PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
BITS, PILANI – K.K. BIRLA GOA CAMPUS
NH17B, BYE PASS ROAD,
ZUARINAGAR 403726, GOA, INDIA
Contact Details
Phone: 0832 – 2580319 (O)
About the Faculty
Prof. Anjan Chattopadhyay joined BITS-Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus, Department of Chemistry, in July 2005. His area of research expertise is theoretical & computational chemistry. His major area of research interest lies in computational photochemistry of organic and bio-inorganic systems. He is actively involved in studies related to photochemical reactions through conical intersections. His field of research work also includes quantum mechanical studies on van der Waals molecules. Funding agencies for his research work include different sponsoring bodies, such as Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS). As a reviewer, he has reviewed papers for several reputed national & international journals. As a visiting researcher, he was associated with the Theoretical Chemistry Group of Prof. Dr. Horst Köppel, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany, and did collaborative research work.
He received his Bachelor’s (1996) and Master’s degrees (1998) from Calcutta University. He was ranked first in Physical Chemistry and second in Chemistry from Calcutta University, and received Prof. Sadhan Basu Memorial award. He was also the recipient of Cunningham Memorial award, Sir Upendra Nath Bramachary Memorial award and Sandip Shome Memorial award from Presidency College, Kolkata. His Ph.D (2004) degree is from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (at BITS, PILANI - K.K. BIRLA GOA CAMPUS):
> Professor, Chemistry 2021 (June)-Till date
> Associate Professor, Chemistry 2015 (Feb)-2021(May)
> Assistant Professor, Chemistry 2006-2015 (Jan)
> Lecturer, Chemistry 2005(July-December)
Administrative and other (Institutional/Departmental) responsibilities handled:
> Head of the Chemistry Department (2015 November-2019 November)
> DCC (Doctoral Counseling Committee) member of BITS-Pilani (2014-2017)
> Member of Senate, BITS-Pilani (2015 onwards)
> Warden Boys Hostel (2009-2013)
> DLSC Chairperson of Chemistry Department (2021-continuing)
> DCA (Departmental Committee of Academics) Convener of Chemistry Department (2014-2016)
> DRC (Departmental Research Committee) member of Chemistry Department (2013-continuing)
1. A computational investigation on the reaction paths and spectroscopic properties of crown ethers- Funding Agency BRNS (2019-2022)
2. Spectroscopic investigation of the properties of low-lying electronic states of some chemopreventive retinyl nitrones and comparison of their light-induced properties with retinyliminium ions-Funding Agency CSIR (2012-2015)
3. Spectroscopic
properties of some low-lying electronic states of alkali metal-rare gas
and alkaline earth metal-rare gas molecules- Funding Agency DST (2009-2012)
Ph.D Scholars Guided as Supervisor:
> Dr. Praveen Saini (Ph.D Degree in 2017, Ph.D. Defense Viva 27th Jan 2017)
> Dr. Sindhuja Sen (Ph.D Degree in 2021, Ph.D. Defense Viva 2nd Dec 2020)
> Mr. Dilawar Singh Sisodiya (Current Ph.D scholar)
Some representative publications (For complete list click here): >“Exploring the reaction pathway involved in the dibenzo-18-crown-6 synthesis from catechol and bis(2-chloroethyl) ether in presence of base” Dilawar Singh Sisodiya, Sk. Musharaf Ali, Anjan Chattopadhyay* J. Phys. Org. Chem. (Published 26th December 2021)
https://doi.org/10.1002/poc.4309
> "The mechanism of photoconversion of cyclic dinitrone to oxaziridine and dioxaziridine: A computational investigation of an experimentally reported photochemical reaction"
> “A Computational Study on the Photochemistry of 2,4,4‐Trimethyl‐1‐pyrroline 1‐Oxide and Investigation on the Reaction Paths of Its Photoproduct Oxaziridine"
Sindhuja Sen, Anjan Chattopadhyay* ChemistrySelect 4 (2019) 12203
> "A computational investigation on the photo-isomerization of 2,4,6-octatriene and its UV-visible spectrum" Anjan Chattopadhyay*, Praveen Saini, Raymond Hakim, Adrian Komainda, Horst Köppel*, Chem.Phys. 509 (2018) 98
> "Exploring the isomerization paths of push-pull hexatrienes"
Anjan Chattopadhyay*, Praveen Saini and Riddhish Pandharkar RSC Adv. 6 (2016) 88433
> “A Computational Investigation of the Photochemical Reaction Path of some Synthesized and Experimentally Analyzed Small-Chain Conjugated Nitrones"
Praveen Saini, Mainak Banerjee and Anjan Chattopadhyay* J. Phys. Chem A 120 (2016) 396
> “Revealing the active role of the terminal CNO moiety in the photochemical oxaziridine conversion process of some chemopreventive retinyl nitrones through hybrid QM:QM and QM:MM ONIOM calculations” Praveen Saini and Anjan Chattopadhyay* Chem. Phys. Lett. 633 (2015) 6
> “A comprehensive spectroscopic investigation of α-(2-naphthyl)-N-methylnitrone: A computational study on photochemical nitrone-oxaziridine conversion and thermal E-Z isomerization processes” Praveen Saini and Anjan Chattopadhyay* RSC Adv. 5 (2015) 22148
> “Spectroscopic features of the low-lying singlet states of some N-alkyl retinylnitrone model systems and their involvement in oxaziridine formation” Praveen Saini and Anjan Chattopadhyay* RSC Adv. 4 (2014) 20466
> “Spectroscopic properties of the low-lying electronic states of RbHen (n = 1, 2) and their comparison with lighter alkali metal-helium systems” Anjan Chattopadhyay* J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 45 (2012) 035101
> “A comparative spectroscopic study of the excited electronic states of potassium-neon and potassium-helium systems” Anjan Chattopadhyay* Eur.Phys. J. D 66 (2012)325
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“Spectroscopic features of the low-lying electronic states of some sodium-helium and potassium-helium van der Waals systems” Anjan Chattopadhyay* J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44 (2011) 165101
Some Conference / Symposium Presentations (For Complete list click here)
•Delivered
invited talk at the Joint Theoretical Chemistry Seminar in the Kliener Horsaal
at the Theoretical Chemistry Group, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University
of Heidelberg, Germany (8th July 2019). Title of talk- "Computational studies on some photochemical reactions
involving conical intersections".
•Delivered
a talk at the 4th International Conference on Physical and
Theoretical Chemistry at Dublin, Ireland during September 18-19,
2017 -Title of Talk-“A computational
investigation of the photochemical oxaziridine conversion process of some
experimentally analyzed small-chain conjugated nitrones”.
• Delivered
invited talk at the 16th TCS (Theoretical Chemistry
Symposium) 2019, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus during
February 13-16, 2019- Title of the Talk- “Oxaziridine and Lactam Conversion Pathways of
Some Cyclic Nitrone Systems”.
• Delivered
invited talk at the DAE-CCS (Computational Chemistry
Symposium) 2019, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
Mumbai during November 7-9, 2019- Title of the Talk- “Differences in the photo-chemical reaction paths of
conjugated acyclic nitrones, protonated Schiff bases and neutral polyenes”.
• Delivered a talk
at the NFCFA 2017, BITS-Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus during
January 28-29, 2017- Title of the Talk- “Isomerization channels of donor-acceptor
hexatrienes through conical intersections”.
• Delivered a talk
at the NFCFA 2015, BITS-Pilani, K.K.Birla Goa Campus during
Dec 18-19, 2015- Title of the Talk- “Exploring the Nitrone-Oxaziridine
photo-conversion path through computational studies”.
•Anjan
Chattopadhyay, "Photochemical reaction
pathways of some nitrone systems", at
9th Molecular Quantum Mechanics (MQM) at Kongresshaus Stadthalle Heidelberg,
Germany (30th June - 5th July).