Dr. Kuntal PalAssistant Professor
Room No. 47, Dept. of Chemistry University of Calcutta, Rajabazar Science College 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata – 700009, West Bengal, INDIA Email ID: [email protected] , [email protected] Phone: +91-9647611764 |
Education
- B.Sc. in Chemistry (1999) from R. K. Mission Vidyamandira Belurmath, Howrah
- M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry (2001), from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- Ph.D. in Chemistry (2008) from IIT Kanpur, India. Supervisor: Professor sabyasachi Sarkar (http://home.iitk.ac.in/~abya/).
Professional Experience
- 2016 to Till date: Assistant Professor in Chemistry at University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- 2015 to 2016: DS Kothari Post doctoral fellow at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Worked with Professor Kalyan K. Mukherjea (http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/profile.php?uid=11).
- 2013 to 2015: Marie-Curie Experienced researcher at University of Manchester, UK. Worked with Professor R. A. Layfield (http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/richard.layfield/)
- 2012 to 2013: Post-doctoral fellow at T. U. of Kaiserslautern, Germany. Worked with Professor Hans Jorg Kruger (https://www.chemie.uni-kl.de/en/name-der-einrichtung/prof-hans-joerg-krueger-phd/).
- 2012 to 2012: FCT Post-doctoral fellow at Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Worked with Professor Armando J. L. O. Pombeiro (http://groups.ist.utl.pt/~cqe.daemon/members-contacts/research-groups-2/coordination-chemistry-and-catalysis-ccc/)
- 2011 to 2012: Post-doctoral fellow at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Worked on a collaboration project with Professor Kenneth G. Caulton (http://www.indiana.edu/~kgcgroup/) and Professor M. Baik (http://baik-laboratory.com/).
- 2008 to 2010: JSPS Post-doctoral Fellow at Osaka University, Japan, Worked with Professor Kazushi Mashima (http://www.organomet.chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/mashima_homepage/index-Eng.html ).
Awards and Fellowships
- 2013: Marie-Curie (IIF) International Incoming Fellowship as Experienced researcher at University of Manchester, UK
- 2012: Post-doctoral Fellowship at TU Kaiserslautern, Germany.
- 2012: FCT post doctoral fellowship grant at Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2010: Postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University Bloomington, USA
- 2008- 2010: Postdoctoral fellowship awarded by ‘Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’ (JSPS) at Osaka University, Japan.
- 2002: Junior Research Fellowship, Sponsored by CSIR, India.
- 2001: Qualified, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).