Dr. Arup Sarkar

Education

• B.Sc. University of Calcutta (2012)
• M.Sc. University of Calcutta (2014)
• PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2021)

Professional Experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay March 2021-Aug 2021

Arup Sarkar, born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, completed his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta in 2012. He obtained his Master’s degree with a specialization in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Calcutta (Rajabazar Science College, Kolkata) in 2014, and then he moved to the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai in 2015 and joined Ph.D. under Prof. Gopalan Rajaraman at the Department of Chemistry. In 2021 October, he joined the Department of Chemistry, the University of Chicago as a Postdoctoral Researcher to the Gagliardi group. His research interest covers the area of electronic structure calculations using multi-reference quantum chemical methods involving actinide, lanthanide, and transition metal complexes.

Publications

• Broad Electronic Modulation of 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks Over Four Distinct Redox States
• Theoretical Investigation of Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior in Mononuclear Dysprosium and Californium Complexes
• Linker Redox Mediated Control of Morphology and Properties in Semiconducting Iron-Semiquinoid Coordination Polymers
• Role of Metal Selection in the Radiation Stability of Isostructural M-UiO-66 Metal–Organic Frameworks
• Multiconfiguration Pair-Density Functional Theory for Chromium(IV) Molecular Qubits

Awards and Academic Achievements

• CSIR-JRF fellowship 2014, UGC-UKIERI student exchange program at University of Edinburgh from Septermber 2018-November 2018