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Theoretical Physical Chemistry
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Statistical Mechanics
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Biophysical Chemistry
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Soft Matter, Chemical & Biological
Physics
Associate Professor (December 2016 -)
Assistant Professor (January 2013 - November 2016)
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Room Number 408 B, Chemistry Building
Phone: +91 022-2576-7192; Fax: +91 022-2576-7152
Email: rajarshi@chem.iitb.ac.in; rajarshi.chakrabarti@gmail.com
Education and prior experiences:
Post Doc., University of Stuttgart, Germany (2011-2012)
Post Doc., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA (2009-2011)
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (2003-2009)
M. Sc., Chemistry (Specialization: Physical Chemistry), University of Calcutta (2001-2003)
B. Sc., Chemistry (Hons.), Mathematics, Physics, Scottish Church College,
University of Calcutta (1998-2001)
Current group members
Kailasham Ramalingam (2016 - )
Ph. D. student (Thesis submitted)
In collaboration with Prof. Ravi Jagadeeshan (Monash)
B. Tech, Chemical Engineering, SV NIT Surat (2009-2013)
M. SE, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2013-2015)
Email:
Thesis title: The Influence of Internal Friction on Dilute Polymer Solution Dynamics
Soham Sarkar (2016 - )
Ph. D. student (pre-synopsis completed)
B. Sc, Chemistry, Thakurpukur Vivekananda College, Kolkata (2011-2014)
M. Sc, Chemistry, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad (2014-2016)
Email:
Research Topic: Molecular dynamics simulations of protein-co-solvent dynamics
Subhasis Chaki (2016 - )
Ph. D. student (pre-synopsis completed)
B. Sc, Physics, Victoria College Coochbihar West Bengal (2009-2012)
M. Sc, JNU Delhi, Physical Sciences (2012-2014)
Email:
Research Topic: Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of active systems
Praveen Kumar (2017 -)
Ph. D. student (SRF)
M. Sc, NIT Jalandhar (2015-2017)
Email:
Research Topic: Tracer dynamics in polymer network
Rajiblochan Sahoo (2018 -)
Ph. D. student (SRF)
M. Sc. Chemistry, IIT ISM Dhanbad (2015-2017)
Email:
Research Topic: Passive and active transport in crowded medium
Ligesh T (2018 -)
Ph. D. student (SRF)
M. Sc. Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan (2014-2016)
Email:
Research Topic: Active tracer diffusion in polymeric environment
Pooja Nanavare (2020 -)
Ph. D. student (JRF)
M. Sc. Chemistry, K. J. Somaiya College of science and commerce, Vidyavihar, University of Mumbai (2016-2018)
Email:
Research Topic: Molecular Dynamics simulations of proteins
Asha Rani Choudhury (2018 -)
Ph. D. student (SRF)
M.Sc. Chemistry, Berhampur University (2015-2017)
Email:
Research Topic: Simulations of stapled peptide-protein interactions
Ramanand Singh Yadav (2020-)
Ph. D. student (JRF)
M. Sc. Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University (2017-2019)
Email:
Research Topic: Chemical Physics of active Transport
Dr. Atanu Maity (July, 2018-)
Institute Post Doctoral Research Associate
B. Sc, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, West Bengal (2006-2009)
M. Sc, Vidyasagar University
(2010-2012)
Email:
Ph. D., Bose Institute, Kolkata
Advisor: Shubhra Ghosh Dastidar
Thesis title: Flexibility and conformation modulations of proteins correlating apoptosis:
molecular dynamics simulations of Bcl-2 family proteins.
Research Topic: Protein-co-solvent dynamics, peptide-protein interactions.
Dr. Koushik Goswami (December, 2020-)
Institute Post Doctoral Research Associate
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, West Bengal
(2007-2010)
M. Sc, IIT Kharagpur
(2010-2012)
Email:
Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Advisor: K. L. Sebastian
Thesis title: Non-equilibrium dynamics and thermodynamics of some single-particle active diffusive systems.
Research Topic: Time-dependent Statistical mechanical models for single molecule transport in crowded medium.
Kailash Sahu (2020 -)
M. Sc. student (2nd year)
B. Sc, St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Email:
Research Topic: Translational and rotational dynamics of passive and active single probes in crowded medium
Anish Shivamani (2020 -)
B.S. student (second year)
Email:
Research Topic: Protein-co-solvent dynamics (mini project CH 397)
Sayantani Chakraborty (Feb, 2021 -)
JRF (SERB Project)
M. Sc, University of Calcutta,
2017-2019
Email:
Research Topic: Protein-peptide
interaction