Debabrata Maiti received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University (USA) in 2008 under the supervision of Prof. Kenneth D. Karlin. After postdoctoral studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald (200810), he joined the Department of Chemistry of IIT Bombay as an Assistant Professor in 2011. His research interests are focused on the development of new and sustainable synthetic methodologies.

Select list of Publications:

1. Mandal, M. and Maity, D. 2019. Taxonomy of Draparnaldia Bory and Draparnaldiopsis G.M. Sm. and Klyver (Chaetophoraceae): recircumscription, new species, new combinations and nomen novum. Feddes Repartorium. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.201800027.
2. Mitra, S., Ranjan, B. and Maity, D. 2019. Castanopsis pathakii (Fagaceae), a new species from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Kew Bulletin (2019) 74:33, DOI: 10.1007/S12225-019-9822-5.
3. Das, D. S., Rawat, D.S., Sinha, B.K., Singh, P., Maity, D. and Dash S.S. 2019. Contribution of the flora of Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya-II. Nelumbo 60(1):26-37. 2018. DOI: 10.20324/nelumbo/v60/2018/130525.
4. Midday, M., Ghosh, J. and Maity, D. 2019. Lomatogonium gaurgopalii, a new species of Gentianaceae from Sikkim Himalaya. Edinburgh J. Bot. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428619000155.
5. Ghosh, J., Midday, M. and Maity, D. 2019. Sinopodophyllum hexandrum subsp. ramgopalii subsp. nov. (Berberidaceae) from Sikkim Himalaya. Nordic J. Bot. DOI: 10.1111/njb.02181.