Macromolecules and Materials Research Group
Group Leader
Assistant ProfessorÂ
Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali,Â
Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar,Â
Punjab 140 306, India
Dr. Raj Kumar Roy
Current Team Members
Graduate student
Mr. Mohammad Umer Lone
Mr. Umer is working on developing an organocatalyst for the ROP of Lactides. He received his M.Pharm degree from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali (NIPER) in Jan 2017.
Email: umerlone49@gmail.com
Mr. Subhendu Samanta
Mr. Subhendu is working on Folding of Periodically-grafted amphiphilic Polyamides.
He completed his M.Sc in chemistry from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in July 2018.
Email: samantasubhendu95@gmail.com
Ms. Shikha's research focuses on the synthesis of helical polypeptides via condensation polymerization and their subsequent application in advanced materials.
She completed her M.Sc in chemistry from Kurukshetra University in July 2020.
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Email: shikhagoyal098@gmail.com
Ms. Ritu Rani
Mr. Prabir is working on NCA ring-opening polymerization and sequence-controlled polypeptide synthesis to mimic the behavior of natural polypeptides.
He completed his M.Tech in Polymer Science and Technology from the University of Calcutta in July 2020.
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Email: prabirmaity2014@gmail.com
Ms. Vaishali Shukla
Mr. Prabir Maity
Ms. Shikha Goyal
​Ms. Ritu is working on the synthesis of various 2,5-diketo piperazines and their ROP to afford novel polyamides and is also working on developing an organocatalyst for the ROP of cyclic esters.
She completed her M.Sc. in chemistry from Maharishi Dayanand University in July 2021.
Email: ph23085@iisermohali.ac.in
Ms. Vaishali is working on NCA ring-opening polymerization to synthesize functional polypeptides for drug delivery applications.
She completed her MSc in Chemistry from the University of Lucknow in July 2022.
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Email: ph24094@iisermohali.ac.in
Group Alumni
Dr. Deepak Yadav
Ph.D 2024
Postdoc at the University of Padova, Italy.
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Dr. Arjun Singh Bisht
PhD 2024
Postdoc at IISC Banngalore.
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