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Dr. Kalyanjyoti Deori

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Email - kalchemdu@dibru.ac.in
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Designation - Assistant Professor

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Education:

  1. Bachelor’s Degree: Govt. Science College, Jorhat, Dibrugarh University.
  2. Master’s Degree: Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  3. Ph.D.: Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  4. Other:
    1. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE-2010.
    2. Junior Research Fellowship by the CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2010.
    3. Senior Research Fellowship by the CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2013.

Professional Experience:

  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi; July 2015 – February 2018.
  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 07.02.2018 – onwards.

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Material chemistry: Synthetic nano chemistry, morphology controlled synthesis of nanoparticles, nanocatalyst for industrially important organic transformations, Photocatalysis, effect of various shapes of nanoparticles, metal oxide based hybrid nanocrystals (HNCs).
  • Nano materials for catalysis and energy applications: supercapacitor materials, electrocatalytic methanol oxidation, water splitting reactions for evolution of hydrogen (HER) and oxygen (OER).
  • Instrumentation: Advanced electron microscope techniques including atomic resolution TEM (HRTEM, dark and bright field), High angle annular dark field imaging and scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), Selected area electron diffraction (SAED), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (TEM-EDX, SEM-EDX), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermal Analysis (TGA/DSC, TGA/DTA), NMR, Surface area and pore size analyser (BET), GC, HPLC, Glove box, Cyclic voltammetry (CV)

Awards and Achievements:

  1. Upendra Nath Gogoi Memorial "Dibrugarh University Teacher Award 2023" (Faculties of Science & Engineering, Earth Sciences & Energy, Biological Sciences), Dibrugarh University, Assam, 5 September 2023.
  2. Young Scientist award from University of Delhi at 2nd National Conference on Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 10‒11 January, 2020.
  3. International Travel Award from SERB-DST, Govt. of lndia for delivering a lecture at American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  4. Best Research Award in DAE-BRNS 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ISMC-2012), Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India, 11-15 December, 2012.
  5. Best paper Award in Indo-German Workshop on New Perspectives for Nano-Carriers in Biomedical, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, 14 January, 2013.
  6. Best Poster Award by SciFinder in National conference on "New Advances and Horizons in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (NanoSci-2014), Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST, DST), Guwahati, India, 20-21 December, 2014.
  7. Best poster award in National Symposium on Recent Trends in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Delhi, India, 15-16 October, 2012
  8. International Travel Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (A Statutory body under Department of Science & Technology, Government of lndia) for attending a conference named “International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications (NANOENERGY-2014)” held in University College London, UK, during 19-21 Feb 2014.
  9. Paper selected for presentation in the top 100 category and recommended for 'Top 100 Free Registration Initiative' at International conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014), Chandigarh, India.
  10. Best Project award in inter school Science Exhibition cum Competition (in POWER MANAGEMENT section), held at Sibsagar Govt. H.S. & M.P. School, Assam, on 22nd and 23rd Oct, 2003. Worked Project on ‘‘Automatic Traffic Signal System by Solar Energy”.

Patents:

  1. Basudeb Saha, Sasanka Deka, Dinesh Gupta and Kalyanjyoti Deori, “A Process for Producing Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Oxidation of Methyl Arenes”, Indian Patent Application No. 1346/DEL/2013 dated 7th May 2013, Publication Date: 12/12/2014.

Administrative Assignments:

  1. Member of Board of Study (BOS), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2019-till date.
  2. Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2019-till date.
  3. Member of Deparmental Management Committee (DMC), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2018- till date.
  4. Member in Department Seminar Committee in K.M. College, University of Delhi during 2015-2017.
  5. Member in Admission Committee in K.M. College, University of Delhi, during 2016-2017.

Member of Professional Bodies:

  1. Annual member of American Chemical Society (ACS). Membership ID: 30785753.
  2. Associate member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) London (AMRSC). Membership No: 546163.
  3. Life member of ‘The Indian science congress association’ (ISCA).
  4. Life member of Indian society of analytical scientists.
  5. Member of National Children’s Science Congress- 1999-2000.
  6. Member national cadet corps (NCC India)- 2004-2007.
  7. Life member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). Membership No: LM 3781

Editorial Board Member:

  1. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
  2. Nano Research and Applications
  3. International Academy of Arts, Science & Technology
  4. Guest Editor for a special issue in Current Indian Science, a Bentham Science Journal

Conference/Workshop/Seminar Organized:

  1. Convenor of International Conference on "Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, (RAMCC-2023)", 1-3 March, 2023, organized by Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University.
  2. Convenor of one-week hands-on training programme on "Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Techniques for Basic research and Development", 24-30 August, 2022 organized by Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University in association with NIT Agartala under DST-STUTI program.

Extension Service:

  1. Delivered an invited lecture @ 19th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-2023) 9-14 July, 2023, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  2. Delivered an Invited Talk @ 107th Indian Science Congress, Agriculturtal University, Bangalore, India, 03‒07 January, 2020.
  3. Delivered a lecture on Chemistry & Water @ American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  4. Gave an Invited Talk @ Third International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2019), 9-11 Aug 2019, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  5. As Resource person- Deliver lectures in colleges and schools (Career Counselling, motivational).
  6. Invited talk in National Conferences.
  7. Professor Amarnath Maitra memorial lecture on "Design of new oxide nanoparticles for breakthrough in catalysis applications" at Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, held on 14th of February, 2015.
  8. National Science Day lecture on the theme “Fostering Scientific Temper” organized by the Haridwar Chapter of the Indian Science Congress Association on 28th of February 2014 at Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India.
  9. Feb 2016: Organizing member of the national conference, ETFC-2016 (1st National Conference on “Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences” ) organized by Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College on 3-4 February, 2016 at University of Delhi.
  10. Involved in various societies/committees of co-curricular activities as well as north-east society in Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, during 2015–2018.
  11. Member of Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) 2015–2018.
  12. Member of Dibrugarh University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) 2018–onwards.
  13. Reviewer of International journals (ChemSusChem (Wiley Journal), ChemCatChem (Wiley Journal), RSC Journal etc.)

Students Supervised:

Ph.D. Completed

  1. Dr. Soniya Agarwal (April, 2019 - September, 2023)

Current Ph.D Students

  1. Mr. Montu Gogoi (2021-         )
  2. Ms. Masshuda Madni Khatun (2022-         )
  3. Ms. Ramani Hazarika (2022-         )
  4. Ms. Deepshikha Roy (2023-         )
  5. Ms. Rashmi Rekha Gogoi (2022-         )

Internship/M.Sc. Project completed (Dibrugarh University)

  1. Ms. Masshuda Madni Khatun (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  2. Ms. Purbashri Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  3. Ms. Shehnaz Yesmin (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  4. Ms. Vaishnabi Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  5. Ms. Anindita Bhuyan (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  6. Ms. Anindita Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  7. Ms. Gargee Bhattacharya (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  8. Ms. Deepshikha Das (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  9. Ms. Agam Pyari Jaiswal (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  10. Mr. Debashish Phukan (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  11. Ms. Deepshikha Baruah (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  12. Ms. Sikhamoni Loying (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  13. Mr. Dhruba Jyoti Deka (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  14. Mr. Krishna Kamal (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  15. Ms. Shyamolima Bairagi (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  16. Ms. Tulumoni Gogoi (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  17. Mr. Hirak Jyoti Deka (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)
  18. Ms. Pragyashree Borah (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)
  19. Ms. Puja Pokhrel (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)

Internship/M.Sc. Project completed (Other University)

  1. Ms. Anupama Devi (M.Sc. Project, University of science & technology Meghalaya, 2018-19)
  2. Ms. Bidisa Dowara (M.Sc. Project, NIT Sikkim, 2020-21)
  3. Mr. Bhavabhuti Gogoi (Internship, Cotton University, Summer 2019)
  4. Mr. Vishal Chakravorty (Internship, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, Winter 2021)

Publications

Research Publications:

  1. Priyanka Gogoi, Tulumoni Saikia, Ramani Hazarika, Anirban Garg, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "Ultralow-Loading Copper Sulfide Nanosheets on g‑C3N4 as a Visible-Light-Active Photocatalyst for the Regioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 (ASAP Article) (in press) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02827. (Impact factor: 9.2)
  2. Soniya Agarwal, Shyamolima Bairagi, Masshuda Madni Khatun, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, "Hierarchical NiZn Solid-Solution as Highly Efficient Palladium Free Heterogeneous Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reaction", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 41073−41080. (Impact factor: 10.347)
  3. Priyanka Gogoi, Bishal Bhattacharyya, Vishal Chakravorty, Anirban Garg, Priyanuj Krishnann Hazarika, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Diganta Sarma*, "Hydrothermally developed ZnC2O4.2H2O nanocrystals as efficient copper‐free catalyst for the facile synthesis of 1, 4‐disubstituted 1, 2, 3‐triazoles in water", ChemNanoMat, 2023, 9, e202200407. (Impact factor: 3.82)
  4. Soniya Agarwal, Bidisa Dowara, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, "Magnetically Separable Visible Light-Active Ag0.75Ni0.25 Binary Alloy Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient Photocatalyst for the Selective Oxidative Coupling of Aniline to Azobenzene", ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 48615−48622. (Impact factor: 4.132)
  5. Priyanuj Krishnann Hazarika, Priyanka Gogoi, Roktopol Hazarika, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "Nanostructured Ni(OH)2–ZnO mixed crystals as recyclable catalysts for the synthesis of N-unsubstituted 1, 2, 3-triazoles", Materials Advances, 2022, 3, 7810−7814. (Impact factor: 5.36)
  6. Bidyutjyoti Dutta, Nilakshi Dutta, Apurba Dutta, Montu Gogoi, Sanjay Mehra, Arvind Kumar, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "[DDQM][HSO4]/TBHP as a Multifunctional Catalyst for the Metal Free Tandem Oxidative Synthesis of 2-Phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones", The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, (Advanced Article) (in press) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00908.
  7. Soniya Agarwal, Apurba Dutta, Diganta Sarma* and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “In situ fabrication of HDA-mediated NiFe–Fe2O3 nanorods: an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones in water", New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 13196−13206.
  8. Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “Copper Sulfide Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols and Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 4413−4422. (Impact factor: 6.14)
  9. Soniya Agarwal, Parmita Phukan, Diganta Sarma* and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “Versatile precursor-dependent copper sulfide nanoparticles as a multifunctional catalyst for the photocatalytic removal of water pollutants and the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes and NH-triazoles”, Nanoscale Advances, 2021, 3, 3954−3966. (Impact factor: 5.598)
  10. Parmita Phukan, Soniya Agarwal, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma* “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Catalysed One-Pot Three-Component Reaction: A Facile Synthesis of 4-Aryl-NH-1,2,3-Triazoles”, Catalysis Letters, 2020, 150, 2208–2219. (Impact factor: 3.186)
  11. Vinod Kumar, Bhawna, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Akanksha Gupta, Bhavna Dwivedi and Kalyanjyoti Deori, "Facile Synthesis of Ce–Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles: A Promising Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution and Dyes Degradation", ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 3722–3729. (Impact factor: 2.109)
  12. Priya Kush, Kalyanjyoti Deori, Anup Kumar and Sasanka Deka, “Efficient Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution and Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Reduction of Aqueous Cr(VI) by Surfactant Free Hydrophilic Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanoparticles”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 8098–8106. (Impact factor: 14.511)
  13. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Chinmoy Kalita and Sasanka Deka, “(100) surface exposed CeO2 Nanocube as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst in Tandem Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol, para-Chlorobenzyl Alcohol and Toluene to Corresponding Aldehydes Selectively”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 6909−6920. (Impact factor: 14.511)
  14. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Dinesh Gupta, Basudeb Saha and Sasanka Deka, “Design of 3-dimensionally self-assembled CeO2 nanocube as a breakthrough catalyst for efficient alkylarene oxidation in water”, ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 3169−3179. (Impact factor: 13.7)
  15. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Sanjeev Kumar Ujjain, Raj Kishore Sharma and Sasanka Deka, “Morphology controlled synthesis of nanoporous Co3O4 nanostructures and their charge storage characteristics in supercapacitors”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5, 10665-10672. (Impact factor: 10.4)
  16. Kalyanjyoti Deori and Sasanka Deka, “Morphology oriented surfactant dependent CoO and reaction time dependent Co3O4 nanocrystals from single synthesis method and their optical and magnetic properties”, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 8465-8474. (Impact factor: 3.545)
  17. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Dinesh Gupta, Basudeb Saha, Satish K. Awasthi and Sasanka Deka, “Introducing Nanocrystalline CeO2 as Heterogeneous Environmental Friendly Catalyst for the Aerobic Oxidation of Para-xylene to Terephthalic Acid in Water”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 7091–7099. (Impact factor: 14.511)

Books and Book Chapters:

  1. Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 8: “Nanomaterials-Based Photocatalytic Reactions”, Advanced Nanocatalysis for Organic Syntheses and Electroanalyses, 2022, 158-171. Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd. (ISBN: 9789815040166)
  2. Priyanka Gogoi, Diganta Sarma and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 5: “Oxidation Reactions Using Nanomaterials as Heterogeneous Catalyst”, Advanced Nanocatalysis for Organic Syntheses and Electroanalyses, 2022, 80-95. Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd. (ISBN: 9789815040166)
  3. Priyanka Gogoi, Diganta Sarma and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 31: “Application of Nanoceramics in Energy Industries: Present Developments and Futurescopes”, Industrial Applications of Nanoceramics, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323886543. (In Press)
  4. Soniya Agarwal, Montu Gogoi and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 33: “Potential Applications of Sustainable Nanofillers based Nanocomposites in the Food and Food Packaging Industry”, Sustainable Nanofillers, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323994705. (In Press)
  5. Montu Gogoi, Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 21: “­­Efficient Catalytic Activity of Different Sustainable Nanofillers”, Sustainable Nanofillers, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323994705. (In Press)
  6. Sasanka Deka, Priya Kush, Kalyanjyoti Deori and Himani Chauhan, “Nanostructured Chalcogenides and Metal Oxides”, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2017 (Book in Press).

Conferences:

  1. Presented paper (Invited lecture) (Session Chaired): "Binary Alloy and Chalcogenide Nanoparticles as Morphology Oriented Photocatalysts", 19th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-2023) 9-14 July, 2023, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  2. Presented paper (Invited lecture): "Importance of Morphology Control in Nanoparticle Catalysis", 2nd National Conference on Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 10‒11 January, 2020
  3. Presented paper (Invited lecture): "Development of binary metal chalcogenide and alloy nanoparticles as promising heterogeneous catalysts", 107th Indian Science Congress, Agriculturtal University, Bangalore, India, 03‒07 January, 2020.
  4. Presented paper (oral talk): "Introducing nanocrystalline CeO2 and Au-CeO2 in electrocatalytic HER, OER and electro-oxidation of methanol", American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  5. Presented paper (Invited lecture) (session chaired): "Noble metal decorated metal oxide nanoparticles as effective electrocatalyst for water splitting reaction", Third International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2019), 9-11 Aug 2019, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  6.  Invited Lecture: "Morphology controlled nanoparticles for catalysis", National Lecture Workshop on Role of Chemistry in Interdisciplinary Research, 22nd‒23rd October, 2019, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India
  7. Participated National Seminar On “Materials and Minerals: Past, Present And Future (MMPPF-2006)”, held at Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Jorhat, Assam on 30th &31st Aug- 2006.
  8. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis And Characterization Of Two Phases Of Cobalt Oxide Nano- and Micro-Particles Varying The Surfactant”, International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (ICNANO-2011), University of Delhi, India, 18-21 December, 2011.
  9. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis, characterization and application of (100)/(111) surface exposed CeO2 nanocrystallites in novel oxidative catalytic reactions”, DAE-BRNS 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ISMC-2012), Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India, 11-15 December, 2012.
  10. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis, characterization and application of (100)/(111) surface exposed CeO2 nanocrystallites in novel oxidative catalytic reactions”, IGSTC Indo-German Workshop on New Perspectives For Nano-Carriers in Biomedical Applications, University of Delhi, India, 14th January, 2013.
  11. Participated Symposium on Recent Trends in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Delhi, India, 15-16 October, 2012.
  12. Attended and presented paper (ORAL): “Synthesis and Characterization of CeO2 Nanocrystals with various controlled morphologies and their effect towards exclusively selective catalytic oxidation reaction”, International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications (NANOENERGY-2014), University College London, UK, 19-21 February 2014.
  13. Attended and presented paper (ORAL): “New 3-D self-assembled nanocrystallite CeO2 catalyst for aqueous phase oxidation of para-xylene to terephthalic acid with complete conversion and absolute selectivity”, 3rd National conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Sciences (ACES-2014), Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India, 27-28 February, 2014.
  14. Attended and delivered lecture on the theme “Fostering Scientific Temper” during National Science Day celebration organized by the Haridwar Chapter of the Indian Science Congress Association on 28th of February 2014 at Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India.
  15. Attended and presented paper (Poster): “Morphology controlled synthesis of CeO2 Nanocrystals and effect of various shapes towards exclusively selective catalytic oxidation reaction”, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014) (the flagship nanoscience meeting of NANO MISSION, DST, Govt of India), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 02-05 March, 2014.
  16. Attended and presented paper (Poster): “Exclusively selective catalytic oxidation of alkylarene and aryl alcohol in water by CeO2 nanoparticles with various morphologies”, National conference on "New Advances and Horizons in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (NanoSci-2014), Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST, DST), Guwahati, India, 20-21 December, 2014.

Courses Taken

  1. Inorganic Chemistry: All semesters of M.Sc.
  2. Materials Chemistry: 2nd semester of M.Sc. (of other Departments)
  3. Ability Enhancement Course (Analytical Chemistry): For M.Sc. classes
  4. Course work (Inorganic, Materials Chemistry etc.): For Ph.D. Students

Sponsored Projects

Research grant received:

Sl. No. Name of PI/Co-PI Title of the project and duration Amount sanctioned Funding agency

Duration/Status
1. Dr. Kalyanjyoti Deori (PI)

Development and Synthesis of Binary Metal ........,

36 Months (3 Years)

 24,56,000.00 DST-SERB

2019-2022

(Completed)
2. Dr. Kalyanjyoti Deori (PI)

Development of Morphology Controlled Nanostructures having......,

24 Months (2 Years)

 10,00,000.00 UGC

2019-2021

(Completed)
3. Dr. Kalyanjyoti Deori (Co-PI)

M@MO (M= ...) binary nanoparticles as .....,

36 Months (3 Years)

 23,00,000.00 CSIR

2021-2024

(Ongoing)
Profile

Profile

Education:

  1. Bachelor’s Degree: Govt. Science College, Jorhat, Dibrugarh University.
  2. Master’s Degree: Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  3. Ph.D.: Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
  4. Other:
    1. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, GATE-2010.
    2. Junior Research Fellowship by the CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2010.
    3. Senior Research Fellowship by the CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2013.

Professional Experience:

  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi; July 2015 – February 2018.
  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 07.02.2018 – onwards.

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Material chemistry: Synthetic nano chemistry, morphology controlled synthesis of nanoparticles, nanocatalyst for industrially important organic transformations, Photocatalysis, effect of various shapes of nanoparticles, metal oxide based hybrid nanocrystals (HNCs).
  • Nano materials for catalysis and energy applications: supercapacitor materials, electrocatalytic methanol oxidation, water splitting reactions for evolution of hydrogen (HER) and oxygen (OER).
  • Instrumentation: Advanced electron microscope techniques including atomic resolution TEM (HRTEM, dark and bright field), High angle annular dark field imaging and scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), Selected area electron diffraction (SAED), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analysis (TEM-EDX, SEM-EDX), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Thermal Analysis (TGA/DSC, TGA/DTA), NMR, Surface area and pore size analyser (BET), GC, HPLC, Glove box, Cyclic voltammetry (CV)

Awards and Achievements:

  1. Upendra Nath Gogoi Memorial "Dibrugarh University Teacher Award 2023" (Faculties of Science & Engineering, Earth Sciences & Energy, Biological Sciences), Dibrugarh University, Assam, 5 September 2023.
  2. Young Scientist award from University of Delhi at 2nd National Conference on Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 10‒11 January, 2020.
  3. International Travel Award from SERB-DST, Govt. of lndia for delivering a lecture at American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  4. Best Research Award in DAE-BRNS 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ISMC-2012), Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India, 11-15 December, 2012.
  5. Best paper Award in Indo-German Workshop on New Perspectives for Nano-Carriers in Biomedical, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, 14 January, 2013.
  6. Best Poster Award by SciFinder in National conference on "New Advances and Horizons in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (NanoSci-2014), Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST, DST), Guwahati, India, 20-21 December, 2014.
  7. Best poster award in National Symposium on Recent Trends in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Delhi, India, 15-16 October, 2012
  8. International Travel Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (A Statutory body under Department of Science & Technology, Government of lndia) for attending a conference named “International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications (NANOENERGY-2014)” held in University College London, UK, during 19-21 Feb 2014.
  9. Paper selected for presentation in the top 100 category and recommended for 'Top 100 Free Registration Initiative' at International conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014), Chandigarh, India.
  10. Best Project award in inter school Science Exhibition cum Competition (in POWER MANAGEMENT section), held at Sibsagar Govt. H.S. & M.P. School, Assam, on 22nd and 23rd Oct, 2003. Worked Project on ‘‘Automatic Traffic Signal System by Solar Energy”.

Patents:

  1. Basudeb Saha, Sasanka Deka, Dinesh Gupta and Kalyanjyoti Deori, “A Process for Producing Aromatic Carboxylic Acids by Oxidation of Methyl Arenes”, Indian Patent Application No. 1346/DEL/2013 dated 7th May 2013, Publication Date: 12/12/2014.

Administrative Assignments:

  1. Member of Board of Study (BOS), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2019-till date.
  2. Member of Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2019-till date.
  3. Member of Deparmental Management Committee (DMC), Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 2018- till date.
  4. Member in Department Seminar Committee in K.M. College, University of Delhi during 2015-2017.
  5. Member in Admission Committee in K.M. College, University of Delhi, during 2016-2017.

Member of Professional Bodies:

  1. Annual member of American Chemical Society (ACS). Membership ID: 30785753.
  2. Associate member, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) London (AMRSC). Membership No: 546163.
  3. Life member of ‘The Indian science congress association’ (ISCA).
  4. Life member of Indian society of analytical scientists.
  5. Member of National Children’s Science Congress- 1999-2000.
  6. Member national cadet corps (NCC India)- 2004-2007.
  7. Life member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). Membership No: LM 3781

Editorial Board Member:

  1. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
  2. Nano Research and Applications
  3. International Academy of Arts, Science & Technology
  4. Guest Editor for a special issue in Current Indian Science, a Bentham Science Journal

Conference/Workshop/Seminar Organized:

  1. Convenor of International Conference on "Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry and Catalysis, (RAMCC-2023)", 1-3 March, 2023, organized by Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University.
  2. Convenor of one-week hands-on training programme on "Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Techniques for Basic research and Development", 24-30 August, 2022 organized by Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University in association with NIT Agartala under DST-STUTI program.

Extension Service:

  1. Delivered an invited lecture @ 19th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-2023) 9-14 July, 2023, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  2. Delivered an Invited Talk @ 107th Indian Science Congress, Agriculturtal University, Bangalore, India, 03‒07 January, 2020.
  3. Delivered a lecture on Chemistry & Water @ American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  4. Gave an Invited Talk @ Third International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2019), 9-11 Aug 2019, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  5. As Resource person- Deliver lectures in colleges and schools (Career Counselling, motivational).
  6. Invited talk in National Conferences.
  7. Professor Amarnath Maitra memorial lecture on "Design of new oxide nanoparticles for breakthrough in catalysis applications" at Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, held on 14th of February, 2015.
  8. National Science Day lecture on the theme “Fostering Scientific Temper” organized by the Haridwar Chapter of the Indian Science Congress Association on 28th of February 2014 at Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India.
  9. Feb 2016: Organizing member of the national conference, ETFC-2016 (1st National Conference on “Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences” ) organized by Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College on 3-4 February, 2016 at University of Delhi.
  10. Involved in various societies/committees of co-curricular activities as well as north-east society in Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, during 2015–2018.
  11. Member of Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) 2015–2018.
  12. Member of Dibrugarh University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) 2018–onwards.
  13. Reviewer of International journals (ChemSusChem (Wiley Journal), ChemCatChem (Wiley Journal), RSC Journal etc.)

Students Supervised:

Ph.D. Completed

  1. Dr. Soniya Agarwal (April, 2019 - September, 2023)

Current Ph.D Students

  1. Mr. Montu Gogoi (2021-         )
  2. Ms. Masshuda Madni Khatun (2022-         )
  3. Ms. Ramani Hazarika (2022-         )
  4. Ms. Deepshikha Roy (2023-         )
  5. Ms. Rashmi Rekha Gogoi (2022-         )

Internship/M.Sc. Project completed (Dibrugarh University)

  1. Ms. Masshuda Madni Khatun (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  2. Ms. Purbashri Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  3. Ms. Shehnaz Yesmin (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  4. Ms. Vaishnabi Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2018-19)
  5. Ms. Anindita Bhuyan (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  6. Ms. Anindita Saikia (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  7. Ms. Gargee Bhattacharya (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  8. Ms. Deepshikha Das (Dibrugarh University, 2019-20)
  9. Ms. Agam Pyari Jaiswal (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  10. Mr. Debashish Phukan (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  11. Ms. Deepshikha Baruah (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  12. Ms. Sikhamoni Loying (Dibrugarh University, 2020-21)
  13. Mr. Dhruba Jyoti Deka (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  14. Mr. Krishna Kamal (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  15. Ms. Shyamolima Bairagi (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  16. Ms. Tulumoni Gogoi (Dibrugarh University, 2021-22)
  17. Mr. Hirak Jyoti Deka (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)
  18. Ms. Pragyashree Borah (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)
  19. Ms. Puja Pokhrel (Dibrugarh University, 2022-23)

Internship/M.Sc. Project completed (Other University)

  1. Ms. Anupama Devi (M.Sc. Project, University of science & technology Meghalaya, 2018-19)
  2. Ms. Bidisa Dowara (M.Sc. Project, NIT Sikkim, 2020-21)
  3. Mr. Bhavabhuti Gogoi (Internship, Cotton University, Summer 2019)
  4. Mr. Vishal Chakravorty (Internship, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, Winter 2021)
Publications

Publications

 

Research Publications:

  1. Priyanka Gogoi, Tulumoni Saikia, Ramani Hazarika, Anirban Garg, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "Ultralow-Loading Copper Sulfide Nanosheets on g‑C3N4 as a Visible-Light-Active Photocatalyst for the Regioselective Synthesis of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 (ASAP Article) (in press) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02827. (Impact factor: 9.2)
  2. Soniya Agarwal, Shyamolima Bairagi, Masshuda Madni Khatun, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, "Hierarchical NiZn Solid-Solution as Highly Efficient Palladium Free Heterogeneous Catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reaction", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 41073−41080. (Impact factor: 10.347)
  3. Priyanka Gogoi, Bishal Bhattacharyya, Vishal Chakravorty, Anirban Garg, Priyanuj Krishnann Hazarika, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Diganta Sarma*, "Hydrothermally developed ZnC2O4.2H2O nanocrystals as efficient copper‐free catalyst for the facile synthesis of 1, 4‐disubstituted 1, 2, 3‐triazoles in water", ChemNanoMat, 2023, 9, e202200407. (Impact factor: 3.82)
  4. Soniya Agarwal, Bidisa Dowara, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Kalyanjyoti Deori*, "Magnetically Separable Visible Light-Active Ag0.75Ni0.25 Binary Alloy Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient Photocatalyst for the Selective Oxidative Coupling of Aniline to Azobenzene", ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 48615−48622. (Impact factor: 4.132)
  5. Priyanuj Krishnann Hazarika, Priyanka Gogoi, Roktopol Hazarika, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "Nanostructured Ni(OH)2–ZnO mixed crystals as recyclable catalysts for the synthesis of N-unsubstituted 1, 2, 3-triazoles", Materials Advances, 2022, 3, 7810−7814. (Impact factor: 5.36)
  6. Bidyutjyoti Dutta, Nilakshi Dutta, Apurba Dutta, Montu Gogoi, Sanjay Mehra, Arvind Kumar, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma*, "[DDQM][HSO4]/TBHP as a Multifunctional Catalyst for the Metal Free Tandem Oxidative Synthesis of 2-Phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-ones", The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, (Advanced Article) (in press) https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.2c00908.
  7. Soniya Agarwal, Apurba Dutta, Diganta Sarma* and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “In situ fabrication of HDA-mediated NiFe–Fe2O3 nanorods: an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones in water", New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 13196−13206.
  8. Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “Copper Sulfide Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols and Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 4413−4422. (Impact factor: 6.14)
  9. Soniya Agarwal, Parmita Phukan, Diganta Sarma* and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, “Versatile precursor-dependent copper sulfide nanoparticles as a multifunctional catalyst for the photocatalytic removal of water pollutants and the synthesis of aromatic aldehydes and NH-triazoles”, Nanoscale Advances, 2021, 3, 3954−3966. (Impact factor: 5.598)
  10. Parmita Phukan, Soniya Agarwal, Kalyanjyoti Deori* and Diganta Sarma* “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Catalysed One-Pot Three-Component Reaction: A Facile Synthesis of 4-Aryl-NH-1,2,3-Triazoles”, Catalysis Letters, 2020, 150, 2208–2219. (Impact factor: 3.186)
  11. Vinod Kumar, Bhawna, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Akanksha Gupta, Bhavna Dwivedi and Kalyanjyoti Deori, "Facile Synthesis of Ce–Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles: A Promising Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution and Dyes Degradation", ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 3722–3729. (Impact factor: 2.109)
  12. Priya Kush, Kalyanjyoti Deori, Anup Kumar and Sasanka Deka, “Efficient Hydrogen/Oxygen Evolution and Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Reduction of Aqueous Cr(VI) by Surfactant Free Hydrophilic Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanoparticles”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 8098–8106. (Impact factor: 14.511)
  13. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Chinmoy Kalita and Sasanka Deka, “(100) surface exposed CeO2 Nanocube as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst in Tandem Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol, para-Chlorobenzyl Alcohol and Toluene to Corresponding Aldehydes Selectively”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 6909−6920. (Impact factor: 14.511)
  14. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Dinesh Gupta, Basudeb Saha and Sasanka Deka, “Design of 3-dimensionally self-assembled CeO2 nanocube as a breakthrough catalyst for efficient alkylarene oxidation in water”, ACS Catal., 2014, 4, 3169−3179. (Impact factor: 13.7)
  15. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Sanjeev Kumar Ujjain, Raj Kishore Sharma and Sasanka Deka, “Morphology controlled synthesis of nanoporous Co3O4 nanostructures and their charge storage characteristics in supercapacitors”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2013, 5, 10665-10672. (Impact factor: 10.4)
  16. Kalyanjyoti Deori and Sasanka Deka, “Morphology oriented surfactant dependent CoO and reaction time dependent Co3O4 nanocrystals from single synthesis method and their optical and magnetic properties”, CrystEngComm, 2013, 15, 8465-8474. (Impact factor: 3.545)
  17. Kalyanjyoti Deori, Dinesh Gupta, Basudeb Saha, Satish K. Awasthi and Sasanka Deka, “Introducing Nanocrystalline CeO2 as Heterogeneous Environmental Friendly Catalyst for the Aerobic Oxidation of Para-xylene to Terephthalic Acid in Water”, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 7091–7099. (Impact factor: 14.511)

Books and Book Chapters:

  1. Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 8: “Nanomaterials-Based Photocatalytic Reactions”, Advanced Nanocatalysis for Organic Syntheses and Electroanalyses, 2022, 158-171. Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd. (ISBN: 9789815040166)
  2. Priyanka Gogoi, Diganta Sarma and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 5: “Oxidation Reactions Using Nanomaterials as Heterogeneous Catalyst”, Advanced Nanocatalysis for Organic Syntheses and Electroanalyses, 2022, 80-95. Bentham Science Publishers Pte. Ltd. (ISBN: 9789815040166)
  3. Priyanka Gogoi, Diganta Sarma and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 31: “Application of Nanoceramics in Energy Industries: Present Developments and Futurescopes”, Industrial Applications of Nanoceramics, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323886543. (In Press)
  4. Soniya Agarwal, Montu Gogoi and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 33: “Potential Applications of Sustainable Nanofillers based Nanocomposites in the Food and Food Packaging Industry”, Sustainable Nanofillers, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323994705. (In Press)
  5. Montu Gogoi, Soniya Agarwal and Kalyanjyoti Deori*, Chapter 21: “­­Efficient Catalytic Activity of Different Sustainable Nanofillers”, Sustainable Nanofillers, 2022, Elsevier Inc. ISBN:9780323994705. (In Press)
  6. Sasanka Deka, Priya Kush, Kalyanjyoti Deori and Himani Chauhan, “Nanostructured Chalcogenides and Metal Oxides”, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2017 (Book in Press).

Conferences:

  1. Presented paper (Invited lecture) (Session Chaired): "Binary Alloy and Chalcogenide Nanoparticles as Morphology Oriented Photocatalysts", 19th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC-2023) 9-14 July, 2023, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  2. Presented paper (Invited lecture): "Importance of Morphology Control in Nanoparticle Catalysis", 2nd National Conference on Emerging Trends and Future Challenges in Chemical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 10‒11 January, 2020
  3. Presented paper (Invited lecture): "Development of binary metal chalcogenide and alloy nanoparticles as promising heterogeneous catalysts", 107th Indian Science Congress, Agriculturtal University, Bangalore, India, 03‒07 January, 2020.
  4. Presented paper (oral talk): "Introducing nanocrystalline CeO2 and Au-CeO2 in electrocatalytic HER, OER and electro-oxidation of methanol", American Chemical Society Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, 25-29 Aug 2019, San Diego, CA, USA.
  5. Presented paper (Invited lecture) (session chaired): "Noble metal decorated metal oxide nanoparticles as effective electrocatalyst for water splitting reaction", Third International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM 2019), 9-11 Aug 2019, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
  6.  Invited Lecture: "Morphology controlled nanoparticles for catalysis", National Lecture Workshop on Role of Chemistry in Interdisciplinary Research, 22nd‒23rd October, 2019, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India
  7. Participated National Seminar On “Materials and Minerals: Past, Present And Future (MMPPF-2006)”, held at Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR) Jorhat, Assam on 30th &31st Aug- 2006.
  8. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis And Characterization Of Two Phases Of Cobalt Oxide Nano- and Micro-Particles Varying The Surfactant”, International Conference on Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology (ICNANO-2011), University of Delhi, India, 18-21 December, 2011.
  9. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis, characterization and application of (100)/(111) surface exposed CeO2 nanocrystallites in novel oxidative catalytic reactions”, DAE-BRNS 4th Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material Chemistry (ISMC-2012), Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India, 11-15 December, 2012.
  10. Attended and presented paper (poster): “Synthesis, characterization and application of (100)/(111) surface exposed CeO2 nanocrystallites in novel oxidative catalytic reactions”, IGSTC Indo-German Workshop on New Perspectives For Nano-Carriers in Biomedical Applications, University of Delhi, India, 14th January, 2013.
  11. Participated Symposium on Recent Trends in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, University of Delhi, India, 15-16 October, 2012.
  12. Attended and presented paper (ORAL): “Synthesis and Characterization of CeO2 Nanocrystals with various controlled morphologies and their effect towards exclusively selective catalytic oxidation reaction”, International Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials & Thin Films for Energy Applications (NANOENERGY-2014), University College London, UK, 19-21 February 2014.
  13. Attended and presented paper (ORAL): “New 3-D self-assembled nanocrystallite CeO2 catalyst for aqueous phase oxidation of para-xylene to terephthalic acid with complete conversion and absolute selectivity”, 3rd National conference on Advances in Chemical and Environmental Sciences (ACES-2014), Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India, 27-28 February, 2014.
  14. Attended and delivered lecture on the theme “Fostering Scientific Temper” during National Science Day celebration organized by the Haridwar Chapter of the Indian Science Congress Association on 28th of February 2014 at Arya P. G. College, Panipat, Haryana, India.
  15. Attended and presented paper (Poster): “Morphology controlled synthesis of CeO2 Nanocrystals and effect of various shapes towards exclusively selective catalytic oxidation reaction”, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014) (the flagship nanoscience meeting of NANO MISSION, DST, Govt of India), Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 02-05 March, 2014.
  16. Attended and presented paper (Poster): “Exclusively selective catalytic oxidation of alkylarene and aryl alcohol in water by CeO2 nanoparticles with various morphologies”, National conference on "New Advances and Horizons in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (NanoSci-2014), Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST, DST), Guwahati, India, 20-21 December, 2014.
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