Subrata Nath
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Chemistry education
- Optoelectronic materials
- Liquid crystal research
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Functional materials
- Materials chemistry
Biography
Subrata obtained his MSc in Chemistry from Gauhati University and earned his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati). His doctoral research, titled “Design and Syntheses of Some Heterocyclic Liquid Crystals and Organogelators”, focused on the design and synthesis of novel liquid crystalline and organogel materials for advanced functional applications. He subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at IISER Mohali and then at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, where his work centred on non-covalent interactions in liquid crystalline systems and the development of advanced functional materials.
Before joining Azim Premji University, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences and Languages (SASL), VIT Bhopal University. There, he taught undergraduate chemistry courses and mentored students in research. Earlier in his career, he taught chemistry at the higher secondary school level in Assam, gaining valuable experience in school science education.
His research and teaching aim to bridge fundamental chemistry with interdisciplinary materials research while promoting inquiry-based learning and meaningful science education.
Publications
Journal articles
- Yogesh, H. S., Shaik, S., Ali Sangi, S. M., Swaroop, K., Nagaraja, S., Anitha, K. N., Mishra, V. K., Chaudhary Kurmi, S. P., Nath, S., & Thapa, S. (2026). Polyphenol-based therapeutics for glioblastoma: Validation from in vitro cell viability assay and integrated onco-omics computational analysis. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology, 399, 3969 – 3996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00210-025 – 04690‑y
- Shabbir, F., Mishra, V. K., Noor, S., Nath, S., Khan, M. U., Fawy, K. F., Nishan, U., Dib, H., Shah, M., & Chen, K. (2025). Computer-aided screening of marine fungal metabolites as potential inhibitors of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase‑1. Scientific Reports, 15, 33997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025 – 12523‑4
- Yaswanth, M., Dubey, A., Tufail, A., Nath, S., Janardhan, S., Maffia, M., Ragusa, A., & Mishra, V. K. (2025). Computational repurposing of drugs against dengue virus targeting NS5 and methyltransferase proteins. Scientific Reports, 15, 33906. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025 – 09443‑8
- Khatun, N., Sridurai, V., Gupta, R. K., Nath, S., Kanakala, M. B., Garain, S., Achalkumar, A. S., Yelamaggad, C. V., & Nair, G. G. (2021). Effect of photonic band gap on photoluminescence in dye-doped blue phase liquid crystal. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 11582 – 11590. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07422
- Nath, S., Kappelt, A., Spengler, M., Roy, B., Voskuhl, J., & Giese, M. (2021). Tuning the solid-state emission of liquid crystalline nitro-cyanostilbene by halogen bonding. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 17, 124 – 131. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.17.13
- Vishwakarma, V. K., Nath, S., Gupta, M., Dubey, D. K., Swayamprabha, S. S., Jou, J.-H., Pal, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2019). Room temperature columnar liquid crystalline materials based on pyrazino[2,3‑g]quinoxaline for bright green OLEDs. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 1(9), 1959 – 1969. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.9b00477
- Nath, S., Pathak, S. K., Pradhan, B., Gupta, R. K., Reddy, K. A., Krishnamoorthy, G., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2018). A sensitive and selective sensor for picric acid detection with a fluorescence switching response. New Journal of Chemistry, 42, 5382 – 5394. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ05136K
- Nath, S., Pathak, S. K., De, J., Pal, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2017). The effect of regioisomerism on the mesomorphic and photophysical behavior of oxadiazole-based tris(N‑salicylideneaniline)s: Synthesis and characterization. New Journal of Chemistry, 41, 9908 – 9917. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ01766A
- Nath, S., Pathak, S. K., De, J., Pal, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2017). Star-shaped π‑gelators based on oxadiazole and thiadiazoles: A structure-property correlation. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2, 478 – 489. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7ME00040E
- Pathak, S. K., Nath, S., De, J., Pal, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2017). Contrasting effects of heterocycle substitution and branched tails in the arms of star-shaped molecules. New Journal of Chemistry, 41, 4680 – 4688. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ00911A
- Yadav, A. K., Pradhan, B., Ulla, H., Nath, S., De, J., Pal, S. K., Satyanarayan, M. N., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2017). Tuning the self-assembly and photophysical properties of bi‑1,3,4‑thiadiazole derivatives through electron donor – acceptor interactions and their application in OLEDs. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5, 9345 – 9358. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TC01420A
- Pathak, S. K., Gupta, R. K., Nath, S., Rao, D. S. S., Prasad, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2015). Columnar self-assembly of star-shaped luminescent oxadiazole and thiadiazole derivatives. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, 2940 – 2952. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TC00009B
- Pathak, S. K., Nath, S., Gupta, R. K., Rao, D. S. S., Prasad, S. K., & Achalkumar, A. S. (2015). Effect of regioisomerism on the self-assembly and photophysical behavior of 1,3,4‑thiadiazole-based polycatenars. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, 8166 – 8182. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5TC01437A