Shibaji Basak

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry

GITAM School of Science

Visakhapatnam

Education

Ph. D.

sbasak2@gitam.edu

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MSc - University of North Bengal (2008), Ph.D. - Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (2015) Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Toronto at Scarborough (2016-2017) Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Trento (2018-2019) Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Alberta (2019-2020) Guest Faculty - Sikkim University (2021-2022) Assistant Professor - Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, GITAM University (From 2023)

Research Publications

Protometabolic Reduction of NAD+ with α-Keto Acids, Shibaji Basak, Serge Nader, Sheref S Mansy* JACS Au. 2021, 1, 371–374, DOI-jacsau.0c00124.
On the role of chirality guiding the self-assembly of peptides, Shibaji Basak, Ishwar Singh, Annaleizle Ferranco, Jebreil Syed, Heinz‐Bernhard Kraatz*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13288–13292, DOI-ange.201706162
A tripeptide-based self-shrinking hydrogel for waste-water treatment: removal of toxic organic dyes and lead (Pb2+) ions, Shibaji Basak, Nibedita Nandi, Subir Paul, Ian W Hamley, Arindam Banerjee*, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 5910-5913, DOI-C7CC01774J
Tailor-made design of J- or H-aggregated naphthalenediimide-based gels and remarkable fluorescence turn on/off behaviour depending on solvents, Shibaji Basak, Nibedita Nandi, Abhishek Baral, Arindam Banerjee*, Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 780–783, DOI- C4CC06680D
Multi-stimuli Responsive Self-healing Metallo-Hydrogels: Tuning of the Gel Recovery Property, Shibaji Basak, Jayanta Nanda, Arindam Banerjee*, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 2356–2359, DOI- C3CC48896A

Ongoing Research Projects

Prebiotic protein synthesis revealing the mystery of Origins of Life, SERB-SRG, 2023-2025
Prebiotic RNA/DNA Synthesis Sheds Light On The Origin Of Life, GITAM University SEED Grant, 2023-2024

Expertise

Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Origins of Life