Gourab Acharjee

• I am a PhD candidate in Organic Chemistry and Material Science at Kent State University, with a focus on nanoscale chirality and liquid crystal molecules. My research interests include, organic synthesis, and the development of novel materials. I am passionate about bridging fundamental research with practical applications in healthcare and materials science, and I am committed to contributing to the scientific community through both research and teaching.

• "Effect of Gold Nanoshape Morphology on the Chirality Transfer Efficiency in Room Temperature Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystals," ACS Cleveland section’s annual Meeting in Miniature (MiM), Cleveland 2025

• Swami Vivekananda scholarship, Govt. of West Bengal, India, for securing first class in undergraduate level and continuation study to the graduate levels, 2017-2019
• First year, Department of Chemistry chair scholarship, Kent State University, 2022
• Best oral presenter award, ACS Cleveland section’s annual Meeting in Miniature (MiM), Cleveland 2025

Vice-President at Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

• Gowda, Ashwathanarayana, Suraj Kumar Pathak, Grace AR Rohaley, Gourab Acharjee, Andrea Oprandi, Ryan Williams, Marianne E. Prévôt, and Torsten Hegmann. "Organic chiral nano-and microfilaments: types, formation, and template applications." Materials Horizons 11, no. 2 (2024): 316-340.
• Gowda, Ashwathanarayana, Gourab Acharjee, Suraj Kumar Pathak, Grace AR Rohaley, Asmita Shah, Robert P. Lemieux, Marianne E. Prévôt, and Torsten Hegmann. "Controlling nano-and microfilament morphology by strategically placing chiral centers in the side chains of bent-core molecules." Materials Horizons 11, no. 22 (2024): 5550-5563.