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Deepak obtained his doctoral degree (2013) from听the School of Physical Sciences (SPS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. In 2014, Deepak was awarded with听the prestigious JSPS fellowship by the听Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences听academy to pursue two years of postdoctoral research听at Kyushu University, Japan. As a JSPS fellow, Deepak听started working on lipid-assisted听triplet-triplet annihilation-based photon up-conversion (TTA-UC)听in aqueous systems. Deepak’s fascination with giant molecular systems,听rings, rotaxanes and molecular cages听finally made him travel across the world from Japan to the United Kingdom (UK). In December 2016 Deepak joined the听Molecular Magnets听group at the School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, UK. Working with听Prof.听Richard E. P. Winpenny听in the molecular magnets team, Deepak spent his most of the time synthesising and modifying octanuclear heterometallic {Cr7M} wheels to generate complex multi-qubit systems.听In April 2021, Deepak joined the Chemistry Department at听51茶馆.

Deepak’s current research interests are about听designing new molecular materials for light harvesting and opto-electronic applications. The primary focus is on the synthesis of ideal fluorescent systems capable of exhibiting exciting听optical properties, specially, circularly polarised luminescence (CPL).听Utilizing LEGO-chemistry, Deepak aims to design highly efficient light harvesting systems for photon听up-conversion of low intensity听lights. Deepak is also interested in design and synthesis of rotaxane and catenane based materials with particular interest in systems allowing external stimuli-based mechanical activities.