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Dr. Priyanka Verma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Before this, Dr. Verma was a tenure-track assistant professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Shizuoka University, Japan. She received her B.Sc. Hons. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, respectively. She earned her Ph.D. (2017) from the Graduate School of Engineering and later served as an assistant professor (2017–2019) at Osaka University, Japan. Dr. Verma's notable awards include the Institute Gold Medal at IIT-Hyderabad (2014), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Fellowship for Ph.D. (2014–2017), Early-Career Scientists Research Grant from JSPS (2019), Royal Society-Newton International Fellowship (2019–2021) and JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021–2022). Her research focuses on developing unique photo-active plasmonic nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications (h-index 22).
Education:
B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, India (2009-2012) (summer internship with Late Prof. Ashok K. Prasad) (2011)
M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India (research project with Prof. Ch. Subrahmanyam) (2012-2014)
Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (2014-2017)
Professional experience:
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Osaka University, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (2017-2019)
Royal Society-Newton International Fellow, University of Southampton, United Kingdom (with Prof. Robert Raja) (2019-2021)
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Osaka University, Japan (with Prof. Hiromi Yamashita) (2021-2022)
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Shizuoka University, Japan (with Prof. R. Watanabe & Prof. C. Fukuhara) (2022-2023)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), India (2023-present)
Awards & Recognition
ICC2024 Young Researcher Award, International Association of Catalysis Societies (IACS), March 2024 [50 researchers selected from 22 different countries]
Selected as one of the top 75 Women in SHE IS - 75 WOMEN IN CHEMISTRY to be featured in the fourth edition of She Is by the Government of India & the Royal Society of Chemistry, Sept. 2023
Best Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (SusChemE2.0) held at ICT, Mumbai, Sept. 2023
Young Researcher Award, 3rd Next Generation Plasmon Chemistry Challenge Symposium, Japan, June 2023
Best Presentation Award (International Session) at 52nd Petroleum Petrochemical Symposium of JPI, Nagano, Japan, Nov. 2022
Young Excellent Lecture Award during 40th Solid-Surface Photochemistry Debate (第40回固体・表面光化学討論会) (Online), Dec 2021
Excellent Research Award at Osaka-Shanghai Joint Workshop for Energy/Environmental Materials and Applications (Online meeting), Jan 2021
10th Green and Sustainable Chemistry GSC Student Travel Grant Award 2017, Japan Association for Chemical Innovation, May 2017
Best Oral Presentation Award at Asia Pacific Congress on Catalysis, APCAT-7, Mumbai, India, Jan 2017
Best Poster Presentation Award in Catalyst Club Meeting, Kansai University, Oct. 2016
Travel grant by Catalysis Society of Japan, Sept. 2016
JMCC Student Oral Presentation Awards at 26th IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry, Osaka, Japan, April 2016
IIT Hyderabad Institute Gold medal for highest overall CGPA in M.Sc. (Class of 2014), Aug. 2014
Silver Medal for highest CGPA in M.Sc. Chemistry (Class of 2014), IIT Hyderabad, Aug. 2014
Academic Excellence Award in Chemistry at IIT Hyderabad, March 2013
[Fellowships]
Royal Society-Newton Alumni Fellowship, 2023-2025
Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship, IIT Delhi, 2023
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Standard), Osaka University, Japan 2021
Royal Society-Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Southampton, UK, 2019
IIT Hyderabad Friendship Fellowship for Ph.D., Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2014
CSIR-NET-UGC JRF, All India Rank 044/736, Dec 2014
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Chemistry, All India Rank 114, Feb 2014
Invited talks *after joining IIT Delhi
Invited Talk at the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (SusChemE 2.0) at ICT Mumbai, India, Sept 2023
Invited Lightning Talk at the in-person ACS Editor Interaction Event with Prof. Erick Carreira, INSA, New Delhi, India, Nov. 6th, 2023
Invited Talk in the Department of Chemistry at IIT Hyderabad, India (invited by HoD Prof. S.K. Martha), February 7th, 2024
Keynote Address at the UK-India Webinar on Include, Invest, and Accelerate Women in Research on the 8th March 2024 (International Women's Day) [~𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 virtually and in person across India]
Keynote Talk at the India-UK International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy, Environment & Healthcare Applications, Tamil Nadu, India, August 2024
Invited Lecture at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan (invited by Prof. Fumiaki Amano), October 15th, 2024
Inaugural Lecture, Department of Chemistry, St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India (invited by Prof. Vibha Sharma), Feb 13th, 2025
Invited Lecture at 11th London Plasmonics Forum, King's College London, London, UK (invited by Prof. Anatoly Zayats), June 17th, 2025
Invited Lecture at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (invited by Prof. Sudhagar Pitchaimuthu), June 24th, 2025
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