Sk Ghosh
Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Swapan Kumar Ghosh earned his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Burdwan, after which he taught in Balurghat College and then joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Bombay, first as a Trainee and then as Scientific Officer. He did his PhD (1982) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay under the supervision of BM Deb. He worked with Robert G Parr at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1984-85). Ghosh was till recently head of the Theoretical Chemistry Section at BARC, Mumbai. He is also senior Professor and former Dean-Academic (BARC), Chemical Sciences at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, and an adjunct Professor at the University of Mumbai-DAE Centre of Excellence for Basic Sciences, Mumbai.
Research Interest
Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Materials Science, Soft Condensed Matter Physics
