title: Chemistry of Co(II)/Zn(II)bisporphyrins: Axial Ligation, Chemical and Electrochemical Oxidations and Effects of Inter-macrocyclic Interactions Post-Doc: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA| Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Current Position: Senior Manager, Troikaa Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ahmedabad, India
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Dr. Sk. Asif Ikbal Year of PhD completion: 2015 Thesis title: Supramolecular Chirogenesis in the Zn(II)/Mg(II)bisporphyrin Based System upon Interactions with Bidentate Guest Ligands Post-Doc: Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON-CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France Current Position: Assistant Professor, WPI Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan
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Dr. Sanfaori Brahma Year of PhD completion: 2013 Thesis title: Induction, Origin and Control of Supramolecular Chirality in the Zn(II)/Mg(II)bisporphyrin Host upon Interactions with Bidentate Guest Ligands Current Position: Assistant Professor, Guwahati University |
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Dr. Susovan Bhowmik Year of PhD completion: 2013 Thesis title: Control of spins in Axially Ligated Diiron(III)bisporphyrin and Studies on Fe(III) and Mn(III) μ-hydroxo Complexes Post-Doc: Bielefeld University, Germany | IIT-Technion, Israel Current Position: Assistant Professor, Bankura Sammilani College, Bankura, India
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Dr. Arvind Chaudhary Year of PhD completion: 2012 Thesis title: Porphyrin/Bisporphyrin Based Donor-Acceptor Systems For Efficient Energy/Electron Transfer: Models For Photosynthetic Reaction Center Post-Doc: NISER-Bhubaneswar, India Current Position: Scientist E, Anusandhan National Research Foundation, New Delhi, India
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Dr. Ranjan Patra Year of PhD completion: 2011 Thesis title: Electronic Structure and Geometrical Consequences of Nonplanar and Electron Deficient Hemes: Implications for the Hemoproteins Post-Doc: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), France |The Johns Hopkins University, USA|Tel-aviv University, Israel Current Position: Associate Professor, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, India
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Dr. Sudip Kr. Ghosh Year of PhD completion: 2010 Thesis title: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Ethane- and Ethene-Bridged Bisiron(III) Porphyrins and Hexacoordinated Vanadyl Porphyrins: Effect of Nonplanar Distortion Post-Doc: Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Current Position: Associate Professor, Techno India University, West Bengal, India |
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