
The Banerjee Research Group
Supramolecular and Functional Organic Materials Lab
Department of Chemical Sciences
IISER Kolkata

Current Members
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Dr. Sharanabasava D. Hiremath (Research Associate, CEFIPRA Project)
Ph.D. BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa
Joined the group in July, 2023
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Dr. Sagnik De (Institute Post-Doc)
Ph.D. IIT Guwahati
Joined the group in June, 2024
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Sourav Kumar Panda (PhD Student, SRF, UGC)
M.Sc. Vidyasagar University
Joined the group in January, 2021

Nitish Kumar (PhD Student, SRF, CSIR)
M.Sc. NIT Patna
Joined the group in August, 2021

Antara De (PhD Student, JRF, SERB)
M.Sc. Kalyani University
Joined the group in December 2022
Souvik Ghosh (PhD Student, JRF, UGC)
M.Sc. IIT Kanpur
Joined the group in July 2024

Susmit Som
Project Assistant
BS-MS, IISER Kolkata
Joined the group in December, 2022

Sudip Ghoshal
Project Assistant
BS-MS, IISER Kolkata
Joined the group in December, 2022

Alumni
Dr Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik
M. Sc. Vidyasagar University
Ph.D. IISER Kolkata (August 2022)
Thesis: Aqueous Supramolecular Assemblies from Organic Chromophores: Emission Control, Bio-analyte Detection, and Light Harvesting
Current position: Post-doctoral Researcher in Prof. Raz Jelinek group, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Dr. Rakesh Biswas
M.Sc. West Bengal State University
Ph.D. IISER Kolkata (July 2023)
Thesis: Luminescent Functional Materials from Bio-anion Induced Co-assemblies of Chromophoric Amphiphiles
Current position: Post-doctoral Researcher in Prof. Hyung-il Lee group, University of Ulsan, South Korea
Sukanya Chakraborty
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Nabamita Dawn
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Rumen Pal
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Sk Ariyan
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Richeek Sarkar
Institute JRF (2023-24)
Rohit Kumar
BS-MS (IISER Kolkata 2022-23)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at the University of Bordeaux
Sanat Kumar
MS Project (2021-22)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur
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Dhananjoy Maity
SERB-JRF (2019-2021)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at CBMR, Lucknow
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Anubhab Roy
MS Project (2019-20)
Yoti Shankar Patra
MS Project (2018-19)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
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Surya Ghosh
MS Project (2018-19)
Current Position: Working in Asian Paints
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Arya Mukherjee
MS Project (2018-19)
Sutanu Mukhopadhyay
Summer Project (May-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at SNBNCBS, Kolkata
Shubhradip Guchait
Summer Project (May-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at University of Strasbourg, France
Pritam Kumar Pain
Guest Student (June-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Bhopal
Swapnil Mukherjee
Winter Project (November-December, 2018)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at Ohio State University, USA
Jhilik Dutta
Winter Project (December, 2018)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Kolkata
Saikat Mandal
Summer Project (May-July, 2018)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at Ohio State University, USA
Anubhav Kumar
MS Project (2017-18)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Tirupathi
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Anindita Bhattacharya
SERB-JRF (2017-18)