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Dr. Debarati Chatterjee
Associate Professor
, Physics
Chemistry
Research Area: Theoretical Chemical Physics, Biophysical processes, Research Area: Soft Condensed Matter, Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Research Area: Dynamics of Macromolecules, Biopolymers.
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  • Biosketch

    June, 2023-  :                    Associate Professor, Chemistry (Primary) & Physics (Secondary), Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad

    Sep. 2016-  May, 2023:     Assistant Professor, Chemistry (Primary) & Physics (Secondary), Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad

    Feb. 2016-   Sep. 2016 :   Visiting Scientist , Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

    April, 2014-  Dec. 2015:     Post Doctoral Research Scholar, MaxPlanck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. (Supervisor: Prof. Thomas A. Vilgis)

    Feb. 2012-   Dec. 2013:    Post Doctoral Research Scholar,  Center for Theoretical Bio Physics (CTBP), Physics, University of California, San Diego

    Aug., 2006-   Aug. 2011:    Ph. D. , Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (Ph. D. Supervisor: Prof. Binny J. Cherayil)

    2004 -   2006 :    M.Sc. in Chemistry (Special: Physical Chemistry), Rajabazar Science College, Calcutta University, Kolkata.

    2001-   2004 :     B. Sc. in Chemistry ( Hons.) , Scottish Church College, Kolkata

  • Research

    Research Activity

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  • Teaching

    PH5619: Theory and Application of Stochastic Processes (3 Credit) (M. Sc.) [Aug. Sem, 2022]

    CY5004: Molecular Dynamics and Basic Statistical Mechanics (3 Credit) (M. Sc.) [Jan Sem, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021]

    CY5003: Mathematics for Chemistry (3 Credit) (M. Sc.) [Aug. Sem, 2023, 2022,  2021, 2019]

    CY1010/CY1011: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Organic Reactions (3 credit) (B. Tech.) [Aug Sem, 2021, 2020, 2018]

    CY1020: Theoretical and Inorganic Chemistry (3 credit) (B. Tech)[Jan Sem, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020]

    CY1030: Chemistry Lab (2 credit) (B.Tech)  [Aug., 2017]

    CS1010: Introduction to Programming (2 credit)  (B.Tech.) [Aug.,whole batch, 2018]

    BT2010: Life Sciences (2 Credit) (B. Tech) (Aug., 2019)

  • Research Group

    Ph. D. Student:  Mr. Diljith T.  ( Physics)(2017- )

                                Mr. Athul Krishna P. V. (Physics) (2022 Jan. -)

                                Mr. Paul Matthew (Chem) (2022 Aug. -)

    Institute Post Doc.: Dr. Umadevi D. (Chem) (Jun, 2021- )

     Project Students: Manish, (Jan- May, 2022) [ITPkd Chem MSc]

                                   Anoop Hari, Soumya Mondal ( Jan.- May, 2021)[ITPkd Chem MSc]

                                   Shruthi M.    (April, 2018- June, 2018)

                                   Poornima M. ( May, 2017- June, 2017 & Dec., 2017 - May, 2018)

                                   Sujina S. (May, 201- June, 2017)

  • Additional Information
    Title
    Invited Talks
    Description

    1. Department of Chem. Eng. Seminar Series (2023), Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 9th November, 2023.

    2. Physical Chemistry Symposium (PCS 2023), Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 3rd-5th July, 2023.

    3.  International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (ICFCS 2020), Department of Applied Chemistry, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, 3rd- 4th March 2020.

    4. International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM2020), Materials Science Center, IITKharagpur, India, 6th -8th Jan 2020.

    Title
    Grants and Awards
    Description

    1. SERB Power Research Grant (2022) ; PI: Dr. D. Chatterjee, Period : 3 years.

    2. Alexander von Humboldt fellowship for post-doctoral researchers (April 2014- August, 2015).

    3. Dr. J. C. Ghosh Medal, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, India (2012) for the best Ph.D. Thesis in Physical Chemistry.

  • Publications
    Probing the Modulation in Facilitated Diffusion Guided by DNA-Protein Interactions in Target Search Processes
    Thonnekottu D., and Chatterjee, D.
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26 20296 - 20309 (2024)
    CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Interrogation: A Facilitated Subdiffusive Target Search Strategy
    Diljith T. & D. Chatterjee
    J. Phys. Chem. B. 124 3271 (2020)
    Scaling Laws of Bottle-Brush Polymers in Dilute Solutions
    Chatterjee, D.* and Vilgis, T.A.
    Macromolecular Theory and Simulations 25 (6) 518 (2016)
    pH dependent protein stability: A quantitative approach based on Kramer’s barrier escape
    Chatterjee, D.
    Chemical Physics Letters 618 94 (2015)
    Subdiffusion as a model of transport through the nuclear pore complex,” The Journal of Chemical Physics
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 135 155101 (2011)
    The stretching of single poly-ubiquitin molecules: Static versus dynamic disorder in the non-exponential kinetics of chain unfolding
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 134 165104 (2011)
    Single-molecule thermodynamics: the heat distribution function of a charged particle in a static magnetic field
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2011(03) P03010 (2011)
    Exact path-integral evaluation of the heat distribution function of a trapped Brownian oscillator
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    Physical Review E 82 (5) 051104 (2010)
    Brownian particles in stationary and moving traps: The mean and variance of the heat distribution function
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    Physical Review E 80 (1) 011118, (2010)
    A Model of Anomalous Enzyme-Catalyzed Gel Degradation Kinetics
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 114 (15) 5190 (2010)
    Anomalous reaction-diffusion as a model of nonexponential DNA escape kinetics
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 132 (2) 025103 (2010)
    The dynamics of single enzyme reactions: A reconsideration of Kramers’ model for colored noise processes
    Chaudhury, S., Chatterjee, D., and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 129 075104 (2008)
    Resolving a puzzle concerning fluctuation theorems for forced harmonic oscillators in non-Markovian heat baths
    Chaudhury, S., Chatterjee, D., and Cherayil, B.J.
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2008(10) P10006 (2008)
    The dynamics of intermittent strand separation in double-stranded DNA
    Chatterjee, D. and Cherayil, B.J.
    The Journal of Chemical Physics 127 155104 (2007)

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