Academic Qualifications:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): 05/01/2009–06/08/2014
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India.
Research on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for gas storage, gas separation, and heterogeneous catalysis.
Thesis: Functionalization and interpenetration in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for reversible H2 storage
Adviser: Prof. Dr. Rahul Banerjee | Date conferred: 28/08/2014
Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) - Chemistry: 01/06/2006 –31/05/2008
Solapur University, Solapur (India) - First Class (63.59%)
Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc.) - Chemistry: 01/06/2003 –31/05/2006
Shivaji University, Kolhapur (India) - First Class (67.36%)
Professional Experiences:
Assistant Professor: August 2021 to Present
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata - 700106, India.
- Research on covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for photocatalytic water splitting, electrocatalysis and energy storage (Li-ion and Li-S Battery) applications.
- Supervision of Ph.D. (04), institutional postdoc (02), N-PDF (01) and Masters (01) students in their research.
Postdoctorate Research Fellow: March 2019-August 2021
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
- Research on covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous polymers and carbons for photocatalytic water splitting, electrocatalysis and visible light-mediated radical polymerization.
- Supervision of Masters (03) and Ph.D. (03) students in their thesis research.
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctorate Fellow: January 2017 - February 2019
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
- Research on covalent organic frameworks (COFs), covalent triazine frameworks (CTFs) and porous carbons for photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and electrochemical energy storage.
- Supervision of Masters (02) students in their thesis research.
JSPS Postdoctorate Research Fellow: September 2015 - October 2016
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Osaka, Japan.
- Research on metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and porous carbons for electrochemical energy storage and catalytic hydrogen evolution from ammonia borane/formic acid.
Postdoctorate Research Fellow: September 2014 - September 2015
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Osaka, Japan.
- Research on the synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF-derived morphologically distinct carbon nanostructures and graphene nanoribbons for energy storage applications.