Academic Appointments: 

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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 2017-present

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory (Dr. Alexei V. Tkachenko), 2016-2017

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Prof. Heather J. Kulik), 2014-2016

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Education:

 

PhD 2013, University of Illinois at Chicago (Prof. Petr Kral)

M.Sc. 2008, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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Professional Memberships and Awards:

 

• American Chemical Society

• AAMRA Fellowship (2003-2004)

• Hema Prava Debi Memorial Prize (2007)

• Paaren Graduate Fellowship (2011-2012)

• Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Fellowship (2012-2013)

 

Journal Reviewer:

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• Scientific Reports

• ACS Nano

• Soft Matter

• The Journal of Physical Chemistry

• Chemical Physics

• Nano Letters 

• JCIM

 

 

Review Panel Member: 

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• 2016 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge

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Software:

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• Brownian Dynamics Simulation software​

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Talks:

 

• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, 239th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, spring 2010, San Francisco, March 21–25, 2010.

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• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, Yuanbo Song, and Petr Král, Activated and Guided Self-assembly of Graphene Nanostructures, 241th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, spring 2011, Anaheim, March 27–31, 2011.

 

• Niladri Patra, Yuanbo Song, and Petr Král, Controlled Self-Assembly of Nanostructures on Nanotubes, 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, spring 2012, San Diego, March 25–29, 2012.

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• Niladri Patra, Dominic A. Esan, and Petr Král, Scanned Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Ion Binding to Graphene Nanostructures, 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, spring 2013, New Orleans, April 7-11, 2013.

 

• Niladri Patra, Petr Král, and Hossein. R. Sadeghpour, Self-assembly of Carbon Atoms in Interstellar Space and Formation Mechanism of Naphthalene from Small Precursors: A Molecular Dynamics Study, CFA symposium, SAO, Harvard University, April 26th, 2013.

 

• Niladri Patra and Alexie V. Tkachenko, Layer-by-layer Self-assembly of Patchy Particles as a Route to Complex Lattice Structure, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, September 23, 2016.

 

• Niladri Patra and Alexie V. Tkachenko, Controlled Self-assembly of Patchy Particles into Non-trivial Ordered Structures, 91st. ACS. Colloid & Surface Science Symposium. July 9th - 12th, 2017. The City College of New York.

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Poster Presentations:

 

• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Coulombic Dragging of Molecules on Material Surfaces Induced by Separately Flowing Polar Liquids. 41st Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Carbondale, Illinois, May 28-30, 2009.

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• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, American Physical Society March Meeting, spring 2010, Portland, March 15-19, 2010.

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• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, 42nd Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference, Purdue University, Indiana, May 20-22, 2010.

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• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, DOE Triennial Review, Argonne National Laboratory, May 20, 2010.

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• Artem Baskin, Niladri Patra, and Petr Král, Electronic Sensing of Atom/Ions passing through Porous Nanoribbons, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 30-December 2, 2010.

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• Niladri Patra, Boyang Wang, and Petr Král, Nanodroplet Activated and Guided Folding of Graphene Nanostructures, Workshop on Self-Assembled Bio-Inspired Materials for Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, February 4-5, 2011.

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• Artem Baskin, Niladri Patra, and Petr Král, Electronic Sensing of Atom/Ions passing through Porous Nanoribbons, Workshop on Self-Assembled Bio-Inspired Materials for Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, February 4-5, 2011.

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• Niladri Patra, Lela Vuković, Elisabeth Vokac, Irena Yzeiri, and Petr Král, Transport of Ionic Solutions through Regular and Porous Nanotubes, 241st American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition, spring 2011, Anaheim, March 27–31, 2011.

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• Artem Baskin, Niladri Patra, and Petr Král, Electronic Sensing of Atom/Ions passing through Porous Nanoribbons, 241st American Chemical Society Meeting and Exposition, spring 2011, Anaheim, March 27–31, 2011.

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• Niladri Patra, Yuanbo Song and Petr Král, Controlled Self-Assembly of Graphene Nanostructures and Filled Micelles on Nanotubes, MWTCC , June 7-9, 2012.

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• Niladri Patra and Heather J. Kulik, Molecular Properties from Density Functional Theory: An ab initio approach to design “new generation” inhibitors, ACTC 2014, July 20-25, 2014.

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• Niladri Patra and Alexei V. Tkachenko, Layer-by-layer Assembly of Patchy Particles as a Route of Complex Lattice Structures. Brookhaven National Laboratory, August 23-25, 2016.  

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