Swagata Paul

Profile

Research Scientist at Jubilant Biosys Limited

Email: paul133swagata@gmail.com

I am a Research Scientist with a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur, with expertise in developing efficient, selective, and sustainable synthetic methodologies for complex small organic molecules—particularly heterocycles, boronic esters, and drug-active tertiary amines—along with experience in multistep synthesis and advanced analytical troubleshooting.

Work experience

Research Scientist — Jubilant Biosys Limited, Greater Noida (Feb 2025–Present). Route scouting, reaction optimization, and multistep synthesis of small molecules for drug discovery; ELN documentation and team coordination.

Academic background

• Ph.D. Organic Synthesis (July 2018–July 2025) — Thesis: Stereoselective Alkenylation, Alkynylation, and Arylation using Organoboron Chemistry and Photoredox Catalysis. Supervisor: Prof. Santanu Panda, IIT Kharagpur.
• M.Sc. — NIT Jamshedpur (CGPA 9.12/10), July 2015–May 2017.
• B.Sc. Chemistry — University of Burdwan (63.4%), July 2012–July 2015.

Research highlights

• Transition-metal-free synthesis of 2-aryl furans/thiophenes via 1,2-metallate rearrangement (Chem. Eur. J. 2020).
• Stereoselective Zweifel olefination with E vs Z selectivity (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023).
• Lithiation–borylation routes to boronate esters (Chem. Asian J. 2024).
• Organophotoredox N-Me selective alkenylation/alkynylation of tertiary amines and drugs (Nat. Commun.).
• Strain-release chemistry of azabicyclo[1.1.0]butyl carbinols (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026).

Teaching

Undergraduate and Masters organic chemistry practical and tutorial courses at IIT Kharagpur (2019–2021).

Conferences

• ETCS-2020, IIT Kharagpur — Poster; ETCS 2024 — Oral
• RDC 2021, NIT Durgapur — Oral

Awards

• Doctoral fellowship at IIT Kharagpur (MHRD)
• First class First in M.Sc. (2017)
• CSIR NET LS (2017)
• GATE 2018, 2019, and 2020
• DST INSPIRE Scholarship (2012)

Publications

• Paul, S.; Das, K. K.; Manna, S.; Panda, S. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 1922. (†contributed equally)
• Manna, S.; Paul, S.; Kong, W.-Y.; Aich, D.; Sahoo, R.; Tantillo, D. J.; Panda, S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e2023091. (†contributed equally)
• Paul, S.; Panda, S. Chem. Asian J. 2024, 19, e202300911.
• Paul, S.; Mahato, S.; Mondal, S.; Panda, S. Late-stage N-Me selective alkenylation and alkynylation of drugs and unactivated tertiary amines using photoredox catalysis. Nat. Commun. (accepted).
• Ghorai, D.; Khatun, S.; DeSnoo, W.; Paul, S.; Sahoo, R.; Kong, W.; Tantillo, D. J.; Panda, S. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, 65, e20548.
• Paul, S.; Das, K. K.; Aich, D.; Manna, S.; Panda, S. Org. Chem. Front. 2022, 9, 838.
• Nandy, S.; Paul, S.; Das, K. K.; Kumar, P.; Ghorai, D.; Panda, S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 7276.
• Das, K. K.; Paul, S.; Panda, S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 8939.
• Manna, S.; Das, K. K.; Nandy, S.; Aich, D.; Paul, S.; Panda, S. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214165.