Research Interest

• EV Technologies
• Energy Storage Technologies
• Smart Biomaterials
• Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization
• Waste to Wealth
• Sustainable Materials and Processes

  Education

• Ph.D.: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
• M.Sc. (Chemistry): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
• B.Sc. (Chemistry): Scottish Church College, Kolkata, India

  Professional Experience

• 2021-till date: Associate Professor, IIT Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
• 2017-2021: Assistant Professor, Indian IIT Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
• 2015-2017: Post-doctoral Research Associate at ENSCM, France.
• 2013-2015: Post-doctoral Research Associate at UMass Lowell, USA.

  Awards, Fellowships and Honors

• 2024: Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)-Bronze Medal for the year 2024.
• 2024-till date: Section Editor, Materials Today Communications Journal, Elsevier.
• 2022: Next Generation of Polymer Researchers-2022 by Wiley-Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics Journal.
• 2022-2024: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry Journal.
• 2020: Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator-2020 by Royal Society of Chemistry-Polymer Chemistry Journal.
• 2020: Outstanding Reviewer for Royal Society of Chemistry-Molecular Systems Design & Engineering Journal in 2019.
• 2019: Early Career Research Award by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India.
• 2016: Ramanujan Fellowship by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India.

  Institute-level Responsibilities

• Aug, 2020–till date: Head, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Bhilai.

• Nov, 2022–till date: Vice-president, Institute’s Innovation Council (IIC), IIT Bhilai.

• Oct, 2018–Nov, 2022: Convener, Institute's Innovation Council (IIC), IIT Bhilai.

• Jan, 2018–Oct, 2022: Member, Science Purchase Committee, IIT Bhilai.

• Feb, 2018–Aug, 2020: Faculty-in-charge, Research & Development (R&D), IIT Bhilai.

• Jan, 2018–Aug, 2020: Convener, Departmental Postgraduate Committee (DPGC) , Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Bhilai.

• Feb, 2018–Mar, 2019: Faculty-in-charge, Student Mentorship Program, IIT Bhilai.

• Nov, 2017–Feb, 2018: Faculty-in-charge, Sports Activity, IIT Bhilai.

  Publication Summary

• Peer-reviewed International Journal: 65

• Book Chapters: 8

• Patent filed from IIT Bhilai: 4

• Patent granted from IIT Bhilai: 2

• Total Citations: 1482

• h-index: 25

• i10 index: 46

  Selected Publications

S. Douli, B. Sahu, S.A. Mohammad and S. Banerjee* Multi-Stimuli Responsive Sequence Defined Multi-Arm Star Diblock Copolymers for Controlled Drug Release, JACS Au 2023, 3, 2117-2122. link

T. Mathivanan, S. Dolui, P. Nandhini, K. Rajkumar, S. Lakshmipathi*, S. Banerjee* and R. K. Selvan* Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Synthesized Poly(pthalazinone ether sulfone ketone) Copolymer Modified Separators for Li-S Batteries, ChemElectroChem 2022, 9, e202200561. link

S. Shingdilwar, S. Dolui and S. Banerjee* Facile Fabrication of Functional Mesoporous Polymer Nanospheres for CO2 Capture, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2022, 61, 1140-1147. link

S. A. Mohammad, S. Dolui, D. Kumar, S. R. Mane and S. Banerjee* L-Histidine-derived Smart Antifouling Biohybrid with Multi-stimuli Responsivity, Biomacromolecules 2021, 22, 3941-3949. link

S. A. Mohammad, S. S. Shingdilwar, S. Banerjee* and B. Ameduri* Macromolecular engineering approach for the preparation of new architectures from fluorinated olefins and their applications, Prog. Polym. Sci. 2020, 106, 101255. link

S. Banerjee, R. Tripathy, D. Cozzens, T. Nagy, S. Keki, M. Zsuga and R. Faust* Photoinduced Smart, Self-healing Polymer Sealant for Photovoltaics, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 2064-2072. link

S. Banerjee, V. Ladmiral, A. Debuigne, C. Detrembleur, R. Poli* and B. Ameduri* Organometallic Mediated Radical Polymerization of Vinylidene Fluoride, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2934-2937. link

S. Banerjee, T. K. Paira, A. Kotal and T. K. Mandal* Surface-Confined Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization from Sacrificial Mesoporous Silica Nanospheres for preparing Mesoporous Polymer/Carbon Nanospheres with Faithful Shape Replication: Functional Mesoporous Materials, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 4751–4762. link

  Courses Taught

1. CYL505: Organic Reactions and Reagents, 2023-24 W Sem. (PG)
2. CYP502: Organic and Inorganic Laboratory, 2023-24 W Sem. (PG)
3. CYL100: Applied Chemistry, 2023-24 M Sem. (UG)
4. MML553: Material Synthesis and Processing, 2023-24 M Sem. (PG)
5. CY628: Nano-engineered Molecular Materials, 2022-23 W Sem. (PG)
6. CY613: Materials for Emerging Applications, 2022-23 W Sem. (UG-PG)
7. CY511: Physical Organic Chemistry, 2022-23 W Sem. (PG)
8. EV506: Battery Chmeistry, Components and Manufacturing, 2022-23 M Sem. (PG)
9. CY505: Oranic Reactions and Reagents, 2022-23 M Sem. (PG)
10. IC103: Materials Chemistry I, 2022-23 M Sem. (UG)
11. IC601: Research Methodology, 2021-22 W Sem. (PG)
12. CY613: Materials for Emerging Applications, 2021-22 W Sem. (UG-PG)
13. CY511: Physical Organic Chemistry, 2021-22 W Sem. (PG)
14. IC601: Research Methodology, 2021-22 M Sem. (PG)
15. CY505: Organic Reactions and Reagents, 2021-22 M Sem. (PG)
16. IC103: Materials Chemistry I, 2021-22 M Sem. (UG)
17. IC601: Research Methodology, 2020-21 W Sem. (PG)
18. CY628: Nano-engineered Molecular Materials, 2020-21 W Sem. (UG-PG)
19. CY511: Physical Organic Chemistry, 2020-21 W Sem. (PG)
20. IC601: Research Methodology, 2020-21 M Sem. (PG)
21. IC103: Materials Chemistry-I, 2020-21 M Sem. (UG)
22. CY505: Organic Reactions & Reagents, 2020-21 M Sem. (PG)
23. IC601: Research Methodology, 2019-20 W Sem. (PG)
24. CY613: Materials for Emerging Applications, 2019-20 W Sem. (UG-PG)
25. CY511: Physical Organic Chemistry, 2019-20 W Sem. (UG-PG)
26. IC106: Chemistry Lab, 2019-20 W Sem. (UG)
27. IC601: Research Methodology, 2019-20 M Sem. (PG)
28. CY505: Organic Reactions & Reagents, 2019-20 M Sem. (UG-PG)
29. CY613: Materials for Emerging Applications, 2019-20 M Sem. (UG-PG)
30. IC103: Materials Chemistry-I, 2019-20 M Sem. (UG)
31. IC106: Chemistry Lab, 2019-20 M Sem. (UG)
32. IC601: Research Methodology, 2018-19 W Sem. (PG)
33. CY609: Chemistry of Materials, 2018-19 W Sem. (PG)
34. CY200: Smart Functional Materials, 2018-19 W Sem. (UG)
35. IC106: Chemistry Lab, 2018-19 W Sem. (UG)
36. IC601: Research Methodology, 2018-19 M Sem. (PG)
37. CY602: Macromolecular Chemistry, 2018-19 M Sem. (PG)
38. IC103: Materials Chemistry-I, 2018-19 M Sem. (UG)
39. IC106: Chemistry Lab, 2018-19 M Sem. (UG)
40. CY7030: Macromolecular Chemistry, 2017-18 W Sem. (PG)
41. CY1020: Applied Chemistry-I, 2017-18 W Sem. (UG)
42. CY1021: Applied Chemistry-II, 2017-18 W Sem. (UG)

  Recent Invited Talks

• “Functional Polymeric Materials: From Design Principles to Applications”, International Conference on Functional Materials and Polymer Technologies (ICFMPT-2024), March 14-16, 2024 at ICT-Mumbai, IOC Bhubaneswar campus.
• “Smart Functional Polymeric Materials for Emerging Applications”, International Conference on Functional Materials, January 9-11 2024 at IIT Kharagpur.
• “Amino Acid-derived Smart Anti-protein Fouling Materials”, 34th Annual General Meeting of MRSI And 5th Indian Materials Conclave Programme, December 12-15, 2023 at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.
• “Multi-stimuli Responsive Molecular Materials: Design, Synthesis and Applications”, 17th International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology (SPSI-MACRO-2023), December 10-13, 2023 at IIT Guwahati.
• “Functional Porous Polymers for CO2 Capture Applications”, International Conference On “Advancement in Sustainable Materials for Energy and Environment” (ASMEE-2023), October 6-7, 2023 at CIPET Raipur.
• “Facile access to Functional Porous Polymeric Materials for CO2 Capture”, Conference on Catalysis for Energy Environment and Sustainability (CEES 2023) & CO2-India Network 2nd Annual Meet, September 25-27, 2023 at IIT Mandi.
• “Agro-waste-derived Biochar for Steel Production: Current Status and Future Perspectives”, Seminar on Biochar - Greening of Steel through Agro-based Products, September 15-16, 2023 at Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) SAIL, Ranchi.