Sanat Kumar Mahapatra
PhD Research Scholar (since June 2022)
Project Assistant (July'21 - May'22)
M. Sc: Utkal University, 2020
Project Work: IISER Bhopal
Research Interest: Understanding selectivity in organic reactions, Photo and electrochemical reactions assisted by non-Covalent Interactions, Confinement effects in catalysis.
Selected Publications:
1) ACS Cat. 2025, 15, 13810-13820
2) Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202402969 (Cover Feature)
3) Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 8290–8295
4) Chem. Sci. 2023,14, 10768-10776
5) J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2543–2549
Achievements:
ACS Best Poster Prize at NCMMS 2022 organized by VIT Bhopal
Group Members @ ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar
Group Alumni
Ajeet Kumar Singh
PhD research scholar Jan 2021-May 2025 (Awarded in June 2025)
Presently Post-doc at Technion Israel with Prof. Graham de Ruiter and Renana Gershoni-Poranne
Project Assistant (Feb - Dec 2020)
M.Sc: Central University Punjab, 2019
B.Sc: University of Delhi
Research interest: Water Splitting by 3d transition metals, designing hybrid water oxidation catalysts, O2 activation on COF materials.
Selected Publications:
1) ChemPhysChem 2024, e202400533 (Invited)
2) ACS Omega 2024, 9, 9886–9920 (Invited, Supplementary Cover)
3) Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300412 (Invited, Cover Feature)
4) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5270-5284
5) J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 11893-11904
Achievements:
ACS Omega Best Poster Prize at ICFMPT-2024 organized by ICT and IOP Bhubaneswar
Prativa Behera
PhD research scholar (since June 2022)
Project JRF (August 2021- May 2022)
M.Sc: VNIT Nagpur, 2019
B.Sc: Utkal University
Research interest: 3d Transition metal containing organometallic complexes, redox-non-innocent ligand chemistry, CO2 adsorption on COF
Selected Publications:
1) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202420106
2) Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 20379-20387
3) Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 14287-14294
4) Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 4056-4059
Book Chapter: Transition metals and their complexes as homogeneous catalysts, Elsevier, 2024
Achievements:
Thieme Chemistry Best Poster Prize at KIIT-CRSI Bhubaneswar Chapter 2023
RSC Best Poster Prize at ISCHA IIT Bombay 2024
Group Members @IIT Kharagpur
Bijoy Ghosh
Phd Research Scholar (since July 2025)
Project Junior Research Fellow (Jan-June 2025)
M.Sc: IIT Kharagpur (Dept. of Chemistry), 2024
B.Sc: Bankura University
Research interest: Supramolecular Catalysis, Machine Learning
Abha Mathur
BS-Thesis Project (since April 2025)
Bachelor in Chemistry (4 years): IIT Kharagpur (Dept. of Chemistry), 2022-26
Research interest: Metalloenzyme catalyzed C-H activation