Dr. Satyen Saha

Banaras Hindu University, India

Born in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in India, Satyen Saha received B.Sc. (Chemistry honors, 1994) and M.Sc. (Chemistry, 1996) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He did his Ph.D. (Photochemistry, 2002) from Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, India under the supervision of Prof. Anunay Samanta. Subsequently he moved to Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo for post doctoral research (2002–2005) in the group of Prof. Hiro-o Hamaguchi, followed by post doctoral research work with Prof. Richard Wiess, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. He was the recipient of JSPS post doctoral fellowship for the foreign researcher. At present he is a permanent faculty in department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University (central university), Varanasi, India. His present research interests are: synthesis, structure (solid and liquid phase) and interactions in ionic liquids, high energy density materials, and photophysical studies (steady state and time resolved) of fluorescent molecules in condensed phases.

Fields of Research

Experience

Education

  • 1991 – 1994

    Jadavpur University, Kolkata

  • 1994 - 1996

    Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

    Chemistry

  • Science, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

    1997 – 2002

    Chemistry

Editorials

  • Molecular Photochemistry - Various Aspects
    Molecular Photochemistry - Various Aspects

    There have been various comprehensive and stand-alone text books on the introduction to Molecular Photochemistry which provide crystal clear concepts on fundamental issues. This book entitled "Molecular Photochemistry - Various Aspects" presents various advanced topics that inherently utilizes those core concepts/techniques to various advanced fields of photochemistry and are generally not available. The purpose of publication of this book is actually an effort to bring many such important topics clubbed together. The goal of this book is to familiarize both research scholars and post graduate students with recent advancement in various fields related to Photochemistry. The book is broadly divided in five parts: the photochemistry I) in solution, II) of metal oxides, III) in biology, IV) the computational aspects and V) applications. Each part provides unique aspect of photochemistry. These exciting chapters clearly indicate that the future of photochemistry like in any other burgeoning field is more exciting than the past.

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