Meet Dr. Sengupta

About Dr. Sengupta

Dr. Arka Sengupta is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Morehouse College. His research interests are computational chemistry, quantum chemistry, enzyme design.

Sengupta teaches Physical Chemistry courses at Morehouse College. He enjoys working with students to demonstrate how college-level math can explain and quantify many chemistry experiments. He leads a group of undergraduate students focused on computational models to explain challenging enzyme mechanisms. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University−Bloomington and was awarded the Verne L. & Paula A. Trinoskey Fellowship Award for his outstanding graduate research. He is a proud Hoosier! Following his graduation, he conducted postdoctoral research at Michigan State University and UCLA. His computational studies have led to the design of high-efficiency enzymes that catalyze new-to-nature reactions. His research has been published in high-impact journals such as Nature Chemistry, Nature Catalysis, and Chem.