Profile

Personal Website
avik.samanta@chem.iitkgp.ac.in
Department of Chemistry, High Pressure Building (HP102), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal - 721302, India.

Education

2006 - 2009: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. in Chemistry), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

2009 - 2011: Master of Science (M.Sc. in Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

2011 - 2015: PhD in Organic Supramolecular Chemistry and Soft Nanomaterials (PI: Prof. Bart Jan Ravoo and Prof. Armido Studer), University of Muenster, Germany.

Experience

2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry (PI: Prof. J. Fraser Stoddart), Northwestern University, USA.

2017 - 2020: Alexander von Humboldt Scientist, Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry (PI: Prof. Andreas Walther), University of Freiburg, Germany.

2021 - 2023: Research Scientist (DFG-funded), Department of Chemistry (PI: Prof. Andreas Walther), University of Mainz, Germany.

2023 - 2024: Assistant Professor (Grade I), Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.

2024 - present: Assistant Professor (Grade I), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.