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Ashim Nandi

Dr. Ashim Nandi

Assistant Professor

IIT Goa

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Bio

Ashim Nandi received his M.Sc. in Chemistry from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, in 2015. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Computational Physical Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Sebastian Kozuch at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, completing it in 2021. Subsequently, he was a Dean's Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Professor Gershom Martin (2023 Schrödinger Medalist) at the Weizmann Institute of Science (2021–2022) and as a Research Associate with Professor Arieh Warshel (2013 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) at the University of Southern California (2022–2025). In 2025, he began his independent career as an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Materials Sciences (Chemistry) at the Indian Institute of Technology Goa.

Education

  • Ph.D. (2021), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    Advisor: Prof. Sebastian Kozuch
  • M.Sc. (2015), North-Eastern Hill University, India

Professional Experience

  • Research Associate (2022–2025), University of Southern California, USA
    Advisor: Prof. Arieh Warshel
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (2021–2022), Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
    Advisor: Prof. Jan (Gershom) Martin

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 – Selected as a Mars Fellow for the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
  • 2024 – Invited as a Young Scientist to the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
  • 2023–2024 – DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Award, India (Not availed)
  • 2021 – Dean’s Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • 2021 – University’s Rector Prize for Excellence in Ph.D. (Summa cum Laude)
  • 2017–2021 – Negev-Tsin Scholarship for Ph.D.
  • 2017 – ADAMA Prize for Excellence in Research
  • 2015 – Rector Gold Medal for M.Sc., Chemistry
  • 2013–2015 – ONGC Scholarship for securing the First Rank in M.Sc. Chemistry

Academic Contributions (Reviewing Activities)

  • Chemistry – A European Journal
  • ChemPlusChem
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • Chemical Communication
  • Molecular Catalysis
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Canadian Journal of Chemistry
  • Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • PROTEINS: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics