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{{Short description|Indian quantum chemist (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Swapan Kumar Pati
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|12|7}}
| birth_place = [[Paschim Medinipur district]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Quantum chemistry]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Midnapore College]] | [[Kalyani University]] | [[Indian Institute of Science]] | [[Northwestern University]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on electronic optical and magnetic phenomena in molecular systems
| awards = {{ublist | 2006 Materials Research Society of India Medal | 2007 [[Chemical Research Society of India|CRSI]] Bronze Medal |
2012 [[The World Academy of Sciences|TWAS]] Prize | 2008 Birla Science Prize | 2009 [[Chemical Society of Japan|CSJ]] Distinguished Lectureship Award | 2010 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Swapan Kumar Pati''' (born 7 December 1968) is an Indian quantum chemist, a professor of the department of chemistry at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]] and the head of the Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group at the institute.<ref name="Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/pati |title=Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group |date=2016 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}</ref> He is known for his studies on electronic optical and magnetic phenomena in molecular systems<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=130 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Pati,_Prof._Swapan_Kumar |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=P |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India}}</ref> and [[The World Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="TWAS Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/member/pati-swapan-kumar |title=TWAS Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2010, for his contributions to chemical sciences.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:University of Kalyani (1).jpg|thumb|235px|left|University of Kalyani]]
Born on 7 December 1968 in [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]],<ref name="Small is Big">{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101206/jsp/knowhow/story_13261880.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322090438/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101206/jsp/knowhow/story_13261880.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 March 2014 |title=Small is Big |date=6 December 2010 |publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref> S. K. Pati did his graduate studies in chemistry at [[Midnapore College]] of the [[Vidyasagar University]] and passed a master's degree from [[Kalyani University]].<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/~pati/profile/ |title=Faculty profile |date=2016 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}</ref> Subsequently, he moved to [[Bengaluru]] to pursue his doctoral studies at Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the [[Indian Institute of Science]]<ref name="IISc Alumnus">{{Cite web |url=https://alumni.iisc.ernet.in/profile/view/swapan-kumar-pati |title=IISc Alumnus |date=2016 |publisher=IISc Alumni Association}}</ref> and completed his post-doctoral work at [[University of California, Davis]] and [[Northwestern University]]. On his return to India, he joined the Theoretical Sciences Unit of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]] as a member of faculty where he serves as a professor and the head of the Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group.<ref name="Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group" />

== Legacy ==
Pati's researches fall into five major areas; Quantum Magnetism, Optical and Opto-electronic Properties, Transport in Nanostructures and Biomolecular Systems, Hydrogen Storage in Organic Molecular Solids and New Carbon based Materials<ref name="Research Areas">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/~pati/research/ |title=Research Areas |date=2016 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}</ref> and his studies are reported to have widened the understanding of electronic optical and magnetic phenomena in molecular systems.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref> The process developed by him for the preparation of [[Julolidine]] conjugates<ref name="Visible-near-infrared and fluorescent copper sensors based on julolidine conjugates: selective detection and fluorescence imaging in living cells">{{Cite journal |last=Maity D, Manna AK, Karthigeyan D, Kundu TK, Pati SK, Govindaraju T. |title=Visible-near-infrared and fluorescent copper sensors based on julolidine conjugates: selective detection and fluorescence imaging in living cells |journal=Chemistry: A European Journal |year=2011 |publication-date=September 2011 |volume=17 |issue=40 |pages=11152–61 |doi=10.1002/chem.201101906 |pmid=21882277 |bibcode=2011ChEuJ..1711152M }}</ref> have earned him a patent.<ref name="Patents">{{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/swapan-kumar-pati |title=Patents |date=2016 |publisher=Justia Patents}}</ref> His researches have been documented by way of a number of peer-reviewed articles;<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Verma=3ASandeep=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref><ref name="List of publications">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/~pati/publications/ |title=List of publications |date=2016 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}</ref> [[Google Scholar]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 292 of them.<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pGGFotsAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2016 |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref> He is a member of [[American Physical Society]], [[American Chemical Society]] and [[The World Academy of Sciences]]. He sits in the editorial board of ''Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research'' and has served as an advisory board member of [[Journal of Materials Chemistry]] of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]] and the [[Journal of Physical Chemistry]] of American Chemical Society, both during 2009–11.<ref name="Faculty profile" />

; Patents
* {{Cite web |url=http://patents.justia.com/inventor/swapan-kumar-pati |title=Julolidine conjugates and methods for their preparation and use |date=2016 |publisher=Justia Patents}}

== Awards and honors ==
Pati, who is a junior associate at the [[Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics]] since 2003, received the MRSI Medal of the Materials Research Society of India in 2006<ref name="MRSI Medal Winners 2006">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mrsi.org.in/awardshonours.php |title=MRSI MEDAL WINNERS 2006 |date=2016 |publisher=Materials Research Society of India}}</ref> and the Bronze Medal of the [[Chemical Research Society of India]] in 2007.<ref name="CRSI Bronze Medal">{{Cite web |url=http://www.crsi.org.in/index.php/crsi-awards/year-1999-2008 |title=CRSI Bronze Medal |date=2016 |publisher=Chemical Research Society of India |access-date=5 December 2016 |archive-date=16 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016123938/http://www.crsi.org.in/index.php/crsi-awards/year-1999-2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[The World Academy of Sciences]] selected him as a Young Affiliate the same year; TWAS would honor him again with an elected fellowship in 2010<ref name="TWAS Fellow" /> and with the TWAS Prize in 2012.<ref name="TWAS Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/sites/default/files/07-prizes-20-25.pdf |title=TWAS Prize |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref> In between, he received the Swaranjayanti Fellowship of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] in 2006, the Birla Science Prize in 2008<ref name="B. M. Birla Science Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ |title=B. M. Birla Science Prize |date=2016 |publisher=B. M. Birla Science Centre}}</ref> and the Distinguished Lectureship Award of the [[Chemical Society of Japan]] in 2009.<ref name="Faculty profile" /> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2010<ref name="Chemical Sciences">{{cite web | url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | title=Chemical Sciences | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012851/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/CHEMICAL_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=2012-09-12 }}</ref> and he was elected as a fellow by the by [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="Fellow profile" /> and the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] in 2010.<ref name="NASI fellows" />

== See also ==
* [[Julolidine]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/~pati/publications/ |title=List of publications |date=2016 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research}}

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[[Category:1966 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian chemists]]
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[[Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India]]
[[Category:People from Paschim Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Vidyasagar University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Kalyani alumni]]
[[Category:Indian Institute of Science alumni]]
[[Category:University of California, Davis alumni]]
[[Category:Northwestern University alumni]]
[[Category:Fellows of The World Academy of Sciences]]
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