Faculty Details

Research Interests

Microdroplet Chemistry, Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Clinical Metabolomics/Lipidomics and Diagnostics,
Biochemistry and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry.

Educational and Professional Career

• Ph.D (April 2014): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
• Visiting Fellow (February-May, 2014) TIFR Mumbai, India
• Postdoctoral Fellow (July, 2014 – June, 2017): Stanford University, USA
• Assistant Professor (August 2017 – July 2022): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
  (IISER) Tirupati, India
• Associate Professor (July 2022 onwards): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
  (IISER) Tirupati, India

Honors and Awards

• Shimadzu Young Scientist Award-GOLD from Asia Pacific (2014)
• Ramanujan Fellowship (2018)
• Early Career Research Award from SERB, DST, Govt. of India (2019)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Stanford University, USA (2019)
• 2022 ACES-CRSI Early Career Award (2022)
• Merck Young Scientist Award (runner-up) (2023)
• Thieme Chemistry Journals Award (2024)
• Early Career Board of Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2024-2026)
• Invited International Researcher, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (2024)

Selected Publications

• Abhijit Nandy and Shibdas Banerjee, “Water Microdroplets Transform Reducing Sugars into a
  Platform Chemical 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025,
  147, 51, 47810–47816
• Abhijit Nandy and Shibdas Banerjee, “Aqueous Microdroplets Induce the Metamorphosis of
  Indole into Quinazolinone Pharmacophores,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025,
  147, 45, 41242–41247
• Abhijit Nandy, Anitesh Rana, Norio Shibata, and Shibdas Banerjee, “Breaking the Strongest
  Organic Bonds by Water: Defluorosubstitutions at the Air-Water Interface of Microdroplets”
  Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 26, 22542–22549
• Abhijit Nandy, Gajiram Murmu, Anitesh Rana, Sumit Saha, Shibdas Banerjee, “Sprayed
  Microdroplets Architect a Polyoxometalate Framework” Angewandte Chemie International
  Edition, 2025, 137, 24, e202424745
• Pragya Pahchan, Abhijit Nandy, Eswarayya Ramireddy, and Shibdas Banerjee, “Real-time capture
  of reactive intermediates in an enzymatic reaction: Insights into a P450-catalyzed oxidation”
  Chemical Science, 2025,16, 11322-11330

Teaching

• Physical Organic Chemistry (CHM312/612)
• Methods in Organic Synthesis (CHM318/CHM618)
• Separation Science and Techniques (CHM332/632&BIO339/639)
• General Chemistry (CHM111)
• Organic Chemistry (CHM221)
• Medicinal Chemistry (CHM412)
• Chemistry Laboratory I (CHM122)
• Chemistry Laboratory III (CHM222)