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Dr. Suman Chakrabarty

School: 

Chemical Sciences

Designation: 

Dr. Chakrabarty has moved to S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata since May, 2018. Please visit his new page here for further details: http://www.namusite.com

 

 

Education: 

• Ph.D. (2010): Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 
• M.S. (2005) in Chemical Sciences: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
• B.Sc. (2002) with Chemistry major: Presidency College, Kolkata under University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Specialisation: 

Theoretical and Computational Biophysical Chemistry

Awards: 

• Ramanujan Fellowship (2013-2018), DST, India

• Burg Postdoctoal Teaching Award (Spring 2011) by the Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, USA

Publications: 

(Selected publications)

• Hidden electrostatic basis of dynamic allostery in a PDZ domain, A. Kumawat and S. Chakrabarty, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114, E5825 - E5834 (2017).
• Nucleotide Dependent Switching in Rho GTPase: Conformational Heterogeneity and Competing Molecular Interactions, A. Kumawat, S. Chakrabarty* and K. Kulkarni*, Scientific Reports 7, 45829 (2017).
• Temperature Induced Misfolding in Prion Protein: Evidences of Multiple Partially Disordered States Stabilized by Non-native Hydrogen Bonds, N. Chamachi and S. Chakrabarty, Biochemistry 56, 833 (2017).
• Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy Reveals Cosolvent-Composition-Dependent Crossover in Intermolecular Hydrogen-Bond Dynamics, S. Kashid, G. Jin, S. Chakrabarty*, Y. Kim* and S. Bagchi*, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 8, 1604 (2017).
• Exploration of the Presence of Bulk-like Water in AOT Reverse Micelles and Water-in-Oil Nanodroplets: Role of Charged Interface, Confinement Size and Water Properties, V. Hande and S. Chakrabarty*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18, 21767 (2016).
• Structural order of water molecules around hydrophobic solutes: Lengthscale dependence and solute-solvent coupling, V. Hande and S. Chakrabarty*, J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 11346 (2015).

Research: 

• Computational modeling and simulation of complex molecular systems

• Development and application of enhanced sampling methods for studying "rare events" and free energy calculations

• Structure, dynamics and thermodynamics of soft-condensed matter systems

• Water mediated interactions: Self assembly and surface phenomena

Contacts: 

Dr. Suman Chakrabarty
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
JD Block, Sector III, Salt Lake
Kolkata 700106, India.

Phone: +91 33 2335 5705 - 08 (Extn - 236)
Fax:   +91 33 2335 3477
E-mail: sumanc [at] bose.res.in
Web: http://www.namusite.com

Mail ID: 

sumanc@bose.res.in

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