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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Dr Suvendu Karak

Marie Curie Research Fellow

 

Research Associate at Wolfson College
University of Cambridge, May. 2024-continuing
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (UKRI) at Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge, Jun. 2023-continuing
AvH Postdoctorate Fellow at Julius-Maximilians-Universität
University of Würzburg, Feb. 2020-Jun. 2022
Postdoctorate Fellow iat Julius-Maximilians-Universität
University of Würzburg, Feb. 2019-Jan. 2020

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry and Material Science
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (NCL Pune), 2015-2018
M.Sc. in Chemistry (Inorganic chemistry and catalysis)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), 2012-2014
B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.)
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, University of Calcutta, 2009-2012

Research Interest

- Semi-artificial solar reforming
- Carbon dioxide capture and conversion
- Microbes for sustainable energy
- Artificial photosynthesis
- Design and synthesis of conductive porous polymers

Teaching activity

- Techniques in Modern Synthetic Chemistry (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cambridge)
- Chemistry of Future Energy (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cambridge)

Honors & Awards

2023     Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (UKRI) for postdoctoral research
2022     Invited Speaker at Soltech Conference, Munich
2020     Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research
2018     Best Oral Presentation Award at NCL-RF Annual Students Conference, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Pune, India
2017     Best Oral Presentation Award at Physical and Materials Chemistry Divisional symposium, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Pune, India
2017     Best Poster Award at 24th Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCR, 2017) at HICC, Hyderabad, India
Highlighted in Acta Cryst, 2017, A70, C456. Link
2017     Best Poster Award at National Science Day
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Pune, India
2014     Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2014
2013     Qualified Joint CSIR - UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (National Eligibility Test: NET) CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory; Pune, India
2009     Awarded Merit-cum-means scholarship, Govt. of West Bengal
2013     Awarded DST (Department of Science and Technology) INSPIRE SCHOLARSHIP, Govt. of India

Publications

Superprotonic Conductivity in Flexible Porous Covalent Organic Framework Membranes
HS Sasmal, HB Aiyappa, SN Bhange, S Karak, A Halder, S Kurungot, R Banerjee
– Angewandte Chemie
(2018)
130,
11060
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201804753)
Superprotonic Conductivity in Flexible Porous Covalent Organic Framework Membranes.
HS Sasmal, HB Aiyappa, SN Bhange, S Karak, A Halder, S Kurungot, R Banerjee
– Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
(2018)
57,
10894
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201804753)
Multistimuli-Responsive Interconvertible Low-Molecular Weight Metallohydrogels and the in Situ Entrapment of CdS Quantum Dots Therein
S Bera, A Chakraborty, S Karak, A Halder, S Chatterjee, S Saha, R Banerjee
– Chemistry of Materials
(2018)
30,
4755
(doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01698)
Ultrastable Imine-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for Sulfuric Acid Recovery: An Effect of Interlayer Hydrogen Bonding
A Halder, S Karak, M Addicoat, S Bera, A Chakraborty, SH Kunjattu, P Pachfule, T Heine, R Banerjee
– Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
(2018)
57,
5797
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201802220)
Porosity Prediction through Hydrogen Bonding in Covalent Organic Frameworks.
S Karak, S Kumar, P Pachfule, R Banerjee
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2018)
140,
5138
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b13558)
Access to Silicon(II)- and Germanium(II)-Indium Compounds
S Pahar, S Karak, M Pait, KV Raj, K Vanka, SS Sen
– Organometallics
(2018)
37,
1206
(doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00093)
Constructing Ultraporous Covalent Organic Frameworks in Seconds via an Organic Terracotta Process
S Karak, S Kandambeth, BP Biswal, HS Sasmal, S Kumar, P Pachfule, R Banerjee
– J Am Chem Soc
(2017)
139,
1856
(doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b08815)
Interplaying anions in a supramolecular metallohydrogel to form metal organic frameworks
S Karak, S Kumar, S Bera, DD Díaz, S Banerjee, K Vanka, R Banerjee
– Chemical Communications
(2017)
53,
3705
(doi: 10.1039/c7cc00539c)
Selective Molecular Sieving in Self‐Standing Porous Covalent‐Organic‐Framework Membranes
S Kandambeth, BP Biswal, HD Chaudhari, KC Rout, S Kunjattu H, S Mitra, S Karak, A Das, R Mukherjee, UK Kharul, R Banerjee
– Advanced Materials
(2016)
29,
(doi: 10.1002/adma.201603945)
Pore surface engineering in porous, chemically stable covalent organic frameworks for water adsorption
BP Biswal, S Kandambeth, S Chandra, DB Shinde, S Bera, S Karak, B Garai, UK Kharul, R Banerjee
– Journal of Materials Chemistry A
(2015)
3,
23664
(doi: 10.1039/c5ta07998e)
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Telephone number

01223 336339 (shared)

Email address

sk2283@cam.ac.uk

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