Susanta Das, PhD

Susanta Das, PhD

Research Associate at Cleveland Clinic, United States

Landing Page Design — isusanta.github.io

Landing Page Design — isusanta.github.io

Date: 2026-04-26 File: _pages/about.md Approach: Option A — punchy opener + thematic research blocks

Structure

  1. Identity sentence (affiliation-first)
  2. Four thematic research blocks, each closing with a concrete output
  3. Career table (4 rows)

Front matter: author_profile: false (full-width), title: "Susanta Das, Ph.D."

Content

Identity sentence

Research Associate at Cleveland Clinic developing quantum algorithms, QM/MM methods, and QM/ML workflows for problems in chemical energetics, enzyme catalysis, and metabolomics.

Block 1 — Quantum Computing for Chemistry (lead)

  • EWF-SQD pipeline on IBM quantum processors
  • Collaboration with IBM Research and the Merz group
  • Benchmark: FLiBe molten salt clusters for advanced nuclear reactors
  • Closes with: ≤0.7 kcal/mol of classical FCI; extends to protein-ligand FEP and intermolecular interactions

Block 2 — QM/MM and Enzyme Catalysis

  • EnzyDock (CHARMM-based QM/MM docking), Bar-Ilan University, Prof. Dan T. Major
  • Applications: terpene synthases, Diels-Alder, racemases
  • Closes with: JCTC 2018, 2019

Block 3 — Computational NMR and Metabolomics

  • QM/ML pipelines for NMR shift + CCS prediction, Michigan State University, Prof. Merz
  • AutoGraph conformational clustering
  • Closes with: Chem. Rev. 2025; Anal. Chem. 2020, JASMS 2022, JCIM 2023/2024

Block 4 — Nanocluster Catalysis (prior work, brief)

  • DFT, AIMD, Coupled-Cluster on Al nanoclusters, CSIR-NCL
  • Closes with: N₂ activation, C-I bond oxidative addition

Career table

| Oct 2023–present | Research Associate | Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA | | Apr 2019–Oct 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Michigan State University, MI, USA | | Aug 2015–Apr 2019 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Bar-Ilan University, Israel | | Jan 2010–Aug 2015 | Doctoral Researcher | CSIR-NCL / AcSIR, India |

Style rules

  • No em dashes
  • No fluff
  • Lead with quantum computing (current), prior work last
  • Technical but accessible to broad chemistry audience
  • Iterative — photo and research page links to be added in later iterations