Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Cornell University and Columbia University, USA
2.5
Computational Chemistry, Climate Change Mitigation
Computational Modeling of Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Using Sustainable Routes
Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry from BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
M.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Hyderabad
B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Calcutta
Assistant Professor at SR University, Warangal, from 2026-07-15 to .
Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA, from 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-28.
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, from 2023-12-18 to 2025-06-30.
Ph.D
Roy, D. and Hazra, R., 2020, February. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cholesterol and Cholesteryl Hemisuccinate and Analysis of Their Structural and Dynamical Properties. In Proceedings of International Conference on Drug Discovery (ICDD).
Hazra, R. and Roy, D., 2021. Distinctive weak interactions underlie diverse nucleation and small-angle scattering behavior of aqueous cholesterol, cholesteryl hemisuccinate, and glycocholic acid. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125(2), 612-624.
Penjarla, T.R., Shukla, A.K., Hazra, R., Roy, D., Kundarapu, M., Dixit, M. and Bhattacharya, A., 2022. Copper acetate catalysed C–C bond formation en route to the synthesis of spiro indanedione cyclopropylpyrazolones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 20(18), 3779-3784.
Shukla, A.K., Hazra, R., Sharma, P., Saha, S.K., Roy, D., Kulkarni, O.P. and Bhattacharya, A., 2022. Pyrrole-pyridine chelating motif on the ?-carboline skeleton: Selective Zn2+ sensing via inhibition of ESIPT. Dyes and Pigments, 202, 110238.
Hazra, R. and Roy, D., 2023. Monosaccharide induced temporal delay in cholesterol self-aggregation. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 41(8), 3205-3217.
Hazra, R. and Roy, D., 2023. Free energy landscape of wrapping of lipid nanocluster by polysaccharides. Biophysical Chemistry, 294, p.106956. (Cover article)
Hazra, R. and Roy, D., 2023. Robustness of heteroaggregates involving hydrophobic cholesterol and its mimetics. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(40), 27230-27243.
Bandyopadhyay, A., Hazra, R., Roy, D. and Bhattacharya, A., 2024. HSA over BSA: Selective detection of Human Serum Albumin via a naphtho [2, 1?b] furan?based system. Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 19(5), e202301055.
Nethi, S., Hazra, R., Kumar Jagannathareddy, D. and Roy, D., 2025. Energetics of Oligosaccharide Adsorption on Ionic Liquid?Clay Composites. Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 20(3), e202400891.
Zheng, R., Mohammed, S., Jia, Y., Hazra, R. and Gadikota, G., 2025. The effect of H2 occupancy modes in small and large cages of H2–tetrahydrofuran hydrates on the hydrates’ stability and H2 storage capacity. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(13), 6532-6545.
Mohammed, S., Asgar, H., Jia, Y., Hazra, R., Ochonma, P., Benmore, C.J. and Gadikota, G., 2025. Elucidating molecular scale interactions underlying the freezing behavior of salt solutions in silica nanopores. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(18), 9562-9572.
Mohammed, S., Alsmaeil, A.W., Asgar, H., Ochonma, P., Kouloumpis, A., Jia, Y., Hazra, R., Kuzmenko, I., Giannelis, E.P. and Gadikota, G., 2025. Directing the adsorption and assembly of laponite nano-discs at oil–water interfaces. Nanoscale Advances, 7(11), 3396-3405.
Jia, Y., Hazra, R., Wu, A., Patel, S.M. and Gadikota, G., 2025. Mechanisms Underlying the Freezing and Melting Behavior of Water Confined in Silica Nanopores as a Function of Pore Size and Pore Filling. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 27(36), 19465-19479.
Linus Pauling Budding Research Talent Award presented by Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus for excellent research performance.
DST-INSPIRE Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
DST-INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) computing grant (in collaboration) worth $10,000 awarded by Amazon through Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing, USA.
Microsoft Azure computing grant (in collaboration) worth $15,000 awarded by Microsoft through Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing, USA.
Rank 5 in University of Calcutta for B.Sc. Chemistry (Honours) Examinations 2017.
