Sumon Sarkar

Sumon was born and raised in West Bengal, India. He received his BSc from Jadavpur University, India in 2015 and MSc from IIT in 2017 under the guidance of Prof. Dethe. Then, he joined Prof. Vladimir Gevorgyan’s group for his PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago and completed his PhD at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2023, where he was involved in the development of novel photoinduced methodologies. Outside of the lab, he enjoys travelling, watching soccer and cricket.