Scientific interests: Understanding the dynamics and mechanochemical coupling of motor proteins(especially Kinesins, Myosins)using non-equilibrium statistical mechanics; Comlpex multistate discrete periodic stochastic models; First-passage time processes; Theroretical biophysics, Facilitated diffusion, DNA-protein interaction, Monte carlo Simulation.
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- MA in Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, January 2008
- MS in Chemistry, Indian Institute Of Technology, Kanpur, India, May 2005
- BS in Chemistry, Presidency College, Calcutta, India, July 2003
Publications:
- Dynamic Properties of Molecular Motors in the Divided-Pathway Model (R.K Das and A.B.Kolomeisky.), in preparation (2008).
- Interaction Between Motor Domains Can Explain Complex Dynamics of Heterodimeric Kinesins (R.K Das and A.B.Kolomeisky.), Submitted (2008).
- Spatial fluctuations affect the dynamics of motor proteins (R.K Das and A.B.Kolomeisky.), Submitted (2008).
- Fiber optic sensing of liquid refractive index (A. Banerjee, S. Mukherjee, R.K. Verma, B. Jana , T.K. Khand,M. Chakroborty, R. Das, S. Biswas, A. Saxena, V. Singh, R.M. Hallen, R.S. Rajput, P. Tewari, S. Kumar, V. Saxena, A.K. Ghosha, J. John, P. Gupta-Bhaya), Sens. Actuators, B, 123(1), 594-605 (2007). PDF-download
Poster Presentations:
- Spatial fluctuations affect the dynamics of motor proteins, 235th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Lousiana, April 2008.
- Spatial fluctuations affect the dynamics of motor proteins, 52-nd Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, Long Beach, California, February 2008.
Contributed Conference Papers:
- Interaction Between Motor Heads Strongly Effects Dynamical and Biophysical Properties of Motor Proteins, poster contribution presented at Biophysical Discussions Meeting, Asilomar, California, October 2006.
Research Experience: - MS thesis project at IIT Kanpur, India, 2005: "Study of the effect of cladding thickeness on refractive index sensing of a fibre optic sensor"
- Summer Project at NCL, Pune, India, 2004: used density descriptor based theories to understand reactivities & stabilities of monomers to tetramers of hydrogen halides.
Teaching Experience: - CHEM 520 (Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics), Rice University, Spring 2007 : Teaching Assistant
- CHEM 311 (Physical Chemistry), Rice University, Fall 2006 & Fall 2005: Teaching Assistant
- CHEM 124 (General Chemistry Laboratory), Rice University, Spring 2006: Teaching Assistant
Awards & Honors:
- The Harry B. Weisser Research Award for the best graduate research in Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 2008.
- Edgar O'Rear Travel Grant for being outstanding graduate student, Rice Univeristy, 2007.
- Graduate Student Travel Award from the Office of Dean, Rice Univeristy, 2007.
- Award under the National Scholarship Scheme of Goverment of India on the result of "B.Sc(Hons)in Chemistry,2003", received in 2007.
- Qualified National Entrance Test (NET) conducted jointly by UGC-CSIR under Ministry of Human Resources and Development, India for Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship held in December 2004.
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