Alumni

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 

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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 

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Dr. Biplab Manna 

( 2010-2016 )

Email:  biplabchem.manna@gmail.com  

Thesis Title: "Nitrogen-enriched Ionic Coordination Polymers: Design, Syntheses and Functional Studies " 

Current Position : JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher in the The University of Tokyo under Prof. Takashi Uemura  

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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  

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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 : Research and Development Scientist at GenHydro Inc. USA.

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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 :  Postdoctoral Associate in the University of St Andrews under Prof. Russell Edward Morris 

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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" 

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

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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.  

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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" 

Current Position :  

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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. 

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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. 

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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 :  

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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 

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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. 

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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  

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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.