1. Dr. Raj K. Das
Email: das.k.raj@gmail.com
Contact No: (+) 91-83348-36699/91-72620-25087
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of Birth: April 18th
, 1983; Sex: Male; Marital Status: Married; Nationality: Indian
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a research position to utilize my skills and abilities in chemical industry that offers professional growth
while being resourceful, innovative and flexible. Willing to work in a team that vies for challenging problems
EDUCATION:
 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, Ph. D. (Organometallic Chemistry) July 2012, Under
the supervision of Prof. Jitendra K. Bera, Thesis Title: “Syntheses, Structures and Catalytic
Evaluation of Binuclear Transition Metal Complexes”
 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), 2004 – 2006
 Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India, B.Sc., Chemistry (Hons), 2000 – 2004
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA
Currently working as Senior Research Associateship under the Scientists’ Pool Scheme from CSIR.
 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA
Research Associate with Dr. Sayam Sen Gupta, September 2015 to March 2016
 Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Postdoctoral fellow (Prof. Moris S. Eisen Group), November 2012 to November 2014
AWARDS:
 Senior Research Associateship Scientists’ Pool Scheme in 2016
 Postdoctoral fellowship in Technion’s Faculty of Chemistry in 2012
 CSIR fellowship through National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2006 (Called for SPM interview)
 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2006
 Qualified Join Admission to M.Sc. (JAM) in 2004; All India Rank – 157
Scientific and experimental skills:
 Experience in synthesis, characterization and the catalytic organic transformations using inorganic and
organometallic compounds
 Experience in working with high-pressure reactors for biomass transformation
 Multi-step synthesis and structural elucidation of organic compounds
 Very good experience in handling moisture and air sensitive compounds using standard Schlenk line,
high vacuum line and Glove box
 Hands-on experience in NMR, UV/Vis/IR, HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS, fluorescence spectroscopy and
cyclic voltammetry
 Single crystals X-ray diffraction and analysis of inorganic and organometallic compounds
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:
July 2006 – July. 2012, as Research Fellow
Over the six years period of Ph.D. work, a good expertise has been achieved in the field of organometallic
chemistry and catalysis. The central theme of my thesis was the study on bimetallic cooperative catalysts and
aimed at studying sequential or cooperative participation of two metal components that might lead to enhanced
reaction rate, better selectivity and in some cases new types of reactions. This was in line with the continuing
research activity of the group concerning room temperature cleavage of C-H bonds, formation of the C-C bond
and bimetallic water-gas shift chemistry executed on a di-Ruthenium platform. These stoichiometric reactions
have provided valuable insight on fundamental organometallic processes on a dimetal core.

2. Dr. Raj K. Das
Email: das.k.raj@gmail.com
Contact No: (+) 91-83348-36699/91-72620-25087
The challenging task in designing a bimetallic catalyst is the selection of ligand capable of accommodating
geometrical and electronic reorganization of the dimetal unit during the course of the catalytic cycle. The
demonstrated ability of 1,8-naphthyridine (NP) to stabilize a host of dimetal cores prompted the utilization of
the NP-based ligand. A donor appendage (such as pyridyl, thiazolyl, pyrollyl) at 2-position of the NP unit
enables additional chelate ring formation and allows axial modulation of the metal-metal bond. I also have
incorporated hemilabile amido group with the prospect that the oxygen atom would open up a site for substrate
coordination. Metal-metal singly-bonded dipalladium(I), diruthenium(I) and dicopper(I) compounds have been
synthesized employing amide-linked ferrocene-naphthyridine hybrid ligand. The study of the catalytic aptitudes
of [PdI-PdI], [RuI-RuI] and [(CuI···CuI)/ (CuII···CuII)] compounds in a variety of organic transformations
constituted the main part of my thesis.
Moreover In collaboration with Prof. Henri Doucet (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226
CNRS-Université de Rennes, France), we have worked on the project entitled "Bimetallic Catalysis Involving
Ruthenium and Palladium: C-H Bond Activation/Functionalization and Beyond"
November 2012 – November 2014, as Postdoctoral Fellow
I have worked for a year in the biomass gasification field and my goal under this biomass gasification project is
to develop and/or screen numerous number of synthesized/known catalyst to affect the overall process
temperature; accelerate the gasification reactions and/or composition of the syngas in some desirable direction.
Also worked on organoactinides and comprehensive mechanistic investigations of formation of inclusion
organoactinide complexes with boron containing macrocycle. Evaluated the catalytic performance of our
macrocycle complexes towards the oligomerization reaction of ε-caprolactone.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. “Group 4, Lanthanide and Actinide Organometallic Inclusion Complexes” Raj K. Das et al.
Organometallics, 2015, 34, 742-752
2. “Bimetallic Catalysis Involving Dipalladium(I) and Diruthenium(I) Complexes”Raj K. Das et al.
Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 14459-14468
3. “Binuclear Copper Complexes and Their Catalytic Evaluation”Raj K. Das et al. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.,
2012, 1680-1687
4. “A Fluoro‐Bridged DinuclearNickel(II) Compound from Tetrafluoroborate Precursor: Making Sense
of a Serendipitous Reaction”Raj K. Das et al. Indian J. Chem., Sec A 2011, 50, 1350-1355
5. “Multi-Site Coordination of Ferrocenylamido-Naphthyridine Conjugates [{(5,7-dimethyl-1,8-
naphthyridin-2-yl)amino}carbonyl]ferrocene and 1,1'-bis[{(5,7-dimethyl-1,8-naphthyridin-2-
yl)amino}carbonyl]ferrocene”J. Organomet. Chem. 2010, 695, 67-73
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPATION:
 Poster Presentation: 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry, at New Delhi, India, 2011
 Poster Presentation: Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XIII), at IISc Bangalore, 2009
 Poster Presentation:9th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, at University of Delhi, 2007
 Symposium Participation: “Designing the molecular World through Chemistry” at BHU, Varanasi,
2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Teaching experience in “undergraduate theory course in Chemistry”, (CHM 201) at IIT Kanpur, India
REFERENCES:
 Dr. Sayam Sen Gupta
Scientist
Office: D-102, Polymer and Advanced Materials Laboratory
National Chemical Laboratory
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
Pune –411008, India
E-mail: ss.sengupta@ncl.res.in
Phone: (+) 91-20-2590-2747 Fax :(+) 91-20-2590-2615

3. Dr. Raj K. Das
Email: das.k.raj@gmail.com
Contact No: (+) 91-83348-36699/91-72620-25087
 Prof. Dr. Moris S. Eisen
Dean of Students
Samuel O. Freedlander Academic Chair in Chemistry
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
Technion – Israel institute of Technology
Haifa–32000, Israel
Phone Off. :(+) 972-4829-2680
Email: chmoris@cc.technion.ac.il
Fax: (+) 972-4829 / 5703 (Faculty) / 2680 (private)
 Prof. Dr. Jitendra. K. Bera
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur–208016 (U. P.), India
Contact No: (+) 91-512-259 7336
Email: jbera@iitk.ac.in
Fax: (+) 91-512-2597436
TESTIMONY:
I hereby declare that the information given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Sincerely Yours,
Raj K. Das