Samir Manna
Postdoctoral Fellow, Virginia Tech (Former PhD, IIT Kharagpur)
Profile
Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060, USA
Email: samirmanna34@gmail.com · samir24@vt.edu
Research experience
- Postdoctoral Fellow (10/2024–present) — Prof. Ming Chen, Virginia Tech, USA. Transition metal-catalysed catalysis.
- Postdoctoral Fellow (03/2024–09/2024) — Prof. Maciej Walczak, University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Chemical synthesis of bioactive molecules and improved preparations.
Education
- Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (07/2018–01/2024) — Prof. Santanu Panda, IIT Kharagpur. Thesis: Stereoselective Synthesis of Olefins via Photoredox Catalysis and Organoboron Compounds.
- M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (06/2015–05/2017) — Dr. Sudipta Pathak, Haldia Government College, Vidyasagar University. Project: Reactivity study of various transition metal-based MOF materials.
- B.Sc. in Chemistry (06/2012–05/2015) — Panskura Banamali College, West Bengal, India.
Conferences
- ETCS-2020, IIT Kharagpur — Poster
- RTCS OBC-2021, IISER Kolkata — Poster
- RSD 2023, IIT Kharagpur — Oral
Awards
- National Eligibility Test (NET) 2017, CSIR JRF
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2017
- Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means Scholarship (2010–2017)
Publications
- Paul, S.; Das, K. K.; Manna, S.; Panda, S.* Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1922. (†contributed equally)
- Manna, S.; Kakumachi, S.; Das, K. K.; Tsuchiya, Y.*; Adachi, C.*; Panda, S.* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 9678.
- Manna, S.; Paul, S.; Kong, W.-Y.; Aich, D.; Sahoo, R.; Tantillo, D. J.*; Panda, S.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202309136. (†contributed equally)
- Manna, S.; Aich, D.; Hazra, S.; Khandelwal, S.; Panda, S.* Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 4989.
- Manna, S.; Das, K. K.; Aich, D.; Panda, S.* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 2444. (review)
- Manna, S.; Das, K. K.; Nandy, S.; Aich, D.; Paul, S.; Panda, S.* Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214165. (review)
- Paul, S.; Das, K. K.; Aich, D.; Manna, S.; Panda, S.* Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 838. (review)
- Das, K. K.; Manna, S.; Panda, S.* Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 441. (review)