PI & Coordinator
Dr. Sanjib Banerjee is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the Dept. of Materials Science & Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Bhilai. He leads the "Macromolecular Biomaterials Laboratory" at IIT Bhilai. He is the author/coauthor of 63 peer-reviewed journal publications and 8 book chapters. He is also the (co)inventor of 3 patents. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the SERB-Early Career Research Award 2019, SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship 2016, RSC-Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Outstanding Reviewer 2019, RSC-Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator-2020, Wiley-Next Generation of Polymer Researchers-2022 and Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)-Bronze Medal for the year 2024, among others. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry journal (Polymer Chemistry Section).
Research Scholar (Ph.D.)
Amul Jain is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai under the supervision of Dr. Sanjib Banerjee working on the topic Dye Wastewater Treatment. He received his Int. M.Sc. degree from Center for Basic Sciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Research Scholar (Ph.D.)
Priyank Sinha is currently working as a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai under the supervision of Dr. Sanjib Banerjee working on the topic Functional Mesoporous Materials. He received his Int. M.Sc. degree from Center for Basic Sciences, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh.