Dr. Debapratim Das
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati, Assam, India 781039
Ph: +91 361 258 3301
Fax: +91 361 258 2349
Email: ddas@iitg.ac.in
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Scientific Area: Peptide Based Hydrogels, Supramolecular Chemistry
Research Experience and Education
2019-Present: Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
2015-2019: Assiociate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
2011-2015: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwhati, India
2010-2011: Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge with Dr. Oren Scherman.
2007-2009: Post-doctoral researcher as a Humboldt research fellow with Prof. Herbert Waldmann at Max Plank Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dotmund, Germany.
2001-2006: Doctoral research with Professor. Prasanta Kumar Das, Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
2001: Received M. Sc. (Master of Science) Degree in Chemistry (Organic Major) from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
1999: Received B. Sc. (Honors) Degree in Chemistry from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.
Awards
• Bronze medal from Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) 2026
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
• Syamasri Gupta Young Scientist Award 2022
• UKIERI Thematic Partnership Award 2017
•Awarded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the year 2006-2007.
Teaching:
M.Sc./PhD
CH 521:
CH 603:
CH 623:
CH 425:		 Bioorganic Chemistry
Concepts of Molecular Machines
Concepts of Supramolecular Chemistry
Organic Chemistry laboratory
CH 521: Chemical Biology
CH 617: Supramolecular Chemistry
CH 500: Graduate Seminar
B.Tech.
CH 401: Modern Chemical Technology
CH 301: Spectroscopic Techniques in Chemistry
CH 402:
CH 223:		 Technical Reports and Presentation
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CH 110:
 Chemistry Laboratory for B.Tech. 1st year
Professional Memberships:
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry: Supramolecular Chemistry
• Chemical Research Society of India
• Indian Peptide Society
• Soft Materials Research Society
• American Peptide Society