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Sayan Banerjee @_SayanBanerjee

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Joined January 2020
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Sayan Banerjee @_SayanBanerjee
1 May 2025
Excited to share that I’ll be joining the University of Tennessee Knoxville as an assistant professor this fall! I’ll be looking for grad students and postdocs—if you’re into theoretical chemistry or materials science, feel free to reach out (sayan@caltech.edu)
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Kostas Vogiatzis @VogLab
6 Aug 2025
🕊️ Early Bird ends Aug 15! Join us at the 3rd Intl Symposium on Machine Learning in Quantum Chemistry (SMLQC), Oct 5–7. Discounted accommodation now available! Info: smlqc2025.com #ML #QuantumChem #CompChem #ML4Chem #ChemInformatics #ChemML #ML4Science #MLInChemistry
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meghna roy @meganthroy
29 Jul 2025
I thank the Kakar Centre for Psychoanalysis and Culture (KCPC) in Goa for awarding me their inaugural Lightning Fellowship to write a paper from my fieldwork. Sharing the video summary of my proposed project as shot for KCPC soon after. Looking forward to the fellowship month! ✍️
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Diptarka Hait @fullCIalchemist
1 Jul 2025
Thrilled to start my independent career as an Asst. Prof. @ChemColumbia & an ARS @FlatironInst. We'll develop new methods for modeling excited states, with an eye on practical photocatalysis. Other areas of quantum #compchem are also of interest, stay tuned for more!
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Paramita Saha @iparamitasaha
21 Jun 2025
Just out in @J_A_C_S. Second-Sphere Interaction Allows Selective Reduction of Nitrite to NO or Ammonia by Synthetic Iron Porphyrins | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Second-Sphere Interaction Allows Selective Reduction of Nitrite to NO or Ammonia by Synthetic Iron...

Heme nitrite reductases (NiRs) are key enzymes in the assimilatory and dissimilatory reduction of nitrite (NO2–) by 6e–/8H to NH4 and by 1e–/2H to NO during denitrification in the global nitrogen...

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Abhishek Dey @DeyIACS
20 Jun 2025
Second-Sphere Interaction Allows Selective Reduction of Nitrite to NO or Ammonia by Synthetic Iron Porphyrins | Journal of the American Chemical Society Congratulations, Sudip and @iparamitasaha pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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Excited to share that I’ll be joining the University of Tennessee Knoxville as an assistant professor this fall! I’ll be looking for grad students and postdocs—if you’re into theoretical chemistry or materials science, feel free to reach out (sayan@caltech.edu)
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My heartfelt gratitude to my advisors @TheRappeGroup, Jonas Peters, Thomas Mallouk, @sunojchemlab, and mentors Arvin Kakekhani and @robertowexler
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Anuvab Das @anuvab_chem
15 Mar 2025
I’m thrilled to share that I have joined the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB) at NTU Singapore as an Assistant Professor! dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp0261…

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Sourajit Dey Baksi @DeyBaksi
30 Aug 2024
Here's our tribute to Prof. Thomas Strassner's 60th birthday issue in JOMC! We present a series of triethylsilyl capped polyyne; TESCxTES, once thought unisolable, now characterized by NMR and X-ray structures. Polyynes are on the roll in Texas! doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem…
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Ranadeb Ball @BallRanadeb
16 Apr 2025
A multipronged approach using 2DIR, EIS and MD monitors ion motion in polymeric membrane. Thanks to @OsujiChinedum group for this collaboration! Correlating Solvation Shell Dynamics and Ion Transport in Highly Ordered Nanoporous Polymers | ChemRxiv - go.shr.lc/4l8NpIt

Correlating Solvation Shell Dynamics and Ion Transport in Highly Ordered Nanoporous Polymers |...

A molecular-level understanding of the role of hydration in ion transport is essential for developing the next generation of polymeric anion exchange membranes (AEMs). Structural heterogeneity of...

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Tarun Roy @Tarunroychem
23 Jul 2024
I'm delighted to share that our newest paper published in J. Chem. Phys. This research explores six-carbon cyclic •QOOH intermediate, which is transiently formed in cyclohexane oxidation. Thanks my coworkers and collaborators. @JChemPhys @PennChemistry pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article…

Infrared signature of the hydroperoxyalkyl intermediate (·QOOH) in cyclohexane oxidation: An...

Infrared (IR) action spectroscopy is utilized to characterize carbon-centered hydroperoxy-cyclohexyl radicals (·QOOH) transiently formed in cyclohexane oxidatio

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Anuvab Das @anuvab_chem
22 Jul 2024
I am excited to share our latest discovery which is out now in @J_A_C_S! This study uncovers how engineered hemoproteins can leverage biological nitrogen cycle intermediates for enzymatic C–H amination, opening new paths towards sustainable synthesis. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Reaction Discovery Using Spectroscopic Insights from an Enzymatic C–H Amination Intermediate

Engineered hemoproteins can selectively incorporate nitrogen from nitrene precursors like hydroxylamine, O-substituted hydroxylamines, and organic azides into organic molecules. Although iron-nitre...

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Himanshu Gupta @himanshu_chem
8 Jun 2024
Happy to share my first first author paper now published in @ChemCommun. Really excited where this project is headed towards. Check out the work here 👇🏽
SchelterGroup @SchelterGroup
7 Jun 2024
Check out our latest paper "Assembly of a Trapped Valent CeIII/IV-TCNQ Complex Through Metal-Ligand Redox Cooperativity" out now @ChemCommun! Congrats to Himanshu @himanshu_chem and Brett on your nice work! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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catherine romero @CGRomero_
26 Apr 2024
I'm so excited to announce that my first first-author paper is online @J_A_C_S !! Check out @PGarridoBarros and I's study on photoelectrocatalytic PCET :) It was such a pleasure to work with this fantastic team, and I'm incredibly proud of the result!! 💡⚡️
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Sourajit Dey Baksi @DeyBaksi
25 Apr 2024
You seldom see deprotonation of terminal polyynes as opposed to that of an alkyne counterpart. Here we go! Please check out my latest contribution @Orgmet_ACS . The lithiation poses numerous mechanistic puzzles, yet we could successfully (1/2)pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Reactions of Platinum Terminal Polyynyl Complexes trans-(C6F5)(p-tol3P)2Pt(C≡C)nH (n = 2–4) and...

Reactions of the title complexes and n-BuLi (1.5 equiv, –45 °C) afford functional equivalents of the deprotonated species trans-(C6F5)(p-tol3P)2Pt(C≡C)nLi (n = 2–4), as assayed by subsequent additi...

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Tarun Roy @Tarunroychem
2 Apr 2024
Happy to share our new article published in Chemical Science. Here, we explored vibrational spectroscopy and dissociation dynamics of a prototypical cyclic hydroperoxide, cyclohexyl hydroperoxide. @ChemicalScience @PennChemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

Vibrational spectroscopy and dissociation dynamics of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide

Organic hydroperoxides (ROOH) are ubiquitous in the atmospheric oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as well as in low-temperature oxidation of hydrocarbon fuels. The present work focuses...

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Ranadeb Ball @BallRanadeb
14 Mar 2024
If you want to measure the strength of a lanthanide ion binding to dtpa using vibrational anisotropy, here is the link: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… Thanks to Shafer group @jencshafer and Schatz group @GCSchatz for this wonderful collaboration! @NSF_CSSM

Vibrational anisotropy decay resolves rare earth binding induced conformational change in DTPA

Elucidating the relationship between metal–ligand interactions and the associated conformational change of the ligand is critical for understanding the separation of lanthanides via ion binding. Here...

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Asik Hossain @asikchem
8 Mar 2024
The first paper from my postdoc is now out. We demonstrate that a chiral nickel catalyst can effectively control central and axial chirality. Thankful to everyone in the @FuLabCaltech as well as Ruby from @thestoltzgroup. @Caltech @CaltechCCE @J_A_C_S pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent and Diastereoselective Allenylation of Alkyl Electrophiles:...

In recent years, remarkable progress has been described in the development of methods that simultaneously control vicinal stereochemistry, wherein both stereochemical elements are central chirality;...

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Theoretical prediction of a mechanochemically driven two-legged molecular walker on curved graphene. Check out our recent work pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac… @J_A_C_S @jamesbatteas @TheRappeGroup @PennChemistry @NSF_CMCC @VagelosEnergy

Two-Legged Molecular Walker and Curvature: Mechanochemical Ring Migration on Graphene

Attaining controllable molecular motion at the nanoscale can be beneficial for multiple reasons, spanning from optoelectronics to catalysis. Here we study the movement of a two-legged molecular...

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