Main area of work

• M. Sc. (1994; Physics, Specialization Electronics), Jadavpur University, India
• Ph.D. (2000; Physics), Jadavpur University, India

Professional Background:

• 2003-2005 Faculty; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• 2005- 2009 Reader; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• 2009- 2013 Associate Professor; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• 2013- 2017 Professor; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
• 2017- Till date Senior Professor; S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata

Important awards and fellowship of academies:

• Elected Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) 2020
• NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Innovations in Physical Science 2020 (National Academy of Sciences, India, NASI)
• Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship 2018 (Indian National Academy of Engineering: INAE)
• Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award, 2019 (IIT Kharagpur)
• P. K. Bose Memorial Award 2016 (Indian Chemical Society)
• UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI, Nanotechnology) Award 2007

Main area of work

• Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Biomolecules and Nanomaterials.
• Bio-Nano Interface.
• Dye/Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells and Photocatalysis
• Biomedical Instrumentation

Significant recent publications:

• N. Polley, S. Singh, A. Giri and S. K. Pal Evanescent Field: A Potential Light-tool for Theranostics Application, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 85 (2014) 033108.
• R. Saha, P. K. Verma, S. Rakshit, S. Saha, S. Mayor and S. K. Pal Light driven ultrafast electron transfer in oxidative redding of Green Fluorescent Proteins, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) 3 (2013) 1580.
• N. Goswami, A. Giri, S. Kar, M. S. Bootharaju, R. John, P. L. Xavier, T. Pradeep and S. K. Pal Protein directed synthesis of NIR-emitting, tunable HgS quantum dots and their applications in metal ion sensing , Small 8 (2012) 3175.
• S. Sarkar, A. Makhal, T. Bora, K. Lakhsman, A. Singha, J. Dutta and S. K. Pal Hematoporphyrin-ZnO Nanohybrids: Twin Applications in Efficient Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 4 (2012) 7027.

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