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 as a Biomedical Researcher I, 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.