CURRICULUM VITAE Saikat Dutta, Ph.D. Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC) University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA ________________________________________________________________________ OBJECTIVES To be actively engaged and contribute in cutting edge research and development in emerging and challenging areas of Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Chemistry of Bioresources, and Biomass Energy Sciences by utilizing synthetic and analytical skills to extend and develop new processes and strategic for energy production, storage and environment protection. Innovative teaching centering on Inorganic/Organometallic molecular and materials chemistry, environmental chemistry. HIGHLIGHTS 1) Designed and developed research projects in synthetic biomasss processing using inorganic and nanocatalysts involving cellulose-lignin-algae bioresources. 2) Significant contribution in research of chemistry of bioresources/biomass energy and biomass conversion processes towards producing fine chemicals and liquid fuels. 3) Design and develop porous materials for electrode design for electrosorption and energy storage applications. 4) Worked as PI of a DST project in nanoscience for developing photocatalytic materials for solar energy conversation and 5) Trained graduate students towards their PhD in many postdoc assignments. 6) Currently involved in cutting edge projects in biomass processing and nanostructured catalytic methods for hydrocarbon fuels funded by US DOE and Exxon Mobil Research & Engineering. CAREER SUMMARY Research expertise with 15 years of experience (including PhD) in many areas of Chemical Sciences with major focus on Synthetic Inorganic, Porous Materials, Catalysis, Chemistry of Biorenewables/Biomass, Electrochemistry. Expertise in selection and adaptation of research problems for developing projects that address current challenges. Sound knowledge of operating wide-range of analytical instruments including spectroscopic and imaging techniques and well versed with data analysis Proficient and experienced in laboratory setup design, maintenance, and management. CURRENT POSITION o Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC), University of Delaware, Newark, DL, USA o Position: PostDoc Researcher (December, 2015 to continuing) o Advisor: Professor Dionisios G. Vlachos (Director) and Professor Basu Saha (Assoc. Director) Projects: Catalysis research for biomass processing and upgrading to bioproducts and fuels. (Funding source: US DOE and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering) Office Address: 367 Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Laboratory 221 Academy Street, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 USA Permanent Home Address: 19/1/A M. B. Rd, Bally, Howrah-711201 Ph: 1-205-886-9531, Email: [email protected][email protected]
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CURRICULUM VITAE Saikat Dutta, Ph.D.
Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC)
University of Delaware,
Newark, DE 19716, USA ________________________________________________________________________
OBJECTIVES To be actively engaged and contribute in cutting edge research and development in
emerging and challenging areas of Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
of Bioresources, and Biomass Energy Sciences by utilizing synthetic and analytical skills
to extend and develop new processes and strategic for energy production, storage and
environment protection. Innovative teaching centering on Inorganic/Organometallic
molecular and materials chemistry, environmental chemistry.
HIGHLIGHTS 1) Designed and developed research projects in synthetic biomasss processing using
inorganic and nanocatalysts involving cellulose-lignin-algae bioresources.
2) Significant contribution in research of chemistry of bioresources/biomass energy and
biomass conversion processes towards producing fine chemicals and liquid fuels.
3) Design and develop porous materials for electrode design for electrosorption and energy
storage applications.
4) Worked as PI of a DST project in nanoscience for developing photocatalytic materials
for solar energy conversation and
5) Trained graduate students towards their PhD in many postdoc assignments.
6) Currently involved in cutting edge projects in biomass processing and nanostructured
catalytic methods for hydrocarbon fuels funded by US DOE and Exxon Mobil Research &
Engineering.
CAREER SUMMARY Research expertise with 15 years of experience (including PhD) in many areas of
Chemical Sciences with major focus on Synthetic Inorganic, Porous Materials, Catalysis,
Chemistry of Biorenewables/Biomass, Electrochemistry.
Expertise in selection and adaptation of research problems for developing projects that
address current challenges.
Sound knowledge of operating wide-range of analytical instruments including
spectroscopic and imaging techniques and well versed with data analysis
Proficient and experienced in laboratory setup design, maintenance, and management.
CURRENT POSITION
o Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (DOE EFRC), University of Delaware,
Newark, DL, USA o Position: PostDoc Researcher (December, 2015 to continuing)
o Advisor: Professor Dionisios G. Vlachos (Director) and Professor Basu Saha (Assoc. Director)
Projects: Catalysis research for biomass processing and upgrading to bioproducts and fuels. (Funding source: US DOE and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering)
o Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA o Position: PostDoc Researcher (August-November 2015)
o Advisor: Professor Robin D. Rogers, Canada Excellence Research Chair and Editor, Crystal Growth & Design
o Projects: 1) Understanding the Chemistry and Applications of AL-2100 Systems as Lewis Acid Catalysts (Industrial funding), 2) Ionic Liquid Treatment of Biopolymers
o Functional Mesoporous Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemical
Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Position: PostDoc Research Scientist (April 2014-July 2015) Projects: 1) Chemo-enzymatic catalytic biomass conversions to fuels and chemicals,
2) Design of porous materials from MOF and polymers for capacitive deionization based water-softening, 3) metal-organic frameworks (ZIFs) for enzyme immobilization and
biomass conversions, 4) biopolymer surface templating: accessing inorganic and carbon materials for Li-battery, charge storage, and electrosorption applications.
o Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali, India
Position: DST-SERB Independent Scientist (2013-2016) (PI of Grant no.
SERB/F/5058/2013-16) Project: Photocatalytic application of metal oxide nanocrystals (resigned and
terminated project on April 01, 2014 due to lack of research infrastructure)
o University of Florida, Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, USA 2012-2013
Position: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow Project: Pincer complexes and its application for scission of polymers
o University of Delhi, Delhi, India 2010-2012 Position: UGC DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Mesoporous materials synthesis for catalytic biomass conversions to chemidals, fuels, and optoelectronic applications
o National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 2008-2010
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Project: Metal complex catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters to
produce bulk biodegradable polymers
EDUCATION
o Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 2002-2008 Thesis titled "Mapping the Reaction Coordinate for the Oxidative
Addition of Molecular Hydrogen to a Metal Center" Studies H-H and C-H bond cleaving activity of specially designed metal
complexes toward underpinning fundamentals of reactivity of unreactive small molecules
Developed multinuclear NMR spectroscopy based techniques for tracing the bond breaking processed of H2.
21. Hierarchically Porous Titanium Phosphate Nanoparticles: An Efficient Solid Catalyst for Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Biomass and Carbohydrates into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Dutta, A.; Patra, A. K.; Dutta, S.; Saha, B.*; Bhaumik, A.* J. Mat. Chem. 2012, 22, 14094-14100. DOI: 10.1039/C2JM30623A (IF: 6.62) 20. Advances in Conversion of Hemicellulosic Biomass to Furfural and Upgrade to Biofuels Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.; Alam, Md. I. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 2025-2036. DOI: 10.1039/C2CY20235B (IF: 5.42) 19. Solid Acid and Ionic Liquid Catalyzed One-Pot Transformation of Biorenewable Substrates into Platform Chemical and Promising Biofuel Alam, Md. I.; Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.* RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 6890-6896. DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20574B (IF: 3.76) 18. Biopolymer Templated Porous TiO2: An Efficient Catalyst for the Conversion of Unutilized Sugars Derived from Hemicellulose De, S.; Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; Saha, B.*; Bhaumik, A.* Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2012, 435/436, 197-203. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2012.06.002 (IF: 3.67) 17. One-pot Conversions of Lignocellulosic and Algal Biomass into Liquid Fuels De, S.; Dutta, S.; Saha, B.* ChemSusChem 2012, 5, 1826-1833. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201200031 (IF: 7.12) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cssc.201200031/abstract 16. Preparation and Characterization of Aluminum Alkoxides Coordinated on Salen-Type Ligands: Highly Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Chen, H.-L.; Dutta, S.; Huang, P.-Y.; Lin, C.-C.* Organometallics 2012, 31, 2016-2025. DOI: 10.1021/om201281w (IF: 4.25) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/om201281w 15. Self-Assembled TiO2 Nanospheres by using a Biopolymer as Template and its Optoelectronic Application Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; De, S.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 1560-1564. DOI: 10.1021/am201759w (IF: 5.90) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am201759w 14. A Brief Summary of the Synthesis of Polyester Building Block Chemicals and Biofuels from 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Dutta, S.*; De. S.; Saha, B. ChemPlusChem 2012, 4, 259-272. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201100035 (IF: 3.24) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cplu.201100035/abstract 13. Direct Conversion of Cellulose and Lignocellulosic Biomass into Chemical and Biofuel with Metal Chloride Catalysts Dutta, S.; De, S.; Alam, M. I.; Abu-Omar, M. M.*; Saha, B.* J. Catal. 2012, 288, 8-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.cat.2011.12.017 (IF: 6.07) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951711004209 12. Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Dutta, S.; Hung, W.-C.; Hunag, B.-H.; Lin, C.-C.* Eds: Rieger, B.; Coates, G. W. Vol. Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers in Advances in Polymer Science @Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, 245, 219-283. DOI: 10.1007/12_2011_156, ISBN No. 978-3-642-27153-3 11. Aerobic Oxidation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Homogeneous and Nanoparticulate Catalysts Saha, B.*; Dutta, S.; Abu-Omar, M. M.* Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 79-81. DOI: 10.1039/c1cy00321f (IF: 4.76)
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2012/CY/C1CY00321F#!divAbstract 10. Microwave Assisted Rapid Conversion of Carbohydrates into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural Catalyzed by Mesoporous TiO2 Nanoparticles Dutta, S.; De, S.; Patra, A. K.; Sasidharan, M.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* Appl. Catal. A Gen. 2011, 409/410, 133-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2011.09.037 (IF: 3.67)
9. Phosphine Supported Metal-Dihydrogen Complexes: Elongation of HH Bond to Reversible Release of H2 Dutta, S.* Comptes Rendus Chimie 2011, 14, 1029-1053. DOI:10.1016/j.crci.2011.08.007 8. Self-Assembly of Mesoporous TiO2 Nanoshperes via Aspartic Acid Templating Pathway and Its Catalytic Application for 5-Hydroxymethyl-furfural Synthesis De, S.; Dutta, S.; Patra, A. K.; Bhaumik, A.*; Saha, B.* J. Mat. Chem. 2011, 21, 17505-17510. DOI: 10.1039/C1JM13229F (IF: 6.62) http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/JM/c1jm13229f#!divAbstract 7. Microwave Assisted Conversion of Carbohydrates and Biopolymers to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural with Aluminum Chloride Catalyst in Water
Dutta, S.; De, S.; Saha, B.* Green Chem. 2011, 13, 28592868. DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15550D (IF: 8.00) 6. Ring-Opening Polymerization by Lithium Catalyst: An Overview Sutar, A. K.; Dutta, S.; Chen, C.-T.; Lin, C.-C.* Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 1724-1746. DOI: 10.1039/B912806A (IF: 33.16) 5. Synthesis and Structural Studies of Lithium and Sodium Complexes with OOO-Tridentate Bis(phenolate) Ligands: Effective Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide Huang, Y.; Tsai, Y.-H.; Dutta, S.; Lin, C.-C.* Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 9416-9425. DOI: 10.1021/ic1011154 (IF: 4.79) 4. Influence of the Electronic of the Phosphine Ligands on the H−H Bond Elongation in Dihydrogen Complexes
Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.*; Nethaji, M. Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 548DOI: 10.1021/ic7016769 (IF: 4.79) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic7016769 3. Snapshots of Breaking of the H−H Bond in the Oxidative Addition of H2 to a Metal Center Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.* J. Chem. Sci. 2006, 118, 579-582. DOI: 10.1007/BF02703956 2. 16 Electron Elongated Dihydrogen Complex Stabilized by Agostic Interaction Dutta, S.; Jagirdar, B. R.* Inorg. Chem. 2006, 45, 7047-7049. DOI:10.1021/ic061143a (IF: 4.79) http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic061143a 1. Dynamics of a cis-Dihydrogen/hydride Complex of Iridium Nanishankar, H. V.; Dutta, S.; Nethaji, M.; Jagirdar, B. R.* Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 6203-6210. DOI: 10.1021/ic050266c (IF: 4.79)
Book Chapter/Books 3. Book Title: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Today's Challenges: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications Editor: Trewyn, B.; Clarke, J. E. Chapter Contributed: ‘Synthesis of Multi-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Cellulosic Biomass Conversion’ Dutta, S.; Wu, K. C.-W.* 2015 (in press) RSC Publishing