sukanta.mandal@chem.iitkgp.ac.in
Office: 505, Lab: 511, Tower A, JCG-PCR Science Block, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, West Bengal, India.
Dec. 2003 - Jan 2009: IIT Kanpur (Supervisor: Prof. Rabindranath Mukherjee)
The Mother Nature has designed a wide range of metalloenzymes to perform a chemical reaction in a very selective and efficient manner. The study of structural and functional aspects of the metalloenzymes by mimicking their active-site structures with small synthetic model compounds is an interesting area of research. Our research group is focused to develop transition metal coordination compounds which are used in various catalytic reactions having biological and technological importance. The objective is to understand the reaction mechanism of the catalytic processes at the molecular level. The mechanistic investigations are carried out by the combined use of spectroscopy, electrochemistry, kinetic and computational studies. The group is currently involved in the followings research areas:
(1) Synthetic Bioinorganic Model Chemistry
(2) Bioinspired Redox Catalysis Using Transition Metal Complexes
(3) Water Splitting Chemistry Towards Artificial Photosynthesis.
Mother Nature has designed a wide range of metalloenzymes to perform chemical reactions selectively and efficiently. The study of structural and functional aspects of metalloenzymes by mimicking their active-site structures with small synthetic model compounds is an exciting area of research. Our research group focuses on developing advanced catalysts based on transition metal ions for various catalytic reactions of biological and technological importance. Our studies aim to understand the reaction mechanism of the catalytic processes at the molecular level. The mechanistic investigations are followed using combined spectroscopy, electrochemistry, kinetics, and computational studies. The group is currently involved in the followings research areas:
(1) Synthetic Bioinorganic Model Chemistry
(2) Bioinspired Redox Catalysis Using Transition Metal Complexes
(3) Water Splitting Chemistry Towards Artificial Photosynthesis.
Mr. Animesh Kundu, research scholar under the guidance of Dr. Sukanta Mandal at the Department of Chemistry received the "Prof A. K. Dey Memorial Young Scientist Award" at the International Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2020)” at the 57th Annual Convention of Chemists (December 26-29, 2020) organized by Indian Chemical Society.
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Mr. Animesh Kundu (Roll No: 15CY90J11), Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal is the recipient of Professor B. C. Halder Memorial Award for the presentation (Oral) entitled “Dangling Carboxylic Group Participates in O-O Bond Formation Reaction to Promote Water Oxidation Catalysed by a Ru Complex: An Oxide Relay Pathway” in the 58th Annual Convention of Chemists, 2021 & International Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2021)” organized by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata, India during December 21st – 24th, 2021.
Supervisor:
Dr. Sukanta Mandal, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur
Dr. Animesh Kundu was awarded the second position for his presentation of paper entitled "Dangling Carboxylic Group Participates in O-O Bond Formation Reaction to Promote Water Oxidation Catalyzed by a Ru Complex: An Oxide Relay Pathway" as a part of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conference in Students’ Research Convention-22 conducted from 4th-6th March, 2022 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Ms. Sreeja Dasgupta (Roll No. 20CY91R22), a research scholar under the supervision of Prof. Sukanta Mandal, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, has been awarded the poster prize by Dalton Transactions for her presentation titled “Molecular Engineering of Ruthenium Water Oxidation Catalysts: From Redox-Non-Innocent Effect of Ligands to Secondary Coordination Sphere Modulation.” This recognition was conferred during the 21st Edition of Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XXI), held at IIT Kharagpur from 14th to 17th December 2024.
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