Dr. Arijit Sengupta was born and raised in the city of Kolkata (West Bengal, India). His interest in chemistry developed at an early age, and after graduating from high school he enrolled at the University of Calcutta (India) as an undergraduate student majoring in chemistry. After receiving his B.S (Honors) degree in chemistry in 2002, he joined the Department of Polymer Science and Technology (University of Calcutta) to pursue a B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degree. In 2005, he earned his B.Tech degree and worked in the industrial sector as a management trainee. However, his passion for polymer chemistry encouraged him to redirect the course of his career towards research. Dr. Sengupta came to the US in 2007 to pursue his PhD in the field of Polymer Chemistry at The City University of New York (College of Staten Island) under the guidance of Professor Ralf M. Peetz. His graduate research centered around the synthesis and characterization of heteroatom containing conjugated polymers. As a graduate student, he was involved in teaching undergraduate laboratory courses. After graduating with a PhD in polymer chemistry in 2012, he joined NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering (NYU Poly, New York) as a postdoctoral researcher. He spent two years at NYU Poly developing novel polymeric materials for application in plastic optical fibers under the supervision of Prof. Yoshiyuki Okamoto. His intense interest in teaching led him to pursue a teaching postdoc position at University of San Diego (California) in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Peter M. Iovine. At University of San Diego, he actively engaged in teaching undergraduate chemistry courses and conducting research with undergraduate students in the field of starch-based amphiphilic polymers for applications in anti-fouling systems. Dr. Sengupta joined the Mund-Lagowski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Bradley University in the Fall of 2016 as an Assistant Professor.

General Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry Laboratory Courses, Topics in Organic Chemistry: Polymer Chemistry