Dr. Jayanta Nanda
Assistant Professor(DST-INSPIRE Faculty)
Department of Chemistry
Academic Qualifications
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Radboud University, Netherlands, 01/2017-03/2017
- PBC Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben Gurion University, Israel, 10/2013 - 9/2016
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben Gurion University, Israel, 02/2013 - 09/2013
- Doctoral Fellow, Jadavpur University (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur), 07/2007-12/2012
- M. Sc., University of Calcutta (Rajabazar Science College), 2007
- B. Sc. (Hons.), University of Calcutta ( Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur), 2005
Contact
Phone
- Mobile: +91-7980454513
Address
Email: jayanta2017@chem.iiests.ac.in & drjayantananda16@gmail.com
Area of Research
- Design and development of new self-replicating systems.
- Creation of functional and smart nano-structures from different natural building blocks.
- Supramolecular Gel materials.
- Amphiphilic and functional peptide fibrils.
Courses Undertaken
UG Course
- General Organic Chemistry
PG Course
- Peptide Chemistry
- Reaction Mechanism
Selected Publications
1. Emergence of Native Peptide Sequences in Replication Networks, Jayanta Nanda¥, Boris Rubinov¥, Denis Ivnitski, Rakesh Mukherjee, Elina Shtelman, Yair Motro, Yifat Miller, Nathaniel Wagner, Rivka Cohen-Luria, and Gonen Ashkenasy*, [ ¥ indicating equal contribution], Nat. Comm., 2017, 8, 434 (IF: 12.353, Cited: 14)
2. The Strong Influence of Structure Polymorphism on the Conductivity of Peptide Fibrils, Denis Ivnitski, Amit Moran, Ohad Silberbush, Yoav Raz, Jayanta Nanda, Rivika Luria, Yifat Miller, Gonen Ashkenasy* and Nurit Ashkenasy*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9988-9992 (IF: 12.102, Cited: 17)
3. Emergent Catalytic Behavior of Self-Assembled Low Molecular Weight Peptides, Marta Tena-Solsona, Jayanta Nanda, Santiago Díaz-Oltra, Agata Chotera, Gonen Ashkenasy* and Beatriu Escuder* Chem.-Eur. J., 2016, 22, 6687-6692 (IF: 5.160, Cited: 32)
4. Multi-stimuli responsive self-healing metallo-hydrogels: tuning of the gel recovery property, Shibaji Basak, Jayanta Nanda and Arindam Banerjee* Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2356-2359 (IF: 6.290, Cited: 93)
5. A Gel Based Novel Trihybrid System Containing Nanofibers, Nanosheets and Nanoparticles: Modulation of Rheological Property and catalysis, Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas, Bimalendu Adhikari and Arindam Banerjee* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 5041-5045 (IF: 12.102, Cited: 105)
6. Single Amino Acid Based Thixotropic Hydrogel Formation And pH-Dependent Morphological Change of Gel Nanofibers, Jayanta Nanda, Abhijit Biswas and Arindam Banerjee*, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 4198-4208 (IF: 3.709, Cited: 90)
7. β-Amino acid containing proteolytically stable dipeptide based hydrogels: encapsulation and sustained release of some important biomolecules at physiological pH and temperature, Jayanta Nanda and Arindam Banerjee*, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3380-3386 (IF: 3.709, Cited: 68)
8. Formation of hybrid hydrogels consisting of tripeptide and different silver nanoparticle capped ligands: modulation of the mechanical strength of gel phase materials, Jayanta Nanda, Bimalendu Adhikari, Shibaji Basak and Arindam Banerjee*, J. Phys. Chem. B., 2012, 116, 12235-12244 (IF: 3.146, Cited: 37)
9. A new aromatic amino acid based organogel for oil spill recovery, Shibaji Basak, Jayanta Nanda and Arindam Banerjee*, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 11658-11664 (IF: 6.626, Cited: 133)
10. Pyrene-Containing Peptide-Based Fluorescent Organogels: Inclusion of Graphene into the Organogel, Bimalendu Adhikari#, Jayanta Nanda#, Arindam Banerjee*, (# Indicates equal contribution), Chem. –Eur. J., 2011, 17, 11488-11496 (IF: 5.160, Cited: 125)