CURRICULUM VITAE Saikat Dutta, Ph.D.

Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC)

University of Delaware,

Newark, DE 19716, USA ________________________________________________________________________

OBJECTIVES To be actively engaged and contribute in cutting edge research and development in

emerging and challenging areas of Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Chemistry

of Bioresources, and Biomass Energy Sciences by utilizing synthetic and analytical skills

to extend and develop new processes and strategic for energy production, storage and

environment protection. Innovative teaching centering on Inorganic/Organometallic

molecular and materials chemistry, environmental chemistry.

HIGHLIGHTS 1) Designed and developed research projects in synthetic biomasss processing using

inorganic and nanocatalysts involving cellulose-lignin-algae bioresources.

2) Significant contribution in research of chemistry of bioresources/biomass energy and

biomass conversion processes towards producing fine chemicals and liquid fuels.

3) Design and develop porous materials for electrode design for electrosorption and energy

storage applications.

4) Worked as PI of a DST project in nanoscience for developing photocatalytic materials

for solar energy conversation and

5) Trained graduate students towards their PhD in many postdoc assignments.

6) Currently involved in cutting edge projects in biomass processing and nanostructured

catalytic methods for hydrocarbon fuels funded by US DOE and Exxon Mobil Research &

Engineering.

CAREER SUMMARY Research expertise with 15 years of experience (including PhD) in many areas of

Chemical Sciences with major focus on Synthetic Inorganic, Porous Materials, Catalysis,

Chemistry of Biorenewables/Biomass, Electrochemistry.

Expertise in selection and adaptation of research problems for developing projects that

address current challenges.

Sound knowledge of operating wide-range of analytical instruments including

spectroscopic and imaging techniques and well versed with data analysis

Proficient and experienced in laboratory setup design, maintenance, and management.

CURRENT POSITION

o Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC), University of Delaware,

Newark, DL, USA o Position: PostDoc Researcher (December, 2015 to continuing)

o Advisor: Professor Dionisios G. Vlachos (Director) and Professor Basu Saha (Assoc. Director)

Projects: Catalysis research for biomass processing and upgrading to bioproducts and fuels. (Funding source: US DOE and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering)

Office Address: 367 Interdisciplinary

Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory

221 Academy Street, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA

Permanent Home Address: 19/1/A M. B.

Rd, Bally, Howrah-711201

Ph: 1-205-886-9531, Email:

saikat@udel.edu

saikatdutta2008@gmail.com

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

o Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA o Position: PostDoc Researcher (August-November 2015)

o Advisor: Professor Robin D. Rogers, Canada Excellence Research Chair and Editor, Crystal Growth & Design

o Projects: 1) Understanding the Chemistry and Applications of AL-2100 Systems as Lewis Acid Catalysts (Industrial funding), 2) Ionic Liquid Treatment of Biopolymers

Processing: Fiber Morphology modulation (Industrial funding)

o Functional Mesoporous Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemical

Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Position: PostDoc Research Scientist (April 2014-July 2015) Projects: 1) Chemo-enzymatic catalytic biomass conversions to fuels and chemicals,

2) Design of porous materials from MOF and polymers for capacitive deionization based water-softening, 3) metal-organic frameworks (ZIFs) for enzyme immobilization and

biomass conversions, 4) biopolymer surface templating: accessing inorganic and carbon materials for Li-battery, charge storage, and electrosorption applications.

o Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali, India

Position: DST-SERB Independent Scientist (2013-2016) (PI of Grant no.

SERB/F/5058/2013-16) Project: Photocatalytic application of metal oxide nanocrystals (resigned and

terminated project on April 01, 2014 due to lack of research infrastructure)

o University of Florida, Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, USA 2012-2013

Position: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow Project: Pincer complexes and its application for scission of polymers

o University of Delhi, Delhi, India 2010-2012 Position: UGC DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow

Project: Mesoporous materials synthesis for catalytic biomass conversions to chemidals, fuels, and optoelectronic applications

o National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 2008-2010

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Project: Metal complex catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters to

produce bulk biodegradable polymers

EDUCATION

o Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2002-2008 Thesis titled "Mapping the Reaction Coordinate for the Oxidative

Addition of Molecular Hydrogen to a Metal Center" Studies H-H and C-H bond cleaving activity of specially designed metal

complexes toward underpinning fundamentals of reactivity of unreactive small molecules

Developed multinuclear NMR spectroscopy based techniques for tracing the bond breaking processed of H2.

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Constructed reaction coordinate for H2 cleavage for wide-range of

electronically variable homogeneous bond cleavers. o M. Sc. Chemistry- University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India 2000-2002

Specialization - Inorganic Chemistry (Merit list - 61.0%). o B. Sc. Chemistry- University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India 1997-2000

Honors - Chemistry (Merit list – 68.0%), Physics, Mathematics

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 1) Hydrodeoxygenation science and technology for producing/manufacturing biofuels

(JET and Diesel range) from tailor made synthetic furan-ring based liquid fuel precursors

2) Chemo-enzymatic processing and strategies from biomass for bio-energy solution via

catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuel.

3) Hierarchically porous and macro-mesoporous inorganic and carbon materials as

electrodes for energy storage applications including battery and capacitive electrosorption.

4) Bioresource-derived self-assembly/fibrous materials for novel applications.

5) Application of inorganic ionic liquids for surface tailoring and energy storage media.

6) Application of metal-organic framework materials (MOFs) for Li-battery electrodes,

electrosorptions, and catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of biomass.

7) Lignin-derived energy storage materials and heterogeneous catalytic materials.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1) Reactor assembly and experiments design for hydrodeoxygenation science for deriving

liquid fuels.

2) Analysis and design of enzymatic strategies for experiment with biomass for processing

and upgrading to bioproducts.

3) Meso-nanoporous functional materials for their applications in biomass conversions and

bioprocessing.

4) Biomass-component templated surface chemistry for the synthesis of hierarchically

porous inorganic and carbon materials electrodes for electrosorption based water

purification and Li battery.

5) Production of commercially important building block chemicals and liquid fuels from

biomass (cellulose, lignocellulose, algal),

6) Synthesis of functional enzyme-porous material composites for biomass processing,

7) Synthetic inorganic chemistry experience including multinuclear NMR spectroscopy,

high-resolution imaging techniques (TEM, SEM), GC-MS, HPLC, and X-ray (XRD)

structural studies.

PUBLICATIONS

Total Citations: 1450, h-index: 20 (Thomson Reuters) Link to publications: http://saikatdutta2008.wix.com/dutta

Green highlighted publications from the field of inorganic catalysis, alkoxo polymerization catalysts, and biomass-organic catalysis.

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Submitted/MS Prepared: 47. Porous Semiconducting Carbon Balls with Hierarchically Ordered Pore Structure and Graphene-Like Framework as High-Performance Electrode for Lithium Ion Battery and Capacitive Deionization Wu, K.C.W.*, Lian, H.-Y.; Lee, Y.-A.; Dutta, S.; Sakamoto, Y.; Hou, C.-H.;* Liu, W.-R.; Tominaka, S.;* Yamauchi, Y.* 2016 (submitted) 46. Fully Liquid Phase Valorization of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) by using Bimetal Doped Nanoporous Carbon Heterogeneous Catalysts Chiu, Y.-T., Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C.-W.* 2016 (in preparation) 45. Zeolitic Imidazole Framework Derived Functional Materials: Tailoring Nanoarchitecture to Emergent Functions Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C.-W.*; Yamauchi, Y.* Nano Today, 2016 (Submitted) 44. Biomass Valorization for Chemicals and Fuels through Critical Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts: Current Thrust and Emerging Prospects De, S.; Dutta, S.; Vlachos, D.; Saha, B. 2016, (submitted) 43. Improved Graphene Oxide as C-C Bond Coupler for Fuel-Reservoir Production: Structural Analysis, Modelling, and Mechanistic Interpretation Dutta, S.; Genes G.; Bohre, A.; Vlachos, D.; Saha, B. (submitted) 42. 3D Network of Cellulose-Based Energy Storage Devices as Emerging Applications Dutta, S.*; Yamauchi, Y.*; Wu, K.C.W*. Nano Energy, 2016 (submitted)

Published: 41. β-Alkyl Elimination: Fundamental Principles and Some Applications O’Relly, M.; Dutta, S.; Veige, A.* Chem. Rev. 2016 (accepted) (IF: 46.58) 40. ZIF-Derived, Nitrogen-Doped Porous Electrodes of Carbon Polyhedron Particle: Framework Nitrogen and Hierarchical Porosity for High-Performance Electrosorption of Salt Ions Liu, N.-L.; Dutta, S.; Salunkhe, R.R.; Yamauchi, Y.; Hou, C.-H.; Wu. K.C.W. Sci. Reports, 2016, (accepted) (equal contribution of first two authors) 39. Cellulose Framework Directed Construction of Hierarchically Porous Carbons Offering High-Performance Capacitive Deionization of Brackish Water Dutta, S.; Huang, S.-Y.; Chen, C.; Hou, C.-H.*; Wu, K. C. W.* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2016, 4, 1885-1893. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01587 38. An Unique Approach of Applying Magnetic Nanoparticles Attached Commercial Lipase Acrylic Resin for Biodiesel Production Chen, C.-T.; Dutta, S.; Wang, Z.-Y.; Chen, J.E.; Ahamad, T.; Alshehri, S.M.; Yamauchi, Y.; Lee, Y.-F.; Wu, K.C.W.* Catalysis Today, 2016, DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2015.12.025 37. Synthesis of Magnetic Mesoporous Titania Colloidal Crystals Through Evaporation Induced Self-Assembly in Emulsion as Effective and Recyclable Photocatalysts Chen, J.; Lian, H.-Y.; Dutta, S.; Alsheri, S. M.; Yamauchi, Y.; Nguyen, T.; Yonezawa, T.; Wu, K. C. W.*; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 27653-27657. DOI: 10.1039/C5CP05005G (IF: 4.49) 36. Predictable Shrinkage for the Precise Design of Porous Materials and Nanomaterials Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C. W.*; Kimura, T.* Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 6918-6928. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02435 (IF: 8.35) 35. Upgrading Furfurals to Drop-in Biofuels

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Bohre, A.; Dutta, S.; Saha, B.*; Abu-Omar, M. M.* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2015, 3, 1263-1277 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00217 (IF: 4.64) 34. Imparting Functionality to Biocatalysts via Embedded Enzymes into Nanoporous Materials by a de novo Approach: Size-Selective Sheltering of Catalase in Metal-Organic Framework Microcrystals Shieh, F.-K.*; Wang, S.-C.; Yen, C.-I.; Dutta, S.; Wu. K. C.-W.*; Tsung, C.-K*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4276-4279. DOI: 10.1021/ja513058h (IF: 12.11) 33. Functionalized Fe3O4@ Silica Core–Shell Nanoparticles as Microalgae Harvester and Catalyst for Biodiesel Production Chiang, Y.-D.; Dutta, S.; Huang, Y.-T.; Lin, K.-S.; Wu, J. C. S. Yamauchi, Y.; Wu, K. C. W.* ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 789-794 DOI: 10.1002/cssc/201402996 (Inside Front Cover) (IF: 7.65) 32. Effect of Carboxylic Acid of Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas on the Fructose-to-HMF Conversion Dutta, S.; H.-M. Kao, Wu, K. C.-W.* Appl. Phy. Lett. Materials 2014, 2, 113314. 31. Carboxylic Acid-Grafted Ordered Mesoporous Polymer and its high Activity in Three-Component Coupling Reaction Gomes, R.; Dutta, S.; Bhaumik, A. Appl. Phy. Lett. Materials 2014, 2, 113307. (Invited contribution) 30. An Integrated Enzyme Cascading Chemocatalytic Cellulose Conversion Using Mesoporous-Silica-Nanoparticle-Based Catalysts Lee, Y.-C.; Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C. W.* ChemSusChem 2014, 7, 3241-3246. DOI: 10.1002/cssc/201402605 (Front Cover) (IF: 7.65) 29. Enzymatic Breakdown of Biomass: Enzyme Active Sites, Immobilization, and Biofuel Aspects Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C.-W.* Green Chem. 2014, 16, 4615-4626. DOI: 10.1039/C4GC01405G (IF: 6.85) (Front Cover) 28. Emerging Strategies of Breaking 3D Amorphous Network of Lignin Dutta, S.*; Wu, K. C.-W.*; Saha, B*. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, 4, 3785-3799. DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00701H (Invited Contribution) (IF: 4.76) 27. Hierarchically Porous Carbon Derived from Polymers and Biomass: Effect of Interconnected Pores on Energy Applications Dutta, S.*; Bhaumik, A.*; Wu, K. C.-W.* Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 3574-3592. DOI: 10.1039/C4EE01075B (Inside front cover) (IF: 20.52) 26. Promises in direct conversion of cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass to chemicals and fuels: Combined solvent-nanocatalysis approach for biorefinary Dutta, S.* Biomass & Bioenergy 2014, 62, 182-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.12.019. (IF: 3.41) 25. Continuous Mesoporous Titania Nanocrystals: Their Growth in Confined Space and Scope for Application Dutta, S.*, Bhaumik, A.* ChemSusChem 2013, 6, 2039-2041 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201300423 (IF: 7.12) 24. Biomass Transformation to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural using Functionalized Ionic Liquids

and Mechanistic Aspects Dutta, S.*, De, S.; Saha, B.* Biomass & Bioenergy 2013, 55, 355-369. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.02.008 (IF: 3.41) 23. Deoxygenation of Biomass-Derived Feedstocks: Hurdles and Opportunities Dutta, S*. ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 2125-2127. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200596 (IF: 7.12) 22. Catalytic Materials that Improve Selectivity of Biomass Conversion Dutta, S*. RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 12575-12593. DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20922E (IF: 3.84)

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21. Hierarchically Porous Titanium Phosphate Nanoparticles: An Efficient Solid Catalyst for Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Biomass and Carbohydrates into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Dutta, A.; Patra, A. K.; Dutta, S.; Saha, B.*; Bhaumik, A.* J. Mat. Chem. 2012, 22, 14094-14100. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30623A (IF: 6.62) 20. Advances in Conversion of Hemicellulosic Biomass to Furfural and Upgrade to Biofuels Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.; Alam, Md. I. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 2025-2036. DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20235B (IF: 5.42) 19. Solid Acid and Ionic Liquid Catalyzed One-Pot Transformation of Biorenewable Substrates into Platform Chemical and Promising Biofuel Alam, Md. I.; Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.* RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 6890-6896. DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20574B (IF: 3.76) 18. Biopolymer Templated Porous TiO2: An Efficient Catalyst for the Conversion of Unutilized Sugars Derived from Hemicellulose De, S.; Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; Saha, B.*; Bhaumik, A.* Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2012, 435/436, 197-203. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2012.06.002 (IF: 3.67) 17. One-pot Conversions of Lignocellulosic and Algal Biomass into Liquid Fuels De, S.; Dutta, S.; Saha, B.* ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 1826-1833. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200031 (IF: 7.12) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.201200031/abstract 16. Preparation and Characterization of Aluminum Alkoxides Coordinated on Salen-Type Ligands: Highly Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Chen, H.-L.; Dutta, S.; Huang, P.-Y.; Lin, C.-C.* Organometallics 2012, 31, 2016-2025. DOI: 10.1021/om201281w (IF: 4.25) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om201281w 15. Self-Assembled TiO2 Nanospheres by using a Biopolymer as Template and its Optoelectronic Application Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; De, S.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 1560-1564. DOI: 10.1021/am201759w (IF: 5.90) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am201759w 14. A Brief Summary of the Synthesis of Polyester Building Block Chemicals and Biofuels from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Dutta, S.*; De. S.; Saha, B. ChemPlusChem 2012, 4, 259-272. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201100035 (IF: 3.24) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplu.201100035/abstract 13. Direct Conversion of Cellulose and Lignocellulosic Biomass into Chemical and Biofuel with Metal Chloride Catalysts Dutta, S.; De, S.; Alam, M. I.; Abu-Omar, M. M.*; Saha, B.* J. Catal. 2012, 288, 8-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.cat.2011.12.017 (IF: 6.07) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951711004209 12. Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Dutta, S.; Hung, W.-C.; Hunag, B.-H.; Lin, C.-C.* Eds: Rieger, B.; Coates, G. W. Vol. Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers in Advances in Polymer Science @Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, 245, 219-283. DOI: 10.1007/12_2011_156, ISBN No. 978-3-642-27153-3 11. Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Homogeneous and Nanoparticulate Catalysts Saha, B.*; Dutta, S.; Abu-Omar, M. M.* Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 79-81. DOI: 10.1039/c1cy00321f (IF: 4.76)

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http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CY/C1CY00321F#!divAbstract 10. Microwave Assisted Rapid Conversion of Carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural Catalyzed by Mesoporous TiO2 Nanoparticles Dutta, S.; De, S.; Patra, A. K.; Sasidharan, M.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2011, 409/410, 133-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.09.037 (IF: 3.67)

9. Phosphine Supported Metal-Dihydrogen Complexes: Elongation of HH Bond to Reversible Release of H2 Dutta, S.* Comptes Rendus Chimie 2011, 14, 1029-1053. DOI:10.1016/j.crci.2011.08.007 8. Self-Assembly of Mesoporous TiO2 Nanoshperes via Aspartic Acid Templating Pathway and Its Catalytic Application for 5-Hydroxymethyl-furfural Synthesis De, S.; Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* J. Mat. Chem. 2011, 21, 17505-17510. DOI: 10.1039/C1JM13229F (IF: 6.62) http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/JM/c1jm13229f#!divAbstract 7. Microwave Assisted Conversion of Carbohydrates and Biopolymers to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Aluminum Chloride Catalyst in Water

Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.* Green Chem. 2011, 13, 28592868. DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15550D (IF: 8.00) 6. Ring-Opening Polymerization by Lithium Catalyst: An Overview Sutar, A. K.; Dutta, S.; Chen, C.-T.; Lin, C.-C.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 1724-1746. DOI: 10.1039/B912806A (IF: 33.16) 5. Synthesis and Structural Studies of Lithium and Sodium Complexes with OOO-Tridentate Bis(phenolate) Ligands: Effective Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide Huang, Y.; Tsai, Y.-H.; Dutta, S.; Lin, C.-C.* Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 9416-9425. DOI: 10.1021/ic1011154 (IF: 4.79) 4. Influence of the Electronic of the Phosphine Ligands on the H−H Bond Elongation in Dihydrogen Complexes

Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.*; Nethaji, M. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 548DOI: 10.1021/ic7016769 (IF: 4.79) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic7016769 3. Snapshots of Breaking of the H−H Bond in the Oxidative Addition of H2 to a Metal Center Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.* J. Chem. Sci. 2006, 118, 579-582. DOI: 10.1007/BF02703956 2. 16 Electron Elongated Dihydrogen Complex Stabilized by Agostic Interaction Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.* Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7047-7049. DOI:10.1021/ic061143a (IF: 4.79) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic061143a 1. Dynamics of a cis-Dihydrogen/hydride Complex of Iridium Nanishankar, H. V.; Dutta, S.; Nethaji, M.; Jagirdar, B. R.* Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 6203-6210. DOI: 10.1021/ic050266c (IF: 4.79)

Book Chapter/Books 3. Book Title: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Today's Challenges: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications Editor: Trewyn, B.; Clarke, J. E. Chapter Contributed: ‘Synthesis of Multi-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Cellulosic Biomass Conversion’ Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C.-W.* 2015 (in press) RSC Publishing

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2. Book Title: Sustainable Catalytic Processes Vol I Editor: Maohong Fan, Basudeb Saha, Jianji Wang Chapter Contributed: ‘Lignin Deconstruction: Chemical and Biological Approaches’ Dutta, S.* 2015, 125-155, Elsevier B. V. ISBN: 978-0-444-59567-6 1. Book Title: Main-Group Catalysts for Lactide Polymerization Chapter Contributed: Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry II (Second Edition) Hunag, B.-H.; Dutta, S., Lin, C.-C.* 2013, 1217-1249. Elsevier Publishing

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

9) CCEI Spring Symposium, Delaware, USA, 2016.

8) International Conference on Green Nanotechnology and Catalysis, Taipei, Taiwan,

2014.

7) International Conference on Nano Science & Technology (ICONSAT), Chandigarh,

India, 2014. (Organizer)

6) Symposium on Materials Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2012.

5) Green Chemistry conference in Dehradun, India, 2012.

4) 24th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010.

3) 10th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry-2008 Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore, India, 2008.

2) In-house Symposium 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2006.

1) 11th symposium on Modern Trends in Chemistry (MTIC-XI), Indian Institute of

Technology, Delhi, India, 2005.

AWARDS/HONORS

4) SERB Young Scientist Award (2013-2016), Department of Science & Technology

(DST), India.

3) Fulbright Fellowship (2012-2013), United States-India Educational Foundation

(USIEF). (Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA).

2) UGC-DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (2010-2013), University Grant Commission,

NewDelhi, India.

1) Best Seminar award “Vasudevamurthy Soundararajan Prize” of the academic year 2003-

2004 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Well versed in a range of spectroscopic, chromatographic, and imaging techniques. 400

and 500 MHz multi nuclei 1D/2D NMR (Bruker, Varian), FT-IR, UV-Vis, Gel

Permeation Chromatography, GC-MS, DSC thermal analyzer, CCD single-crystal

diffractometer, Powder X-ray Diffractometer, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM),

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Surface Area Analysis, Handling air and moisture

sensitive compounds using Schlenk techniques (high vacuum line, glove box).

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE AND SOFTWARE SKILL

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Well versed with Windows Operating system for using Power point, Word, Excel.

Proficient in scientific manuscript, reports, reviews writing and editing with the support of

tools such as ChemDraw, CorelDraw, EndNote. Experienced in Scientific Data

management and recording using various programs such as Bruker XWIN NMR and

Varian NMR program for data processing, g-NMR for the simulation of data, Digital

micrograph (TEM, SEM image analysis), GPC data measurement software.

SCIENTIFIC EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

Regular Independent Reviewer for Peer Reviewed Journals

Nature Scientific Report, ChemSusChem, Green Chem., Chem. Commun., RSC Advances,

ChemCatChem, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Appl. Catal. A, Biomass & Bioenergy,

Nanoscale, Dalton Transaction, Macromolecules, Organometallics, Journal of American

Chemical Society, CrysEngCommun, Bioresource Technology, CryEngCommun, ACS

Catalysis, Energy & Fuels

REFERENCES

1) Prof. Basudeb Saha

Associate Director of

Research

Catalysis Center for

Energy Innovation (CCEI),

Interdisciplinary Science

and Engineering

Laboratory, 221 Academy

Street, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE

19716, USA

E-mail: bsaha@udel.edu

basudeb_s@hotmail.com

Tel: +1-302-831-6204

2) Prof. Dion G. Vlachos

Elizabeth Inez Kelley

Professor of Chemical and

Biomolecular Engineering

Director

Catalysis Center for

Energy Innovation (CCEI),

Interdisciplinary Science

and Engineering

Laboratory, 221 Academy

Street, University of

Delaware, Newark, DE

19716, USA

E-mail: vlachos@udel.edu

Tel: +1-302-831-2830

3) Prof. Adam S. Veige

Professor and Director

Center for Catalysis

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

PO Box 117200

Gainesville, FL 32611-

7200 USA, Email:

veige@chem.ufl.edu

Tel: +1-352-392-9844

Fax: +1352-392-3255

4) Prof. Kevin C.-W. Wu

Professor

Department of Chemical

Engineering

National Taiwan University

No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt

Road, Taipei 10617,

Taiwan

5) Prof. Balaji Jagirdar

Professor

Department of Inorganic

and Physical Chemistry

Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore 560012, India

Email:

jagirdar@ipc.iisc.ernet.in

Tel: 91-80-2293-2825

6) Prof. Chu-Chieh Lin

Professor

Department of Chemistry,

250, Kuo-Kuang Road,

Taichung

National Chung Hsing

University, Taiwan 402, R.

O. C.

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Email:

kevinwu@ntu.edu.tw

Tel: 886-2-3366-3064

Fax: +886223623040

Fax:+91-80-2360-

1552/06835)

Email:

cchlin@mail.nchu.edu.tw

Tel: +886-4-22840411

(ext. 718)

Fax: +886-4-2286-25474)