• Dr. Suman De Sarkar was born in Kolkata, India. After finishing B.Sc. from University of Calcutta and M.Sc. from Indian IIT Kanpur he joined the research group of Prof. Armido Studer at Westfälische Wilhelms-University Muenster where he obtained his Ph.D. in November 2010. Afterwards he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratories of  Prof. Karl Gademann at the University of Basel and in the research group of Prof. Lutz Ackermann as an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at Georg-August-University, Goettingen. In October 2015 he joined Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India as an Assistant Professor and got promoted to the post of Associate Professor since September 2019.

 

 

• Academic Background:

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Ph.D. (2010): Institute of Organic Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-University, Muenster, Germany.

(Advisor: Professor A. Studer). Summa cum laude (Topmost grade)

 

M.Sc. (Chemistry) (2007): Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India.

(Thesis Advisor:    Professor Y. D. Vankar).

 

B. Sc. (Chemistry) (2005): University of Calcutta, India

 

• Professional Career:

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Associate Professor (Since September 2019): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India.

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Assistant Professor (October 2015-September 2019): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India.

 

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2015): Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany.  (Advisor: Professor L. Ackermann)

 

Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-2013): University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

(Advisor: Professor K. Gademann)