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    Dr Debashis Panda

    Chemistry
    Associate Professor
    Ph D 2008 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    M Sc 2004 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
    B Sc 2002 Calcutta University, Kolkata
    2014 – Till Date Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
    2012 – 2014 Assistant Professor (on contract), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi
    2011 – 2012 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
    2008 – 2010 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell University, New York, USA
    • Luminescent Nanostructures for Energy Conversion
    • Nanocatalysts for Transport Fuels
    • Nanocomposites for Energy Storage
    S. No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Responsibility Year
    1 Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: A Fundamental Understanding and Potential Thereof Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India PI 2018-2021
    2 Interrogating the Catalytic Activity of Nanocatalysts for Cellulose Degradation Using Single Particle Measurements Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India PI 2014-2017
    3 Liquid-liquid flow through small diameter conduits- enhanced mass transfer and kinetic study Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India Co-PI 2019-2022
    4 Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameters in five districts of Uttar Pradesh (Rae Bareli, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, and Sultanpur) Department of Atomic Energy-Board of  Research in Nuclear Sciences, Government of India Co-PI 2015-2017
    1. U. Kumar, D. Panda, K. G. Biswas, Augmented Mass Transfer in Liquid-Liquid Flow Through Home-Build Microchannels of Different Geometries, Chemical Engineering Process- Process Intensification 137, 72, 2019.           
    2. W. Kaleem, A. Kumar, D. Panda, Luminescent N, S-Doped Carbon Nanodot: An Effective Two-Fluorophore System of Pyridone and Thiazolopyridone, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122, 26722, 2018.                                             
    3. O. Bihani, T. Rai, D. Panda, “Interaction of Proteins with Lemon-derived Carbon Nanodot: Interplay of Induced-aggregation and Co-solubilization, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 112, 1234, 2018.              
    4. U. Kumar, D. Panda, K. G. Biswas, Non-Lithographic Copper-wire Based Fabrication of Micro-Fluidic Reactors for Biphasic Flow Applications, Chemical Engineering Journal 344, 221, 2018.                                                   
    5. Nema, R. Pareek, T. Rai, D. Panda, The Role of Glutathione and Ethanol in Dictating the Emission Dynamics of Natural Resources-Derived Highly Luminescent Carbon Nanodots, ChemistrySelect 2, 11255, 2017.                                                                            
    6. R. Ujjwal, D. Panda, A. Singh, A. Kumar, U. Ojha,  K. Kishore, Ionization–Induced Reversible Aggregation of Self-Assembled Polycarbonyl Hydrazide Nanoparticles: A Potential Candidate for Turn-On Base Sensor & pH-Switchable Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials 1, 82, 2018.                                                    
    7. T. Rai, A. Sharma, D. Panda, Quantifying the Role of Silver Nanoparticle in Modulation of the                              Thermal Energy Storage Properties of PAM-Ag Nanocomposites, New Journal of Chemistry 41, 2029, 2017.                                                          
    8. Singh, T. Rai, D. Panda, “Photoluminescence Dynamics of Copper Nanoclusters Synthesized by Cellulase: Role of Random-Coil Structure, RSC Advances, 6, 55539, 2016.                                                                             
    9. T. Rai, D. Panda, An extracellular enzyme synthesizes narrow-sized silver nanoparticles in both water and methanol, Chemical Physics Letters 623, 108, 2015.                                                              
    10. D. Panda, Excited State Proton Transfer of 2-(2′-pyridyl)benzimidazole: A Computational Study Chemical Physics Letters 422, 446, 2006.                                                               
    11. C.P. Joshi#; D. Panda#, D. J. Martell#, N. M. Andoy, T.-Y Chen, A. Gaballa, J. D. Helmann, P. Chen, Direct Substitution and Assisted Dissociation Pathways for Turning Off Transcription by A MerR-family Metalloregulator, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 109, 15121, 2012 (# Equal Contributor)
    12. N. Burai, D. Panda, E. S. S. Iyer, A. Datta, Photoinduced electron transfer between anionic fluorophores and methyl viologen inhomogeneous and microheterogeneous media, Journal of Luminescence 132 (2012) 2929.                                                           
    13. P. Chen, N. Andoy, J. Benitez, A. Keller, D. Panda, F. Gao, Tackling Metal Regulation and Transport at the Single-Molecule Level, Natural Product Reports, 27 (2010) 757. X. Zhou, W. Xu, G. Liu, D. Panda, P. Chen,
    14. Size Dependent Catalytic Activity and Dynamics of Gold Nanoparticles at the Single-Molecule Level Journal of American Chemical Society 132 (2010) 138.
    15. N. Andoy, S. Sarkar, Q. Wang, D. Panda, J. Benitez, A. Kalinkskiy, P. Chen, Single Molecule Study of Metalloregulator CueR-DNA Interactions using Holliday Junctions Biophysical Journal 97 (2009) 844.                                             
    16. T. N. Burai, T. K. Mukherjee, P. Lahiri, D. Panda, A. Datta, Early events associated with the excited state proton transfer in 2-(2'-pyridyl)benzimidazole, Journal of Chemical Physics 131 (2009) 034504                                               
    17. D. Panda, D. Ghosh, A. Datta, Acid-base Behavior of 3-Aminoquinoline in its Ground and Excited States, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A 207 (2009) 254.                     
    18. P. Chen, W. Xu, X. Zhou, D. Panda, A. Kalinkskiy, Single Nanoparticle Catalysis at Single Turnover Resolution, Chemical Physics Letters 470 (2009) 151.  
    19. T. N.; Burai, D. Panda, A. Datta, Fluorescence Enhancement of Epicocconone in its Complexes with Cyclodextrins, Chemical Physics Letters 455 (2008) 42.                                                           
    20. D. Panda, A. Datta, Implication of Area Normalization on Multi-component Spectra Applied Spectroscopy 62 (2008) 341.                                                                                                                                      
    21. D. Panda, S. Khatua, A. Datta, Enhanced Fluorescence of Epicocconone In Surfactant Assemblies as a Consequence of Depth-Dependent Microviscosity, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 (2007) 1648.                                            
    22. D. Panda, A. Datta, Evidence for Covalent Binding of Epicocconone with Proteins from Synchronous Fluorescence and Fluorescence Lifetimes, Journal of Chemical Science 119 (2007) 99.                                                     
    23. D. Panda, P. P. Mishra, A. L. Koner, R. B. Sunoj, A. Datta, Anomalous Excited-State Dynamics of Lucifer Yellow CH in Solvents of High Polarity: Evidence for an Intramolecular Proton Transfer  Journal of Physical Chemistry A  110 (2006) 5585                                            
    24. D. Panda, A. Datta, The Role of the Ring Nitrogen and Amino Group in the Solvent Dependence of the Excited-State Dynamics of 3-Aminoquinoline, Journal of Chemical Physics  125 (2006) 054513 
    25. D. Panda, A. Datta, Modification of Ground and Excited States of 3-Phenyl-ureidoquinoline by Encapsulation in Surfactant Assemblies, Chemical Physics Letters 426 (2006) 100.   
    26. T. K. Mukherjee, D. Panda, A. Datta, ESPT of 2-(2′-pyridyl)benzimidazole in Microemulsion: Selective Enhancement and Slow Dynamics in Aerosol OT Reverse Micelles with Aqueous Core Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (2005) 18895     
    • JSPS-Postdoctoral Fellowship (offered), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2008
    • Best Research Scholar Award, IIT-Bombay (Research Scholar Forum), 2007
    • Carl Storm International Diversity Fellowship, Gordon Research Conference, USA, 2007
    • DST and CSIR Travel Grants for Attending Gordon Research Conference, USA, 2007
    • Best Oral Presentation Award, Research Scholar Meet’07, RSC, West India Section, India, 2007
    • Qualified Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-UGC NET), 2004
    • Qualified GATE-2004 with 99.49 percentile, All India Rank (Chemistry): 15
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