Dr. Somrita Mondal is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU). She specializes in General Chemistry.
EDUCATION
2007 – B.S. Chemistry, Bankura Christian College (India)
2009 – M.S. Chemistry, University of Burdwan (India)
2015 – Ph.D. Chemistry, Jadavpur University (India)
2023 – Began teaching at SWOSU
BIOGRAPHY & RESEARCH
Somrita Mondal obtained her PhD degree in Chemistry in 2015 from Jadavpur University, India. In 2015, she moved to University of Massachusetts, Amherst for her postdoctoral research. After that, she continued postdoctoral research at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research. In December 2017, she joined University of Calcutta as National Postdoctoral Fellow and completed a research project as principal investigator. In November 2019, she moved to College of Pharmacy, SWOSU for postdoctoral research. Further, she joined the Department of Chemistry & Physics, SWOSU in September 2022 and continued her research with Prof. Hubin. She started teaching at the same department in Spring 2023.
Dr. Mondal has published 23 research articles and 2 book chapters in international journals. She also serves as review editor in the editorial board of several international journals including Frontiers in Chemistry, Frontiers; Microorganisms, MDPI and Science Publishing group.
Research Interests:
Semiconductor nanomaterials have been extensively studied throughout the past decade owing to their potential multifaceted applications such as: sensing, imaging, catalysis and photovoltaics. Our research group focuses on synthesis of semiconductor nanomaterials e.g. quantum dots; metal oxides e.g. ZnO, graphene oxide, functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and the composites of ZnO/GO and ZnO/CNT. We characterize the as synthesized semiconductor nanomaterials/composites using UV-Vis, fluorescence, Dynamic light scattering, X-Ray diffraction, Scanning electron microscopy, Atomic Force microscopy, and Transmission electron microscopy. Further, we explore their applications in three different areas: (1) sensing of physiologically important biomolecules; (2) quantum dot-dye co-sensitized solar cell devices, and (3) photocatalytic degradation of water pollutants for waste-water purification.
Synthesis and characterization of inorganic and organic nanomaterials: exploring their applications in biosensing, solar cells and memory devices; organic synthesis of anticancer drug molecules; design of inorganic metal complex based catalysts for degradation of dyes and antibiotics leading to waste water purification.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: somrita.mondal@swosu.edu Office Number: CPP 205-B
Phone Number: 580-774-3183
TEACHING: BASIC COURSES
CHEM 1004 Gen Chem
CHEM 1004L Gen Chem Lab
CHEM 1252 Gen Chem I Lab CHEM 1203 Gen Chem I SCI-1501 Concepts of Physical Science Lab SCI 1513 Concepts of Physical Science
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
“Synthesis and biological characterization of an orally bioavailable lactate dehydrogenasea
inhibitor against pancreatic cancer”, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (Impact Factor: 6.0), 2024, 275, 116598.
“Amino acid-modified wrinkled graphene oxide nanofiber embedded in PMMA for long-term archival memory applications”, ACS Applied Electronic Materials (Impact Factor: 4.7), 2024, 6(5), 3337–3345
“Earth abundant oxidation catalysts for removal of contaminants of emerging concern from wastewater: homogeneous catalytic screening of monomeric complexes”, Molecules (Impact Factor: 4.9), 2023, 28(18), 6466.
“A bridge too far? Comparison of transition metal complexes of dibenzyltetraazamacrocycles
with and without ethylene cross-bridges: X-ray crystal structures, kinetic
stability, and electronic properties”, Molecules (Impact Factor: 4.9), 2023,
28(2), 895.
Synthesis, molecular modeling, biological and pharmacokinetic evaluation of hydroxy pyrimidinones and pyrimidinediones as novel LDHA inhibitors, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2025, 300, 118156.
Recent Advances in Quantum Dot-Dye Co-Sensitized Solar Cells: Challenges and Future Perspectives, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2026, 2, e00628.
Rechargeable and Reusable Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation of Organic Dyes: Fe and Mn Cross-Bridged Tetraazamacrocycle Complexes Electrostatically Bound to an Ion Exchange Resin, Compounds (Feature Paper), 2026, 6, 23.
Quantum Dots in Biosensing, Bioimaging, and Drug Delivery, Book Chapter, Springer Nature, 2022.
