Macromolecular Chemistry and Engineering Research (MCER) Group

Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna

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Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor (January 2017- till date), Department of Chemistry, IIT Patna

• Postdoctoral Researcher (November 2014- December 2016), Ghent University, Belgium ,

      Advisor-  Prof. Dr. Filip Du Prez

• Research Assistant (November 2013- October 2014), DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive

        Materials, RWTH Aachen University, Germany ,

        Advisor- Prof. Dr. Martin Moeller and Dr. Helmut Keul

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Academic Background

• PhD (2010-2014), DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, RWTH Aachen University, Germany ,

        Thesis Advisor- Prof. Dr. Martin Moeller and Dr. Helmut Keul

• M.Sc. (Chemistry, 2007-2009), Indian Institute of Technology Madras

• B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons., 2004-2007), Raghunathpur College, The University of Burdwan

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Fellowships, Awards and Recognitions

• Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator by the Royal Society of Chemistry (Link).

• Soft Matter Emerging Investigator by the Royal Society of Chemistry (Link).

• Chemical Communications Emerging Investigator (2022), by the Royal Society of Chemistry (Link).

• Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator (2022), by the Royal Society of Chemistry (Link).

• Young Talents – Then and Now  by Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2022), Wiley Publications (Link). 

• Postdoctoral fellowship at Ghent University, Belgium.

• Publication in Green Chemistry was highlighted as one of the three hot papers, published in September, 2013 in Green Chemistry blog as recommended by reviewers 

• PhD Research fellowship at RWTH Aachen University.

• Qualified JRF (CSIR-UGC-NET)- Dec, 2008, GATE 2009, JAM 2007.

• State level Merit Scholarship certificate (National Scholarship Scheme, Education Department, West Bengal) for Secondary (Madhyamik) Examination- 2001 (10th standard level)

• Memberships: Member of the Society of Polymer Science, India (SPSI), the American Chemical Society and the Asian Polymer Association (APA), India.

 

Administrative Assignments at IIT Patna

• Department (Chemistry) PhD coordinator (January, 2024 - till date)

• Department (Chemistry) B.Tech. coordinator for Chemical Science and Technology (July, 2023 - till date)

• Department (Chemistry) PhD coordinator (March, 2022 - January, 2023

• Head, Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF), IIT Patna (March, 2019 - November, 2021)

• Department (Chemistry) M.Sc. coordinator(2019-2021)

• Vice-Chairman, Sports, IIT Patna (2019- 2021)

• Associate faculty in Charge, SAIF, IIT Patna (2017- 2019)

• Associate faculty in Charge, Sports, IIT Patna (2017- 2019)

 

Additional Academic Assignments

• Reviewer for Journal of Materials Chemistry A/B/C, Biomacromolecules, Polymer Chemistry, Langmuir, Carbohydrate Polymers, Soft Mater, Journal of Material Research, Polymer, Functional and Reactive Polymers, European Polymer Journal, Polymer International, Journal of Applied Polymer Science etc. 

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Invited Talks

• Developing Multifunctional Porous Polymers: Few Case Studies from Poly(amino-amide)s, Chitosan, Polyurea and others by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at International Conference on Polymers, Composites, Nanocomposites & Biocomposites-2024 (ICPCNB-2024), organized jointly by Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), India and Satbayev University, Kazakhstan at MGU, Kottayam, Kerala, India, November 08-10, 2024

• Poly(aminoamide)s: A Sustainable Platform towards Sensing and Environmental Remediation by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at International Conference on Fundamental and Advanced Research in Chemistry (FARC) 2024, IIT Mandi, organized by IIT Mandi, India, June 06 - 08, 2024

• Reactive stimuli-responsive poly(aminoamide) microgels as a platform for diverse sensing applications by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at CompFlu 2023, organized by The Centre for Soft and Biological Matter, IIT Madras and Indian Society of Rheology at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, December 18-20, 2023

• Hyperbranched Poly(aminoamide)s as Smart Functional Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at 59th Convention of Chemists, Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences-2022 (RTCS-2022), organized by Indian Chemical Society at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, December 16-18, 2022. 

• Porous Poly(aminoamide)s: Synthesis and Applications Towards Reversible Efficient Iodine Capture by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at Global Summit on Sustainable Science and Technology (GS3T 2022), organized by Adamas University, Kolkata, September 15-16, 2022.

• Porous Poly(amino-amide): An Emerging Class of Functional Materials with Exceptionally High Multimedia Iodine Adsorption Ability by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at International Conference on Green Technology and Environmental Science, Bangkok, Thailand, August 25-26, 2022

• Multifunctional Biocompatible Nearly Monodisperse Poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymers via aza-Michael Reactions by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at13th International Virtual Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM) 2022 organized by Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), March 8-12, 2022

• Aza-Michael reactions as a tool to prepare functional polymers and materials by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at International Online Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMT 2021) organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, November 12-14, 2021.

• Aliphatic processable functional porous polymers: Hierarchical synthesis via colloidal templating and application towards removal of pollutants by Dr. Subrata 

        Chattopadhyay at ​160th Birth Anniversary Celebration of Acharya P.C. Ray & International Seminar (YSC 2021)” Organized by Indian Chemical Society, August​1 -8, 2021.

• Hyperbranching Polymerization Induced Self-assembly: from Polymer Colloids to Aliphatic Functional Porous Polymers by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay International Conference on Recent Advances in Science at International Conference on Recent Advances in Science organized by Invertis University, April 30 - May 1, 2021.

• Green Synthesis of Polymer Nanoparticles by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at International Conference of Nanotechnology: Ideas, Innovations & Initiatives- 2017 (ICN:3I), December 6-8, 2017, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India

• Precise design of functional polymers and materials via robust efficient reactions by Dr. Subrata Chattopadhyay at Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science (IACS) Kolkata, October 27, 2016, Kolkata, India. 

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