

Photo(Electro)Catalysis Laboratory


Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Dr. Biswarup Chakraborty
Academic career
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Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (November 2024 - Present)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi (June 2020-November 2024)
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (2019-2020) (Supervisor: Prof. Matthias Driess)
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (2015-2019) (Supervisor: Prof. Ira A. Weinstock)
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Ph.D. in Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India (2010-2014) (Supervisor: Prof. Tapan K. Paine)
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M.Sc. in Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India (2007-2009)
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B.Sc. in Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur (University of Calcutta) (2004-2007).
Awards/Honors/Recognition
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2025 Emerging Investigator (Chemical Communications, RSC)
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2025 Emerging Investigator (Journal of Material Chemistry A, RSC)
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2025 Emerging Investigator (Nanoscale, RSC)
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2023 Rising Stars in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (ACS Organic & Inorganic Au, ACS)
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2023 Emerging Investigator (Chemical Communications, RSC)
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Life member of Material Research Society of India (LMB4284)
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Life member of Society for Material Chemistry India (SMC; LM 1771)
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Life member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI; LM 3789)
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Member of American Chemical Society (32852308)
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Member of Travel Grant and Symposium Management Committee, CSIR-HRDG, 2023-till now
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Associate Editor for nanocatalyst in Frontiers in Nanotechnology (2025-till now)
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Guest Editorial of Discover Electrocatalysis Journal (Springer Nature) (Special issue: Photoelectrochemistry for Environmental Sustainability)
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Editorial Advisory Board Member of Discover Catalysis Journal (Springer Nature) (June 2025-till now)
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Associate Editor in Frontiers in Catalysis (2023-till now).
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Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship 2020 (IIT Delhi)
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Inspire Faculty Fellowship 2019/2020 (DST INSPIRE, India)
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PBC Program of Fellowships for Outstanding Post-doctoral Researchers from China and India - 2016/2017 (Council of Higher Education, Israel)
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Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowships 2015 (Irish Research Council, Ireland)
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Council of scientific and industrial research (CSIR), Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (2010-2014).
