Contact:

Department of Biological Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Phone:+91 33 2473 4971 (Ext 504)
Fax: +91 33 2473 2805
E-mail : bcab [AT] iacs.res.in

Publications:

 86 Research Papers in Various International Journals.
 One Chapter in Book
 Two General articles  

 Awards/Honours/Recognitions:

Received B.M. Birla Science Prize in Chemistry for the year 2005
R.C. Saha Memorial Award Lecture in Indian Science Congress 2005.
The CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India) Young Scientist award in 2005 Feb
CRSI Bronze Medal for 2010
Selected for MRSI ( Material Research Society of India) Medal for 2011

Current Research Interests :

 
1 Self-assembling Peptide Based Soft Nanomaterials
2 Peptide and Amino acid Based Functional Hydrogels and Organogels
3 Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Systems Obtained from Peptides and Metal/Semiconductor Nanoparticles
4 Fluorescent Noble Metal (Au/Ag) Nanoclusters: Synthesis to Applications
5 Model Synthetic Self-assembling Peptides for Studying Amyloid Fibrillation
6 Controlling Nanoscale Chirality in Self-assembling /Co-assembling System
7 Carbon nanotube (CNT)-peptide based hybrid nanomaterials

 

Arindam Banerjee
 Profesor and Head

Born on 2nd October 1966. Passed M.Sc. in Chemistry (Organic) from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan in 1988 securing 1st Class. Earned Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1997 from Molecular Biophysics unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; was a Visiting Scientist (Postdoctoral Fellow) in Weizman Institute of Science from 1998 January to June 1998 in the department of Membrane Research & Biophysics. Joined IACS on 1st July 1998 as a lecturer in this department and became Professor with effect from December, 2009.

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