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Phone
(470) 639-0692
Office Location
Merrill Hall, Rm. 343
Office Hours
Tuesday
11am-12pm
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
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COURSES
COURSES
Physical Chemistry I
HCHE 321Physical Chemistry II
HCHE 322Physical Chemistry I Lab
HCHE 321LPhysical Chemistry II Lab
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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