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1. Name: Sayan Bhattacharyya
2. Designation: Professor
3. Field of Specialization: Materials Chemistry; Nanotechnology
4. Office Address:
Department of Chemical Sciences Research Complex, Room-329, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur - 741246, West Bengal, India
Email: sayanb@iiserkol.ac.in ; sayan1001@gmail.com Tel: +91-33-6136-0000 Ext. 1275 (Office) Fax: +91-33-25873020 Webpage: http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb 5. Date of Birth: January 10, 1975 6. Marital Status: Married (Wife: Satarupa; Son: Shaurya; Daughter: Sunayana) 7. Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. (Solid State Chemistry) [Supervisor: Professor N. S. Gajbhiye, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur] during 1999-2005, (degree awarded in 2006). Thesis title: Synthesis, Characterization and Magnetic Interactions Study of Nanoparticles, Nanowires and Nanorods of Metal nitrides: e-Fe3N,e-Fe3-xNixN (0.0 <= x < = 0.8), e-Fe3N-GaN and e-Fe3N-CrN M.Sc. (Specialization: Physical Chemistry), University of Kalyani, during 1996-1998 (degree awarded in 1998). B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours), Calcutta University, during 1993-1996 (degree awarded in 1996). 8. Positions Held:
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India (September 2019 - Present)
Founder Chair, Centre for Advanced Functional Materials (CAFM), IISER Kolkata (2016-2020)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India (February 2015 - September 2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India (April 2010 - February 2015)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2008-2010) (in the group of Professor Yury Gogotsi)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (2006-2008) (in the group of Professor Aharon Gedanken)
9. Professional Recognitions:
(2023) Bronze Medal, for 2024 from Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
(2021) SERB-STAR Award, Science and Engineering Board, Government of India
(2021) Editorial Advisory Board Member, ACS Applied Energy Materials
(2021) Editor, Indian Journal of Chemistry
(2020) Life Fellow, Indian Chemical Society
(2017) Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (RSC Publishing)
# Five powder diffraction patterns from Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 7903-7911 and Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 1702-1710 are included by The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) for JCPDS, Powder Diffraction File
# Invited Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Functional Nanomaterials & their Applications", The Scientific World Journal #Invited Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue "Advanced Nanoporous Materials: Synthesis, Properties & Applications", Journal of Nanomaterials #Editorial Advisory Board Member, Indian Journal of Materials Science # Lifetime Member of the Chemical Research Society of India, since 2011
# Unsolicited Coverage in Media:
VII. The publication in Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 2014, was highlighted as news item in The Hindu, May 26, 2018: "Paper-based electrodes show superior water-splitting efficiency"; Selected in the Nature Communications Editors' Highlights webpage of recent research on Energy Materials.
VI. The publication in Carbon 2016, 107, 395-404 was highlighted as news item in The Hindu, October 13, 2016: "Kolkata researchers use human hair to produce cathodes for solar cells"; Anandabazar Patrika, October 27, 2016: News Item; Global solar technology news website Solar Novus Today, November 01, 2016: "Solar Cell Cathodes from Human Hair"; Telecasted in the programmes Science Monitor (Link) and Gyan Vigyan (Link) on Rajya Sabha TV on 29-30 October, 2016.
V. The publication in Carbon 2016, 100 , 223-235 was highlighted as a news item in The Telegraph, January 25, 2016: “Delivering cancer drugs, bang on target”; The Hindu, October 23-24, 2016: "IISER Kolkata's breakthrough in targeted cancer drug delivery" Telecasted in the programmes Science Monitor (Link) and Gyan Vigyan (Link) on Rajya Sabha TV, 12-14 February, 2016.
IV. The publication on 'Magnetic Properties of Cd1-xMnxTe / C Nanocrystals' in Nanotechnology 2011, 22, 075703 was featured as a news item in Nanotechweb, a leading science community website from Institute of Physics, February 08, 2011.
III. The publication on 'Multifunctional Carbon-Nanotube Cellular Endoscopes' in Nature Nanotech. 2011, 6, 57-64 was featured as a news item in Deccan Herald & The Telegraph, leading Indian newspapers. This paper was also highlighted in Royal Society of Chemistry; Nanowerk; Fierce Biotech; PhysOrg.com; Newswise.com; and Drexel Press Release in the period December 13-20, 2010.
II. The publication on 'Small Diameter Carbon Nanopipettes' in Nanotechnology 2010, 21, 015304 was featured as news items in Nanometer, Russia News, December 6, 2009; Nanotechweb, January 21, 2010; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, January 29, 2010. I. The publication on 'Microwave-assisted Insertion of Silver Nanoparticles into 3-D Mesoporous Zinc Oxide Nanocomposites and Nanorods' in J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 659-665 was listed among the Most Popular Articles: January-March, 2008. # Consultancy: Hindustan Unilever Limited (2012-2013) 10. Previous Achievements: # Postdoctoral fellowship offers (Accepted): Drexel University, USA (2008); Bar-Ilan University, Israel (2006).
# Postdoctoral fellowship offers (Declined) : Michigan State University, USA (2008); University of Nebraska, USA (2008); University of New Orleans, USA (2008); University of California, Riverside, USA (2008); CSNSM, Paris, France (2008); Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany (2008); University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (2006); Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany (2006).
# 3rd Best paper award at 3rd National Symposium & Conference on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas, IIT Delhi, December 2003 # Best paper award at National Symposium on Nanostructured Materials, IIT Delhi, December 2002. # National Eligibility Test in Chemical Sciences (NET), 1999. # Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE),1999.
# Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), since November 2014. # Invited Member of the American Nano Society, since 2011. # Member of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), 2009, PA, USA. # Member of the American Ceramic Society, 2009, USA.
Teaching Assistantships:
Drexel University, USA: MatE-580: Carbon Nanomaterials in the winter term 2008-2009, Drexel University, USA.
IIT Kanpur, India: B. Tech. Chemistry laboratory for two years, M.Sc. Physical Chemistry laboratory for one year, and theory course for two years, 2001-2005.
11. Research Interests:
An interdisciplinary research involving the design and synthesis of nanoscale functional materials, elucidation of the fundamental magnetic, electronic, optical and other physical properties of these materials, and the development of processes that lead to multifunctional objects for specific applications is the theme to Bhattacharyya's research. His current interests are:
1. Electrocatalysis, & 2. Metal-Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics
Previous Research: 1. Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells 2. Magnetic Anisotropy Enhancement 2. Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapy 3. Low Temperature Magnetism of Fe-based Nitride Nanostructures 4. Porous Materials and Nanoparticle Impregnation 5. Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors: Mn-doped Nanocrystals 6. Multifunctional Intracellular Probes: Carbon Nanopipettes & Cellular Endoscopes
12. Students Trained:
Postdoctoral Fellow: See www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/team.html and www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/afml-alumni.html
PhD: See www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/team.html and www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/afml-alumni.html
BS-MS (5th Year Project): See www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/team.html and www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/afml-alumni.html
Summer Project: See www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/team.html and www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/afml-alumni.html
Internship: See www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/team.html and www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/afml-alumni.html
BS-MS (Lab Rotation & Training):
Manish Arya (4th year BS-MS, Spring 2011); Vishwas Srivastava (4th year BS-MS, Autumn 2011); Armita Dash (4th year BS-MS, Spring 2012); Swapil Paliwal (4th year BS-MS, Spring 2012); Prabir Biswas (3rd year BS-MS Trainee, 2012); Nitesh Kumar (4th year BS-MS, Autumn 2012); Swapnil Barmase (4th year BS-MS, Autumn 2012); Devika Surendran (3rd year BS-MS, Autumn 2014)
Previous:
Carbon Nanotube Group Leader (group comprised of 7 graduate/undergraduate students and 3 postdocs), Research Coordinator of the Keck Institute for Attofluidic Probes at Drexel University, and Prof. Gogotsi's Laboratory Incharge, Drexel University, USA, April 2008 - December 2009.
13. Invited Lectures/Seminars/Conference Talks & Posters:
(January 2010)
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 27 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) Indian Institute of Science, Education & Research, Pune, India, 25 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, 21 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) Indian Institute of Science, Education & Research, Kolkata, India, 13 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) Indian Institute of Science, Education & Research, Bhopal, India, 11 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials: Mesoporous Structures and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (Seminar) Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, 08 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Multifunctional Intracellular Carbon Nano Probes and Carbon Nanotubes (Seminar) Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, 07 January, 2010.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanostructured Materials and Probes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications (Seminar) School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 06 January, 2010.
(1999 - 2009)
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, D. Staack, E. Vitol, R. Singhal, A. Fridman, G. Friedman, Y. Gogotsi, Nanoscale Corona Discharge in Aqueous Solutions: New Technique for Localized Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles (Oral Presentation) Session: Controlled Processing of Nanoparticle-Based Materials and Nanostructured Films, Materials Science and Technology (MS&T '09) Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 25-29 October 2009.
* Sayan Bhattacharyya, Nanoparticle Insertion Inside Mesopores and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (Invited Lecture) Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, IFF - Soft Matter, Germany, 24 January, 2008.
* N. S. Gajbhiye and Sayan Bhattacharyya, Magnetic Interactions Study of e-Fe3N-GaN Core-Shell Nanocomposites/Nanowires (Invited Lecture) 24th Annual Conference of the Indian Council of Chemists (ICC), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India, 16-18 December, 2005.
Chemfest-2005, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institiute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2 April, 2005.
Thirteenth National Symposium and Workshop on Thermal Analysis, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India, 21-25 January, 2002.
National Conference and Symposium on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 6-8 December, 2001.
14. Outreach Activities:
2010-Present: www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/contributions.html
1999-2009
IV. Participation in European Commission and Industrial research at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, 2006-2007.
V. One of the two core volunteers in organizing National Conference and Symposium on Solid State Chemistry and Allied Areas, at IIT Kanpur, India, 6-8 December, 2001.
15. Journal Publications (Published/In Press):
Please visit the link: http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~sayanb/publications.html
16. Patents
# United States Patent Application No. 13/182,983 “Carbon Nanotubes Containing Confined Copper Azide” Inventors: V. Pelletier, S. Bhattacharyya, F. Forohar, M. Bichay, Y. Gogotsi Drexel Ref: 10-1213D, Navy Ref: (unknown), Woodcock Ref: DXU-0393.
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