Susanta Banerjee received his M. Sc., M. Tech., and Ph. D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, in 1988, 1989, and 1993. He started his research career with the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Govt. of India, and worked there as a Scientist from 1992 to 2004. Dr. Banerjee was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Technical University Munich from 1997 to 1999. In 2004, he joined JFWTC, Bangalore as a Lead Scientist. In 2006, he moved to IIT Kharagpur and became a full professor in 2011. His primary research interest includes designing and preparing new polymers and membranes for low-k applications, gas, liquid separation, polyelectrolytes for fuel cells, and photovoltaic applications. His research resolved many critical issues in membrane-based applications. He has published 235 original research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and made more than 156 presentations at scientific conferences. He has delivered several invited talks in India and abroad. He has several (08) granted patents (as an inventor) in his credit. He has contributed 14 chapters and written one book published by Elsevier. He is the recipient of several awards and medals. A few of them are the Defence Technology Spin-off Award, GE Management Award, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal, Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, and Institute Chair Professor by the IIT Kharagpur. For the second consecutive year (2020 and 2021), his name appeared in the list of the world's top 2 percent most-cited scientists released by Stanford University. He is well known for mentoring postgraduate students and has supervised 25 Ph.D. and 40 master's students. He is the principal investigator of several extramural funded research projects and industrial consultancies and collaborates with several research groups in Germany, the USA, and Russia.
Area of Research:
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Area of Research: Polymeric and nano materials
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Area of Research: Sensors and Instrumentation
Area of Research: Computational design of functional nanomaterials
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Area of Research: Sensors and Instrumentation
Area of Research: Nanomaterials and its advanced applications
Area of Research: Nanomaterials and nanocomposites
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Bulky Groups Containing Semi-fluorinated Sulfonated Co-poly(ether imide)s for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Application
Area of Research: Rechargeable batteries
Thesis Title: Layered and Polyanion Based Electrode Materials for Sodium Rechargeable Cells
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Thesis Title: Phosphorus Containing Sulfonated Polytriazoles: Synthesis, Characterization and Proton Exchange Membrane Properties
Area of Research: High performance polymers
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphorous Containing Sulfonated Polyimides: Proton Exchange Membrane Properties
Area of Research: Polymer electrolyte
Thesis Title: New Fluorinated Sulfonated Polytriazoles and their Proton Exchange Membrane Properties
Area of Research: Polymer Materials
Thesis Title: Novel Aromatic Polyamides with Bulky Pendant Groups and Their Gas Transport Properties
Area of Research: Polymeric materials
Thesis Title: Bis[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]thiophene-based High Refractive Index Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Thesis Title: Studies on Proton Exchange Properties of Semi-fluorinated Sulfonated Poly(ether imide)s
Area of Research: Synthesis and characterization of graphene and graphene polymer nanocomposites
Thesis Title: Bio-based Luminescent Carbon Dots for Sensor and Biomedical Applications
Area of Research: Polymer synthesis and characterization by RAFT and Click chemistry
Thesis Title: Cardo phenolphthalein based semifluorinated sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers: Proton exchange membrane materials.
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(ether imide)s with Bulky Groups: Fabrication of Membranes and their Gas Transport Properties
Area of Research: Polymeric Materials
Thesis Title: Semifluorinated Sulfonated Co-Polytriazoles with Controlled Ion Exchange Capacity: Synthesis, Characterization and Proton Exchange Membrane Properties
Area of Research: Polymer Materials
Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Gas Transport Properties of Cardo Poly(arylene ether)s and Poly(ether imide)s
Area of Research: Polmer Synthesis and Characterization
Thesis Title: Polyamide Membranes Having Bulky Pendant Groups With Tunable Gas Transport Properties