Academic record & distinction

MSc (Chemistry), University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 2008; PhD (Chemistry), University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 2014; PhD Title: Polydentate Ligands and Transition Metal Complexes: Photophysics andCatalysis; Post-doctorate research: 2. Sept 2013-Nov 2014: Department of Chemistry, IISER-Kolkata, Nadia, India; Post-doctorate research: Dec 2014-April 2016, Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, USA.

Areas of Specialization

Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry; Homogenous & heterogeneous Catalysis; Di-Oxygen Activation; Electro-Catalysis and Fuel Cell; Metal Organic Framework; Ion Sensing.

Latest Publications

Pariyar, A., H.Y. Asland Choudhury, A. (2016). Tetragonal versus Hexagonal: Structure-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Co/ZnBimetallic Metal–Organic Frameworks.Inorganic Chemistry 55: 9250-9257.

Pariyar, A., Vijaykumar, G., Bhunia, M., Dey, S., Singh, S.K., Kurungot, S. and Mandal, S.K. (2015). Switching closed shell to open shell phenalenyl: Towards designing electroactivematerials.J. Am. Chem Soc.137: 5955-5960.

Pariyar, A., Bose, S., Biswas, A.N., Barman, S. and Bandyopadhyay, P. (2014). A non-heme cationic Fe(III)-complex intercalated in montmorillonite K-10:Synthesis, characterization and catalytic alkane hydroxylation with H2O2 at roomtemperature. Catal. Sci& Tech.4 (9): 3180-3185.