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Dr Susruta Samanta

Associate Professor & Assistant Director (Academics)

Department of Chemistry School of Basic Sciences

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr Susruta Samanta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences at the Manipal University Jaipur. He joined the department in July 2017.

    • He is also associated with the Directorate of Academics as a nucleus member from 2018. He has been appointed as the Assistant Director (Academics) from June 2020.
    • His research interest is in the field of Computational Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics Simulation of biosystems. He is presently supervising 3 PhD students.

 

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Subject code Semester
Engineering Chemistry and Lab CY1001 and CY1030 B.Tech (1st and 2nd semester)
States of Matter, Thermodynamics and Equilibrium, CY1106, CY1206, CY2106 B.Sc. (Hons.) New Scheme
Physical Chemistry-IV, Quantum Chemistry and its Applications CY1415, CY1514 B.Sc. (Hons.) Old Scheme
Physical Chemistry-I, II, III CY1311, CY1412, CY1611 B.Sc. General
Computer Application in Chemistry and other lab courses CY1332 B.Sc. Hons. and General

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D. Chemistry Jacobs University Bremen, Germany 2013
M.Sc. Chemistry Sikkim Manipal University (Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology) 2007
B.Sc. Chemistry (Hons.) University of Calcutta (R. K. M. R. College, Narendrapur) 2005

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Manipal University Jaipur Assistant professor Teaching, Research` 2017-Present
University of Cagliari, Italy Post-doctoral researcher Research 2012-2017
Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Post-doctoral Research Fellow Research 2013-2013

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Theoretical and computational chemistry & biochemistry

Area of Expertise

Computational chemistry & biochemistry, Molecular dynamics simulations, Free energy calculations

Area of Research

Antibiotic translocation, drug-polymer interactions, polymer-biomembrane interactions, computer aided drug designing