Dr. Smita Mandal
© Kathrin Siebold
Dr. Smita Mandal
PostDoc
AK Gilmour
Room 230
Corrensstrasse 36
48149 Münster
T: +49 251 83 35272
mandal@uni-muenster.de
  • Curriculum Vitae

    07/2014 - 05/2019 Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry
    08/2019 - 06/2024 PhD in organic chemistry in the group of Prof. Thomas Snaddon, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, USA
    08/2024 - present Post-doc in the group of Prof. Dr. Ryan Gilmour,  Universität Münster, Germany

     

  • Publications

    Monoallylation and benzylation of dicarbonyl compounds with alcohols catalyzed by a cationic cobalt (III) compound
    Sau, M. C.; Mandal, S.; Bhattacharjee, M.*, RSC Advances 2021, 11, 9235-9245.

    Regioselective Synthesis of Fused Furans by Decarboxylative Annulation of α,β-Alkenyl Carboxylic Acid with Cyclic Ketone: Synthesis of Di-Heteroaryl Derivatives
    Agasti, S.; Pal, T.; Achar, T. K.; Maiti, S.; Pal, D.; Mandal, S.; Daud, K.; Lahiri, G. K.; Maiti, D.*, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11039-11043.

    First Synthetic Approach towards K-259-2, a Unique Calmodulin Antagonist
    Basak, S.; Mandal, S.; Mal, D.*, Tetrahedron 2018, 74, 96-103.

    Squaric acid-Coumarin-Chlorambucil: Photoresponsive Single-Component Fluorescent Organic Nanoconjugates for Self-Monitored Therapeutics
    Chaudhuri, A.; Venkatesh, Y.; Das, J.; Behara, K. K.; Mandal, S.; Maiti, T. K.; Singh, N. D. P.*, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1, 6312-6319.

  • Awards and Honours

    • IU Jack K. Crandall Award 2023
    • Pomifera Research Fellowship (Fall 2023)
    • HC Brown Poster Award 2023
    • IUB Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science 2023 and 2021
    • Paget Travel Award (Fall 2022 and Spring 2022)
    • Sharmila Bose Memorial Award (2018-2019)
    • Proficiency Award for best project work (2018-2019)