Dr. Priya Rajdev

Research Associate (since October 2016)

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032, India

Phone: (+91)-3324734971 (ext. 1137)

Email: priya.rajdev@gmail.com

Personal

Date of Birth: 06-October, 1979; Female

Nationality: Indian

Education and Professional Career

DST Women Scientist (2012-till date): Polymer Science Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2011): Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India. (Advisor: Professor S. K. Pal)
Ph.D. (2008): Department of Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (Advisor: Professor Dipankar Chatterji)
M.S. (Chemistry) (2003): The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India.
B. Sc. (Chemistry) (2001): Burdwan Raj College, University of Burdwan, India

Research Area

Supramolecular assembly of π-conjugated chromophores.
Self-assembly of fluorescent and non-fluorescent polymer aggregates;
Studying dynamics and stability of polymer aggregates by encapsulation of donor and acceptor dyes and FRET studies

Publication

P. Rajdev and S. Ghosh ” Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET): A Powerful Tool for Probing Amphiphilic Polymer Aggregates and Supramolecular Polymers “
J. Phys. Chem. B 2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09441 [link] ( Invited Review Article) ( in press)
P. Dey, P. Rajdev, P. Pramanik and S. Ghosh ” Specific Supramolecular Interaction Regulated Entropically Favorable Assembly of Amphiphilic Macromolecules “
Macromolecules 2018, 51, 5182−5190 [link]
A. Das, P. Rajdev and S. Ghosh ” Naphthalene-diimide (NDI) Nanofibre, Gel and Mesoscopic Material ” in Naphthalenediimide and its Congeners : From Molecules to Materials, 2017, 116-166, Ed G. D. Pantos, RSC [link]
P. Rajdev, S. Chakraborty, M. Schmutz, P. Mésini and S. Ghosh ” Supramolecularly Engineered π-Amphiphile “
Langmuir 2017, 33, 4789−4795 [link]
P. Rajdev, D. Basak, and S. Ghosh “Insights on non-covalently core cross-linked block copolymer micelles by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies”
Macromolecules 2015, 48, 3360–3367 [link]
P. Rajdev,* M. R. Molla and S. Ghosh*, Langmuir; 2014, 30, 1969−1976. (*Corresponding author).
K. Dan, P. Rajdev*, J. Deb, S. S. Jana and S. Ghosh*,J. Polym. Sc.Part A: Polym. Chem.; 2013, 51, 4932–4943. (*Corresponding author).
A. Ganguly, P. Rajdev, S. M. Williams and D. Chatterji, J. Phys.Chem. B; 2012, 116, 621 – 632.
T. Mondol, P. Rajdev, A. Makhal and S. K. Pal. J. Phys.Chem. B.; 2011,115, 2924 – 2930.
P. Rajdev, T. Mondol, A. Makhal and S. K. Pal. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology; 2011, 103, 153–158.
A. Ganguly, P. Rajdev and Dipankar Chatterji, J. Phys.Chem.; B 2009, 113, 15399 – 15408.
D. Chatterji and P. Rajdev, TWAS Science Frontiers, Current Science; 2008, 95(9), 1226 – 1236.
P. Rajdev and D. Chatterji, Langmuir; 2007, 23, 2037-2041.
L. K. Brar, P. Rajdeva, A. K. Raychaudhuri and D. Chatterji. Langmuir; 2005, 21, 10671-10675. (ajoint– first author)

Fellowship and Award

DST Women Scientist Fellowship, May 2012 – till date
IISc Senior Research Fellowshiop (SRF) from August 2005 to June 2008.
IISc Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from August 2003 to July 2005.
Qualified University Grant Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) in Chemical Science on December 2002
NET CSIR (LS) award in 2002.
Got National Merit Scholarship (B.Sc) awarded by the Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India (2001) to pursue M.Sc. degree in Chemistry (period 2001-2003).