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Dr. Avijit Kumar Das Ph.D MRSC

Also known as: A.K.Das

Christ University, University of Bordeaux/CNRS, France, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Vidyasagar University, Universität Siegen

ORCID iD 0000-0002-3986-1874
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Dr. Das earned his Ph.D. from IIEST Shibpur, India, under the supervision of Prof. Shyamaprosad Goswami. Following his doctoral research, he joined the group of Prof. Yasuhiro Shiraishi at Osaka University, Japan, as a postdoctoral fellow (October 2016–March 2017). In the same year, he was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (May 2017–April 2019) at the University of Siegen, Germany, where he worked with Prof. Dr. Heiko Ihmels on DNA binding, intercalator–receptor conjugates, light-up probes, and dual-mode chemosensors. Subsequently, in May 2019, he received the University of Bordeaux Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Dr. Nathan D. McClenaghan at CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, France.

Currently, Dr. Das is an Associate Professor at CHRIST University, Bengaluru, India, where he is actively engaged in teaching and research. He presently supervises five Ph.D. scholars (with one Ph.D. degree awarded), two full-time project students, and several graduate and postgraduate students. His research is supported by external funding agencies, including SERB-SURE, DST, Government of India (₹30 lakhs, PI), and VGST, DST, Government of Karnataka (₹20 lakhs, Co-PI), as well as internal funding from CHRIST University (₹10 lakhs, PI). He is also associated with the editorial boards of several reputed international journals, serves as a Guest Editor, and acts as a reviewer for prestigious journals published by ACS, RSC, Wiley, Elsevier, and Springer.

Employment

  • Christ University Associate Professor
    2025 - Present
  • Christ University Assistant Professor
    2021 - 2025
  • University of Bordeaux/CNRS, France The Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) International Postdoctoral Fello
    2019 - 2021
  • Universität Siegen Awarded Humboldt Research Fellowship from AvH Foundation for research in Germany
    2017 - 2019
  • Osaka Daigaku - Toyonaka Campus Specially Appointed Postdoctoral Researcher
    2016 - 2017
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Received Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) of CSIR, India
    2013 - 2016
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Received Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of CSIR, India
    2011 - 2013
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Qualified All India National Eligibility Test (NET) Examination in chemical sciences with CSIR Fellowship, All India rank: 058
    2010 - 2010

Education

  • Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Ph.D
    2011 - 2016
  • Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Post Graduation(M.Sc) in Organic Chemistry Specialization
    2008 - 2010
  • Vidyasagar University Graduation (B.Sc) in Chemistry Hons.
    2005 - 2008

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