Atanu Ghosh,Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

​Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Interests

​Synthesis of noble metal cluster based MOFs. Solve the structure using single crystal XRD and other analytical technique. Application of these MOFs for catalysis.

Selected Publications

  • Sequential dihydrogen desorption from hydride protected atomically precise silver clusters and the formation of nak... 
    A. Ghosh, Md. Bodiuzzaman, A. Nag, M. Jash, A. Baksi, T. Pradeep
    ACS Nano, 11, 1114511151., (2017)
  • Isomerism in monolayer protected silver cluster ions: An ion mobility-mass spectrometry approach 
    A. Baksi, A. Ghosh, S. Mudedla, P. Chakraborty, S. Bhat, B. Mondal, K. R. Krishnadas, V. S...
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, 13421-13427. , (2017)
  • A new cluster and a precursor for three well-known clusters 
    E. Khatun, A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, B. Mondal, S. Chennu, T. Pradeep
    Nanoscale, 9, 8240-8248, (2017)
  • Unusual reactivity of dithiol protected clusters in comparison to monothiol protected clusters: Studies using Ag51(... 
    A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, T. Pradeep
    Nanoscale, 9, 10681077., (2016)
  • Structure-conserving spontaneous transformations between nanoparticles 
    K. R. Krishnadas, A. Baksi, A. Ghosh, G. Natarajan, T. Pradeep
    Nat. Commun., 7, 13447., (2016)
  • Inter-cluster reactions between Au25(SR)18 and Ag44(SR)30 
    K. R. Krishnadas, A. Ghosh, A. Baksi, I. Chakraborty, G. Natarajan, T. Pradeep
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138. 140148., (2016)
  • Simple and efficient separation of atomically precise noble metal clusters 
    A. Ghosh, J. Hassinen, P. Pulkkinen, H. Tenhu, Robin H. A. Ras, T. Pradeep
    Anal. Chem., 86, 1218512190, (2014)
  • Approaching sensitivity of tens of ions using atomically precise cluster-nanofiber composites 
    A. Ghosh, V. Jeseentharani, Md. A. Ganayee, R. Hemalatha, K. Chaudhari, C. Vijayan, T. Pra...
    Anal. Chem., 86, 1099611001, (2014)
  • Synthesis of atomically precise silver clusters using the miscibility principle 
    A. Ghosh, T. Pradeep
    Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 5271-5275 , (2014)
  • Coalescence of atomically precise slusters on graphenic surfaces 
    A. Ghosh, T. Pradeep, J. Chakrabarti
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 1395913964, (2014)

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Chemistry, IIT MADRAS, Chennai, India, 2017
  • M.Sc., Chemistry, IIT MADRAS, Chennai, India, 2011

Professional Profile

  • ​2017-present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia


Awards

  • Best Poster Award, ​Atanu Ghosh, Thumu Udaya B. Rao and T. Pradeep, “Direct route to luminescent Au18SG14”, 4th Bangalore Nano conference, held at Bangalore, India, December 08–09, 2011.
  • Best Poster Award, Atanu Ghosh, Debasmita Ghosh, Esma Khatun, Papri Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, “Unusual reactivity of dithiol protected clusters in comparison to monothiol protected clusters: Studies using Ag51(BDT)19(TPP)3 and Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4”, JSPS-DST Asian Academic Seminar 2016, held at Tokyo, Japan, December 14–20, 2016.

KAUST Affiliations

  • ​KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Material chemistry Noble metal clusters MOF catalysis

Former Faculty

  • ​Jorg Eppinger, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Jr-Hau He, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Kazuhiro Takanabe, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Lain-Jong Li, Ph.D. (Professor)
  • Valentin Rodionov, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)
  • Vicent Tung, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)
  • Yu Han, Ph.D. (Professor)

 

Former Research Staff

  • Abou-Hamad edy, Ph.D. Research Engineer
  • Douaa Hamed (Lab Technician)
  • Haibo Zhu, Ph.D. (Research Scientist)
  • Isidoro Morales Osorio , Ph.D. (Research Technician)
  • Jeremie Pelletier ( Lab Manager)
  • Jing Fan (Lab Technician)
  • Lu Zhou
  • Lan Zhao (Research Technician)
  • Linjie Su (Lab Technician)
  • Rong-rong Jiang (Lab Technician)

Research Scientist

  • Chen Zhu, Ph.D.
  • Huaifeng Li, Ph.D.
    • Jun Pan, Ph.D.
    • Muralirajan Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
    • Pavlo Nikolaienko, Ph.D.
    • Ram Karan, Ph.D.
    • Sergey Kozlov, Ph.D.
    • Xiulin Yang, Ph.D.
    • Yuanlong Shao, Ph.D.
    • Yichen Cai, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Fellows

    • Abdesslem Jedidi, Ph.D.                                                     
    • Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury,Ph.D.
    • Akshaya K Samal, Ph.D.
    • Anatoly Peshkov, Ph.D.
    • Athira Cheruvelil, Ph.D.
    • Chaochao Yue, Ph.D.
    • Chaojie Cui, Ph.D.
    • Changguang Yao, Ph.D.
    • Chinmoy K. Hazra, Ph.D.
    • Dandan Zhang, Ph.D.
    • Diego Zapater Bes, Ph.D.
    • Eleonora Fava, Ph.D.
    • Eva Pump, Ph.D.
    • Fazal Raziq, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Buchel, Ph.D.
    • Gangaiah Mettela,Ph.D.
    • Hong Wang, Ph.D.
    • Hassan Ait Ahsaine, Ph.D.
    • Ida Autiero, Ph.D.
    • Janet Chakkamadathil Mohandas, Ph.D.
    • Jung-Hyun Park, Ph.D.
    • Jinsong Hu, Ph.D.
    • Jie Chen, Ph.D.
    • Kwangjae Lee, Ph.D.
    • Karthik Peramaiya, Ph.D.
    • Kushal Deepak Bhatte​,Ph.D.
    • Luis Miguel Azofra Mesa
    • Liangjin Xu, Ph.D.
    • ​Manbo Li, Ph.D.
    • Michael Kelly, Ph.D.
    • Mannathan Subramaniyan, Ph.D.
    • Manas Bhunia, Ph.D.
    • Niladri Maity, Ph.D.
    • Olga Gladkovskaya, Ph.D.
    • Raju Dey, Ph.D.
    • Sai Vikrama Chaitanya vummaleti, Ph.D.
    •  Somphonh Peter Phivilay, Ph.D.
    • Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Ph.D.
    • Shao-Chi Lee, Ph.D.
    • Stefania Evoli, Ph.D.
    • Shixiong Min, Ph.D.
    • Srikanth Pedireddy, Ph.D.
    • Shashank Sakleshpur Nagaraja, Ph.D.
    • Tunc Deniz, Ph.D.
    • Tianyou Chen, Ph.D.
    • Wei Zhao, Ph.D.
    • Won Suk Juang, Ph.D.
    • Xuechao Liu, Ph.D.
    • Xiufang wang, Ph.D.
    • Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
    • Yunfei Cai, Ph.D.
    • Yupeng Pan, Ph.D.
    • Yuri Lebedev, Ph.D.
    • Yogesh Raghunath Patil, Ph.D.
    • Zhaolai Chen, Ph.D.

    Ph.D. Students

    • Adrian Hol, Ph.D
    • Arwa Makki, Ph.D.
    • Adrian Hohl, Ph.D.
    • Amal A. Baqais, Ph.D.
    • Abdullah Dakhi, Ph.D.
    • Azimet Karluk, Ph.D.
    • Baraa Werghi, Ph.D.
    • Batian Chen, Ph.D.
    • Bilel Hamzaoui, Ph.D.
    • Bedour E. Al-Sabban, Ph.D.
    • Chao Guan, Ph.D.
    • Dalal Noureldine, Ph.D.
    • Duanxing Li, Ph.D.
    • Ding-Jier Yuan, Ph.D.
    • Eleanor Ang Pei Ling, Ph.D.
    • Gabriel Jeantelot, Ph.D.
    • Hind Al-Johani, Ph.D.
    • Haleema Alamri, Ph.D.
    • Hsin-Hua Huang, Ph.D. 
    • Israa Salem Al-Rowaihi, Ph.D.
    • Ibrahim Dursun
    • Keisuke Obata, Ph.D.
    • Liliana Panarone, Ph.D.
    • Miguel Dinis Veloso Guerreiro, Ph.D.
    • Maha Al Haddad, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Qureshi, Ph.D.
    • Muhammad Naufal Lintangpradipto, Ph.D.
    • Nawal alhajri, Ph.D.
    • Nazeeha Alkayal, Ph.D.
    • Noor Almana, Ph.D.
    • Nouf Al Jabri, Ph.D.
    • Nikita Kolobo, Ph.D.
    • Oleksii Pustovarenko, Ph. D.
    • Quaid Johar Samun Virpurwala, Ph.D.
    • Reem Al-Shareef, Ph.D.
    • Reem Alshumrani, Ph.D.
    • Sarah Almahdali, Ph.D.
    • Sheikha Lardhi, Ph.D.
    • Stefan Grotzinger, Ph.D.
    • Tatsuya Shinagawa, Ph.D.

    Master Students

    • Abdulaziz Khan
    • Abdulelah Qahtan
    • Amer Alabd
    • Alexandra Vancea
    • Ali Hamieh
    • Khalid F. Alahmadi
    • Kanav Kalra
    • Mram Alyami
    • Mohammad Al Rebh
    • Salha E. Alotaibi


    Former Administration

    • Ann Bauwens (Executive Secretary)
    • Jiao Qiu (Business Administrator)
    • Wenwen Zhu(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xijun Deng(Administrative Assistant)
    • Xianzheng Meng(Business Administrator)
    • Yi-Cing Li (Business Administrator)