| For more information regarding me, please go through my Curriculum Vitae and Publication. When I find time I like to write Poems, Short-stories, Articles and Dramas in Oriya (one of the Indian languages) and like to explore new places. |
| Past Research Projects: (more ...) (i) Single Molecule Mechano-chemistry, e.g. "Biophysical Study of Rotary motor like F1-ATPase":- Tools: Single Molcule Imaging, Photon Counting Set up, Magnetic Tweezers, Protein Expression, Purification & Characterization. (ii) Single Molecule Instruemntation and Techniques Development:- Tools: Single Molecule (SM) Wide-field Imaging, SM Confocal Imaging, SM Spectroscopy and SM Defocused Imaging; Materials: Quantum dots, Organic dyes, Dendrimer, Proteins, GFPs (iii) Optimisation Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopic Measurement:- Tools: Confocal microscopy, Laser Spectroscopy; Matrials: Organic dyes, (iv) Time-resolved Life-time Decay, Anisotropy Decay & Spectroscopy:- Investigation: Structure, Property, and Mechanistic Study of Azo Dyes by Phenols & Alkylated Benezenes, New Fluorescent Time-resolved Anisotropy Probe for Micelle, lipid membrane, Proteins (v) Development of Fiber Optic Fluorescence Sensor & Optical Sensinng:- Materials: PAHs, Nitarted PAHs, benzo[k]fluoranthene (vi) Development of Synchronour Fluorescence Scan Spectroscopic Methods:- Investigation: Multi-component PAHs mixture analysis by developing multivariate techniques, spectroscopic evaluation of petroleum products at higher concentration, development of Total Synchronous Fluorescence Scan Spectroscopic Methods for Petroleum Products Analysis, Novel method development for estimation of Adulteration in Petrol & Diesel (vii) Development of Excitation Emission Matrix Fluorescence Methods:- Investigation: Spectroscopic evaluation of petroleum products at higher concentration, development of Total relative quantum yield measurement for Petroleum Products at higher concentration, Novel method development for estimation of Adulteration in Petrol & Diesel, Motor oils (vii) Fluorescence Probing and Spectroscopy:- Materials: Cyanine dyes, Micelle |
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| Welcome to my homepage!!! Myself, Digambara Patra, studied Chemistry and at present working as an Assistant Professor in the Department Of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. I was born in Gambhariguda, part of a small town of Dharamgarh in Kalahandi district of Orissa, India. |
| Contact address: Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut P.O. Box: 11-0236, Riad El Solh Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon Email: [email protected] Official Site: Patra Lab: http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~dp03 |
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| A moment with Prof MacKinnon, noble laurate of 2003, in Tokyo |
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| A moment with Prof Boyer, noble laurate of 1997, Prof Kinosita & group at Loss Angeles |
| Teaching Interest: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Research Interest: Nanoscopy, Probe Chemistry and Fluorescence Sensing |
| Short-CV: (more .....) B.Sc. (1994), Government. College Bhawanipatna, Orissa, India M.Sc. (1996), Samabalpur University, Orissa, India M.Phil. (1997), Sambalpur University, Orissa, India Ph.D (2001), India Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-02), University of Basel, Switzerland Humboldt Research Fellow (2002-04), Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany Europe Research Fellow (2003), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (2004 - 05), National Institute of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (2005 - 06), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan Visiting Lecturer (2006 - 07), Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
| Current Research Theme: How much could it be crucial to obtain the right information in the molecular scale, it is equally important to device new tools and methodology for getting the right information. Exploring new phenomenon in chemistry through advancement of modern technology was never as easy as it looks today. Applying advanced spectroscopic tools such as fluorescence probing methodology and single molecule detection techniques we would like to characterize complicated chemical species and explore unexplored chemical phenomenon at nanoscopic and microscopic level while estimating molecular properties like interactions, distances, dynamics, diffusion rates and paths, aggregations, orientations, conformational changes, in solution and at surfaces. Our research will lead towards single molecule manipulation for nanoscopic investigations, bio analysis and applications in nanobiotechnology. Subsequently, our study will focus to go beyond present understanding of chemo-mechanical energy coupling i.e. how chemical energy is converted to mechanical force and vice versa and we will learn more details on Mechano-chemistry. This investigation might trigger chemists to design new molecules that can directly convert energy stored in a chemical bond to mechanical force without choosing any alternative energy path and providing 100 % efficiency. |
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| Link to: IIT Bhubaneswar |