Department of Chemical & Biological Science

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Mr. Pragyan Jyoti Hazarika Researh Scholar

  • B. Sc. Chemistry from Biswanath College, Gauhati University (2015),
  • M. Sc. Chemistry from NERIST (2017).

pragyanhazarika@nitm.ac.in pragyan123hazarika@gmail.com
+918486536505
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time

Highest Degree with specialization

  •  M.Sc Chemistry (NERIST)

Academic Honors& Awards:

  • GATE-2018
  • CSIR-NET 2020 (June)
  • Best poster award in ETCS-2020: International Conference on Emerging Trends In Chemical Sciences, Gauhati University

Research Area:

  • Stimuli responsive adaptive materials.

Seminar/Conference Attended:

  1. Recent Advances in Chemistry-2019, NIT Meghalaya         
  2. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences-2020, Gauhati University (Best Poster Award)
  3. Theoretical and Computational Chemistry-2021, NIT Meghalaya 
  4. National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects-2022, NIT Meghalaya and NEHU
  5. Frontiers in Chemical Sciences-2022, IIT Guwahati             
  6. Crystal Engineering and Solid-State Chemistry-2023, IISER Thiruvananthapuram (Best Poster Award)
  7. International Symposium on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences-2023 NEHU

Publications:

  1. Hazarika, P. J.; Gupta, P.; Gunnam, A.; Allu, S.; Nangia, A. K.; Nath, N. K. Photomechanical Response of Sulfonylhydrazone Molecular Crystals. CrystEngComm 2021, 23 (28), 4910–4916. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CE00478F.
  2. Hazarika, P. J.; Gupta, P.; Gunnam, A.; Thakuria, R.; Nangia, A. K.; Nath, N. K. Flexible Chlorinated Azine Molecular Crystals and Their Photothermally Driven Actuation. Cryst. Growth. Des. 2024, 24 (2), 763–773. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01193.
  3. Nath, N. K.; Gupta, P.; Hazarika, P. J.; Deka, N.; Mukherjee, A.; Dutta, G. K. Plastically Deformable and Exfoliating Molecular Crystals of a 2-D Coordination Polymer and Its Ligand. Cryst. Growth. Des. 2019, 19 (11), 6033–6038. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00992.
  4. Gupta, P.; Allu, S.; Hazarika, P. J.; Ray, N. R.; Nangia, A. K.; Nath, N. K. Fast and Reversible Bidirectional Photomechanical Response Displayed by a Flexible Polycrystalline Aggregate of a Hydrazone. CrystEngComm 2022, 24 (41), 7261–7265. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE00829G

Teaching experience:

  • B.Tech Chemistry Laboratory classes as TA duty
  • Inorganic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty
  • B. Tech Environmental Science class as TA duty