Research Interest:

  • Bio-inspired Materials and Catalysis

Educational Qualification:

Degree University
B. Sc. (1994) R. K. Mission Vidyamandira(University of Calcutta)
M. Sc.(1996) IIT-Kanpur
Ph. D. 2002 Carnegie Mellon University

Professional Experience

  • Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
  • Research Associate (June 2002 - September 2005): The Scripps Research Institute (With Professor M. G. Finn)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (November 2005-October 2006): Technical University Munich, Germany (With Prof Dr Thomas Schiebel)

Selected Publications

  • Chakadola Panda, Joyashish Debgupta, David Díaz Díaz, Kundan K. Singh, Sayam Sen Gupta * and Basab B. Dhar *, Homogeneous Photochemical Water Oxidation by Biuret-Modified Fe-TAML: Evidence of FeV(O) Intermediate, Journal of American Chemical Society., 136, 12273 - 12282 (2014), DOI:10.1021/ja503753k.
  • Munmun Ghosh, Kundan K. Singh, Chakadola Panda, Andrew Weitz, Michael P. Hendrich, Terrence J. Collins And Basab B. Dhar * and Sayam Sen Gupta *, Formation of a Room Temperature Stable FeV(O) Complex: Reactivity Toward Unactivated C–H Bonds, Journal of American Chemical Society., 136, 9524 - 9527 (2014), DOI:10.1021/ja412537m
  • Ashif Y. Shaikh, Soumen Das, Debasis Pati, Vinita Dhaware And Sayam Sen Gupta * and Srinivas Hotha *, Cationic Charged Helical Glycopolypeptide Using Ring Opening Polymerization of 6-Deoxy-6-azido-glyco-N-carboxyanhydride, Biomacromolecules., (2014), DOI:10.1021/bm5009537.
  • Sushma Kumari, Amol Kulkarni And Guruswamy Kumaraswamy * and Sayam Sen Gupta *, Large Centimeter-Sized Macroporous Ferritin Gels as Versatile Nanoreactors, Chemistry of Materials., 25, 4813 - 4819 (2013), DOI:10.1021/cm403240j.
  • Multiple Topologies from Glycopolypeptide-Dendron Conjugate Self-Assembly: Nanorods, Micelles and Organogels., Debasis Pati, Nagendra Kalva, Soumen Das, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Sayam Sen Gupta and Ashootosh V. Ambade, Journal of American Chemical Society., 134 (18), 7796 - 7802 (2012).
  • Synthesis of poly-L-glutamic acid grafted silica nanoparticles and their assembly into macroporous structures Mrityunjoy Kar, Pauline Minios, Kamendra Sharma, Guruswamy Kumaraswamy, Sayam Sen Gupta* Langmuir, 2011, 27(19),12124