Dr. Sudeshna Kar

Present Position: Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, School of Basic & Applied Sciences

E-mail: sudeshna1.kar@adamasuniversity.ac.in

Education:

  • PhD (Chemistry), under University of Calcutta
  • Sc. in Chemistry, University of Calcutta
  • Sc. in Chemistry, University of Calcutta

Research Key Areas:

  • Novel strategies to design nanoscopic materials with self-assembling peptide
  • Study of role of non-coded amino acids in supramolecular assemblies of peptides
  • Synthesis of bio-conjugated metal nanoparticles

Research Highlights:

  • Engineered diverse nanostructures using self-assembling peptide mimics.
  • Designed nanovesicles for encapsulation and controlled release of drugs.
  • Optimized methods for transformation of nano-vesicles to nano-fibers.
  • Optimized methods for single-step synthesis of gold-nanoparticles.

Experience:

  • Guest Faculty in JIS University, 2021
  • Post-doctoral Research, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2011-2014
  • Doctoral Research, University of Calcutta, India, 2006-2011;

Research Publication (s):

  • Number of research papers published in International refereed journals: 17

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Selected Publication (s):

  1. “pH responsive soft vesicles through self-assembly of b-turns” Sudeshna Kar and Animesh Pramanik, Chemistry Letters, 2011, 40, 564-566.
  2. “Design of a new foldamer turn-linker-turn in acyclic hexapeptides and formation of channels through self-assembly” Arpita Dutta, Sudeshna Kar, G. B. Drew, Pradyot Koley and Animesh Pramanik, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2009, 917, 110-116.
  3. “A terminally modified pseudopeptide (Gly-m-aminobenzoic acid) produces supramolecular helix, staircase and water-mediated b-sheet through self-assembly” Arpita Dutta, Sudeshna Kar, Roland Fröhlich, Pradyot Koley and Animesh Pramanik, ARKIVOC, 2009 (ii), 31-43.
  4. “Ribbon-like biomaterials through b-sheet mediated self-assembly of peptides of general formula PhCO-Gly-Xx-OCH2Ph: Role of aromatic p-p interactions” Arpita Dutta, Sudeshna Kar, Roland Fröhlich, Pradyot Koley and Animesh Pramanik, ARKIVOC, 2009 (vii), 247-259.
  5. “Stabilization of two smallest possible diastereomeric b-hairpins in a water soluble tetrapeptide containing non-coded a-amino isobutyric acid (Aib) and m-amino benzoic acid” Anita Dutt, Arpita Dutta, Sudeshna Kar, Pradyot Koley, Michael G.B. Drew and Animesh Pramanik, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2009, 928, 138-143.
  6. “A facile one step synthesis of N-2 substituted 3-phenyliminoisoindolinones from N-(2-carboxybenzoyl)-anthranilic acid and the design of reverse-turn mimetics” Pradyot Koley, Arpita Dutta, M. G. B. Drew, Sudeshna Kar and Animesh Pramanik, ARKIVOC, 2009 (x) 12-24.
  7. “Nano structures through self-assembly of protected hydrophobic amino acids: encapsulation of rhodamine B dye by proline-based nanovesicles” Sudeshna Kar, Michael G. B. Drew and Animesh Pramanik, Journal of Material Science, 2012, 47, 1825-1835.
  8. “Small organic additive to improve the charge separation in an inverted bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaic” Ming-Chung Chen, Sudeshna Kar, Der-Jang Liaw, Wen-Hsiang Chen, Ying-Chi Huang and Yian Tai, Organic Electronics 2012, 13, 2702-2708.
  9. “Synthesis of SERS-active stable anisotropic silver nanostructures constituted by self-assembly of multiple silver nanopetals” Sudeshna Kar, Christa Desmonda and Yian Tai, Plasmonis, 2014, 9(3), 485-492.
  10. “Study the Nano-Morphological Versatility by Self-Assembly of a Peptide Mimetic Molecule in Response to Physical and Chemical Stimuli” Sudeshna Kar, Kung-Wei Wu,a I-Jui Hsu,b Chi-Rung Leec and Yian Tai, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2638-2641.
  11. “A Simple N,N′-Dicyclohexylurea adduct of b-alanine can self-assemble to generate nano-morphological versatility in response to different environmental conditions.” Sudeshna Kar, Bo-Hong Huang, Kung-Wei Wu, Chi-Rung Lee and Yian Tai, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 8075-8082.
  12. “Marked Difference in Self-assembly, Morphology, and Cell Viability of Positional Isomeric Dipeptides Generated by Reversal of Sequence” Sudeshna Kar, Yian Tai, Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 1345-1351.

Research Advisor / Supervisor:

  • Post Graduate Thesis Advisor / Supervisor: 1 (On-going)

Award/ Academic Recognition/ Major Professional Activity:

  • MOST Postdoctoral Fellow, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2012
  • Junior Research Fellow, CSIR, India, 2006