Prasun Kumar Mandal Associate Professor |
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Research Interest:
Techniques: Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Confocal/TIRF/Wide-Field Microscopy, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS, FCCS, FLCS), Single Molecule/Particle Tracking, Ultrafast Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Magnetic Tweezing, Solvation Dynamics, Translational Dynamics, Rotational Dynamics etc.
Processes: Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Single Enzyme Kinetics, Single Protein Conformational Fluctuation, Translational/Rotational diffusion, Blinking, etc.
Materials: Quantum Dots/Rods, Fluoro-Sensors, Enzymes, Proteins, Ionic Liquids, Nano-materials.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D. (Fluorescence Spectroscopy), University of Hyderabad, India, 2006.
- M.Sc. (Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Specialisation), University of Calcutta, India, 2001.
- B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, India, 1999.
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, India (01/10 - ).
- Post-doctoral researcher in group of Group of David Bensimon and Vincent Croquette, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France (04/09 - 12/09)
- Post-doctoral researcher in group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Basché, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany (02/07 - 02/09)
Awards and Honors:
- Young Affiliate - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
- Marie Curie Fellowship (IIF).
- CNRS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship.
- Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR, India) - February 2004.
- Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship (CSIR, India)- December 2000.
- P. C. Rakshit memorial Chemistry quiz contest- 2nd prize for R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (University of Calcutta) -1999.
- Best (2nd) Seminar Lecture on Chemical Toxicology, R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (University of Calcutta) - 1997.
- National Merit Scholarship at Class X.
Selected Publications:
- " On the Nanoscopic Environment a Neutral Fluorophore Experiences in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids", Anup Ghosh , Tanmay Chatterjee , Debjit Roy, Ananya Das , and Prasun K. Mandal*, *J. Phys. Chem. C*, 118, 5051-5057, (2014).
- "Chemical tweaking of a non-fluorescent GFPchromophore to a highly fluorescent coumarinicfluorophore: application towards photo-uncaging andstem cell imaging" Tanmay Chatterjee, Debjit Roy, Ananya Das, Anup Ghosh, Partha Pratim Bagand Prasun K. Mandal*, *RSC Adv*., 3, 24021-24024, (2013).
- "On the Heterogeneity of Fluorescence Lifetime of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Onset of a Journey for Exploring Red Emitting Dyes", Anup Ghosh, Tanmay Chatterjee, Prasun K. Mandal*, *Chem. **Commun*., 48, 6250-6252, (2012).