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Dr. Manas Mahapatra
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (Science) | M.Sc. (Chemistry)
 

Personal 

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• Name: Manas MAHAPATRA

• Date of Birth: 01/01/1993

• Nationality: Indian

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Education and Professional Carrier

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• Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemistry) (2022-Now)

• Post Ph.D. (Chemistry) (2021-2022): Jadavpur University, India

• Ph.D. (Chemistry) (2015-2021): University of Calcutta & GCELT, India

• M.Sc. (Chemistry) (2013-2015): R.K.M.R. College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, India

• B.Sc. (Chemistry) (2010-2013): Surendranath College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, India

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Fellowship and Award

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• Best Poster Award at ULiege on the Departmental Day, 26 June, 2024 

• Young Researcher Award (YRA)-2022 (INSC International Publishers)

• Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), UGC, Government of India (2017-2020)

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), UGC, Government of India (2015-2017)

• K.K. Banerjee Memorial Medal for Securing First Class First Position in M.Sc. Chemistry at Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Autonomous), Narendrapur, Affiliated to University of Calcutta, India (2015)

• Silver Medal for Securing First Class Second Position at the Department of Chemistry Surendranath College, Kolkata, India (2013)

 

Reviewer

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• Applied Surface Science [IF = 7.392]

• Experimental Cell Research [IF = 4.145]

• Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids [IF = 4.383]

• Materials Chemistry and Physics [IF = 4.778]

• RSC Advances [IF = 3.9]

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Research Interest

 

• Synthesis of nonconventional fluorescent polymers by free radical polymerization (FRP) reaction

• Synthesis of interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels by C-C/ C-N/ C-O coupled FRP in water

• Characterization of polymers via NMR, XPS, FTIR, TG, FESEM, XRD, TEM, and DLS analyses

• Applications of functional polymers for the selective sensing and high performance exclusions of toxic metal ions, such as Hg(II), Cd(II), Pb(II), Cu(II), Fe(III), Bi(III) etc.