Biography:
Dr. Amarta Kumar Pal acquired his master's degree in chemistry from the University of Calcutta, in 2001. Then, he joined in Prof. K. C. Majumder’s group to pursue his Ph.D. degree. He received his Ph.D. in 2007 and went to Taiwan for his post-doctoral study. He spent around one year at Academia Sinica, Taiwan in Prof. C. H. Lin’s laboratory. In 2009, he joined as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, in North-Eastern Hill University. He has been promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. He produced seven Ph.D. students and published more than fifty publications in international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests are the development of green and sustainable methods for organic synthesis and, the synthesis of biologically important heterocyclic molecules.
Title : Graphite oxide is an efficient green catalyst and support material in organic synthesis