About Michael.
Dr. SIAMKHANTHANG NEIHSIAL
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemistry
Phone: 6909559307
E-mail: siam@rayburncollege.ac.in, sktn06@gmail.com
Mailing Address: Computational Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Rayburn College (Autonomous), BSF Road, Gangpimual, Churachandpur, Manipur 795006
Other Information:
H-index: 3, Citation: 68 (Google Scholar)
Homepage: https://www.rayburncollege.ac.in/computational-nanoscience-lab-2/
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-0286-6903
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Siamkhanthang-Neihsial
EDUCATION
Examination | Year | Subject(s) | Marks (%age)/ CGPA | Institution
| Remarks
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Postdoctoral Studies | 2010-2013 | Computational Materials Chemistry | NA | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore |
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Ph. D. | 2010 | Computational Materials Chemistry | NA | North Eastern Hill University, Shillong |
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M. Sc. | 2003 | Chemistry (Specialization: Physical Chemistry) | 56.2 % | North Eastern Hill University, Shillong |
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B. Sc. | 1999 | Chemistry (Hons). Mathematics & Physics as Allied Subjects | 62.8% | St. Edmund’s College (North Eastern Hill University), Shillong | 10th Rank University |
OTHER CERTIFICATE COURSE SUCESSFULLY COMPLETED
Sl. No | Year | Course Name |
Duration (months) | Marks (%age)/ CGPA | Institution |
1 | 2008-2012 | Integrated Program in Nanotechnology | 9 | 77.5 % | Nano Science and Technology Consortium, Noida, India |
2 | 2008-2012 | BioNanotechnology & Its Medical Applications | 6 | 74.1 % | Nano Science and Technology Consortium, Noida, India |
3 | 2008-2012 | Nanoelectronics & Its Industrial Applications | 6 | 72.5 % | Nano Science and Technology Consortium, Noida, India |
TEACHING
B.Sc. NEP Course
1st Semester: Core Course-1: CH-111: Inorganic Chemistry-I (UNIT-1 Atomic Structure, UNIT-3: Chemical Bonding)
2nd Semester: Core Course 4: CH-123: Physical Chemistry – I (UNIT-1: Gaseous State, UNIT-3: Solid State)
3rd Semester: Core Course-6:CH-231: Inorganic Chemistry-II (UNIT-1: Introduction to Thermodynamics)
RESEARCH INTERESTS & SKILLS
My area of interest is using theoretical and computational methods in the study of functions of a nanomaterial in systems including fuel cells, hydrogen storage nanomaterials, artificial DNA analogues, and lithium-ion battery materials.
I possess the following expertise:
Computational Skills:
Programming: Proficiency in languages like Python, Fortran, C++, or MATLAB for developing and running simulations.
Software Proficiency: Experience with computational chemistry software such as VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, Gaussian, LAMMPS, or GROMACS.
High-Performance Computing (HPC): Familiarity with HPC environments, including parallel computing, job scheduling, and managing large datasets.
Mathematical Skills
Linear Algebra and Calculus: Essential for understanding and implementing numerical methods used in simulations.
Numerical Methods: Skills in methods like finite element analysis, molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo simulations.
GRANTS AND FUNDING
Sl. No. | Name of the project | Topic | Sponsoring Agency | Amount | Duration | Status |
1 | INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship | Materials forHydrogen Storage | Indian NationalScience Academy(INSA) | 60,000 | 2023-2024 | Completed |
2 | Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science (EMEQ) | First Principles Studies of Advanced Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage, | Science and Engineering Research Board(SERB) | 32, 00000 | 2023-2026 | Ongoing |
3 | DST-SERB FAST Track Young Scientist Fellowship | Computational Modeling on Fuel Cell for Clean and Efficient Energy Storage | Science and Engineering Research Board(SERB) | 30,00000 | 2014-2017 | Completed |
4 | I2CAM International Junior Scientist Travel Award | For lab visits and attending conferences | National ScienceFoundation (DMR-0844115, 2500 USD), USA | 209486.91 | 2012 | Completed |
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- 10th Rank, B.Sc Chemistry Honours NEHU, 2009
- NEHU Post Graduate Meritorious Scholarship, MSc 1st Semester, 2001 (Rs. 3000)
- JRF & SRF, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, University Grant Commission, New Delhi (2005-2009)
- I2CAM International Junior Scientist Travel Award 2012 (under National Science Foundation, USA). Grant number DMR-0844115(2500 USD), 2012
- To visit Prof. Joel Lebowitz’s Lab, Center for Mathematical Sciences Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Piscataway, USA, Dec 9-18, 2012
- to attend The 108th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Center for Mathematical Sciences Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Piscataway, USA, Dec 16-18, 2012
- DST-SERB FAST Track Young Scientists Fellowship, SERB, Delhi, 2014-2017
- Bharat Gaurav Award, Indian International Friendship Society, New Delhi, 2017
- Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Science, SERB,Delhi 2023-2027
- INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Indian National Science Academy, Delhi, 2023-2024
STUDENTS SUPERVISED
2006 Taught scientific software (Linux, MOPAC & Gaussian 03) to younger research Scholar, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
2006 – 2007 Guided M. Sc (Chemistry) Students in their project works, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
2011 Guided Integrated PhD students in their project entitled “Equilibrium bond length of H2 molecule: A Computational study” Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- 2009 – present: Life member (Membership No: L13722), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)
- 2014 – 2015 : Annual Member ( ID: 11040639), Material Research Society (MRS)
- 2013 – 2017 : Annual Member (ID:12355), International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
BOOK/MONOGRAPH PUBLICATIONS
Title | Authors as they appear | Edited Booklet/ Book/Chapter in a book/ Conference Proceedings/ other Articles | Publisher & Year of Publication | ISBN No. | Refereed or not | |
Design of Synthetic DNA from First Principles | Siamkhanthang Neihsial | Book | White Falcon Publishing, 2024 | 979-8-89222-194-8 | Refereed | |
First Principles Studies of Advanced Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage | Siamkhanthang Neihsial | Book | White Falcon Publishing, 2024 | 979-8-89222-401-7 | Refereed |
RESEARCH PAPERS/REVIEW ARTICLES
Sl. No | Title with page nos. | Authors as they appear | Journal Name & ISSN No./ e-ISSN No. | Mention whether UGC CARE list | Impact Factor of Journal (As determined by Thomson Reuters) |
1 | Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Substituted Benzoic acids by Quinolinium Dichromate, 99-107 | Suante,H. Siamkhanthang, N. Lalnundanga, Mahanti, M. K. | Oxidation Communications, 1311-5065 | Peer Reviewed | 0.34 |
2 | Novel H-bonded base pairs as potential repeat units for information-bearing Macromolecular duplexes: A B3LYP/6-31G* Search, 213-221 | Siamkhanthang Neihsial, R.H. Duncan Lyngdoh | Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 2210-271X | UGC CARE | 1.545 |
3 | Novel H-bonded base dimers as repeat units for information-bearing self-associative duplexes: A B3LYP/6-31G* Search, 1788-1797 | Siamkhanthang Neihsial, R.H. Duncan Lyngdoh | Journal of Computational Chemistry (John Wiley & Sons), 0192-8651(print), 1096-987X(web) | UGC CARE | 1.926 |
4 | Understanding the Binding Mechanism of Various Chiral SWCNTs and ssDNA: A Computational Study, 14754-14759 | Siamkhanthang Neihsial, Ganga Periyasamy, Pralok K. Samanta, Swapan K. Pati | Journal of Physical Chemistry B (American Chemical Society) ISSN: 1520-6106 (print), 1520-5207 (web), | UGC CARE | 3.46 |
5 | First-principles design of a borocarbonitride-based anode for superior performance in sodium-ion batteries and capacitors, 5517-5527 | Swastika Banerjee, Siamkhanthang Neihsial,and Swapan K. Pati | Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Royal Society OF Chemistry)ISSN: 2050-7488 (print + online), 2050- 7496 (web), | UGC CARE | 11.9 |
6 | Isomorphic repeat units for putative information-bearing H-bonded duplexes. Part I. Pyrimidine base pairs with polyamide backbone, 33-43 | Esther Chingbiaknem, Siamkhanthang Neihsial, R.H.Duncan Lyngdoh | Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, ISSN 2210-271X | UGC CARE | 2.8 |
7 | Computational Design of Complete Repeat Units of Novel Information-bearing Macromolecular H-bonded Duplexes | Siamkhanthang Neihsial and R. H. Duncan Lyngdoh | J. Phys. Chem A | Under review | |
8 | Pi-Extended Porphyrin as Two-Photon Absorbents: A Numerical Study | SiamkhanthangNeihsial, and Swapan K. Pati | Advanced Materials | Communicated | |
9 | Computational Studies on the Transverse Electronic Transport Properties through PNA and Graphene Electrodes | Siamkhanthang Neihsial, and Swapan K. Pati | J. Mater. Chem | Communicated |
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PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES/SEMINARS
International Conferences:
Short Talk
- Siamkhanthang Neihsial,
“Understanding the Binding Mechanism of Various Chiral SWCNTs and ssDNA: A Computational Study” The 108th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Center for Mathematical Sciences Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, Piscataway, USA, Dec 16-18, 2012.
- Siamkhanthang Neihsial,
“First-principles design of a borocarbonitride-based anode for superior performance in sodium-ion batteries and capacitors” Materials Science & Engineering Congress, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, September 27-29, 2016
Poster Presentation
National Conferences:
- Siamkhanthang Neihsial,
“Design of DNA-like supromolecular nanostructures from pyrimidine derivatives”, School And Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Simulations of Soft and Hard Materials, JNCASR & Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. ,7th – 20th December 2009
- Siamkhanthang Neihsial,
“Novel Information-bearing Macromolecular Duplexes Built from PyranosePhosphate and Polyamide Backbones”. 96th Indian Science Congress, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. 3rd -7th Jan, 2009
- Siamkhanthang Neihsial
“Novel H-bonded Base Dimers as Repeats Units for Information-bearing Self-Associative Duplexes: A B3LYP/6-31G* Study”. 2nd Mid-Year Symposium of the Chemical Research Society of India, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. 21st July, 2007
WORKSHOP/CONFERENCES/SEMINAR SUCCESSFULLY ATTENDED
1. Workshop on Molecular Modelling
Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai. 1st-4th December, 2005
2. 2nd Mid-Year Symposium of the Chemical Research Society of India
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. 21st July, 2007
3. 96th Indian Science Congress
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. 3rd -7th Jan, 2009
4. Frontier Lecture Series in Chemistry
Tezpur University, under the Auspices of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. 20th Nov-22nd Nov, 2009
5. School on Numerical Quantum Many-body Methods in Physics and Chemistry
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,29th Oct- 4th Nov, 2007
6. Workshop on High Performance Computing
Computer Centre, NEHU, Shillong & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Pune. 3rd-6th Mar 2009
7. A Short-Term Course in MATLAB
Computer Centre, NEHU. 10th June-30th June, 2009
8. School and Conference on “Emergent Properties and Novel Behavior at the Nanoscale“
The International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (I2CAM) , University of California and JNCASR, Bangalore, April 19-27, 2010
9. Workshop on High Performance Computing in Sciences and Engineering
Organised by IBM and JNCASR, 18th October, 2011
10. Lumerical FDTD Simulations for Photonics Applications, organised by IEEE Photonic Society & IISc, 27-28 January, 2012
11. From the chemical Bond to the Chemical plant Computational and Materials Challenges in Gas Conversion Technologies. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 2014
12. International Conference on “MD@50“
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Aug 26 – 28,2014
REFERENCES
1. Prof. Swapan K. Pati, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS
Theoretical Sciences Unit and New Chemistry Unit,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore,
India, Email: pati@jncasr.ac.in
Phone: +91-080-2208 2839, Fax: 91-80-22082766
2. Prof. Henry F. Schaefer III,
Graham Purdue professor
Director, Centre for Computational Chemistry (CCC),
University of Georgia, Athen, USA
Email: qc@uga.edu
Office: 505, Phone Number: 706-542-2067, Fax: 706 542 2067
