Arkajit Mandal

Hello! I am Arkajit Mandal.
I am a Postdoc Research Scientist at Columbia University,
working with Prof. David Reichman.
(Ph.D. at University of Rochester)
✉️ arkajit.mandal@columbia.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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Columbia University

Postdoctoral Research Scientist
(2021-Present)

University of Rochester

Ph.D. & M.S in Chemistry
(2016-2021)

"Outstanding Dissertation Award"

Visva-Bharati University

M.Sc & B.Sc in Chemistry
(2011-2016)

Extended Hückel App

Headed the development of this application with an undergrad at UofR. This is a web-based cheap electronic structure app aimed at undergrads studying chemistry. I used the Semi-empirical Extended Huckel approach to compute the molecular electronic structure.

Calistry.org

Headed the development of this website which was made with my friends during our undergrad. Has about a hundred calculators on different topics in a typical undergrad/high-school chemistry. Gets ~1 million visitors each year. To my surprise these tools were cited in several research papers and in a book about Fish! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

An Intro Comp. Chem. Course

Made an introductory course on Computational Chemistry for high school students. Has been teaching every summer at the University of Rochester (Upward Bound summer program) since 2017. The high school kids were able to perform molecular dynamics simulation of water molecules passing through a Carbon Nanotubes.

Some Random Illustrations

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Columbia University

University of Rochester

Visva-Bharati University

Extended Hückel App

Calistry.org

An Intro Comp. Chem. Course

Recent Awards

Outstanding Dissertation Award
at
University of Rochester
2022

American Chemical Society
Chemical Computing
Group Excellence Award
2021

American Chemical Society
Graduate Award
in Theoretical Chemistry
2020

COvers

Some Random Illustrations

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Columbia University

University of Rochester

Visva-Bharati University

Extended Hückel App

Calistry.org

An Intro Comp. Chem. Course

Recent Awards

Outstanding Dissertation Award atUniversity of Rochester2022

American Chemical Society Chemical ComputingGroup Excellence Award2021

American Chemical SocietyGraduate Awardin Theoretical Chemistry 2020

COvers

Outstanding Dissertation Award
at
University of Rochester
2022

American Chemical Society
Chemical Computing
Group Excellence Award
2021

American Chemical Society
Graduate Award
in Theoretical Chemistry
2020