Shagor Chowdhury

Motivated chemist whose aim is to solve problems and discover new materials.

Jan.2021- Present: Postdoc in Rechargeable Energy Storage System 

Location: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany / Université de Strasbourg, France

 Subject : Organic Electrode Materials for Ultrafast Electrochemical Energy Storage. 

▪ Synthesis Organic Electrode Materials 

▪ Investigate the potential of the synthesized electrode material for electrochemical energy storage Oct. 2017 – Sep. 2020 : PhD in Supramolecular Chemistry 

Location: Laboratoire de chimie de l’ENS de Lyon,France 

Subject : Electron Triggered Metamorphism in Viologen Based Self-Assembled Supramolecular Materials.

 ▪ Synthesis of redox responsive organic molecules and investigate their self-assembly and properties (coordination polymer - supramolecular assembly-molecular clips and tweezers - host guest recognition)

▪ Organic Chemistry : Multi-step synthesis (Schlenk technique), anhydrous and anaerobic conditions, purifications 

▪ Analyses : 1H, 13C, NMR Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, UV-visible Spectroscopy, IRSpectroscopy, ESR Spectroscopy, Work in a Glove box environment, Electrochemistry, Spectroelectrochemistry. 

▪ Software : Microsoft office, chemistry related Softwares (Chemdraw, MestReNova, topspin…) 

▪ Scientific documenting and presentation of results 

▪ Project and resource management