Dr. A. Chakraborty

Team QED
Phone : 01905-237930
EMail : achakraborty[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in
aniruddha_oregon[at]yahoo[dot]com
Address: School of Basic Sciences
IIT Mandi, PWD Rest House 2nd floor,
near Bus Stand, Mandi - 175001
India
Web : http://aniruddhachakraborty.com
http://iitmandi.academia.edu/AniruddhaChakraborty

Research interests

  • Nano device: simple models
  • 2D electron solvation
  • Non-adiabatic transitions: analytically solvable models
  • Spectroscopy in frequency and time domain
  • Reaction rate theory
  • Non linear dynamics
  • Molecular Cryptography

Teaching Interests

  • Quantum Mechanics.
  • Statistical Mechanics.
  • Physical Chemistry.
  • Kinetics and Dynamics of Chemical Reaction.
  • Thermodynamics.
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Classical Mechanics.

Education

  • Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore in Theoretical Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. K. L. Sebastian).
  • M.Sc. from University Of Calcutta in Chemistry, 1997 (Special Paper: Physical Chemistry).
  • B.Sc. from University Of Calcutta in Chemistry (Hons), 1995 (with Mathematics & Physics)

Experience

  • Post Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Oregon, USA (2005-2009) (on Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Dynamics, with Prof. M. E. kellman)
  • Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India (2004-2005) (on Electron Solvation, with Prof. K. L. Sebastian)

Teaching

  • Currently teaching CY-242 : Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy Course Content.

Honours and Distinctions

  • Invited to contribute a biography in 2011 annual issue of Marquis ’Who’s Who in the World
  • Selected for 42nd International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Chemist Award (Programme B), by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, in conjunction with the 42nd IUPAC Congress, that was held from 2 - 7 August 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
  • Selected for poster presentation at the IUPAC 42nd Congress: Chemistry Solutions, August 2-7, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
  • Selected at ACS PRF Summer School on Computation, Simulation and Theory in Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Materials Chemistry, June 11-18, 2005 in Park City, Utah, USA.
  • Selected for travel grant from the organizers of ACS PRF Summer School on Computation, Simulation, and Theory in Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Materials Chemistry, June 11-18, 2005 in Park City, Utah, USA.
  • Selected for poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces in Ventura Beach Marriott Ventura, CA, USA, February 13-18, 2005.
  • Selected for poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Buellton California, USA, January 10-14 2005.
  • Selected for travel grant from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India for poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Buellton California, January 10-14 2005.
  • Selected for travel grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India for poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Buellton California, USA, January 10-14 2005.
  • Selected for Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar on Molecular Energy Transfer in Buellton California, USA, January 8-9 2005.
  • Senior Research Fellowship, awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (2000 - 03) on the basis of research done as Junior Research Fellow.
  • Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship, awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (1997 - 99) on the basis of an all India Examination.
  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE - 1997), Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Percentile score: 99.24, All India Rank - 12.
  • National Scholarship: Awarded by Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on the basis of B. Sc. Exam. result (1995).
  • National Scholarship: Awarded by Department of Education, Government of West Bengal, India, on the basis of Higher Secondary Exam. result (1992).

Publications

Books

  • Effective Hamiltonians: A. Chakraborty [in preparation] (2011).
  • Nano Devices, 2D electron solvation and curve crossing problems: Theoretical Model Investigations, A. Chakraborty, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany (2010).

Papers

  • Effective Hamiltonian for highly anharmonic coupled oscillators, A. Chakraborty and M. E. Kellman [to be submitted to J. Chem. Phys.].
  • Polyad breaking fitting Hamiltonian for extreme Coupling in molecules, A. Chakraborty and M. E. Kellman [manuscript in preparation].
  • Intensities in a polyad breaking effective Hamiltonian for chaotic molecules, A. Chakraborty and M. E. Kellman [manuscript in preparation].
  • Polyad breaking and spectral clusters in chaotic vibrations, A. Chakraborty and M. E. Kellman [manuscript in preparation].
  • Choas in molecular vibrations, A. Chakraborty [manuscript in preparation].
  • Multichannel scattering problems - Analytically Solvable Model, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. (2010) [under revision].
  • Nonadiabatic tunneling in an ideal one dimensional semi-infinite periodic potential systems: An analytically solvable model, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. (2010) [Accepted].
  • Buckled nano rod: A two state system and quantum effects on its dynamics using system plus reservoir model, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. (2010) [Accepted].
  • Multi-channel curve crossing problems: Analytically solvable model, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. 107, 2459 (2009).
  • Buckled nano rod: A two state system and quantum effects on its dynamics, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. 107, 1777 (2009).
  • Curve crossing effects on absorption and resonance Raman spectra: Analytical treatment for a delta-function coupling in parabolic potentials, A. Chakraborty, Mol. Phys. 107,165 (2009).
  • Effective Hamiltonian for Chaotic Coupled Oscillators, A. Chakraborty & M. E. Kellman, J. Chem. Phys. 129,71104 (2008) (comm).
  • Buckled nano rod: A two state system and its dynamics, A. Chakraborty, S. Bagchi & K. L. Sebastian, J. Comput. Theor. Nanosci. 4, 504 (2007).
  • A continuum approach to electron solvation by a layer of polar adsorbates, K. L. Sebastian, A. Chakraborty & M. Tachiya, J. Chem. Phys. 119, 10350 (2003).
  • The dynamics of solvation of an electron in the image potential state by a layer of polar adsorbates,K. L. Sebastian, A. Chakraborty & M. Tachiya, J. Chem. Phys. 123, 214704 (2005). (This paper has been selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science.)
  • Dynamics of vibrational excitation in the C60 single molecule transistor, A. Chakraborty, K. Kumar & K. L. Sebastian, Phy. Rev. B 68, 085411 (2003). (This paper has been selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.)

Collaborations

Conferences and Symposia

  • Telluride workshop on the complexity of dynamics and kinetics in many dimensions, August 13-24 2007, Telluride, CO, USA.
  • Discussion Meeting on Advances in Spectroscopy, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, February, 2005.
  • Indo-Japan Students Symposium, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, February, 2005.
  • DAE-BRNS Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, December, 2004.
  • Indo-French Workshop on ”Nanoscience and Nanotechnology”, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, October, 2004.
  • Inhouse Symposium, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2003.
  • Theoretical Chemistry 2000, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,India, 2000.
  • Inhouse Symposium, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2000.
  • International Conference on Ultrafast Chemical Phenomena, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1-6 March, 1998.

Oral Presentations

  • Dynamics of vibrational excitation in the C60 single molecule transistor. School of Basic Science seminar, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India, September, 2010.
  • Dynamics of vibrational excitation in the C60 single molecule transistor. ITS seminar, Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, USA, July, 2005.
  • A continuum approach to electron solvation by a layer of polar adsorbates. Indo-Japan Students Symposium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, February, 2005.
  • Dynamics of some nano devices and 2D electron solvation. Ph.D colloquium, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 29 August, 2003.
  • Dynamics of vibrational excitation in the C60 single molecule transistor. Inhouse Symposium, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July, 2002.
  • Time dependent theory of resonance Raman spectroscopy. Departmental Seminar, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, January, 1999.
  • What is Decoherence? Departmental Seminar, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, September, 1998.

Professional Affiliation

  • American Chemical Society, Member, since 2006.
  • American Physical Society, Member, since 2006.
  • International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Affiliate Member, since 2006.
  • Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Member, since 2010.
  • Biophysical Society, USA, Member, since 2011.
  • Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, Member, since 2010.

Other Activities

  • Participated in Chemical Dynamics Group's weekly meetings, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1997-2004).
  • Participated in "Landau and Lifshitz - Electrodynamics of Continuous Media" Reading Group's weekly meetings, University of Oregon, USA (2005-07).
  • Worked with several M.S./M.Sc. students through the Summer Research Fellowship programme (2001-03).
  • Sports Advisor, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India (June, 2010 – February, 2011).
  • Chair, Institute Colloquium Committee, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India
    (June, 2010 - September 2011).
  • Chair, Web Developement Committee, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India (June, 2010 -).
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