Dr. Achintya Kundu

• Investigated hydration structure of biomolecules (RNA, DNA) to explore the biological activity and proton hydration structure to understand the proton transfer mechanism • Handled ultrafast spectroscopy, two-dimensional Infrared spectroscopy (IR), and transient IR spectroscopy, various spectroscopic methods (THz, FTIR, UV/vis, CD), glove box, and light microscope • Operation and maintenance of commercial laser systems, homebuilt optical parametric amplifier (OPA), different optics

Post-Doctoral fellow (LASER Spectroscopy) • Investigated water structure and dynamics at the membrane interface to understand the membrane function and activity. Water dynamics in cytoplasm-like crowded environment and effect of osmolytes. • Handled femtosecond transient Mid-IR spectroscopy, homebuilt OPA, light microscope

Ph.D. (in Chemistry) • Investigated interface properties (air-water, membrane-water, air-semiconductor): water structure, pH, and polarity. • Developed and built transient electronic sum frequency spectroscopy set-up to study the dynamics at the interface • Handled vibrational sum frequency generation, transient UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, attenuated total reflectance IR spectroscopy, Langmuir trough, surface tensiometer, pH meter, spin casting, and clean room