Debayan Chakraborty
Reader
Theoretical Physics
2254 3205
debayan @ imsc . res . in
205 New Building
Research Interests:
- Protein and RNA folding
- Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
- Amyloid Aggregation
- Liquid-liquid phase separation
- Energy Landscape theory
Education:
- PhD in Chemical Physics, University of Cambridge (2012-2016)
- MSc in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford (2010-2011)
- BSc (Hons.) Chemistry, St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi (2007-2010)
Career History:
- Reader F, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (July 2023-present)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Texas at Austin, USA (November 2016-June 2023)
- Junior Research Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (October 2011-September 2012)
Courses Taught:
- Condensed Matter Physics 1 (2023)
Selected publications:
- Energy landscapes of Ab monomers are sculpted according to Ostwald's rule of stages, D. Chakraborty, J. E. Straub and D. Thirumalai, Science Advances, 9, eadd6921, 2023.
- Differences in the free energies between the excited states of Ab40 and Ab42 monomers encode their distinct aggregation propensities, D. Chakraborty, J. E. Straub and D. Thirumalai, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 117, 19926, 2020.
- Sequence effects on size, shape and structural heterogeneity in intrinsically disordered proteins, U. Baul, D. Chakraborty, M. L. Mugnai, J. E. Straub and D. Thirumalai, J. Phys. Chem. B, 123, 3462, 2019.
- Energy landscapes, folding mechanisms, and kinetics of RNA tetraloop hairpins, D. Chakraborty, R. Collepardo-Guevara and D. J. Wales, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, 18052, 2014.