Associate Professor, Chemistry Education: B.S. (Honours), Calcutta University, 1967 M.S.. Calcutta University 1970 Ph.D. Columbia University 1977 Post Doctoral Fellow, Columbia University, 1977 - 1978 Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 1978 - 1980

Memberships:
American Chemical Society
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Indian Chemical Society
Sigma Xi

 

Research Interests:

Synthesis, structure elucidation and molecular modeling of biologically active molecules.
NMR spectroscopy.
Study of pi-pi interaction in aromatic and heterocyclic molecules.
Synthesis of novel fluorophores for the detection of metal ions.

Grants:
Summer Grant 1995
PEW Summer Grant 1993
PEW Summer Grant 1992
Howard Hughes Summer Grant 1992
PEW Summer Grant 1991
NSF Grant# USE-9052233; $207,000
NSF Grant # DMB890107P; $90,000
Ciba-Geigy Grant: $10,000
PEW Curriculum Development Grant 1996
PEW Summer Grant 1996

Invited Lectures/Seminars:

Invited to give a seminar at:

Dept. of Organic Chemistry, The Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, India, Jan. 17, 2005

Chemgen, Kolkata, India, Jan. 13, 2005

The Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CSIR, Govt. of India, Jadavpur, India, Jan. 7, 2005

Department of Chemistry, The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, Jan. 5, 2005

The Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum, India, Dec. 29, 2004

Dept. of Organic Chemistry, The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Dec. 24, 2004

School of Chemistry, Hyderabad University, Dec. 23, 2004

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratory, Hyderabad, Dec. 23, 2004

The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Dec. 22, 2004

The National Chemical Laboratory, Pune India, Dec. 20, 2004

Invited to give a seminar at University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry, “Shielding Effects in OrganicChemistry, Friend or Foe?” Mar. 3, 2003

Invited to give a seminar at California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering on “Unprecedented Concentration Dependent Chemical Shift Variation in Proton NMR Studies” , Date: May 19, 1999

Invited speaker at IUPAC Coference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS), Bangalore, India, Dec. 11-16, 1994, “Synthesis and Mode of Action of Suramin.”

Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Conferences, Organic Reactions and Processes 1992, “A Theoretical Model for the Bergman Cyclization”

Invited Speaker at Gordon Research Conferences, Natural Products 1990, ”Mode of Action of FK506.”

Publications:

Patents:
Process for Removal of DDT-related Impurities from Dicofol. Nichols, Richard Walter; Zabrodski, William Josepf; Mitra, Abhijit. (Rohm and Haas Co., USA). Eur. Pat. Appl. 1991, 22 pp. CODEN: EPXXDW EP 460977 A1 19911211 Designated States R: AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, LI, NL. Patent written in English. Application: EP 86-91306349 19860610. CAN 117:26066 AN 1992:426066

Process for the Removal of DDT-Related Impurities by Extraction from 1,1-bis(Chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-Trichloroethanol (Dicofol, a Miticide). Nichols, Richard W.; Zabrodski, William J.; Mitra, Abhijit. (Rohm and Haas Co., USA).U.S., 1987, 9 pp. Cont.-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 783,392, abandoned. CODEN: USXXAM US 4705902 A 19871110 Patent written in English. Application: US 86-862001 19860515. Priority: US 85-740618 19850603; US 85-783392 19851003. CAN 108:186310 AN 1988:186310

 

Links:

American Chemical Society, Organic Chemistry Division

Organic Chemistry Data Tables

Articles of interest:

http://www.ipi.com/images/cen0303.pdf

Contact Information:

Phone: 718-405-3391

email: a.mitra@mountsaintvincent.edu

Offices: Science Hall 309A