Dr. Partha Biswas

• Qualified, NET (2002)
• Qualified, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (2003)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dhruba Chand Halder College (2017-Present)

• Assistant Professor (CWTT), Department of Chemistry, Scottish Church College (2010-2017)

• Teaches all the topics related to theoretical and experimental Physical Chemistry covered in UG (H) and UG (G) syllabus.
• Taught Molecular Spectroscopy and Polymer Chemistry for semester II and IV in PG course at Scottish Church College.

Project title: 'Atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs): A theoretical investigation of reaction mechanism and kinetic parameters'
Granted by: DST, India
Amount: Rs. 13,60,000/-
Duration: 3 years (2012-2014)

Postdoctoral work at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India (2009-2010):
Conformations of flexible bio-molecules in isolated gas phase: IR-UV and UV-UV double resonance spectroscopy

Postdoctoral work at Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2008-2009):
Reaction dynamics using crossed-beam technique

PhD work at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India (2002-2008):
PhD Thesis Title: Laser induced fluorescence spectroscopy of aromatic molecules with large amplitude vibrations

1. "Ammonia Catalyzed Formation of Sulfuric Acid in Troposphere: The Curious Case of a Base Promoting Acid Rain" Biman Bandyopadhyay, Pradeep Kumar and Partha Biswas J. Phys. Chem. A 121 (2017) 3101.
2. "Isomerization of methoxy radical revisited: Impact of water dimer" Pradeep Kumar, Partha Biswas and Biman Bandyopadhyay Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 27728.
3. "Ammonia as an efficient catalyst for decomposition of carbonic acid: A quantum chemical investigation" Biman Bandyopadhyay, Partha Biswas and Pradeep Kumar Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 18 (2016) 15995.
4. "External control over tautomeric distribution and inter-conversion: new insights into the realm of catalyzed tautomerization" Biman Bandyopadhyay, Partha Biswas RSC Advances 5 (2015) 34588.
5. "Theoretical investigation of an atmospherically important reaction between methyl methacrylate and Cl atom: A mechanistic and kinetic approach" Partha Biswas J. Theo. Comp. Chem. 14 (2015) 1550010.
6. "Reaction mechanism and kinetic study of the ·OH initiated tropospheric oxidation of 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol: A quantum chemical investigation" Partha Biswas J. Theo. Comp. Chem. 13 (2014) 1450052.
7. "A Rhodamine based new dual chemosensor for Cu (II) and Fe (III)" A. Sikdar, Sujit S. Panja and Partha Biswas J. of Fluorescence 22 (2011) 443.
8. "Amine inversion effects on the IR spectra of aniline in the gas phase and cold inert gas matrixes" Moitrayee Mukherjee, Biman Bandyopadhyay, Partha Biswas and Tapas Chakraborty Indian J. Phys. 86 (2011) 201.
9. "Structure of 7-Azaindole···2-Fluoropyridine Dimer in a Supersonic Jet: Competition between N–H···N and N–H···F Interactions" Sumit Kumar, Indu Kaul, Partha Biswas and Aloke Das J. Phys. Chem. A 115 (2011) 10299.
10. "Competition between hydrogen bonding and dispersion interactions in indole···pyridine dimer and (indole)2···pyridine trimer studied in a supersonic jet" Sumit Kumar, Partha Biswas, Indu Kaul and Aloke Das J. Phys. Chem. A 115 (2011) 7461.
11. "Dispersed Fluorescence Spectroscopy of p-Fluorophenol" Partha Biswas, Prasenjit Pandey and Tapas Chakraborty Chem. Phys. Lett. 454 (2008) 163.
12. "Origin of threefold symmetric torsional potential of methyl group in 4-methylstyrene" Rajeev K. Sinha, Biswajit Pradhan, Bhanu P. Singh, Tapanendu Kundu, Partha Biswas and Tapas Chakraborty J. Chem. Phys. 124 (2006) 144316.
13. "Conformations and laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy of jet-cooled 2-(p-fluorophenyl)ethanol" Sujit S. Panja, Partha Biswas and Tapas Chakraborty. Chem. Phys. Lett. 411 (2005) 128.
14. "Impact of Extended ? Conjugation on Methyl Rotor-Induced IVR in Aromatic Molecules" Partha Biswas, Sujit S. Panja, S. Manogaran, and Tapas Chakraborty, J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (2005) 3225.