Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

Pradip Pachfule

Dr. Pradip Pachfule studied chemistry at Solapur University (India), and graduated in 2008. He received his Ph.D. at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (India), under the supervision of Prof. Rahul Banerjee in 2014. Later, he worked as a JSPS postdoctoral research fellow in Prof. Qiang Xu's laboratory at AIST, Kansai, Osaka (Japan). This was followed by working in the group of Prof. Arne Thomas as an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Technische Universität Berlin (Germany) from 2017 to 2021. He is currently working as an assistant professor at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. His research is focused on covalent organic frameworks and their applications in photocatalysis, energy storage.

Mail: ps.pachfule[AT]bose.res.in

Postdoctoral Researchers

Pekham Chakrabortty

Dr. Pekham Chakrabortty received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kalyani in 2024. Following her doctoral studies, she joined the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India) as a postdoctoral fellow. She is currently serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (India). Her current research focuses on the design and synthesis of novel covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction and organic transformation reactions.

Mail: p.chakrabortty[AT]bose.res.in

Doctoral (PhD) Students

Bikash Mishra

Bikash Mishra is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree at the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. He was awarded his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia. He pursued his Master of Science in organic chemistry from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Currently, his research is focused on water splitting and energy storage using by covalent organic frameworks (COFs).

Mail: bikash.mishra[AT]bose.res.in

Bidhan Kumbhakar

Bidhan Kumbhakar is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. He has completed his Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, and Master of Science in chemistry from Pondicherry University, Pondicherry (India). His research is currently focused on synthesizing metal-chelated covalent organic frameworks for hydrogen production and organic transformations

Mail: bidhan.kumbhakar[AT]bose.res.in

Supriti Dutta

Supriti Dutta is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. She got Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) and Master of Science (Organic Chemistry) degrees from Sidho-Kanho Birsha University, Purulia. After that, she worked as a research student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India). Currently, her area of research is focused on synthesizing macrocycle-based covalent organic frameworks.

Mail: supriti.dutta[AT]bose.res.in

Avanti Chakraborty

Avanti Chakraborty is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from the University of Calcutta. She pursued her Master of Science in Physical Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University. After that, she worked as a project assistant at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. Currently, her research area focuses on the photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide using covalent organic frameworks.

Mail: avanti.chakraborty[AT]bose.res.in

Project Students

Chowdhury Ismat Nurani

Chowdhury Ismat Nurani is currently working as a Project Student in the Department of Science and Technology (India) sponsored TRC project at the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. She completed her integrated B.Sc-M.Sc in chemistry at Aliah University, Kolkata. Her ongoing research centers on the synthesis of Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for energy storage.

Mail: ismat.nurani[AT]bose.res.in

Sudipa Mondal

Sudipa Mondal is currently working as a Project Student at the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. She was awarded her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Burdwan. She completed her Master of Science in Applied Chemistry from Maulana Abul kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal. Her ongoing research centers on the synthesis of Covalent Organic frameworks for the photocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation.

Mail: sudipa.mondalAT]bose.res.in

Aparna Tiwari

Aparna Tiwari is currently working as a Project Student at the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at the S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, and subsequently completed her Master of Science in Chemistry at the same institution. Her ongoing research focuses on the development of Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for photocatalytic applications.

Mail: tiwariaparna027[AT]gmail.com

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