Amit Kumar ChakrabortyDr. Amit Kumar Chakraborty is currently a Professor of Physics at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, an institute of national importance under Ministry of Education, Govt. of India and is also the Professor-in-Charge of the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials at NIT Durgapur. He had worked as a Post-Doctoral Scientist at the Laboratory for Mechanical Systems Engineering at EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland during 2008-2010, and as a Research Associate at the Department of Chemistry, Durham University, United Kingdom during
2005-2008 before joining NIT Durgapur as an Associate Professor in August 2010. Dr. Chakraborty received his Ph.D. in the field of experimental nanoscience (of carbon nanostructures) in 2006 from the School of Physics & Astronomy, University of
Nottingham, after receiving a scholarship from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of United Kingdom. His recent research interest concerns with the synthesis and application of nanomaterials (oxides, sulphides and their composites with carbon) for sustainable applications such as renewable energy technologies (supercapacitors, batteries, DSSC), clean water, and sensors. Read More Read Less