SD image professionalSoumyadipa was born and grew up in Kolkata, a city in the eastern part of India. She completed her Bachelor's from Presidency College, Kolkata. She then moved to Mumbai to pursue her Master's from IIT Bombay. She worked on synthetic organic methodology development with Prof. I. N. N. Namboothiri for her Master's thesis research. Her current research interests are designing pincer catalysts for alkane dehydrogenation and understanding how they work using computational and experimental methods. She is also interested in science writing, illustration, and communication outside the lab. She enjoys cooking and traveling as well.