Educational Background:
M. Sc. (1994; Physics, Specialization Electronics)
Ph.D. (2000), Jadavpur University
Post Doc (Caltech, USA)
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- Till date Associate Professor – S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
Important awards and fellowship of academies:
UKERI, Award in 2007
Main area of work
Ultrafast Dynamics in Biomimetics and Biological Macromolecules.
Spectroscopy on Physiologically Relevant Environments
Bio-Nano Interface
Biomedical Instrumentation
Significant recent publications:
D. Banerjee and S. K. Pal “Direct Observation of |
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Essential DNA Dynamics: Melting and Reformation of the DNA Minor Groove ”, J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 10833 (Cover Article).
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S. Narayanan, R. Sarkar and S. K. Pal “Structural and Functional
Characterization of Enzyme-Quantum Dot Conjugates: Covalent Attachment
of CdS Nanocrystal to alpha-Chymotrypsin ”, J. Phys. Chem. C 111 (2007)
11539.
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R.
K. Mitra, S. S. Sinha and S. K. Pal “Temperature Dependent Hydration at
Micellar Surface: Activation Energy Barrier Crossing Model Revisited ”,
J. Phys. Chem. B 111 (2007) 7577.
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S. K. Pal and A. H. Zewail, “Dynamics of Water in Biological Recognition”, Chemical Reviews 104 (2004) 2099.
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S.
K. Pal, J. Peon and A. H. Zewail, “Biological Water at the Protein
Surface: Dynamical Solvation Probed Directly with Femtosecond
Resolution”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS,
USA) 99 (2002) 1763.
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