Dibyendu K. Sasmal
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Contact:
Chemistry Building, Office 317
NH-62 Nagaur Road
Karwar, Jodhpur, RJ 342 037
Email: sasmal@iitj.ac.in
Phone: (+91)-291-280-1314 (Office)
(+91)-992-813-7008 (Mobile)
Online Profiles:
Short Bio:
7/2023-Present Associate Professor of Chemistry, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
6-12/2022 Visiting Faculty, School of Molecular Science, Arizona State University, AZ, USA
9/2019-6/2023 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Lab, Lemont, IL, USA
2015-2018 Postdoctoral Fellow at Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, IL, USA
2013-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow at Bowling Green State University, OH, USA
2012 Visiting PhD Student, RIKEN, Japan
2012 PhD in Physical Chemistry at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, WB, India
2007 MSc in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry Specialization), Vidyasagar University
2005 BSc (Hons.) in Chemistry, Medinipur College, Vidyasagar University
Awards and Fellowships:
2016 Chicago Biomedical Consortium Postdoctoral Grant
2016 & 2014 Ramanujan Fellowship
2014 DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
2012 International Travel Support from Department of Science & Technology and RSC, UK
2012 Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR
2007 Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR
2007 Qualified GATE, All India Rank - 89
Funded Research Projects:
1. Title: Promoting science education in rural western Rajasthan through laboratory based hands-on activities and outside classroom learning.
Role: Co-PI
Duration: 2024-2026
Funding Agency: HEFA, CSR
Amount: 68,00,000.0
2. Title: Single-molecule FRET Imaging for Real-time DNA Fingerprinting Analysis
Role: PI
Funding Agency: Ministry of Education, STARS Grant
Duration: 2023-2026
Amount: 40,00,000.0
3. Title: Multimodal Approaches to Develop Potential Therapeutic Leads Targeting Molecular Hot Spots of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy for Clinical Trial
Role: Co-PI
Funding: SERB, IRPHA
Duration: 2020-2025
4. Title: Real-Time Imaging of Dynamic Instability of TCR-pMHC Bond for Probing Serial Engagement Using Single-Molecule FRET and Biomembrane Force Probe in Live T Cell
Role: PI
Funding: IIT Jodhpur, SEED Grant
Duration: 2020-2023
Amount: 25,00,000.0
5. Title: Capturing and Real-Time Monitoring of Dynamic Instability of TCR-pMHC Bond for Probing Serial Engagement Using Single-Molecule FRET and Biomembrane Force Probe in Live T cell
Role: PI
Funding Agency: SERB, SRG
Duration: 2020-2022
Amount: 28,05,000.0
Lectures at conferences, Institute and Universities:
“Single-molecule Imaging of T Cell Receptor Dynamics” 2020, JIS Kolkata, India
“Recent Advances in Single Molecule Imaging” 2020, North Bengal University, India
"T-cell receptor confomation dynamics by single-molecule imaging", 2019, IIT Jodhpur, India
"T-cell receptor confomation dynamics by single-molecule imaging", 2018, IISER Berhampur, India
"Single-molecule imaging of T-cell receptor conformational dynamics," 2018, Argonne National Lab, USA
"T-cell receptor confomation dynamics by single-molecule imaging", 2015, Saha Institute for Necluer Physics
"T-cell receptor confomation dynamics by single-molecule imaging", 2015, S N Bose center for basic sciences, Kolkata
"T-cell receptor confomation dynamics by single-molecule imaging", 2015, Bose Institute, Kolkata
"NMDA receptor conformation dynamics by single-molecule FRET", 2014, IIT Kharagpur, India
Application of FRET to detect conformation dynamics of NMDA receptor", 2015, IIT Delhi, India
"NMDA receptor conformation dynamics by single-molecule FRET", 2014, IIT Patna, India
"NMDA receptor conformation dynamics by single-molecule FRET", 2014, IIT Bhubaneswar, India
"Lighting up single glutamate ion channel" Yale Medical School, 2014, Yale University, USA
"NMDA receptor conformation dynamics by single-molecule FRET" 2014, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
"Single-molecule study of activation and deactivation of ion-channel" NIH, 2014, USA
"Unfolding and refolding of human serum albumin by FCS" 6th CRSI-RSC Conference in Chemistry, 2012, at National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India
"Study of protein by ultrafast and single-molecule spectroscopy" 21st IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-21), 2012 organized by RSC at Durham University, UK
Service to the Institute:
Member, Senate (2023-)
Member, Core Facility Committee (2023-)
Faculty-in-charge, Microscope Core Facility (2019-)
Member, Medical Service User Committee (2021-2023)
Member, Library Committee (2021-2024)
Founding Chairman, Sunshine School (2019-)
Convener, Lab Development Committee (2020-2021)
Member, Lab Development Committee, Department of Chem. (2020-2021)