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Basics

Name Arup Sarkar
Label Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Email arsarkar@tcd.ie; arupsarkar1398@gmail.com
Phone +353 899704338
Url https://arupsarkar91.github.io/
Summary Computational Chemist

Work

  • 2024.10 - Present
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
    School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin
    Spin-phonon coupling in magnetic materials
    • Lattice Dynamics
  • 2023.11 - 2024.09
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
    Investigating perovskites and its solar cell application using DFT
    • Prevoskite
  • 2021.10 - 2023.09
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    The University of Chicago
    Investigated spin-crossover properties in a Cr-dimer using multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory (MC-PDFT).
    • Sarkar, A. et. al.,J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 41, 22394–22402
  • 2021.03 - 2021.08
    Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    Investigated spin-vibronic coupling in three-coordinated Mn(III) and Cr(II) complexes
    • Sarkar et. al., Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 13, 9680–9687
  • 2018.09 - 2018.11
    UGC-UKIERI Student Exchange at Euan Brechin's group
    School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh
    Investigated magnetic interactions of small paramagnetic ions within Metallo-supramolecular M4L6 tetrahedral cages
    • Scott J. Aron et. al., Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 5134-5142

Education

  • 2015.07 - 2021.02

    Maharashtra, India

    PhD
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    Computational Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism, Multireference methods
    • Molecular spectroscopy, Symmetry in Chemistry, Inorganic complexes, Quantum Chemistry
  • 2012.08 - 2014.06

    West Bengal, India

    MSc
    University of Calcutta (Rajabazar Science College)
    Inorganic/Physical/Organic Chemistry
    • Quantum Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Magnetochemistry, Spectroscopy, Inorganic Photochemistry, Group Theory
  • 2009.07 - 2012.05

    West Bengal, India

    BSc
    University of Calcutta (Seth Anandram Jaipuria College)
    Chemistry (Hons.), Physics, Math
    • Chemistry, Math, Physics

Awards

  • 2014.06.14
    CSIR-UGC NET
    Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
    Awarded CSIR Junior Research Fellowship in July 2015 and Senior Research Fellowship in August 2017.
  • 2024.02.14
    MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
    AMBER researchers and supervisors have been successful in the 2023 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships support career perspectives and excellence of postdoctoral researchers.
  • 2024.03.16
    Alexander von Humboldt fellowship
    Humboldt Stiftung
    Not accpeted
  • 2021.03.01
    Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay
    Published in high-impact journals

Skills

Softwares
PySCF
ORCA
OpenMolcas
VASP
CP2K
Gaussian

Languages

Bengali
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
German
A1.1

Interests

Chemistry
Quantum Chemistry
Multiconfiguration (MCSCF) methods
Single-Molecule Magnets
Density Functional Theory
Transition Metal complexes
Lanthanides and Actinides
Metal-Organic Frameworks
Perovskites
Spin-Phonon relaxation

References

Prof. Gopalan Rajaraman
Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Email: rajaraman@chem.iitb.ac.in
Prof. Laura Gagliardi
Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, 5735 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL, USA. Email: lgagliardi@uchicago.edu
Prof. Euan K. Brechin
Professor of Coordination Chemistry, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH93FJ, Scotland UK . Email: e.brechin@ed.ac.uk
Prof. Maheswaran Shanmugam
Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Email: eswar@chem.iitb.ac.in
Prof. Achintya Kumar Dutta
Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Email: achintya@chem.iitb.ac.in
Prof. John S. Anderson
Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Email: jsanderson@uchicago.edu
Prof. Denis Andrienko
Organics Electronics (Department: Blom Group), Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Email: denis.andrienko@mpip-mainz.mpg.de
Dr. Alessandro Lunghi
Quantum Materials Dynamics Group, School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Email: lunghia@tcd.ie