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Dr. Aloke Das
Professor, Chemistry
IISER Pune
2002:
Ph. D. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur (Advisor: Prof. Tapas Chakraborty)
1996:
M. Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Jadavpur University, India
1994:
B. Sc. in Chemistry, Jadavpur University, India
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019-Present:
Professor, IISER Pune
2013-2019:
Associate professor, IISER Pune
2007-2013:
Assistant professor, IISER Pune
2004-2007:
Postdoc, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratoy & Louisiana State University (Advisor: Prof. Erwin D. Poliakoff)
2002-2004:
Postdoc, Purdue University (Advisor: Prof. Timothy S. Zwier)
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Gas phase study of molecular complexes of the building blocks of the biomolecules and materials. We mostly study the complexes which comprise of multiple types of non-covalent interaction.
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Conformations of isolated and micro-hydrated small biomolecules in the gas phase.
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Understanding n→π* interaction, a weak non-covalent interaction discovered very recently.
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Molecular level understanding of folding motifs in peptides.
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Exploring unconventional Selenium hydrogen bonding.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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