Experience

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

• China
• Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  • Primary job responsibility is to use my expertise in integrating new computational approaches to fast-track heterogeneous catalyst discovery for thermochemical and electrochemical processes using density functional theory (DFT) and microkinetic methods. • Extensive research in predicting carbon-based metal and metal-free electrocatalyst structure's performance for oxygen reduction reaction by unraveling the intrinsic catalytic reaction details at the atomic level using DFT and predicting reaction thermodynamics using Computational Hydrogen Electrode (CHE) modeling. • Advance research in electrocatalyst design for fuel cell and air-battery applications through collaborative research. • Mentored doctoral candidates by improving their collective knowledge of computational catalytic material design. • Participated in drafting successful research funding proposals • Collaborated with international and national research groups to develop unique thermochemical and electrochemical catalysis research. • Authored professional scientific papers for publishing in peer-reviewed journals in catalytic materials development for chemical processes. • Active participation as a reviewer for many reputed scientific journals: Applied Catalysis B, Applied Surface Science, Journal of CO2 Utilization, and Environmental Chemistry Letters. Show less



Centre for Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)

• North Guwahati, Assam, India

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Sep 2012

  Project: Centre for Promotion of Biogas Utilization for the North Eastern Region of India. Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, New Delhi, Government of India. Job Responsibilities  Project management and Appraisal development  Entrepreneurship Development in rural areas for construction of biogas projects.  Technical support on renewable energy dissemination to state energy agencies and NGOs of the North Eastern Regions of India.  Identifying potential locations for establishing new biogas plants.  Organization of hands-on training programs for generating skilled persons for biogas unit construction.  Third–party Survey inspections for biogas and solar home lighting systems.  Consultancy services for designing or implementing biogas power and gasification projects in the N.E. region.  Overseeing the annual budget of the project (INR 1400000) approximately. • Design and development of cost-effective domestic scale biogas systems. • Study of biogas production from various lignocellulosic biomasses and waste (rice husk, tea waste, sawdust, water hyacinth, and food waste) available in the North Eastern Region of India. • Experimental analysis using chemical analytical equipment i.e., G.C-MS, HPLC, SEM, Bomb Calorimeter, CHN analyzer, and Muffle Furnace. • Monitoring and running of 5kW down draft gasifier and pilot scale biogas systems in the institute (Centre for Energy, IITG) Main Achievements •Part of a consultancy team in designing a 25 kW biogas power project for (Meghalaya Non-conventional Rural Development Energy Agency, Meghalaya, India) for the electrification of 80 rural homes in the state. •Successful dissemination of cost-effective ferro-cement domestic biogas plants in the North Eastern region of India by organizing various training programs for state-level energy nodal agencies and NGOs. Show less



Department of Mechanical Engineering, IITG

• North Guwahati, Assam, India

• Assistant Project Engineer

  • Jul 2009 - Dec 2009

  Project: Development of a model to calculate the radiative heat transfer of PHWRs. Sponsoring Agency: Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai, Government of India. • Working on mathematical modeling for radiative heat transfer in Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PWHRs) using Monte-Carlo Method. • Preparation of project completion report. Project: Development of a model to calculate the radiative heat transfer of PHWRs. Sponsoring Agency: Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai, Government of India. • Working on mathematical modeling for radiative heat transfer in Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PWHRs) using Monte-Carlo Method. • Preparation of project completion report.