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Himansu Sekhar Biswal

School: 

Chemical Sciences

Designation: 

Associate Prof.

Education: 

• PhD: (2003-2009) with Prof. Sanjay Wategaonkar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India

• Post Doctoral Associate: (2009 - 2011) with Prof. Michel Mons, Commissariat à l´Énergie Atomique (CEA), Saclay, France

• Post Doctoral Associate: (2011 - 2012) with Prof. Jennifer Ogilvie, University of Michigan (UoM), Michigan, USA

• DST-INSPIRE Faculty: (2012 - 2014) National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India

Specialisation: 

Laser Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry

Awards: 

• INSPIRE Faculty Fellow:          INSA-DST, New Delhi, India. December-2011

• Young Scientist Award:           Dr. P. K. Bhattacharya Memorial Award, Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences (ISRAPS), BARC, India. Year: 2011

• Junior Researcher:                  IRAMIS, SPAM, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA), Saclay, France. December-2010

• Best Thesis Award (PhD.):       TAA-Zita Lobo Memorial Award (Honorable Mention), TIFR, India. Year: 2009-2010

• Best Student Award (MSc.):     Utkal University, Odisha, India. Year: 2002

• Best Graduate Award (BSc.):   Rotary Club, Bhadrak, Odisha, India.Year: 2000

Professional Membership (Life Member)

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of India
• Association of Chemistry Teachers
• Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Indian Society for Radiation and Photochemical Sciences
• Orissa Chemical Society
• Indian Science Congress Association

Reviewer for International Journals  

• Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• Chemistry: A European Journal
• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
• RSC Advances
• Chemical Physics
• Journal of Chemical Sciences
• Current Science

Publications: 

Recent and Selected List (Full List Link)

1. “ Critical Assessment of the Strength of Hydrogen Bonds between the Sulfur Atom of Methionine/Cysteine and Backbone Amides in Proteins.,” V. Rao Mundlapati, Sanat Ghosh, Aditi Bhattacherjee, Prince Tiwari, and Himansu S. Biswal*; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2015; 6(8):1385–1389. ACS Live Slides

2. “ Hydrogen bonds involving sulfur: New insights from ab initio calculations and gas phase laser spectroscopy,” Himansu S. Biswal*; Book Chapter in the Springer series "Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics“ 2015; Chapter-2:15-45.

3. “Ligand Substitution and Electron Transfer Reactions of trans-(diaqua (salen)manganese(III) with oxalate: an experimental and computational Study,” Akshaya k. Kar, Achyut N. Acharya, V Rao Mundlapati, G.C Pradhan, Himansu S. Biswal*, Anadi charan Dash; RSC Advances 2014; 2014; 126(6):1781-1788.

4. “Molecular-Level Understanding of Ground- and Excited-State O-H---O Hydrogen Bonding Involving the Tyrosine Side Chain: A Combined High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry Study.,” Himansu S. Biswal*, Surjendu Bhattacharyya, Sanjay Wategaonkar; ChemPhysChem 2013; 126(6):1781-1788.

5. “Strength of NH···S Hydrogen Bonds in Methionine Residues Revealed by Gas-Phase IR/UV Spectroscopy.,” Himansu S. Biswal*, Eric Gloaguen, Yohan Loquais, Benjamin Tardivel, Michel Mons; Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2012; 3(6):755-759. ACS Live Slides

6. “Isolated monohydrates of a model peptide chain: effect of a first water molecule on the secondary structure of a capped phenylalanine.,” Himansu S. Biswal, Yohan Loquais, Benjamin Tardivel, Eric Gloaguen, Michel Mons; Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011; 133(11):3931-42.

7. “O-H...O versus O-H...S hydrogen bonding I: Experimental and computational studies on the p-cresol---H2O and p-cresol---H2S complexes.,” Himansu S. Biswal, Pranav R Shirhatti, Sanjay Wategaonkar; The Journal of Physical Chemistry. A 2009; 113(19):5633-43. Cover Page

Research: 

• Conventional and non-conventional Non-covalent Interactions

• Laser spectroscopy of jet Cooled Biomolecules

• Solvation and Isomerisation of Peptides and Proteins

• Computational Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis

• Astrochemistry

• Ionic Liquids

Teaching: 

Core Courses (Theory) :

1. Chemical Thermodynamics (C202)

2. Chemical Rate Processes (C402) 

 Core Courses (Laboratory) :

1. Electronics Lab. (C242)

2. Physical Chemistry Lab. II (C343)

Elective Courses :

1. Advanced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (C568)

 

Contacts: 

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School of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research

PO- Bhimpur-Padanpur, Via-Jatni, District- Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, PIN- 752050

Phone: Office- +91 674-2494186, Lab.- +91 674-2494185

email: himansu@niser.ac.in, himansubiswal@gmail.com

Phone No.: 

+91-674-2494186

Personal Page: 

High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy (HRLS) Lab.