Satya Priya Moulik

Biography

Satya Priya Moulik earned his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Chemistry from Calcutta University, and joined the University College of Science (Kolkata) to work with BN Ghosh on 'disperse systems' in the Department of Chemistry, and obtained his PhD degree (1962). He received the DSc degree (1976) of Calcutta University on 'flow behaviours with reference to electrofiltration and conductance'. His post-doctoral research (1965-68) was on "cloud seeding" and "forced-flow electrophoresis" at the University of Arizona, USA with ML Corrin and M Bier, respectively, and membrane transport with N Lakshminarainaiah at the University of Pennsylvania. On returning to India, Dr Moulik was a Pool Officer at the Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (1969). Subsequently, he joined the Chemistry Department of the same University as Lecturer and later became a Professor. He was a Visiting Research Associate (1979-80) at the Georgia State University, USA and visited St Francis Xavier University, Canada (1999) as James Chair Professor. He continued in the Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University till his retirement (2001). He became an INSA Senior Scientist and a UGC Emeritus Fellow for the periods 2001-2002, and 2002-2003, respectively. He then switched over to the INSA Senior Scientist (2003-05), and is presently INSA Honorary Scientist (since 2005) at the same University.

Research Interest

Surface and Biophysical Chemistry