Faculty Information

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Chayan Kanti Nandi

Professor

Office:

A3-310
School of Chemical Sciences

Personal Information

Professional Experience

Professor, IIT Mandi, (Dec 2020- Till date)

Associate Professor, IIT Mandi (June 2015-Dec 2020)

Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, (Aug 2010-June 2015)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 2009-2010

Postdoctoral Fellow, Geothe University, 2006-2009

Educational Background

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 2001-2006

M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry) from University of Burdwan, WB, 1998-2000

B. Sc. (Chemistry) from University of Burdwan, WB,1995-1998

Research Area

Broad Area

Physical Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Microscopy

Specific Areas

Spectroscopy and microscopy of nanomaterials

Designing new fluorescent materials for microscopic imaging

Super resolution imaging of cellular cytoskeleton

Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Stochastic Optical Reconstruction microscopy

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Teaching

CY-701: Advanced Physical Methods in Chemistry (PhD).

CY 512: Quantum Chemistry (M.Sc)

CY 513: Chemical Thermodynamics (M.Sc)

CY 514: Molecular Reaction Dynamics (M.Sc)

CY 511P: Physical Chemistry lab

IC 101: Basic Chemistry (B. Tech)

IC 101P: Chemistry Lab (B Tech)

IC 201: Design Practicum (B. Tech)

CY 511: Spectroscopy and Molecular Symmetry (M.Sc)

CY670: Advanced fluorescence and microscopy (PhD & M.Sc)

Awards, Recognition and Membership

2020 (June): Guest Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry

2019 (July): Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) bronze medal

2019 (Feb): Best poster award in MRSI-AGM

2018 (June): Visiting Professor, Gottingen University

2017 (sept): Visiting Professor, University of Nottingham.

2017 (Sept): Best Teaching award at IIT Mandi for excellence in Chemistry

2016 (Feb): IIT Mandi Outstanding Faculty for innovative research award

2015 (Sep): DST travel grant awards for conference in Berlin Germany

2015 (Sep): DBT travel grant awards for conference in Berlin Germany

2011 (Dec) : visiting Professor Braunschweig, Germany (by AvH foundation, Germany)

2007-2008: Alexander Von Humboldt Fellow: Geothe University, Frankfurt am Main Germany

2003-2005: Senior Research Fellowship (NET, CSIR, India).

2001-2003: Junior Research Fellowship (NET, CSIR, India).

2001: Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering India (GATE).

2000: 2nd rank in the M. Sc. Chemistry degree (Burdwan University, WB)

1998: Gold Medal in B. Sc. (Bankura Christian College)

Lifetime members of Materials Research Society of India, 2020

Lifetime members of Electron Microscopy Society of India, 2019

Lifetime Member Chemical Research Society (CRSI) of India 2018

Secretary for "Society for Nanobiotechnology, IIT Mandi (2013)