Computational Catalysis
Group
@IITKGP

Lisa Roy received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry from the University of Calcutta, India in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Thereafter, she joined the group of Prof. Ankan Paul at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, where she obtained her Ph.D degree in 2015. The topic of her doctoral thesis was “theoretical investigation of reaction mechanisms related to renewable energy”. Subsequently, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Frank Neese, under the guidance of Dr. Shengfa Ye, at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany, mainly focusing on the elucidation of the reaction mechanism of carbon-dioxide reduction by transition-metal complexes. She received the Department of Science and Technology, India, Inspire Faculty Award in 2017 and worked as an independent scientist at CSIR Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute from 2017-18 before working as an Assistant Professor at Institute of Chemical Technology - IOC Bhubaneswar campus between Nov 2018 - Aug 2024. Presently, she is working as an Assistant Professor Grade I (Chemistry) at the Department of Education at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Her current research interests include reactivity of metalloenzymes, model complexes, organocatalysts and MOF/COF based catalysts in order to computationally design novel catalytic systems for sustainable energy and resources.