Kartik Chandra Mondal received his Ph. D in 2011 from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) under the supervision of Professor Annie K. Powell. He worked on mixed 3d 4f ion based single molecule magnets. After a short stay as a postdoctoral researcher in the same group he moved to University of Göttingen in October, 2011 2015. He has been appointed as an assistant professor at Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras at the end of 2015. Since then he has been working in the research areas given below. Dr. Mondal has coauthored more than 50 peer reviewed publications in leading scientific journals.

Education

2011 Ph. D from KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

2007 - M. S from I. I. Sc. Bangalore, India.

2004 - B. Sc from RKM - Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, Kolkata

Research Interests

Carbene stabilized main group element or transition metal atom

Radical, diradical and radicaloid

Organometallic single molecule/ion magnet

Organic catalysis by above mentioned species

Theoretical calculations on stability, bonding aspects of unusual exotic species