Dr. Manabendra Sarma

Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati



Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory of Dr. Manabendra Sarma





Dr. Manabendra Sarma

 Associate Professor
 Department of Chemistry,
 Room: #CHF 102,
 Indian Institute of Technology  Guwahati,
 Guwahati   -   781 039,   India
 Phone: +91 361 258 2318 (Office)
             +91 361 258 4990 (Lab)
 E-mail: msarma@iitg.ac.in


Our group works on diverse fields of Chemistry. The primary field that we work on is the development of new theoretical approaches for Laser Assisted Control of Chemical Reactions and Resonances in Electron-Molecule scattering. Along with this our group is also currently doing research in the field of Biomolecular Chemistry as well as in Catalysis.

In the Biomolecular Chemistry, we are focusing on designing some drugs related to Alzheimer’s Disease and the interaction of the drug molecules with receptors. Some ground level work on protein folding has also been started. In the field of Catalysis, we are trying to design some catalyst for spliting water molecules photo-catalytically and also investigating the mechanistic and kinetic aspects of the catalyst.


    NEWS & UPDATES

    • Ph.D. Positions are available. Students having CSIR/UGC/DST-INSPIRE qualification may directly contact with their CV.

    • Post Doctoral positions are available.

    • Niharika's Manuscript has been published in the RSC Advances. Congratulations Niharika!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor P. K. Giri (IIT Guwahati) has been published in the npj 2D Materials and Applications. Congratulations to Upasana for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Upasana's Manuscript has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Congratulations Upasana!

    • Kisan's Manuscript has published in the ChemPhysChem. Congratulations Kisan!

    • Surbhi got placed in NSPIRA as an Associate Trainee. Congratulations Surbhi!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor K. Ghosh (IIT Roorkee) has been published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Congratulations to Kisan for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Kisan, Rabu, Niharika and Himangshu's Manuscript has been published in the Polyhedron. Congratulations Kisan, Rabu, Niharika, and Himangshu!

    • Anand has joined as PhD member of the lab. Welcome Anand!

    • Upasana received Financial Assistance from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) under International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme for participating in "Graphene 2023, United Kingdom (June 27 – 30, 2023)". Congratulations Upasana!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor P. K. Giri (IIT Guwahati) has been published in the Nanoscale. Congratulations to Upasana for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor P. K. Giri (IIT Guwahati) has been published in the ACS Applied Nano Materials. Congratulations to Upasana for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Shubham, Kisan, and Himangshu's Manuscript has been published in the Journal of Chemical Sciences. Congratulations Shubham, Kisan, and Himangshu!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor K. Ghosh (IIT Roorkee) has been published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. Congratulations to Kisan for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Professor Ricardo A. Mata (Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Germany) has been published in the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations to Kisan and Himangshu for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Rimi has joined as PhD member of the lab. Welcome Rimi!

    • Himangshu received Financial Assistance from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) under International Travel Support (ITS) Scheme for participating in "6th International Conference on Molecular Simulation (ICMS 2023), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (October 06 – 09, 2023)". Congratulations Himangshu!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Dr. Amrit Sarmah and Professor Pavel Hobza (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic) has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations to Monalisha for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!

    • Kisan, Upasana, and Niharika's Manuscript has been published in the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations Kisan, Upasana, and Niharika!

    • Niharika, Bittu, Kisan and Himangshu's Manuscript has been published in the ChemPhysChem. Congratulations Niharika, Bittu, Kisan and Himangshu!

    • Niharika's Manuscript has been published in the Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations Niharika!

    • Congratulations Monalisha for winning the Best Poster Award at the Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS) 2023 held at IIT Madras!

    • Dr. Juhi Dutta has joined as Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow (IPDF) member of the lab. Welcome Juhi!

    • Congratulations Manash for winning one of the Best Poster Awards at the 17th Biennial Trombay Symposium on Radiation & Photochemistry (TSRP-2024) held at BARC Mumbai!

    • Congratulations Juhi for receiving the SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship!

    • Biman's Manuscript has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. This article will appear as a Cover Feature of the Journal. Congratulations Biman!

    • Our Collaborative Work with Dr. Amrit Sarmah and Professor Pavel Hobza (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic) and Takahito Nakajima (RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) has been published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations to Monalisha for your contribution to this Collaborative Work!