IITKGP
Lisa Roy, IIT Kharagpur

Lisa Roy

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Education

+91-3222-284846

l.roy@edu.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Assistant Warden (Welfare), Savitribai Phule Hall of Residence - 2

Research Areas

Our primary research interest lies in the broad area of catalysis which include reactivity study of metalloenzyme and model complexes, organo-catalysts, and metal-organic-frameworks/covalent-organic-frameworks in order to computationally design novel catalytic systems for sustainable energy and resources. We mainly use combined density functional and wave-function based methods like the multireference and local pair natural orbital coupled cluster techniques and semi-empirical tight binding approaches to deliver a reliable picture of the catalyst active site binding, aggregation, and reaction mechanism. Lately, we also use machine learning principles to design novel catalyst and new reaction pathways. We are mainly focused on three different sub-topics:(1) Bio-inspired C-H activation or C=C hydroxylation; (2) Small molecule activation by 3d transition metal; (3) Non-covalent interaction assisted organo- and supramolecular catalysis

  • Harnessing Selectivity and Reactivity with Noncovalent Interactions in Molecular and Supramolecular Organo-Catalysis: A Computational Perspective by Mahapatra S.K., Ghosh B., Roy L. ChemCatChem 17 - (2025)

Principal Investigator

  • Quantum Chemical and Machine Learning Led Investigations to Identify Novel Inhibitor of Non-Hem-Rieske-Oxygenase Catalyzed Cholesterol Catabolism by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Quantum Chemical Investigations and Machine Learning Predictions of Supramolecular Catalysis in Capsules, Cavitands and Cages for Solvent-free Organic Transformations Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Extramural Research Division
  • Theoretical Investigations of Biomimetic Non-noble 3d Transition Metal Complexes as Redox Active MOF linkers for Cooperative Electrochemical Water Splitting SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR

Ph. D. Students

Barnini Mukherjee

Area of Research:

Bijoy Ghosh

Area of Research: Chemical Science

Nupur Dutta

Area of Research: Chemical Science