Sayantan Mahapatra
Ph.D. (2022)
Department of Chemistry
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Postdoc at Northwestern University (Sir Fraser Stoddart Group)
About
I joined the Jiang Group in the Fall of 2017. Before enrolling at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I did my M.Sc. in Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK). In IITK, I worked on Molecular Switches which are one of the most important components for Nanoelectronics. In free time, I like to watch movies and soccer and read books. Currently, I am interested in STM and TERS to study different molecules on the surface.
Notable Honors
2022, FACSS Hirschfeld Scholar Award, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS)
2022, Coblentz Society Student Award, Coblentz Society
2021, Russell and Sigurd Varian Award, American Vacuum Society
2021, UIC Graduate College Dean’s Scholar Fellowship Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Graduate College
2020, Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award, American Vacuum Society
2019, Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffmann Travel Grant, American Vacuum Society
2019, Bodmer International Travel Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois Chicago, 2022
M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2017
B.Sc., University of Calcutta, India, 2015 (First Class Honors)