Purnendu K. Dasgupta is a professor chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Education and work
Dasgupta was born in India. Dasgupta's father and grandfather were also university teachers. He got his Bachelor's degree in chemistry from a college run by Irish missionaries. He was selected as scholar in the National Talent Search Examination. He completed his Masters in the University of Burdwan and served as research scholar in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science.
In 1973, he went to United States and attended Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge as a graduate student in electrochemistry. In 1977, he received his PhD in analytical chemistry with a minor in electrical engineering under Philip W. West. In 1981, he joined Texas Tech as a professor. In 2007, he joined the University of Texas at Arlington.
1981 Frank R. Blood Award for best publication, Society of Toxicology and Pharmacology
1987 Institute Medal, Institute of Industrial Sciences, University of Tokyo
1989 P. A. Traylor Creativity Award, Analytical Sciences, Dow Chemical, Midland, MI
1989 Outstanding Achievement Award, International Ion Chromatography Symposium
1991 Barney E. Rushing, Jr. 1990 Faculty Distinguished Research Award, Texas Tech University Dads and Moms Association
1998 A. A. Benedetti-Pichler Memorial Award, American Microchemical Society
2001 Inducted Honorary Member, Korean Society for Environmental Analysis
2003 Elected IEEE Senior Member
2004-2005 ARCS Foundation, Lubbock Chapter. Scientist of the Year
2005 Outstanding Achievement Award, International Ion Chromatography Symposium
2006 Best Science Paper of 2005, Environmental Science and Technology, Editor’s Award
2011 American Chemical Society Award in Chromatography
2012 Dal Nogare Award in Chromatography
2012 The Senate of the State of Texas. Honor Proclamation
2012 Doherty Award, DFW Section of the American Chemical Society
2015 J. Calvin Giddings Award of the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry
