Dr. Debapratim Das
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
North Guwahati, Assam, India 781039
Ph: +91 361 258 3301
Fax: +91 361 258 2349
Email: ddas@iitg.ac.in
Scientific Area: Peptide Based Hydrogels, Supramolecular Chemistry
Research Experience and Education
2019-Present: Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
2015-2019: Assiociate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
2011-2015: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Guwhati, India
2010-2011: Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, University of Cambridge with Dr. Oren Scherman.
2007-2009: Post-doctoral researcher as a Humboldt research fellow with Prof. Herbert Waldmann at Max Plank Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dotmund, Germany.
2001-2006: Doctoral research with Professor. Prasanta Kumar Das, Department of Biological Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
2001: Received M. Sc. (Master of Science) Degree in Chemistry (Organic Major) from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
1999: Received B. Sc. (Honors) Degree in Chemistry with First Class from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India.
Awards
Bronze medal from Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) 2026
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Syamasri Gupta Young Scientist Award 2022
• UKIERI Thematic Partnership Award 2017
•Awarded Post Doctoral Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the year 2006-2007.
Teaching:
M.Sc./PhD
CH 521:
CH 603:
CH 623:

CH 425:
Bioorganic Chemistry
Concepts of Molecular Machines
Concepts of Supramolecular Chemistry

Organic Chemistry laboratory
CH 521: Chemical Biology
CH 617: Supramolecular Chemistry
CH 500: Graduate Seminar
B.Tech.
CH 401: Modern Chemical Technology
CH 301: Spectroscopic Techniques in Chemistry
CH 402:
CH 223:
Technical Reports and Presentation
Organic Chemistry Laboratory
CH 110:
Chemistry Laboratory for B.Tech. 1st year
Professional Memberships:
• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry: Supramolecular Chemistry
• Chemical Research Society of India
• Indian Peptide Society
• Soft Materials Research Society
• American Peptide Society