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    Arkajyoti Sengupta, PH.D.

    Faculty

    Science, Technology, Engineering And Mathematics Division

    • Assistant Professor, Chemistry
    Education

    Indiana University

    Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry

    IIT Bombay

    Master of Science, Chemistry

    Hindu College, University of Delhi

    Bachelor of Science, Chemistry

    Contact Information

    Phone
    (470) 639-0692
    Office Location
    Merrill Hall, Rm. 343
    Office Hours
    Tuesday
    11am-12pm

    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.

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    • AREAS OF EXPERTISE

      AREAS OF EXPERTISE

      • Computational Chemistry
      • Quantum Chemistry
      • Enzyme design
      • Molecular Dynamics
    • COURSES

      COURSES

      Physical Chemistry I
      HCHE 321

      Physical Chemistry II
      HCHE 322

      Physical Chemistry I Lab
      HCHE 321L

      Physical Chemistry II Lab
      HCHE 322L

    • AWARDS AND HONORS

      AWARDS AND HONORS

      • American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry (BIOL) Travel Award 2023

      • Selected for American Chemical Society Postdoc to Faculty (P2F) Workshop 2023

      • Corteva Agriscience Chemistry Scholar (Among 20 participants from 140 applicants) 2023

      • American Chemical Society’s Organic Chemistry Division Student Travel Award 2017

      • Verne L. & Paula A. Trinoskey Fellowship Award (outstanding graduate student award in Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 2017

      • Gill Velocity Fellowship, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation 2017

      • ACS Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award, ACS COMP Division 2016

      • Krafts Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 2016 • Karlijn Keijzer Award for advanced graduate student on significant contributions in the field 2016 of inorganic or computational chemistry

    AREAS OF EXPERTISE

    • Computational Chemistry
    • Quantum Chemistry
    • Enzyme design
    • Molecular Dynamics

    COURSES

    Physical Chemistry I
    HCHE 321

    Physical Chemistry II
    HCHE 322

    Physical Chemistry I Lab
    HCHE 321L

    Physical Chemistry II Lab
    HCHE 322L

    AWARDS AND HONORS

    • American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry (BIOL) Travel Award 2023

    • Selected for American Chemical Society Postdoc to Faculty (P2F) Workshop 2023

    • Corteva Agriscience Chemistry Scholar (Among 20 participants from 140 applicants) 2023

    • American Chemical Society’s Organic Chemistry Division Student Travel Award 2017

    • Verne L. & Paula A. Trinoskey Fellowship Award (outstanding graduate student award in Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 2017

    • Gill Velocity Fellowship, Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation 2017

    • ACS Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award, ACS COMP Division 2016

    • Krafts Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 2016 • Karlijn Keijzer Award for advanced graduate student on significant contributions in the field 2016 of inorganic or computational chemistry