About MRM
Dr. Mijanur Rahaman Molla received M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta, India in 2008 and subsequently joined Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Suhrit Ghosh. He worked on H-bonding driven self-assembly of donor and acceptor type π-conjugated chromophores in organic and aqueous medium and graduated in 2013. Then he moved to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA where he completed two years of postdoctoral study on biologically relevant polymer assemblies in the group of Prof. Thayumanavan. He then joined as Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow in the group of Dr. Levkin at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany as a postdoctoral fellow. SinceDecember, 2016 he has joined as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Education
PhD (2008 - 2013): Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
PhD Advisor: Dr. Suhrit Ghosh
M.Sc (2006 - 2008): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Organic Chemistry specialization
B.Sc (2003 - 2006): Vivekananda College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Chemistry Major
Professional Career
Visiting Professor (March, 2018-March, 2019): Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
Assistant Professor (Since December, 2016): Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow (January, 2016-December, 2016): Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany (Advisor: Dr. Pavel Levkin)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (June, 2013-June, 2015): University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
(Advisor: Prof. S.Thayumanavan)
Visiting Scholar (November, 2012): Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
(Research Group: Prof. T. Pradeep)
Fellowship and Awards
Elected Associates of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (June, 2023)
JMS-PAC Early Career Research Award from Taylor & Francis (March, 2023)
S. S. Bhatnagar Young Scientist Award, Indian Chemical Society, India (2020)
Early Carrier Research Award, DST-SERB, India (2019)
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Award, Germany (2016)
Sir P C Ray Research Award, University of Calcutta, India (2014)
Best Poster Award, International Conference on the Frontires of Science &Technology, Punjab University, India (2013)
Best Poster Award, 12th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, IICT Hyderabad, India (2010)
Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (2008)
Excellent Student Award from Mass Education (2001)
Reviewer
ACS Applied Material and Interfaces, Chem. Comm., Biomaterials, RSC Advances, Langmuir, Chemistry Select, Journal of Indian Chemical Society, Journal of Saudi Chemistry, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A, Material Advance, Biology Methods and Protocol, JACS-Au