Present address: Graduate Programme,

0396, LPO Way, Rutgers University, Dept. of Chemistry

Piscataway, Contact: +18482206206
New Jersey- 08854 Skype id: rohin.biswas
United States of America E-mail: rohinbsws@gmail.com
Official: rb987@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

ROHIN BISWAS
Personal Info
Date of Birth February 09, 1994
Gender Male
Nationality Indian
Permanent Address 70 Kabi Mukunda Das Road, Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata-700065, West Bengal, India

Interests
• Specifically interested in Materials and Nanoscience.
Other interests include Catalysis, Chemical Biology, Supramolecular Chemistry, Protein Folding, Molecule and Drug
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Design and Drug Delivery. Specifically interested in teaching as well.

Education Graduate Graduate Program: Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, New Brunswick.
2017 – Present

Undergraduate 2013 – 2017 4-year-Bachelor of Science, BSc (Research) with Chemistry Major and Biology Minor at
Undergraduate Programme, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka –
560012. Graduated with first class.

All India Senior School Certificate Examination (AISSCE) conducted by the Central Board of
12th Standard 2013 Secondary Education (CBSE), from Bhavan's Gangabux Kanoria Vidyamandir, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata – 700097. Obtained 95%, including best 4 out of 5 subjects.

10th Standard 2011 Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination (ICSE) conducted by the Council for the Indian
School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), from Delhi Public School (DPS) Newtown, Kolkata-
700156. Obtained 95.2% .

Internships and Work Experiences

Undergraduate final-year Research Project
August 2016– April 2017Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Instructor: Prof. Mrinmoy De
Project Topic: Synergistic effect of MoS2-Au nanoparticle system as an effective catalyst in various
synthetically important reactions .

October 2014 -November, Undergraduate in-semester projects

2016 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Instructor: Dr. Anuradha Mukherjee
Project Topic: Developing a pyrazzole-based ligand as a catalyst for some C-C coupling reactions
and Synthesis of biologically important Schiff bases using Lemon Juice as Catalyst.

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 May – August, 2016 Summer Exchange student,
Brandeis University, Boston, MA, United States of America.
(Selected through the Brandeis India Science Scholars Programme.)
Instructor: Prof. Casey Wade
Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) containing Pd
diphosphine pincer complexes.
May, 2014 – August, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai, India.
2016 (Selected through the National Intiative on Undergraduate Science (NIUS) Programme)
Instructors: Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar, Dr. Gomathi Shridhar and Prof. Savita Ladage
Project Title: Effect of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) on the synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyrimidinones.
September 2014 – Present Facilitator in Chemistry,
Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), IISc, Bangalore, India
Employer: Voluntary
Aim: To remove some mis-conceptions in Chemistry among high-school students.

August 2013– January, 2015 Facilitator,

Notebook Drive (NBD) Programme, IISc, Bangalore, India
Employer: Voluntary
Aim: To promote science education among students of the less-privileged sections of society by
demonstrating simple science experiments.

Scholarships/Fellowships

2012 – 2017 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) fellowship – Dept. of Science and
Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

May – August, 2016 Brandeis India Science Scholars Programme– Brandeis University, Boston, MA
United States of America.

May 2014– May, 2016 National Initiative on Undergraduate Science (NIUS) Chemistry fellow – conducted
by Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai, India.

Scholastic Achievements
2015 Selected upto the pre-final round of Chem Champs by the American Chemical Society

2013 Eligible for INSPIRE Fellowship on basis of board exams .

2013 Qualified National Entrance Screening Test (NEST), for direct admission to National Institute of
Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar.
2012 Qualified for Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana
(KVPY) fellowship, conducted by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

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Technical Skills
Programming Java, C++ and Matlab.
Languages
Multimedia Video/Photo editing, Adobe Photoshop for designing posters, preparing presentations

Electronics Has exposure to designing basic analog and digital circuits

Others MS Word, Excel, ChemDraw, Pymol, Origin.

Camps and Conferences

April, 2016 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference in Berlin, Germany.
Presented a poster on my work in NIUS, titled Effect of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) on the
synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyrimidinones.
August 2015 Indo-German Convention of the Lindau Alumni in Manipal, India.
Presented a poster on my work in NIUS, titled Effect of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DESs) on the
synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyrimidinones.

December, 2014 International Conference on Education in Chemistry at Homi Bhabha Center for Science
Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai, India. (Attendee)

December 2013 National Initiative on Undergraduate Science (NIUS) camp organized by Homi Bhabha Center for
Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR, Mumbai, India. (Attendee)

December 2013 Vigyan Jyoti Shivir (Vijyoshi) organized by Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), Department of
Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.(Attendee)

Miscellaneous
Fluent in English, Bengali and Hindi and have been trained for an year each in Spanish and French.

Have been trained for nearly ten years in Hindustani Classical Music and Rabindrasangeet.

Facilitator in Chemistry at Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), IISc and teaches Chemistry to high-school students.
Was a demonstrator for basic science experiments to students at NoteBook Drive (NBD) Programme in IISc.

Formed the Undergraduate Science Club at Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Presently the coordinator. Also, coordinated
the first poster presentation session for the undergraduates which was first of a kind event in IISc Undergraduate.
Worked as a committee member of the Chemistry team, Photography team, Treasure Hunt team, Registration team
in Pravega – The IISc Science, Tech and Cultural Fest, in 2014, 2015 and 2016..
Knows swimming, driving.
Photography hobbyist.