CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME: ARNAB HALDER
PRESENT POSITION: Assistant Professor (Stage 3), Department of Chemistry
PresidencyUniversity
ADDRESS:Village & P.O. – Dafarpur, P.S. – Domjur, Dist. – Howrah,
W. B., Pin – 711 405, INDIA
CONTACT NUMBER:033-2670-3735, 9874767217
EMAIL ID:,
DATE OF BIRTH:October 13, 1979
NATIONALITY:Indian
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
NAME OF EXAMINATION/DEGREE / SCHOOL/COLLEGE/
UNIVERSITY/OTHER EXAMINING BODY / YEAR / SUBJECTS TAKEN / % of MARKS / DIVISIONS/ CLASS
MADHYAMIK / Dafarpur Prabartak Vidyamandir
W.B.B.S.E. / 1994 / Beng., Eng., Maths., Life Sc., Phy. Sc., Hist., Geo., W.Edn. & Ph.Edn.
Mechanics (Additional) / 82.0 / 1st
HIGER SECONDARY / M.B.S.I.
W.B.C.H.S.E. / 1996 / BNGA, ENGB, CHEM., MATH., PHYS., BIO. / 78.8 / 1st
B.Sc. (HONS.) / PresidencyCollege
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA / 1999 / CHEMISTRY (HONS.),
PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS (GEN.) / 65.6 / 1st
M. Sc. / PresidencyCollege
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA / 2001 / CHEMISTRY
(Specialization in Physical Chemistry) / 71.5 / 1st
GATE / GATE – 2001
Organiser: IIT Kanpur / 2001 / CHEMISTRY / Percentile: 99.86 / All India Rank: 3
NET-JRF / CSIR / 2001 / CHEMICAL SCIENCE / - / Top 20% of the awardees
Ph.D. (Science) / Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, registration form JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY / 2006 / “PROTON TRANSFER AND SOLVATION DYNAMICS IN ORGANIZED ASSEMBLIES” under the supervision of Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya / - / -
Post Doctoral Research as Visiting Researcher / Molecular PhotoscienceResearchCenter, Kobe University, Japan / 2007 - 2008 / Coherent Control by Pulse Shaping Technique under the supervision of
Prof. Akhide Wada / - / -
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:(i) AsCSIR fellow in Physical Chemistry Department, IACS, Jadavpur, on Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy. Working experience with pico second LASER attached with TCSPC set up and polymer, surfactant, protein, lipid and sol-gel systems.
(ii) As Visiting Researcher in Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Japan, on Coherent Control by Pulse Shaping Technique. Working experience with femto second LASER and Pulse shaper.
(iii) Presently working on the spectral features of graphene based nanomaterials and trying to synthesise new quantum dots with tunable optical properties.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:(i) As Assistant Professor in Undergraduate level in SDBI(College) from March 01, 2004 to December 16, 2013 and Examiner of Calcutta University Undergraduate Examination (both Theoretical and Practical) form 2006.
(ii) As Invited Lecturer in Post Graduate level in Presidency College (formerly) and University from 2006 and examiner of PG –II Examination.
(iii) As Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Presidency University, from December 17, 2013 to till date.
AREA OF ACADEMIC INTEREST:(i) For Teaching – Spectroscopy and Photochemistry, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics and its applications, Rate Processes, Ultrafast Dynamics.
(ii) For Research - Ultrafast Spectroscopy for the study of different photophysical processes in restricted environment like polymer, micelle, biological systems etc., and exited state dynamics, Spectroscopic studies of nanomaterials.
PUBLICATION:Fifteen
List of published Papers:
(i) Excited State Proton Transfer of 1-Naphthol in a Hydroxypropylcellulose/Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate System. Dutta, P.; Halder, A.; Mukherjee, S.; Sen, P.; Sen, S.; Bhattacharyya, K. Langmuir, 2002, 18, 7867. (Impact factor: 3.993)
(ii) Solvation dynamics in a protein–surfactant complex. Dutta, P.; Sen, P.; Halder, A.; Mukherjee, S.; Sen, S.; Bhattacharyya, K. Chemical Physics Letters, 2003, 377, 229. (Impact factor: 1.860)
(iii) Solvation dynamics in a protein–surfactant aggregate. TNS in HSA–SDS. Mukherjee, S.; Sen, P.; Halder, A.; Sen, S.; Dutta, P; Bhattacharyya, K. Chemical Physics Letters, 2003, 379, 471. (Impact factor: 1.860)
(iv) Solvation Dynamics in the Molten Globule State of a Protein. Sen, P.; Mukherjee, S.; Dutta, P.; Halder, A.; Mandal, D.; Banerjee, R.; Roy, S.; Bhattacharyya, K. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 14563. (Impact factor: 3.187)
(v)Solvation Dynamics in the Water Pool of an Aerosol-OT Microemulsion. Effect of Sodium Salicylate and Sodium Cholate. Dutta, P.; Sen, P.; Mukherjee, S.; Halder, A.; Bhattacharyya K. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107, 10815.(Impact factor: 3.187)
(vi)Solvation Dynamics of DCM in a Polypeptide-Surfactant Aggregate: Gelatin-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. Halder, A.; Sen, P.; Das Burman, A.; Bhattacharyya, K. Langmuir, 2004, 20, 653. (Impact factor: 3.993)
(vii) Solvation Dynamics in Dimyristoyl-Phosphatidylcholine Entrapped Inside a Sol-Gel Matrix. Halder, A.; Sen, S.; Das Burman, A.; Patra, A.; Bhattacharyya, K. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 2309. (Impact factor: 3.187)
(viii) Temperature dependence of solvation dynamics in a micelle.4-Aminophthalimide in Triton X-100. Sen, P.; Mukherjee, S.; Halder, A.; Bhattacharyya, K. Chem. Phys. Lett., 2004, 385, 357. (Impact factor: 1.860)
(ix) Study of Solvation Dynamics in an Ormosil: CTAB in a Sol-Gel Matrix. Sahu, K.; Roy, D.; Mondal, S. K.; Halder, A.; Bhattacharyya, K. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108, 11971.(Impact factor: 3.187)
(x) Solvation dynamics in a worm-like CTAB micelle. Sen, P.; Mukherjee, S.; Halder, A.; Dutta, P.; Bhattacharyya, K. Res. Chem. Intermed., 2005, 31, 135.(Impact factor: 1.833)
(xi). Study of partially folded states of cytochrome C by solvation dynamics. Mondal, S. K.; Roy, D.; Sahu, K.; Mukherjee, S.; Halder, A.; Bhattacharyya, K. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2006, 124, 128.(Impact factor: 2.740)
(xii) Optical control of excited state dynamaics. Halder, A. Prajnan O Sadhona, 2015, 2, 7. (ISSN: 2348-7410)
(xiii) Excitation wavelength dependent UV fluorescence of dispersed modified graphene oxide: Effect of pH. Dutta, P.; Nandi, D.; Datta, S.; Chakraborty, S.; Das, N.; Chatterjee, S.; Ghosh, U. C.; Halder, A. Journal of Luminescence, 2015, 168, 269. (Impact factor: 2.693)
(xiv) pH dependent tunable photoluminescence of Polyaniline grafte Graphene Oxide (GO–PANI) nanocomposite. Saha, P.; Pyne, D. K.; Pal, M.; Datta, S.; Das, P. K.; Dutta, P.; Halder, A. Journal of Luminescence, 2017, 181, 138. (Impact factor: 2.693)
(xv) Temperature-Dependent Conductivity of Graphene Oxide and Graphene Oxide-Polyaniline Nanocomposites Studied by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy. Dutta, P.; Afalla, J.; Halder, A.; Datta, S.; Tominaga, K. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 1442. (Impact factor: 4.509)
DOCTORAL SUPERVISION:One, Registered in 2016
PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS, WORKSHOP:Paper presented (Poster and Oral) in many National and International level seminars, symposium and Courses
Name of the Seminar/Workshop/
Symposium / Organizer / Date / Level / Venue / Presentation
Trombay Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry
(TSRP-2004) / Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India in collaboration with Indian Society of Radiation and Photochemical Sciences / January
8-12, 2004 / International / BARC, Mumbai / Poster Presentation (awarded as one of the best posters)
16th West Bengal Science and Technology Congresss / Department of Science and Technology, WB and University of Burdwan / February 28-March 1, 2009 / State / University of Burdwan / Oral Presentation
International Symposium on Facets of Weak Interactions in Chemistry / Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta / January 13-15, 2011 / International / SINP, Kolkata / Poster Presentation
National Seminar on Recent Advances in Selected Topics of Chemistry / Department of Chemistry, Bengal Engineering and Science University / March
24 -25, 2011 / National / BESU, Shibpur / Poster Presentation
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EMERGING TRENDS IN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND PHARMA CHEM EXPO -2014 / Science Tech Foundation, Bengaluru and CSIR-IICT / October 15 to 17, 2014 / International / IICT, Hyderabad / Poster Presentation
National Symposium on
Radiation and Photochemistry / Indian Society for Radiation &
Photochemical Sciences (ISRAPS) and Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur / March 9-11, 2015 / National / IIT Kanpur / Poster Presentation
QIP Short Term course on Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur / November 23-27, 2015 / National / IIT Kanpur / Resource person
13th DAE-BRNS Biennial Trombay Symposium onRadiation & Photochemistry (TSRP-2016)
Incorporating
6th Asia Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry (APSRC-2016) / BARC, Mumbai and Indian Society for Radiation &
Photochemical Sciences (ISRAPS) / January 5-9, 2016 / International / BARC, Mumbai / Poster presentation
Fourth International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2017) / International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN)
Mahatma Gandhi University / February 10-12, 2017 / International / Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala / Invited Speaker