Sayantan Sarkar | সায়ন্তন সরকার

Excited to share that our research made it to the Front Cover of ACS Applied Polymer Materials! @MedbicMatLab @SumanMukhopad14 @IITIndore @ChemistryIITI @ACSPublications #MyACSCover Article link: doi.org/10.1021/acsapm…

Proud of you brother....keep shining 🌟

I'm delighted to share my latest work on ionic porous organic polymers from @MedbicMatLab, published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @MedbicMatLab @ACSPublications @ACS_AMI @COF_papers @WaterResearch

I had frequent meetings and discussions with Jean-Pierre Sauvage (JPS) from the 1980s onwards. They were always immensely enjoyable. We were very carful not to step on each other’s toes. We have six joint publications between 2011 and 2013 when JPS visited NU on a regular basis.

Wow.... Now that is the independence they were looking for...🤬 It’s incredibly shocking and upsetting to see someone killed so brutally just for a Facebook comment. #Bangladeshindus #BangladeshGenocide

Ph.D. Admission at IIT Indore Interested students are encouraged to apply. Last date of application is 22nd September 2024. Please see the flyer for more details. You can get more info about our group's research here suman729.wixsite.com/mysite @IITIOfficial

How counter anions manipulates the electrocatalytic activity in ionic Porous Organic Polymers..? Checkout our recent publications in ACS applied engineering materials (doi.org/10.1021/acsaen…) @ACS_AMI @COF_papers @MedbicMatLab

@payaljs I have submitted after watching the movie...😝 Let's see how it goes 🤞🤞

Watched #LaapataaLadiesOnNetflix and submitted a manuscript. I hope positive reviews come for my paper just like the film- though the content is totally unrelated 😜 Is this an example of what people call as work-life balance?

Elated to share our recently published book chapter on Porous Organic Polymer Photocatalyst towards environmental remediation. Great work, @COFachino and @Sayantan28d doi.org/10.1016/B978-0… @IITIOfficial @serbonline @ELSchemistry

Faculties cannot find strong postdocs. Plus, new data shows a drop of postdoc applicants in the US. For example, in biomedical sciences: - Drop by 3% in total - Drop by 10% in U.S. citizens and permanent residents Unsurprisingly, this coincides with a boom in biotech. ▫️ Now, here are some examples published 1-2 years ago: 1. Postdoc position in computing at the University College London: - Three rounds of recruiting and the PI is still struggling to find a postdoc. 2. Postdoc position targeting “mini brains” to understand neural development at the University of Cambridge: - Only 36 applications! WAY less than typically expected. 3. Postdoc position at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology PI received only five applications, and none of them was “serious”. ▫️ What postdocs said: 1. Postdocs feel unappreciated. “It’s the way we’re treated by PIs, by senior management and by academia in general. People don’t feel valued by anyone in the system.” 2. Salary. In a molecular biology lab, it is £34,400 in the UK and €42,200 in Germany, $54,840 in the US. It’s far less than in industry. Sometimes TWICE as small. 3. Postdocs have a widespread anxiety and uncertainly about their job paths. Less than half would recommend a scientific career to their younger self. ▫️ 📍 My opinion as an ex-postdoc: PhD students often ask: “OK, let’s suppose we’ll do this postdoc. But what’s next? What will it give me?” - Only few postdoc get faculty positions. - Postdoc does NOT give advantage when applying to industry (unless it’s very specific direction in biotech). - Postdoc pushes you into an academic track. People don’t see you as an industry person anymore. - Salaries are very low. Supporting a family during postdoc requires real survival skills. Unless you have an outstanding PhD profile and will surely land a faculty position where you want (or if you have immigration status to solve), postdoc position is hard to justify. Especially when high-tech industry is booming. ▫️ ✅ To change it, we in academia should make better ties with industry: 1. Postdoc positions should become an excellent stepping stone to industry. Currently, industry is not so open to academic community and has little funding opportunities. This can be changed via governmental incentives. ▫️ 2. Industry should be able to help increase postdoc salary. Basic salary can come from regular funding. BUT extra 30-40% can come from a specific company while a postdoc could work in synergy between the academic lab and industry, this would be a blast. Currently, this is considered ‘double funding’ and is rarely supported. We should move away from such a view. ▫️ There is a great disappointment with academia and a big outflow of strong researchers. But it can be stopped with the right policies, salaries and career opportunities. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #PhD

Fresh from @MedbicMatLab..Have a look on our newly developed gel system mimicking siderophore published in @InorgChem.

Check out our latest publication about "A Siderophore Mimicking Gelation Component for Capturing and Self-Separation of Fe(III) from an Aqueous Solution of Mixture of Metal Ions," published in @InorgChem pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @IITIOfficial @serbonline @CSIR_IND @ACSPublications

Check out our latest article on Non-Noble-Metal-Based Porphyrin COPs Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting and Biomass Oxidation, published on Energy & Fuels @ACSPublications Thanks to Dr. Biswajit Mondal @IndiaDST @serbonline @IITIOfficial @CSIR_IND pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

A SERB-funded Project-JRF position is available in our lab. Candidates with valid GATE scores and/or NET-LS can directly send their CV via email mentioned in the advertisement. The last date of application is 4th March 2024. Please share the information as much as possible.

I'm beyond proud that our paper on 'dual targeted anticancer drug delivery by a Ru-catalyst' is now out at @ACS_AMI! The one I've presented in #ACSFall2023. Thanks @serbonline, @ugc_india, @bidyutranakundu, @MedbicMatLab & @IITIOfficial. #CancerResearch pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations fellows...@phd170Ranjan @srijita2k @Ritikrishuu

@tanushreeghosh4 Abr to party dibi...naki aro paper lagbe..?

Establishing PANI ( Polyaniline) as an Ambipolar EC material. A very interesting work indeed ✌

Check out our recent work on redox-active ionic porous organic polymer (iPOP) is now online in @ACS_AMI (doi.org/10.1021/acsami…)

Yesterday, we had a farewell dinner for Dr. Rishi @phd170Ranjan. Thank you very much for being a part of MedbicMat Lab, we will miss your presence. We wish you success and happiness in everything you do! Best wishes.