PhD Students
Dr. Sanjog S. Nagarkar
( 2010-2015 )
Email: sanjog.na@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Design and Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Sensing Applications"
Current Position : Assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Dr. Biplab Joarder
( 2010-2015 )
Email: bip.inorg@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Design, Synthesis and Functional Studies of Biomolecule Based Coordination Polymers"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Associate in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology under Prof. Mohamed Eddaoudi
Dr. Biplab Manna
( 2010-2016 )
Email: biplabchem.manna@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Nitrogen-enriched Ionic Coordination Polymers: Design, Syntheses and Functional Studies "
Current Position : Researcher at National Institute for Material Science(NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Soumya Mukherjee
( 2011-2016 )
Email: smukherjee.iiserpune[at]gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks: Promising Porous Materials for Chemical Separation"
Current Position : Principal Investigator at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick
Dr. Avishek Karmakar
( 2011-2016 )
Email: avishek.iiser@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Design, synthesis and applications of MOFs as sensory probes for anion recognition"
Current Position : Advanced Research Scientist at Avnos, Inc. US
Dr. Aamod V. Desai
( 2013-2018 )
Email: aamod.desai@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Design and Syntheses of Neutral N-donor Linker Based Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Towards Environmental Applications"
Current Position : Assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Dr. Partha Samanta
( 2013-2018 )
Email: partha.samanta@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Design, Syntheses and Functional Studies of Porous Materials for Remediation of Environmental Pollutants"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Researcher in the ICN2: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology under ICREA Research Professor Dr. Daniel Maspoch
Dr. Samraj Mollick
( 2015-2021 )
Email: mollick.samraj[at]students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Advanced Porous Materials (APMs) as Host to Develop Composite Materials: Stability and Functional Studies"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Associate in the University of Oxford under Prof. Jin-Chong Tan
Dr. Shivani Sharma
( 2015-2021 )
Email: shivani.sharma[at]students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Design, syntheses of functional MOFs for environmental applications"
Current Position : Fulbright-Nehru Post doctoral Scholar in the UC Berkeley under Dr. Jeffrey R. Long.
Dr. Arunabha Sen
( 2016-2021 )
Email: arunabha.sen@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Advanced functional porous materials for sensing and sequestration of toxic pollutants"
Dr. Subhajit Dutta
( 2016-2022 )
Email: subhajit.dutta@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Functional Studies of Cationic Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) toward Light Hydrocarbons Separation and Environmental Pollutants Remediation"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Associate in the Basque Center for Materials under Dr.Stefan Wuttke.
Dr. Yogeshwar D. More
( 2015-2023 )
Email: yogeshwar.more@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Syntheses and Functional Studies of Advanced Porous Materials (APMs): A Promising Platform for Aquatic Pollutant Remediation and Energy Applications"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Associate in the University of Oxford under Prof. Jin-Chong Tan.
Dr. Debanjan Mahato
e-mail id: mahato.debanjan@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Funtionality Tailored Porous Materials Towards Detection and Sequestration of Toxic Pollutants"
Current Position : Patent Officer, Government of India
Dr. Sumanta Let
e-mail id: sumanta.let@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Function-led Design & Syntheses of Advanced Porous Organic Polymers and their Composite: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Toxic Pollutants Separation"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Researcher with Rikard Emanuelsson Group, Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University
Dr. Writakshi Mandal
e-mail id: mandal.writakshi@students.iiserpune.ac.in
Thesis Title: "Advanced porous materials for environmentally relevant toxic pollutants detection and sequestration"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Researcher with Christian SERRE Group, IMAP Laboratory.
Dr. Sahel Fajal
e-mail id: sahel.chemistry@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Advanced Functional Porous Materials and their Hybrid Composites for Energy-Efficient Chemical Separation Application "
Current Position : Postdoctoral Researcher in the ICN2: Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology under ICREA Research Professor Dr. Daniel Maspoch
Dr. Gourab K. Dam
e-mail id: gourabkd7114@gmail.com
Thesis Title: "Development of Novel Advanced Functional Porous Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis and Arsenic Remediation for Safe Drinking Water"
Current Position : Postdoctoral Researcher in University of Lincoln with Prof. Len Barbour
Master Thesis (5th Year project)
Amitosh Sharma
( 2012-2013 )
Email: amitosh.sharma89[at]gmail.com
Current Position : PhD student in ULSAN, South Korea under Prof. Myoung Soo Lah
Amrit Kumar Singh
( 2013-2014 )
Email: Amrit.Kumar[at]ul.ie
Current Position : PhD student in University of Limerick, Ireland under Prof. Michael Zaworotko
Shweta Singh
( 2013-2014 )
Email: 6812ks[at]gmail.com
Current Position : Junior Research Scientist at Filtrex technologies, Bangalore.
Naveen Kumar
( 2015-2016 )
Email: naveen[at]postech.ac.kr
Current Position : PhD student in University of Limerick, Ireland under Prof. Michael Zaworotko
Satyam Saurabh
( 2019-2022 )
Current Position :
Vartika Jaiswal
( 2023-2024 )
Current Position : Graduate student at University of Rochester
Yashasvi Banyla
( 2023-2024 )
Current Position :
Post doctoral Fellows
Dr. Sreenu Bhanoth
( 2017-2019 )
Email: srnpandub@gmail.com
Current Position : Senior research officer at Indian oil corporation private limited.
Dr. Tarak Nath Mandal
(2015-2020)
Current Position :
Research Fellows/ Short-term Researchers/ Science Academies Summer Fellows etc.
Abhijeet K. Chaudhari
Dr. Surjeet Singh
Mr. Alok Panwar
Dinesh Mullangi
Dr. Partha Chowdhury
Mahendra Patil
Arif Imandar
Dr. Remya Korah
Shilpa Sonar
Kriti Gupta
Arkendu Roy
Dibyaranjan Sahoo