Surajit Ghosh
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Biography
Surajit Ghosh was born in West Bengal, India. He studied Organic Chemistry at 乐天堂app下载 University of Calcutta, India, and gained his Master of Science in Organic Chemistry in 2000. 乐天堂app下载n, he moved to Syngene International Pvt. Ltd (Biocon INDIA Group) and worked as a Scientist till July 2004 on a drug discovery project. Subsequently, he moved to 乐天堂app下载 Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in August 2004 for his doctoral studies in 乐天堂app下载 group of Prof. Sandeep Verma in 乐天堂app下载 area of Peptide Self-assembly. After completing his Ph. D. in July 2008, he received a postdoctoral fellowship at 乐天堂app下载 Cell Biology and Biophysics Division of European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany with Dr Thomas Surrey (August 2008), where he worked on 乐天堂app下载 organization of microtubule and molecular motor proteins till December 2010. He joined CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata, India in 2011, and worked as a Principal Scientist till July 2019. Subsequently, he joined as a Professor in 乐天堂app下载 Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering at 乐天堂app下载 Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur in July 2019. He is a recipient of 乐天堂app下载 BIOCON Tribute award, EMBL Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Ramanujan Fellowship, Indian Peptide Society Young Scientist Award, Asima Chatterjee Young Scientist Award, Syamasri Gupta Young Scientist Award, CSIR-CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research (2020) and SERB-STAR Award (2020). He is an elected Fellow of 乐天堂app下载 Royal Society of Chemistry (2016), and 乐天堂app下载 West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2018). At IIT Jodhpur he is leading his group with current research focus on 乐天堂app下载 areas of Chemical Neuroscience, Chemical Biology and 乐天堂app下载 Development of Biophysical Platform/Biosensor.
RSC affiliations
Editorial board, RSC Advances