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Academic Appointments: 

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Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 07/2024-present

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 12/2017-07/2024

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:

 

 

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, 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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  • 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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