Welcome to NEC Lab
Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalysis
Welcome to NEC Lab, where research merges with inventive applications! Our facility is exclusively dedicated to synthesizing nanostructured materials, carefully designed and controlled over their morphology, band gap, shape and size, and charge. Further exploring in the domain of energy storage, catalytic processes, environmental remediation, and organic transformations.
Meet Our Team
Supervisor
Dr. Sahid Hussain
sahid@iitp.ac.in
Ph: 0611-523-3022
Current Position:
Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Patna, 2015 and present
Past Affiliation:
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Assistant Professor, IIT Patna 2008-2015
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Research Assistant Professor, Pohang University of Science & Technology Republic of Korea 2008-2008
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Republic of Korea. 2007-2008
Administrative/ Academic responsibilities:
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Member of the Board of Studies, MGCUB 2016-2021
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Head of the Department,
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Associate Dean of Students’ Affairs 2016-2017
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Chairman Sports/President Gymkhana 2012-2015
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Associate Warden 2010-2016
Ph.D.: IIT Guwahati
Teaching
1. CH-101: (Chemistry for 1st year BTech Students)
2. CH-102: (Chemistry for 1st year BTech Students)
3. CH-110: (Chemistry Laboratory for 1st year BTech Students)
4. CH-201: (Green Chemistry and Technology for BTech Students)
5. NT-511: (Design and Synthesis of Nanomaterials for MTech Students)
6. NT-513: Nanomaterial Synthesis and Device Fabrication Laboratory
7. CH-701: (Supramolecular Chemistry for PhD Students)
8. CH-702: (New Reagents For Organic Synthesis for PhD Students)
Patents:
1. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, Saitanya Bharadwaj, Upasana Bora Sinha, Dhrubajyoti Talukdar, Subeer S. Majumdar, Sushmita Bhattacharya, Suman Dasgupta, Rakesh Kundu, Samir Bhattacharya and Shelley Bhattacharya, ‘Insulin mimetic active comprising oxodiperoxo vanadates and a pharmaceutical composition obtained thereof’ Indian Pat. Appl. (2012), IN 2011KO00401 A 20121116; PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO2012131689 A1 20121004.
2. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Saitanya K. Bhardwaj, Neeraj Chandrol, Sahid Hussain, `Catalytic process for extraction of bromide from seawater, Indian Pat. Appl. (2011), IN 2009KO01011 A 20110722.
3. Jung-Han Shin, Jae-Byung Park, Hae-II Park, Jin-Seob Byun, Hyoung-Joo Kim, Sung-Jee Kim, Sahid Hussain, Ji-Won Bang, `Method of manufacturing nanoparticle, method of manufacturing light emitting element and method of manufacturing display substrate Korean Patent Application No.10-2008-00118717. US Pat. Appl. Publ. (2010), US 20100129529 A1 20100527.
4. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, Srihari Tadimalla `Catalysts and process for oxidation and deep desulfurization of transportation fuels Indian Pat. Appl. (2008), IN 2006CH01909 A 20080425.
Current Members
PhD Scholars
Bhagirath Mahto
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
Joined in 2020-July
Area of Research:
Metal Chalcogenide Nanostructures for different Catalytic processes
Hobbies: reading books, listening to music.
Monika Gupta
Junior Research Fellow
Tanvi Shukla
Junior Research Fellow
Ashok Barhoi
Senior Research Fellow
Joined in 2021-January
Joined in 2020-July
Haider Ali
Senior Research Fellow
Joined in 2021-July
Area of Research:
Design and controlled synthesis of
Nanostructured for energy
And environmental applications.
Hobbies: Cricket, Badminton,
Football, traveling, public speaking.
Area of Research:
Chalcogenide based nanostrured material for green organic transformation.
Hobbies: Playing Sports- Cricket, Poetry, Listening music, Travelling.
Byomkesh Mahanty
Area of Research:
Absorptive and photocatalytic degradative removal of PFAS from aqueous matrices.
Hobbies: Listening Music, Reading Books
Area of Research:
Nanostructured-based material for
Catalytic applications
Hobbies: Reading books, listening music
Area of Research:
Sulfide-based nanostructred material for energy applications
Hobbies: Reading books, listening music
Masters Students
Vaibhav Sharma
Research area: Transition metal-based nanostructured for energy applications.
Hobbies: Reading scientific literature, Playing Cricket, Travelling
Sana Samreen
Research area: Bi-based nanostructured for catalytic processes.
Hobbies: Travelling, music, Poetry, Reading books
Dr. Kulsum Khan, 2016-2017
Dr. Chandramika Bora, 2017-2019
Current position: Asst professor (guest) department of Chemistry, Patna Science College Patna
Dr. Aniruddha Molla
Dr. Afaq Ahmed Khan, 2016-2021
Current position: I-PDF, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad-826004 (Jharkhand)
Dr. Sunita Kumari, 2016-2021
Dr. Mugada Sugunakara Rao, 2016-2021
Current Position: Associate Scientist,
Company: Aragan Life Sciences, Hyderabad
Dr. Arif Chowdhury,2017-2020
Current position: Working at ONGC
Rounok Ranjit, 2020-2022
Research topic Ipso-Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acid by Hydrogen Peroxide in Presence of Bismuth-Tungsten Oxide (Bi2WO6) Nano-Catalyst
Current: PhD Scholar IIT Guwahati
Tanima Paul, 2020-2022
Research topic Reduction of Nitroarenes with Sodium Borohydride in presence of Bismuth-Tungsten Oxide (Bi2WO6) Nanocatalyst
Current: PhD Scholar IIT Kharagpur
Moumita Sarkar, 2021-2023
Research topic -Hydrothermal synthesis of Magnetic Cobalt ferrite/C catalyst for Environmental remediation.
Current: Placed in BARC
Anushka Das, 2021-2023
Research topic:
hydrothiolation of alkynes
and alkenes with
aromatic and aliphatic thiols
Shivani, 2022-2024
Research topic:
Bi-based nanostructures for catalytic processes
Current: PhD Scholar, IIT Delhi
Devarun Mondal, 2022-2024
Research topic: Nanocomposite material for energy applications
Current: Placed in electrochemical Company, Gujrat
1. Yogendra Kumar
2. Anirban Chakraborty
3. Meenakshi Sahu
4. Sharmistha Chaterjee