• Self-assembly of nano-architectures via dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC approach).
• Design and applications of Light harvesting system
• Dynamic self-assembly and self-sorting.
• Host-guest chemistry and homogeneous catalysis.
• Self-assembly of molecular host for anions recognition.
• Self-assembly of interlocked molecular assembly.
• Supramolecular polymers.

• CSIR-NET JRF fellowship (Dec.2013 )  
• GATE-2014 qualified with All India Rank – 69
• INSPIRE fellowship by DST, Govt. of India. ( Aug. 2009 – june 2014)

Publication list

1. V.Mukundam, A. Kumar, K. Dhanunjayarao, A. Ravi, S. Peruncheralathana, K. Venkatasubbaiah Tetraaryl pyrazole polymers: versatile synthesis, aggregation induced emission enhancement and detection of explosives Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 7764 – 7770. [IF = 5.58]
2. A. Kumar, A. K Gaur, M. Srivastava A segment-based technique for detecting exudate from retinal fundus image Procedia Tech., 2015, 6, 1-9
3. P. Das,^† A. Kumar,^† P. Howlader, P. S. Mukherjee Self-assembled trigonal prismatic molecular vessel for catalytic dehydration reactions in water Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 12565-12574. (^† denotes equal contribution) [IF = 4.13]
4. P. Das,^† A. Kumar,^† A. Chowdhury, P. S. Mukherjee Aggregation-induced emission and white luminescence from a combination of π-conjugated Donor-Acceptor organic luminogens   ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 13757-13771.(^† denotes equal contribution) [IF = 5.02]
5. A. Kumar, E. Zangrando, P. S. Mukherjee Self-assembled Pd₃L₂ cages having flexible tri-imidazole donors Polyhedron., 2019,172, 67–73. [IF = 2.97]
6. A. Kumar, P. S. Mukherjee Multicomponent self-assembly of Pd(II)/Pt(II) interlocked molecular cages: cage to cage conversion and self-sorting in aqueous medium. Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26 4842 –4849. (Hot Paper) [IF = 5.02] (Hot Paper)
7. A. Kumar, R. Saha, P. S. Mukherjee Self-assembled metallasupramolecular cages towards light harvesting systems for oxidative cyclization Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 5319-5329. (Most popular 2021 supramolecular chemistry articles) [IF = 9.97]
8. A. Kumar, R. Banerjee, E. Zangrando, P. S. Mukherjee Solvent and Counteranion Assisted Dynamic Self-Assembly of Molecular Triangles and Tetrahedral Cages Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 2368–2377. [IF = 5.43]
9. A. Maity, A. Kumar* Higher-Order Assembly of BSA Gold Nanoclusters using Supramolecular Host-Guest Chemistry: A 40 % Absolute Fluorescence Quantum Yield Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 2988-2991. [IF = 5.59]
10. S. Ahmed, A. Kumar, P. S. Mukherjee Tetraphenylethene-Based Emissive Pt(II) Coordination Polymer toward Artificial Light-Harvesting Systems with Sequential Energy Transfer Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 9656–9665 [IF = 10.5]
11. S. Ahmed, A. Kumar, P.S. Mukherjee A benzothiadiazole-based Pt (ii) coordination polymer as an efficient heterogeneous photocatalyst for visible-light-driven aerobic oxidative coupling of amines Chem. Comm., 2023, 59, 3229-3232. [IF = 6.07]
12. A Kumar, R Srivastava Metal Exsolution Catalysts: A Conceptual Framework for Stable Catalytic Systems for Biomass Valorization Chemistry–A European Journal, 2024, 36, e02569 [IF = 3.7]
13. A. Kumar* Transition Metal-Based Catalyst for Dehydrogenation Reactions of Organic Compounds, Chemistry of Dehydrogenation Reactions and Its Applications, 2024,13-53
14. C. Kumari, A. Kumar*, Self-assembled [2 + 3] organic-imine cage as an artificial light harvester for the photocatalytic organic transformation in an aqueous medium RSC Adv., 2025, 15, 43366-43376 [IF = 4.6]

Total citation: 526, h-index: 10, i10-index: 11

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-d1V56UAAAAJ&hl=en

Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/AAO-5152-2021/

1. Self-assembled aggregation-induced emissive organic cages with internally decorated H-bond & Halogen donor for selective chloride ion recognition and storage for CO₂ Gas. PI: Atul Kumar,  Project Value- 5.0 lakh INR, Funding agency- BIT Mesra (SEED Money).
2. Photo-responsive tetra-aryl pyrazole based emissive organic nano-cage for heterogeneous photocatalysis. PI: Atul Kumar, Project Value- 31.76 lakh INR, Ref. No.- SERB SRG/2022/001484, Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-Startup research grant (SRG).