Areas of interest

CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Shrabani Mahata

AREAS OF INTEREST

 Sol-gel and Hydrothermal synthesis of nanomaterials

 TiO2 Thin film Development

 Biosensor

 Synthesis of cluster materials

 Development of TiO2 photoelectrode for hydrogen

generation

 Gelcasting

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

• DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (2012)

Thesis Title: Nanotitania Synthesis and Rheological Study for Different Applications

University : National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur.

• MASTER OF SCIENCE (M. Sc) IN CHEMISTRY (PHYSICAL)
(Vidyasagar University, West Bengal)

Grade First Class (69.4)

Year 2002

• BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B. Sc) IN CHEMISTRY

(Vidyasagar University, West Bengal)

Grade First Class (59.1)

Year 2000

• HIGHER SECONDARY (SCIENCE)

(W.B. C. H. S. E., West Bengal)

Grade First Class (65.9)

Year 1997
• SECONDARY
(W. B. B. S. E., West Bengal)

Grade First Class (78.9)

Year 1995

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) at Central of Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India from 2003-2005.

2. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at Centre of Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Jadavpur, Kolkata from 2005-2006.

3. Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at Central Mechnical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur from 2007-2011.

4. IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship, 2012.

5. Asst. Professor in the department of Chemistry at National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Odisha, India from 2011 contd…

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

1. Guest lecturer for Physical Chemistry at Jhargram Raj College (Govt.of West Bengal), India from 1st Nov. 2002 To 31st Aug 2003

2. Guest lecturer for Physical Chemistry at Shilda Chandra Shekhar College, W.B., India from Jan. 2003 To May 2003

3. Asst. Professor in the department of Chemistry at National Institute of Science and Technology, Berhampur, Odisha, India from 2011 contd…

AWARD & HONOR RECEIVED

1. Best poster presentation Award of Materials Research Society of India for best paper presentation on “Superhydrophilic & photocatalytic properties of sol-gel TiO2 thin films on glass”.on 17th AGM of MRSI held at Lucknow , February, 13-15th 2006.

2. IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship, 2012 at IIT Chennai under Prof. T. Pradeep.

WORKED UNDER PROJECTS

1. “Development & characterisation of superhydrophilic & photocatalytic properties of titania thin film” at CGCRI Jadavpur from 2003-2006.

2. “Nanotitania synthesis and its different applications” at CMERI Durgapur from 2007-2011.

3. Development of Electrochemical Biosensor (Presently working)

COURSES DONE

1. 5th Technology Led Entrepreneurship Program 2008 at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad conducted by CSIR India.

2. Faculty Development Program “Mission 10X” 2011 at National Institute of Science and Technology(NIST), Berhampur, Orissa.

3. Advance Courses on Faculty Development Program “Mission 10X” 2011 at National Institute of Science and Technology(NIST), Berhampur, Orissa.

B.TECH PROJECTS GUIDED

1. Solar hydrogen production by water splitting using TiO2 based photoelectrodes, 2012-13

2. Ordered mesoporous TiO2/ZnO composite for photoelectrochemical solar hydrogen generation, 2012-13

3. Fabrication of highly ordered nano TiO2 array for biosensor application, 2013-14

4. ZnO nanocomposite based photoelectrode towards Hydrogen generation for fuel cell, 2013-14

5. Development of Ag@TiO2 Nanocomposite Thin Film Photoelectrode Towards Hydrogen Generation for Fuel Cell, 2013-14

6. Synthesis of Novel Metal/ Metal oxide Nanoparticles and Development of Doped Thin Films for Different Applications 2014-2015

7. Comparative Study Of Doped Nanomaterials Towards Energy Applications 2014-2015

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1. Life Member of All India Council for Technical Education, Delhi, India

REVEIWER

1. New Journal of Chemistry

2. Soft Matter

3. RSC Advances

4. Australian Journal of Chemistry


PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

REFERRED JOURNALS:

1. S. Mahata and D. Kundu, “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Aqueous nano-TiO2 sols”, Materials Science-Poland, Vol. 27, No. 2, June 2009, 463-470. (ISSN: 0137-1339 Springer)

2. Sudip Mondal, Shrabani Mahata, Susmita Kundu and Biswanath Mondal “Processing of Natural Resourced Hydroxyapatite Ceramics from Fish Scale”, Advances in Applied Ceramics, vol. 109, No. 4, May 2010, 234-239.( ISSN: 1743-6753 Money Publishing)

3. Rajashree Bardhan, Shrabani Mahata, and Biswanath Mondal, Processing of Natural Resourced Hydroxyapatite from Egg shell Waste by Wet Precipitation Method Advances in Applied Ceramics, Vol. 110, No. 2, March 2011 , 80-86. (ISSN: 1743-6753 Money Publishing)

4. B. Mondal, K. Usha, S Mahata, P. Kumbhakar and M.M. Nandi, “Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline TiO2 thin film for use as photoelectrodes in dye sensitized solar cell application”, Trans. Ind. Ceram soc., 70 (3) 173-177 Aug (2011). (0371-750X, Indian Ceramic Society)

5. Shrabani Mahata, M.M.Nandi and Biswanath Mondal “Preparation of high solid loading titania suspension in gelcasting process using boil rice extract as binder", Ceramics International, 38 [2] 909-918 (Feb 2012). ( ISSN 0272-8842, Elsvier science)

6. S Mahata, S.S.Mahato, M.M. Nandi and B Mondal, “Synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles by hydrolysis and peptization of titanium isopropoxide solution”, Am. Inst. Phys. Conf. Proc., Vol. 1461, 225-228 (2012). ( ISSN: 1605-1147)

7. I. Chakraborty, S. Mahata, A. Mitra, G. De and T. Pradeep " Controlled Synthesis and Characterization of the Elusive Thiolated Ag55 Cluster" Dalton Transaction, Vol. 43, 17904-17907 (2014). ( 1477-9226, Royal Society of Chemistry)


8. S. Mahata, S S Mahato, K. Usha, N. Mandal, K. Mukherjee and B. Mondal, Chemical modification of titanium isopropoxide for producing stable dispersion of titania nano-particles, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 151, 267-274 (2015). (ISSN: 0254-0584, Elsvier science)

9. D P Dash, R Roshan, S Mahata, S Mallik, S S Mahato, S K Sarkar, A compact JV model for solar cell to simplify parameter calculation, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7 (1), 013127 (2015). (ISSN: 1941-7012, Elsvier science)

REFERRED CONFERENCES:

1. S Mahata and D Kundu, “Superhydrophilic and Photocatalytic Properties of Sol-Gel TiO2 Thin Film on Glass” presesented at 17th Conference of Materials Research Society of India, 2006 (Best poster paper).

2. Sudip Mondal, Shrabani Mahata, Susmita Kundu and Biswanath Mondal “Development of Biocompatible Sinterable Hydroxyapatite From Fish Scale” presented at 5th International Powder Metallurgy Conference, Oct. 8-12, 2008, Tobb University, Ankara, Turkey.

3. B. Mondal, S. Mahata, B. Doloi and N. Mandal, “Development of Nano-composites Ultra-fine Dispersion of Ceria/ Yttria Nanocrystals Doped Zirconia in α- Alumina Matrix”, The 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-3) held in ENSIL - University of Limoges and ENSCI, France, December, 2010.

4. B Mondal, K Usha, S Mahata, P. Kumbhakar and M M Nandi, “Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline TiO2 for dye sensitized solar cell application”, National Conference on Nano Science and Engineering for Better Ceramics (Nanosec 2011), Indian Ceramic Society, Bangalore Chapter, June, 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

5. S Mahata, S.S.Mahato, M.M. Nandi and B Mondal, “Synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles by hydrolysis and peptization of titanium isopropoxide solution”, International Conference on International workshop on functional materials (IWFM-2011) in Collaboration with Drexel University, USA Dec 20-22, 2011, National Institute of Science and Technology, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa.

6. G Jena, S K Swain, S S Mahato, S Mahata , “An Insight into Processing Parameters Impact on Sol Properties and Photoactivity of Modified TiO2 Hydrosols”, 5th Bangalore Nano International Conference, Dec. 2012.

Conference attended:

1. 17th AGM of Materials Research Society of India held at Lucknow during Feb13-15, 2006.

2. 96th Indian Science Congress held at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong from January 3 to 7, 2009.

3. International Workshop on Functional Materials, IWFM-2011 organized by National Institute of Science and Technology, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa in Collaboration with Drexel University, USA Dec 20-22, 2011.

4. National Seminar on Advanced Functional Materials (NSAFM-2013) on 24th January at CMERI, Durgapur.