SUKDEV BAG
He is currently a Wellcome Trust-Funded Postdoctoral Research Associate
(member of Trinity College Postdoctoral Society) at
University of Cambridge
Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
Research Experience:
Postdoc (June 2019 - August 2022): Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Herbert Waldmann
Research Associate (October 2018- March 2019): IIT Bombay (Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti)
Education:
Ph.D. (2019), Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay (Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti)
M.Sc. (2013), Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay (Advisor: Prof. G. K. Lahiri)
B.Sc. (2011), (Chemistry), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata
Awards and Honors:
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2019 - 2021 Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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2019 Max-Planck Fellowship
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2019 Travel Grant from Reaxys Prize Club/Elsevier to attend IUPAC Paris 2019, France.
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2019 Honorarium from 47th World Chemistry Congress of IUPAC.
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2016 Selected as one of the 45 finalists of “The Reaxys PhD Prize 2016”.
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2013 Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
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2012 Secured All India Rank 20 (Chemical Science) in JOINT CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) June 2012; Second time qualified the NET exam, December 2012.
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2011 -2013 Merit-cum-Means Scholarship from IIT Bombay.
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2011 Secured All India Rank 60 in Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM).
Conferences:
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January 2024 "RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic (CBBG) Forum" The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London, UK.
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October 2023 “Trinity College Academic Event” Cambridge, UK (Oral Presentation).
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September 2023 "Cambridge Epigenetics Club Summer Symposium" Cambridge, UK.
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October 2019 “Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium” Amsterdam, Netherlands (Invited Guest).
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July 2019 “47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress - IUPAC 100” Paris, France (Invited Oral Presentation).
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December 2018 “International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis (ICOC 2018)” Goa, India (Volunteer & Poster Presentation).
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December 2017 “Indo-US Bilateral Workshop on Organometallic Chemistry: From Fundamentals t Applications” Lonavala, India (Volunteer & Poster Presentation).
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July 2017 “Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) on Organic Reactions and Processes” Easton, Massachusetts, USA (Poster Presentation).
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March 2017 “IIT Bombay In-house Symposium” India (Oral and Poster Presentation).
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December 2016 “International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS)” Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India, (Volunteer & Poster Presentation).
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September 2016 “Reaxys PhD Prize Symposium” London, UK, (Poster Presentation).
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December 2014 “13th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences” Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (Poster Presentation).
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February 2014 “8th CRSI-RSC Joint Symposium in Chemistry” IIT Bombay, India, (Volunteer).
Scientific Society Memberships and Reviewer Activity:
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2023 – Current Trinity College (Cambridge) Postdoctoral Society
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2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral Representative at MPI Dortmund
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2018 – Current Reviewer for the Journal of Organic Chemistry
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2018 – Current Reviewer for evaluation of Reaxys PhD Prize Applications
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2016 – Lifelong Reaxys PhD Prize Club Member