Chakraborty People
Dr. Saumen Chakraborty
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Graduate Students:
Suchitra Mitra
Suchitra is an international Ph.D. student. She is excited to work on foldamers and protein design.
Pallavi Prasad
Pallavi is the "BioLogical" component of the lab. She is big time foodie, has been bitten by the travel bug (and loves to explore new places), and is excited to be the protein engineer in lab. She will work on designing peptide inhibitors against Alzheimer's.
Dhanashree Selvan
Dhanashree joined as a graduate student in fall 2017 and is really excited to handle the first project in bioelectrochemistry. She previously has worked with nanomaterials.
Sreya Malayalam Parambath
Sreya joined Chakraborty lab in fall 2018 to study biochemistry. She previously studied synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and its catalytic applications, but is thrilled to explore the new areas of study.
Divyansh Prakash
Divyansh joined Chakraborty lab in fall 2019 to study bioinorganic chemistry. He believes in transformative challenges and interested in alternate energy research. During his masters a IIT Gandhinagar, Divyansh has acquired synthetic skills, and learned electrochemitry-related and spectroscopic technique.
Undergraduate Students:
Skyler Crane
Class of 2020
Skyler is a B.S. chemistry (emphasis: biochemistry) student. He is excited to be exploring possibilities that will influence and determine his future career.
Kaylee Holmes
Class of 2020
Kaylee is a B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry emphasis) student on the Pre-Dental track with a minor in Mathematics. She is excited to be working on the Alzheimer's project under the guidance of Suchitra!
Fall 2019:
(from left: Divyansh, Dhanashree, Brooks, Kaylee, Skyler, Palalvi, Parker, Suchitra, Saumen, Sreya, Zahra, Rose)
Spring 2018:
(top, from left: Dr. Chakraborty, Richard Covington, Skyler Crane; middle- Greyson Keel, Leigh Sumner, Emory Wills, Rachel Wilkinson; bottom- Dhanashree Prasad, Suchitra Mitra, Pallavi Prasad; not pictured: Emily Wang)
Fall 2017:
(top, from left: Dr. Chakraborty, Skyler Crane, Lauren Greif, Pallavi Prasad, Rachel Wilkinson, Leigh Sumner; bottom: Emily Wang, Dhanashree Selvan, Suchitra Mitra)
Spring 2017:
(top, from left: Kirk Laughter, Blake Rueff, Dr. Chakraborty; bottom: Leigh Sumner, Hayley Schrock, Lauren Greif, Suchitra Mitra, Emily Wang)
Fall 2016:
(from left: Hayley Schrock, Leigh Sumner, Dr. Chakraborty, Emily Wang, Kirk Laughter)
Past Students:
| Work Period | Student | Degree | Current Adventures |
| Summer 2018 | Liz Huynh | MS School of Mathematics and Science senior | |
| Summer 2018 | Taina Turner | MS School of Mathematics and Science senior | |
| Summer 2018 | Kiara Lugo | B.S. Chemistry (tentative - 2021) | |
| Fall 2016 - Spring 2018 | Leigh Sumner | B.S. Biochemistry and B.A. Chinese - 2018 | AmericanCouncils (funded by U.S. Department of State) Chinese Flagship Capstone Program in Nanjing, China |
| Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 | Rachel Wilkinson | B.A. Biology, Minor in Chemistry - 2018 | |
| Fall 2017 | Matt Saucier | B.A. Biochemistry (tentative - 2020) | |
| Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 | Lauren Greif | B.S. Chemical Engineering (tentative - 2019) | |
| Summer 2017 | Mariana Strawn | MS School of Mathematics and Science senior | |
| Summer 2017 | Gary Nguyen | MS School of Mathematics and Science senior | MIT Class of 2022 |
| Fall 2016 - Summer 2017 | Hayley Schrock | B.A. Psychology - 2018 | |
| Spring 2017 | Blake Rueff | B.A. Biochemistry - 2018 | |
| Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 | Kirk Laughter | B.A. Chemistry - 2018 |