I am an early-career researcher at COMOC, Ghent University. My research is focused on developing porous materials (e.g., MOF, COF, CTF, Porous Polymers, etc.) with tunable redox properties for heterogeneous photo & electrocatalysis to directly functionalize/make molecules that are otherwise difficult to do, viz., non-activated organic molecules and gases (e.g., CO2). My research has two-fold directions: (i) developing novel photo and electrocatalytic protocols for value-added product synthesis, and (ii) parallelly understanding the fundamentals of charge transport and dynamics in porous materials to tune their augmented catalytic use. To date, I have supervised 14 researchers (9 PhD, 2 MSc, 3 BSc), authored 20+ manuscripts, peer-reviewed 30+ scientific articles, collaborated with internationally recognized scholars, and been recognized with 7 career awards attracting 250k€ research funding.
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Honours & Awards:
- Winner - Best Research Pitch, Janssen Pharmaceutica (Chemistry Career Day, October 2022)
- Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds (BOF) Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ghent University (2022).
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Seal of Excellence, European Commission (2021).
- Chinese Postdoctoral Fellowship, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (December 2018 – November 2020).
- Distinguished Publication Award, Wuhan University of Technology (November 2017).
- Academic Excellence Award, Wuhan University of Technology, second position in the annual academic ranking (November 2015).
- CSC PhD Fellowship, China Scholarship Council (September 2014 –July 2018).
- All India Rank 23 in GATE Chemistry examination (Percentile 99.71) (March 2014).
- All India Rank 22 in CSIR-NET Chemistry examination (Percentile 99.9) (December 2013).
- All India Rank 15 in IIT-JAM Chemistry examination (Percentile 99.64) (April 2012).
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Timeline
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November 2022 - present: BOF Senior Researcher, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Research Topic: Conjugated Porous Networks for Electrocatalysis
- Supervisor: Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort
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October 2021 - October 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Research Topic: Conjugated Covalent Organic Frameworks for Photo and Electrocatalysis
- Supervisor: Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort
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December 2018 - September 2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
- Research Topic: Redox Tunable Porous Polymers for Electro and Photocatalysis
- Supervisor: Prof. Francis Verpoort and Prof. Shaoxian Song
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August 2018 - October 2018: Researcher, Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea
- Research Topic: Conjugated Porous Polymers for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment
- Supervisor: Prof. Francis Verpoort and Prof. Philippe M. Heynderickx
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September 2014 - July 2018: Doctoral Researcher, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
- Research Topic: Porous Materials for Redox-Tunable Heterogenous Photocatalysis
- Supervisor: Prof. Francis Verpoort
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August 2012 - June 2014: Masters of Science in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
- Research Topic: Organic Coupling Reactions
- Supervisor: Prof. Maddali L. N. Rao
- May 2009 - June 2012: Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Chemistry, S. A. Jaipuria College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
