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Dr. AVIJIT KUMAR DAS

Speciliazation: Organic Chemistry
Qualifications: MSc, PhD
Campus: BANGALORE CENTRAL CAMPUS

Dr. Avijit Kumar Das completed his Ph.D. at IIEST, India. He pursued postdoctoral research at Osaka University, Japan, and the University of Siegen, Germany, as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. He also worked at the University of Bordeaux, France, as an IdEx fellow. In 2021, Dr. Das joined Christ University as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry. He leads two research projects: SERB-SURE, DST (Govt of India) as Principal Investigator, and VGST (Govt of Karnataka) as Co-Investigator. His research focuses on fluorescent chemosensors for detecting biologically important analytes. He has received prestigious awards such as the "Alexander von Humboldt" award from Germany and the "Initiative of Excellence" award from France. Dr. Das has published 48 peer-reviewed papers with over 2,200 citations, an h-index of 27, and an i10-index of 37. He is an editor for journals like "Molecules" and "Frontiers in Chemistry." He is also a member of several professional bodies, including ACS and RSC. His contributions to research and academia are widely recognized.

Educational Details

  • PhD 2016

    PhD

    Indian Institute of Engineering Science And Technology

  • PG 2010

    MSc

    Bengal Engineering and Science University

  • Degree 2008

    BSc

    Vidyasagar University

  • 2024

    Date Of Publication: 25-Sep-2024

    Name of Journal: RSC Advances

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/42/30631 - 30646

    Date Of Publication: 09-Jul-2024

    Name of Journal: New Journal of Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 48/31/13776 - 13782

    Date Of Publication: 18-Apr-2024

    Name of Journal: New Journal of Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 48/20/9103 - 9109

    Date Of Publication: 07-Feb-2024

    Name of Journal: Microchemical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 199//110100 -

    Date Of Publication: 29-Jan-2024

    Name of Journal: Journal of Fluorescence

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 34/1/1 - 32

  • 2023

    Date Of Publication: 04-May-2023

    Name of Journal: Analytical Methods

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 15/21/2546 - 2577

    Date Of Publication: 07-Mar-2023

    Name of Journal: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 440//114663 - 114672

  • 2022

    Date Of Publication: 17-Jun-2022

    Name of Journal: Analytical Methods

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/28/2739 - 2744

    Date Of Publication: 05-May-2022

    Name of Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: // -

  • 2019

    Date Of Publication: 06-Aug-2019

    Name of Journal: Chemistry A European Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 25/55/12703 - 12707

    Date Of Publication: 10-Mar-2019

    Name of Journal: Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.,

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 18/6/1373 - 1381

  • 2018

    Date Of Publication: 24-Dec-2018

    Name of Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 1181//329 - 337

    Date Of Publication: 10-Jul-2018

    Name of Journal: Analytical Methods

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 10/33/4063 - 4072

  • 2017

    Date Of Publication: 13-Jun-2017

    Name of Journal: RSC Adv.

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 7/48/30453 - 30458

    Date Of Publication: 30-Jan-2017

    Name of Journal: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 245/NA/1062 - 1125

  • 2016

    Date Of Publication: 03-Feb-2016

    Name of Journal: RSC Adv

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/22/18711 - 18717

  • 2015

    Date Of Publication: 15-Oct-2015

    Name of Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/14/570 - 576

    Date Of Publication: 12-May-2015

    Name of Journal: New Journal of Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 7/39/5669 - 5675

  • 2014

    Date Of Publication: 08-Dec-2014

    Name of Journal: RSC Advances

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 5/8/5735 - 5740

    Date Of Publication: 05-Dec-2014

    Name of Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 13/7/2134 - 2139

    Date Of Publication: 22-Oct-2014

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 55/43/5993 - 5997

    Date Of Publication: 18-Aug-2014

    Name of Journal: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 204/204/741 - 745

    Date Of Publication: 23-Jun-2014

    Name of Journal: Dalton Transactions

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 43/33/12689 - 1269

    Date Of Publication: 08-May-2014

    Name of Journal: Analytical Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 86/13/6315 - 6322

    Date Of Publication: 24-Mar-2014

    Name of Journal: RSc Advances

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 4/40/20922 - 2092

    Date Of Publication: 14-Mar-2014

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 55/16/2633 - 2638

  • 2013

    Date Of Publication: 22-Nov-2013

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 55/2/490 - 494

    Date Of Publication: 19-Nov-2013

    Name of Journal: RSC Advances

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 4/12/6300 - 6305

    Date Of Publication: 03-Oct-2013

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 54/48/6631 - 6634

    Date Of Publication: 27-Sep-2013

    Name of Journal: Chemical Communications

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 49/91/10739 - 10741

    Date Of Publication: 18-Sep-2013

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 54/38/5232 - 5235

    Date Of Publication: 16-Sep-2013

    Name of Journal: Dalton Transactions

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 43/1/231 - 239

    Date Of Publication: 13-Sep-2013

    Name of Journal: Dalton Transactions

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 42/46/16259 - 1626

    Date Of Publication: 22-Aug-2013

    Name of Journal: Supramolecular Chemistry

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 26/3/94 - 104

    Date Of Publication: 07-Aug-2013

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 54/32/4215 - 4220

    Date Of Publication: 12-Jul-2013

    Name of Journal: Dalton Transactions

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 42/36/12844 - 1284

    Date Of Publication: 05-Jul-2013

    Name of Journal: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 183/NA/ 518 - 525

    Date Of Publication: 11-Jun-2013

    Name of Journal: Analyst

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 138/16/4593 - 4598

    Date Of Publication: 03-Apr-2013

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 54/14/1785 - 1789

    Date Of Publication: 12-Mar-2013

    Name of Journal: Dalton Transactions

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 42/22/8078 - 8085

    Date Of Publication: 26-Feb-2013

    Name of Journal: Chemical Communications

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 49/28/ 2912 - 2914

    Date Of Publication: 11-Jan-2013

    Name of Journal: Analyst

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 138/6/1903 - 1907

  • 2012

    Date Of Publication: 17-Dec-2012

    Name of Journal: RSC Advances

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 3/7/2412 - 2416

    Date Of Publication: 05-Sep-2012

    Name of Journal: Tetrahedron Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 53/36/4819 - 4823

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2024-10-14

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2024-08-26

    Organising Institution: VIT-AP UNIVERSITY and AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Viscosity-sensitive and AIE-active bimodal fluorescent probe for the selective detection of OCl- and Cu2+: a dual sensing approach via DFT and biological studies

    Date: 2024-08-26

    Organising Institution: VIT-AP UNIVERSITY and AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2024-03-21

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Moderator/Chair

    Title:

    Date: 2024-03-21

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2024-01-29

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: International

  • 2022

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-11-15

    Organising Institution: University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and Chemical Society of the Philippines

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-10-20

    Organising Institution: Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-09-20

    Organising Institution: Centre for Advanced Research and Development (CARD) and Christ University, Bengaluru and Anton Paar India Pvt. Ltd.

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-09-15

    Organising Institution: hemisrty World Webinars, BioTools

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-06-29

    Organising Institution: Chemisrty World Webinars, OXFORD INSTRUMENTS

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-04-28

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: Institutional

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-04-20

    Organising Institution: Chemisrty World of Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-03-04

    Organising Institution: Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-01-17

    Organising Institution: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany and Universitas Pembangunan Jaya, Indonesia

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-01-05

    Organising Institution: American Chemical Society

    Level: International

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2021-11-30

    Organising Institution: Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom

    Level: International

  • 2018

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Styryl-type quinolizinium-triphenylamine conjugates are efficient fluorescent light-up probes for duplex and quadruplex DNA

    Date: 2018-06-30

    Organising Institution: University of Glasgow, UK

    Level: International

  • 2014

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Presenter

    Title: PET vs. ?Push-Pull? induced ICT: A remarkable Coumarinylappended Pyrimidine based Naked Eye Colorimetric and Fluorimetric Sensor for detection of Hg2+ ion in aqueous media with test trip.

    Date: 2014-01-29

    Organising Institution: Bengal Engineering and Science University

    Level: National

  • 2013

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2013-12-26

    Organising Institution: Bengal Engineering and Science University

    Level: National

  • 2024

    Name of the Program: Invited talk

    Date: 2024-06-24 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB)

  • 2022

    Name of the Program: Scientific lecture

    Date: 2022-07-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

  • 2021

    Name of the Program: the webinar organized by the UST Graduate School and UST Department of Chemistry

    Date: 2021-11-19 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines

  • 2023

    Name of Student: MALAVIKA S KUMAR

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: May 2023

    Name of Student: VISHNU S

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: May 2023

  • 2022

    Name of Student: MALAVIKA S KUMAR

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: June 2022

  • External

    Photochemical and chemical synthesis of fluorescent multifunctional chemosensors for selective detection of DNA and biologically relevant analytes through various environment remediation tools

    Investigator(s) :

    Sponsors: Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Density Functional Theory

    Name of the Organiser: Coursera

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-07-01 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: AI For Everyone

    Name of the Organiser: Coursera

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-07-01 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Programme FDP-I-2023

    Name of the Organiser: Centre of Education Beyond Curriculam (CEDBEC) and Staff Development College (SDC),CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-06-26 00:00:00

  • 2022

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design and Revision with specific focus on OBE

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-12-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Programme I-2022

    Name of the Organiser: Centre of Education Beyond Curriculam (CEDBEC) and Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-07-06 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Department Of Science & Technology and American Chemical Society Workshop

    Name of the Organiser: Department Of Science & Technology and American Chemical Society

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-03-08 00:00:00

  • 2021

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Orientation Program

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

    Level:

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-12-03 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Induction Program

    Name of the Organiser: CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2021-10-07 00:00:00

  • 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: International Membership

    Description: Associate Member of THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY and is entitled to use the designatory letters AMRSC, Membership Number: 762863

    Organisation: THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY

    Month/Year: 20 February 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Recognition and appreciation from The American Chemical Society.

    Description: Awarded recognition and appreciation certificate from The American Chemical Society for 2023 ACS Publications peer reviewer

    Organisation: The American Chemical Society

    Month/Year: 21 October 2024

  • 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Guest Editor

    Description: Guest Editor of Special Issue "Recent Advances in Coordination Supramolecular Chemistry" of the Journal Molecules (Indexed within Scopus, and PubMed, Impact Factor 4.927). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecular Chemistry".

    Organisation: Molecules Editorial Office MDPI, St. Alban-Anlage 66, 4052 Basel, Switzerland

    Month/Year: 05 January 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: RSC Advances Reviewer Panel member

    Description: Received RSC Advances Reviewer Panel Membership Certificate for significant contribution to the journal

    Organisation: RSC Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Month/Year: 11 January 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Applied Materials Today

    Description: Invited for peer review of nine articles in the journal Microchemical Journal (Impact Factor: 8.663), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 26 August 2023

  • 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Editorial Board Member (EBM)

    Description: Editorial Board Member (EBM) of the Journal Advanced Chemicobiology Research (ACBR) published by Universal Wiser Publisher, Singapore

    Organisation: Universal Wiser Publisher, Singapore

    Month/Year: 11 February 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Honoured by CHRIST University, Bangalore

    Description: Recognized by the achievement/s to get various honors/awards by different international organizations for notable contributions in various fields.

    Organisation: CHRIST University, Bangalore

    Month/Year: 23 February 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Springer

    Description: Invited for peer review of an article in the journal publisher Springer (Impact Factor: 3.643)

    Organisation: Springer

    Month/Year: 14 April 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: National Membership

    Description: Life member of Catalysis Society of India

    Organisation: Catalysis Society of India

    Month/Year: 18 February 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics

    Description: Invited for peer review of article in the Journal of Materials Chemistry and Physics (Impact Factor: 4.094), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 17 May 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Guest Editor

    Description: Guest Editor of Scopus Indexed Journal Frontiers in Chemistry (Impact Factor 5.221), published by Frontiers, London Office, 12 Moorgate, EC2R 6DA, London, UK

    Organisation: Frontiers, London Office, UK

    Month/Year: 18 May 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Elsevier Reviewer Recognition

    Description: Invited for peer review of three articles in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (Impact Factor: 5,141), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 01 December 2022

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: International Best Researcher Award By The International Society For Scientific Network Awards (ISSN) International Science & Technology Awards And Congress (IISTAC-2022)

    Description: ISSN BEST RESEARCHER AWARD for the Research and Excellence in Chemosensors Development

    Organisation: ISSN International Science & Technology Awards and Congress (IISTAC-2022)

    Month/Year: 03 November 2022

  • 2021

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for ACS applied materials & interfaces

    Description: Invited for peer review of an article in the journal ACS applied materials & interfaces (Impact Factor: 9.229), publication of American Chemical Society

    Organisation: American Chemical Society

    Month/Year: 24 February 2021

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

    Description: Invited for peer review of three articles in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry (Impact Factor: 4.291), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 10 November 2021

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for the Journal Analytical Science Advances

    Description: Invited for peer review of article in the journal Analytical Science Advances, publication of Wiley-VCH

    Organisation: Analytical Science Advances, Wiley-VCH

    Month/Year: 14 December 2021

  • 2020

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: International Membership

    Description: Regular Member of the American Chemical Society Membership No. 32349773

    Organisation: American Chemical Society

    Month/Year: 09 February 2020

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: ACS OMEGA REVIEWER 2020

    Description: Invited for peer review of an article in the journal ACS OMEGA (Impact Factor: 3.512), publication of American Chemical Society

    Organisation: American Chemical Society

    Month/Year: 17 June 2020

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for The journal of physical chemistry

    Description: Invited for peer review of an article in the journal The journal of physical chemistry (Impact Factor: 2.781), publication of American Chemical Society

    Organisation: American Chemical Society

    Month/Year: 28 July 2020

  • 2019

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Awarded the University of Bordeaux Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) International Postdoctoral Fellowship?, France

    Description: Internatinally prestigious award from France

    Organisation: University of Bordeaux/CNRS, France

    Month/Year: 10 May 2019

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Materials Science and Engineering C

    Description: Invited for peer review of an article in the journal Materials Science and Engineering C (Impact Factor: 7.328), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 01 July 2019

  • 2018

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity for Microchemical Journal

    Description: Invited for peer review of nine articles in the journal Microchemical Journal (Impact Factor: 4.821), publication of Elsevier

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 06 August 2018

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Review activity of Elsevier S&T Books

    Description: Invited for peer review of Elsevier S&T Books based on the topic Conjugate Addition Reactions in Organic Synthesis by Patrick Perlmutter, La Trobe University, Australia

    Organisation: Elsevier

    Month/Year: 27 August 2018

  • 2017

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Postdoctoral fellowship at Osaka University, Japan, funded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) and PRESTO, JPMJPR1442 from JST, Japan.

    Description:

    Organisation: Osaka University, Japan

    Month/Year: 01 October 2017

  • 2016

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Awarded Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany

    Description: Internatinally prestigious award from Germany

    Organisation: Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany

    Month/Year: 15 December 2016

  • 2010

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Qualified All India National Eligibility Test (NET) Examination (CSIR Fellowship, All India Rank: 0058)

    Description:

    Organisation: CSIR, Govt. of India

    Month/Year: 18 October 2010

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: All India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry (All India Rank: 371; Score0460).

    Description:

    Organisation: IIT Guwahati

    Month/Year: 15 March 2010