Suri Bandyopadhyay

Suritra (Suri) Bandyopadhyay

MSc Chemistry, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India

PhD Student in Chemistry (Chemical Biology)

Pines Graduate Fellow
Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow

Publications

6. Forzano JA, Bandyopadhyay S, Dirak M, Mallojjala SC, Brady C, Thomas B, Hirschi J, Chan J.* Donor-PeT-Based ALDH1A1-Activated Photosensitizer for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in NSCLC. 2025. Submitted.

5. Jiang C, Zhao Z, East AK, Bandyopadhyay S, Jiang Z, Chan J.* Logic-gated approach for targeted delivery and site-selective activation of photothermal agents in precision cancer treatment. Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 5155-5165.

4. Bandyopadhyay S, Forzano JA, Dirak M, Chan J.* Activatable Porphyrin-based Sensors, Photosensitizers and Combination Therapeutics. JACS Au. 2025, 5, 1, 42–54.

3. Bandyopadhyay S, Zhao Z, East AK, Tapia Hernandez R, Forzano JA, Shapiro BA, Yadav AK, Swartchick CB, Chan J.* An activity-based nitric oxide-responsive porphyrin for site-selective and nascent cancer ablation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2024, 16, 8, 9680–9689.

2. Dash S, Ghosh A, Bandyopadhyay S, Kalita P, Vishwakarma R, Srinivasan A, Suresh CH, Chandrashekhar TK.* 28π Non-Fused Hexaphyrin: Synthesis, Protonation Triggered Möbius Aromaticity and Structural Properties. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26, e20230087.

1. Bandyopadhyay S, Abiodun O, Ogboo B, Mustapha ATK, Attah EI, Edemhanria L, Kumari A, Jaganathan R, Adelakun NS.* Polypharmacology of some medicinal plant metabolites against SARS-CoV-2 and host targets: molecular dynamics evaluation of NSP9 RNA binding protein. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 2021, 40, 22, 11467-11483.

Select Awards

17. Drickamer Research Fellowship (2025)

16. Pines Graduate Fellowship (2025-26)

15. Younger Chemists Committee - Peter Beak Graduate Travel Award (2025)

14. ACS Division of Biological Chemistry Travel Grant (2025)

13. ACS Pride Merck Graduate Research Award (2024)

12. Walter Burrows Brown Fellowship (2024)

11. SCS Graduate Teaching Award (2024)

10. Beckman Graduate Fellowship (2024-25)

9. Best Poster Presentation - Hitchhiker's Guide to Biomolecular Galaxy (2024)

8. Hitchhiker's Guide to Biomolecular Galaxy Travel Award (2024)

7. Best Research Poster Presentation - Sylvia Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry (2024)

6. James R Beck Chemistry Fellowship (2023)

5. Zumdahl Teaching Excellence Award (2023)

4. Bailar Graduate Fellow (2022)

3. Institute Gold Medal for overall outstanding academic performance, NISER (2022)

2. Best Abstract Award, Congress of the Italian Federation of the Life Sciences (FISV) Symposium (2020)

1. National Initiative for Undergraduate Sciences - (Chemistry) Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (2017)