He has studied chemistry at the University of Calcutta and obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from IACS/Jadavpur University, India in 2005. After post-doctoral studies at the IECB in France, the University of Manchester in Il. K. and the University of Würzburg in Germany, he joined the IISER-Kolkata in 2008 as Assistant Professor. He has obtained JSPS and Humboldt fellowships. He has research experience and interests ranging across synthesis of amino acids and analogues, peptides and peptidemimetics and their structures and functions. In 2016, he has recognized as Emerging Investigator 2016 by Journal of Materials Chemistry A. He will join Díaz' group in May 2017. Former Members