Neha Choudhury

Dr. Choudhury holds a doctoral degree in Polymer science from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India. Her doctoral thesis was focused on the development of a variety of water-soluble polymeric probes composed of different receptor units via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization method that are capable of sensing and/or removal of Copper (Cu2+) and Mercury (Hg2+) ions in aqueous media at biologically relevant pH. Subsequently, she joined the same group as a Project Assistant and worked on investigations of solution behaviors of pH-responsive polymers and the development of polymeric sensors for nitroaromatics.

In October 2021, she joined Yonsei University, Republic of Korea as a postdoctoral researcher where she worked on the Mechanochemical Degradation of Poly(Vinyl Chloride) (PVC) into water-soluble biocompatible products and pH-responsive antimicrobial hydrogel. Her overall expertise includes multi-step organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and characterization, polymeric sensors, mechanochemical polymer degradation, and polymeric hydrogel. She joined The Kumar lab in October 2023, where her main research focus will be on designing polymer-drug conjugates.

Education
2020 Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
2014 M.Sc. in Chemistry (Specialization: Organic Chemistry), University of North Bengal, India
2012 B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of North Bengal, India​

E-mail: nchoudhury1@ua.edu​
​Phone: 205-348-2454

Publications

  • Mechanochemical degradation of poly(vinyl chloride) into non-toxic water-soluble products via sequential dechlorination, heterolytic oxirane ring-opening, and hydrolysis. N. Choudhury, A. Kim, M. Kim, B.-S. Kim. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2304113.
  • Multifunctional Ttyptophan-based fluorescent polymeric probes for sensing, bioimaging and removal of Cu2+ and Hg2+ ions.  N. Choudhury, B. Ruidas, B. Saha, S. Kambalapalli, C. D. Mukhopadhyay, P. De. Polym. Chem. 2020, 11, 2015-2026.