Dr. Ashim Nandi

Designation : Assistant Professor

Broad Area of Expertise : Chemistry

Email : ashim{at}iitgoa.ac.in

Contact Number : +91-832-2490-928

Address : FC-06, Prefab Cabin B

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Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2021)
  • M.Sc. in Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India (2015)

Areas of Research

Computational Quantum Chemistry, Computational Catalysis, Computational Biochemistry, Quantum Tunnelling in Chemical Reactions, Enzyme Design and Catalysis, Drug Discovery.

https://www.nandilab.com/

Courses Taught

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa (2025–Present)
  • Research Associate, University of Southern California, USA (2022–2025)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (2021–2022)

Recent Publications

  1. A.Nandi, A. Warshel*, The Action of Plastic Degrading Enzyme is Accelerated Mainly Due to an Increase in Thermal Stability Rather Than by Inherent Catalytic Effect, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025,147, 33, 30447–30454.
  2. A. Nandi, M. Asadi, Aoxuan Zhang, Zhen T. Chu, A. Warshel*, Mechanistic Insights into Nitrile and Alkyne Covalent Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease, ACS Catalysis 2025, 15 (2), 1158–1169.
  3. A. Nandi, A. Zhang, Z. T. Chu, W. Xie, Z. Xu, S. Dong, A. Warshel*, Exploring the Light-Emitting Agents in Renilla Luciferases by an Effective QM/MM Approach, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146 (20), 13875–13885.
  4. A. Nandi†, A. Zhang†, E. Arad, R. Jelenik, A. Warshel*, Assessing the Catalytic Role of Native Glucagon Amyloid Fibrils, ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 4656–4664 (†Equal contribution).
  5. Z. Alassad†, A. Nandi†, S. Kozuch*, A. Milo*, Reactivity and Enantioselectivity in NHC Organocatalysis Provide Evidence for the Complex Role of Modifications at the Secondary Sphere, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145 (1), 89–98 (†Equal contribution).
  6. A. Nandi*, Z. Alassad, A. Milo, S. Kozuch, Quantum Tunneling on Carbene Organocatalysis: Breslow Intermediate Formation via Water-Bridges, ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 14836–14841.

Recognition and Awards

  1. Selected as a Mars Fellow for the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany (2024)
  2. Invited as a Young Scientist to the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Germany (2024)
  3. DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship Award, India (2023–2024, not availed)
  4. Dean’s Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science (2021)
  5. University’s Rector Prize for Excellence in Ph.D. (Summa cum Laude) (2021)
  6. Invited as an Outstanding Doctoral Student to Meet the PM of India, Tel Aviv, Israel (2017)
  7. Negev-Tsin Scholarship for Ph.D. (2017–2021)
  8. ADAMA Prize for Excellence in Research (2017)
  9. Rector Gold Medal for Securing the First Rank in M.Sc. Chemistry (2015)
  10. ONGC Scholarship for Securing the First Rank in M.Sc. Chemistry (2013–2015)
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