Dr. Parthapratim Munshi is an acclaimed chemical scientist and crystallographer who has received his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. T. N. Guru Row, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore. Dr. Munshi then carried out his Postdoctoral research in Prof. Mark A Spackman's Group at the University of Western Australia (2005-08)and was subsequently awarded the prestigious Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship to work with Dr. Christian Jelsch as a Postdoc at the Nancy University, France (2008-10). Prior to joining at SNU, Dr. Munshi worked as a Research Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA (2011-13).

Dr. Munshi has published research papers extensively in high standard international journals and attended several conferences and meetings around the globe to deliver lectures and present his research works. Dr. Munshi is leading the Chemistry Department since 2018. He has been named as one of the Emerging Investigators in Crystal Growth & Design-2019. In 2020, Dr. Munshi was invited by the world’s leading chemistry community through its ‘Leaders in the Field’ scheme to become a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), UK, for his significant contributions in the field, particularly in the area of Organic multifunctional materials and several other notable research. Recently, he has been inducted as a Consultant to the Commission on Quantum Crystallography (QCr) of the IUCr, 2020 – 23 and Member of National Committee for IUCr, 2020 – 23.

Dr. Munshi has supervised several Ph.D., Master and B.Sc.(Reserach) students while at the Chemistry Department at SNU. His research group is focusing on structure-property relationships of organic multifunctional materials and hydrogen bonding studies in protein systems. His group extensively use high-resolution X-ray and neutron diffraction methods for highly accurate structural studies. For further details please visit http://parthapratimmunshi.weebly.com/.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, Karnataka
M.Sc. North Bengal University, Siliguri, Darjeeling

Work Experience

Awards(Selected)

2020 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London, UK
2020 Co-Editor of Current Indian Science: Crystallography, to be launched by Bentham Science
2020 Consultant to the Commission on Quantum Crystallography (QCr) of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
2018 Chairperson for the Sagamore XX conference of the IUCr Commission of Quantum Crystallography to be held in India in 2021
2020 Regional coordinator of Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) – 2020 interview for Delhi -2 centre at Shiv Nadar University.
2020 – 2023 Member of National Committee for International Union of Crystallography (IUCr),
2019 Emerging Investigators in Crystal Growth & Design – An ACS journal.
2019 – 2022 Research grant from SERB-DST (CRG), India Govt.
2015 – 2018 Research grant from SERB-DST (EMR), India Govt.
2013 Significant Event Award from ORNL for exceptional teamwork for the commissioning of IMAGINE beam line.
2011 – 2013 Postdoctoral fellowship at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Middle Tennessee State University, USA
2010 Qualified in a global competition among young scientists worldwide to participate in the 60th Meeting of Nobel Laureates at Lindau, Germany
2008 – 2010 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme, France
2005 – 2008 Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Western Australia, WA, Perth, Australia
2003 – 2005 Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
2000 – 2002 Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2016 Associate Editor of MOJ Bioorganic & Organic Chemistry published by MedCrave
2014 Science Reviewer of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Neutron Sciences Directorate, USA
2015 Reviewer of Science & Engineering Reaecrh Board (SERB) projects, Govt. of India
2016 Member of National Program Committee of Indian Crystallography Association
2010 Member of Marie-Curie Alumni Association
2005 Member of Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association

Teaching & Research Interests

Research Interests:

• Organic multifunctional (ferroelectric, semiconductor, thermo-responsive) materials, Polymorphism, Co-crystals, Photo dimerization, Medicinal compounds, Protein structures, Protein-ligand systems
• Single-crystal X-ray and Neutron diffractions, Crystal growth & design, Chemical and biological crystallography, High-resolution crystal structures and Charge density analysis
• Hydrogen bonding in proteins, Intermolecular interactions, Halogen bonding, Molecular modelling, Computational chemistry, Quantum Crystallography