Dr. Sourav Saha, a leading supramolecular/materials chemist, will be joining our Department as an Associate Professor in August 2016. Dr. Saha’s diverse research program at the interface of organic, supramolecular, and materials chemistry focuses on developing stimuli-responsive materials that can function as novel anion receptors and sensors, transport charges in molecular electronic devices, convert light into electricity in solar cells, and deliver drugs in a controllable fashion in our bodies. Dr. Saha has been recognized for his discovery of anion-induced electron transfer events to Lewis and pi-acids, which created a new paradigm in the anion recognition field, earning him a US patent, a Young Academic Investigator award from the American Chemical Society, and an Innovator Award from the Florida State University where he began his independent career in 2009. In addition, Dr. Saha has published a dozen of high profile papers during his independent career, and he looks forward to expanding his vibrant research program here at Clemson with the help of a group of motivated graduate, undergraduate, and postdoctoral researchers. Dr. Saha received his PhD degree from UCLA (2005) and conducted postdoctoral work at UCLA and Yale University. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation and American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund.
