Tapas Chakraborty
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| Born | 1961 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
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| Doctoral advisor | Mihir Chowdhury |
Tapas Chakraborty (born 1961) is an Indian physical chemist and a senior professor at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.[1] He is known for his work on Laser spectroscopy, atmospheric chemistry, gas-phase photochemistry and mass spectrometry.[2] He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[3] and currently serves as the Director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata.[4]
Biography
Tapas Chakraborty, born in the year of 1961 in the Indian state of West Bengal, graduated in chemistry (B.Sc. hons) from Calcutta University in 1985 and continued at the university to complete his master's degree from the university with specialization in physical chemistry. He subsequently enrolled for his doctoral studies on Laser spectroscopy under the supervision of eminent Indian physical chemist, Prof. Mihir Chowdhury at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata and after securing a Ph.D. in 1992 from IACS (degree awarded by Jadavpur University), he moved to the US to complete his post-doctoral studies at University of Akron. He completed his postdoctoral studies in 1994 and on his return to India, he joined the IIT Kanpur, where he served as an assistant professor, associate professor and a professor during his stay there from 1994 to 2005; then he continues at IACS as a senior professor at the School of Chemical Sciences, since 2005.[2] During his tenure at IIT Kanpur, he visited Technical University of Munich, Germany as an INSA Visiting scientist in 1997 and also served at Aarhus University, Denmark as visiting professor in 2005. Currently, he is serving as the director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science(IACS) since April 2021.[4]
Positions held
- Assistant, Associate and Professor at IIT Kanpur: 1994-2005
- INSA Visiting scientist, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 1997
- Visiting Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2005
- Senior Professor at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: 2005-present
References
- ↑ "Tapas Chakraborty". IACS, Kolkata. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Annual Report for 2019-'20 (PDF). 2020. pp. 68–69.
- ↑ "Indian Academy of Sciences". fellows.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Director". iacs.res.in. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
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