Dr. Astam Kumar Patra

Assistant Professor

Department: Department of Chemistry
Phone Number: 9874701631
Institutional E-Mail: astamchem18@klyuniv.ac.in
Web URL: https://sites.google.com/view/astamkumarpatra/home
Educational Qualifications:

B Sc Chemistry (2006), Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira/University of Calcutta, India.
M Sc Chemistry (2008), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Ph D Chemistry (2013), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science/ University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (2013-14), Osaka University, Japan.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-17), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea.

Awards and Honours (National/International)

Qualified IIT Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (IIT JAM) Examination in 2006.
Recipient of Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship from IIT Kanpur.
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Examination in 2008.
Qualified CSIR- National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR–JRF NET) in 2008.
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (2013-14), Osaka University, Japan.
Recipient of BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship from BK21 Plus Project, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea.
Recipient of Start-up Research Grant (SRG) in 2019 from DST-SERB, Government of India.
Recipient of EMEQ Research Grant in 2022 from DST-SERB, Government of India.

Research Area:

Nanomaterial Synthesis & Heterogeneous Catalysis

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor (2018-till date), University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India.
Assistant Professor (2017-18), Uluberia College, West Bengal, India.

Administrative Experiences

 In-Charge of Powder XRD Machine at Innovation Complex, Central Instrumentation Laboratory, University of Kalyani (2023 – )
 Co-Conveners of National Conference on Emerging Dimensions (EDCS-23) in Chemical Sciences” jointly organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani and Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Kolkata Chapter, March 28-29, 2023.
 Treasurer of National Conference on One-day National Seminar: JOURNEY OF THE CHEMISTS” organized by the Alumni with the cooperation of the Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, September 22, 2023
 Member of CPC Committee in the University of Kalyani (2018-till date)
 Member of Volunteer Sub Committee in XXIX Convocation in the University of Kalyani held on 1st Nov 2018.
 Members of Students’ Admission Committee – 2021-22 in the University of Kalyani
 Member of Transport Management Sub Committee in Students Day celebration and Youth Week Programme in the University of Kalyani (January 2022)
 Member of Reception Sub Committee in 6th Regional Science and Technology Congress 2023-24 in the University of Kalyani (January 2024)
 Member of the I.T & Cyber Committee in the Uluberia College, 2018
 Coordinator of the Science Routine Committee in the Uluberia College, 2018
 Member of Scholarship Sub Committee in the Uluberia College, 2018
 Co-convener of State Level Seminar on Phenomenal Woman Scientist: Prof. Asima Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry, Uluberia College, 8th December 2017

List of Publications(Peer-Reviewed)

Hierarchical Bifunctional NiO Electrocatalyst: Highly Porous Structure Boosting the Water Splitting Activity, S. Sarkar, S. A. Ali, S. Sarkar, A. Raihan, S. Banerjee, A. K. Patra*, Chem. Asian J., 2024, e202400630
Solar Light-Driven Molecular Oxygen Activation by BiOCl Nanosheets: Synergy of Coexposed {001}, {110} Facets and Oxygen Vacancies, S. A. Ali, S. Sarkar, and A. K. Patra*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 38061−38072
Rational design of self-assembled copper oxide nanoparticles into hierarchical nanorods with high-surface-area for environmental remediation of wastewater, S. Banerjee , S. Sarkar , S. Sarkar , A. K. Patra *, Inorg. Chem. Commun. 2024, 160,111925
Exploring the high activity of hierarchical copper oxide nanomaterials: Unveiling the influence of reduced size and enhanced surface area, S. Sarkar, S. Banerjee, S. A. Ali, A. Karmakar, A. K. Patra*, Catal. Commun. 2023,184, 106784.
Boat-, Cuboid-, and Dumbbell-Shaped Hierarchical Morphology of Cerium (IV) Hydroxidophosphate Materials for Oxidative Coupling Reaction, S. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, A. K. Patra*, ChemNanoMat, 2022, 8(10), e202200294.
Single Crystalline Manganite (γ‒MnOOH) Rods Enclosed with High Index Facets and its Excellent Catalytic Conversion of Lignin‒Derived Feedstock, S. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, A. K. Patra*, J. Solid State Chem. 2022, 315, 123444.
A novel chemical approach for synthesizing highly porous graphene analogue and its composite with Ag nanoparticles for efficient electrochemical oxygen reduction, S. K. Das, S. Chatterjee, A. Banerjee, G. Kumar, A. K. Patra, R. S. Dey, A. J. Pal, A. Bhaumik *, Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 451, 138766.
Ultrathin Nickel Oxide Nanosheets: Highly Exposed Ni3+-Doped High-Energy {110} Facets, A. K. Patra*, S. Sarkar and D. Kim*, Mater. Res. Bull., 2021, 139, 111251.
Unusual photoactive water oxidation activity of Pt/PtOx cocatalyst decorated crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanostructures: Exposed facets dependent reactivity, A. K. Patra*, V. Amoli, A. K. Sinha and D. Kim*, ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 2315–2323.
Synthesis of highly magnetic Iron Oxide nanomaterials from waste iron by one-step approach, A. Biswas, A. K. Patra, S. Sarkar, D. Das, D. Chattopadhyay, and S. De*, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2020, 589, 124420.
IrO2 and Pt doped mesoporous SnO2 nanospheres as efficient electrocatalysts for the facile OER and HER, P. Bhanja, B. Mohanty, A. K. Patra, S. Ghosh, B. K. Jena and A. Bhaumik*, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 583–592. 10th Anniversary Issue of ChemCatChem
Synthesis of hollow doughnut shape mesoporous silica nanoparticle: a case of self-assembly composite templates, N. T. Vo, A. K. Patra, and D. Kim*, Langmuir, 2018, 34, 3901−3908.
Reductant-free synthesis of silver nanoparticles by functionalized hollow doughnut mesoporous silica nanoparticles for preparation of catalytic nanoreactor, N. T. Vo, A. K. Patra, and D. Kim*, ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 1772– 1780.
Hollow doughnut shape mesoporous silica nanoparticles for reduction of the thermal expansion coefficient of poly(ether sulfone) film, N. T. Vo, A. K. Patra, and D. Kim*, New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 5045-5051.
Mesoporous CdS via network of self-assembled nanocrystals: synthesis, characterization and enhanced photoconducting property, A. K. Patra, B. Banerjee and A. Bhaumik*, J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2018, 18, 256-263.
Smart design of self-assembled mesoporous α-FeOOH nanoparticle: High-surface-area sorbent for Hg2+ from waste water, A. K. Patra and D. Kim*, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2017, 5, 1272-1279. Most downloaded articles
Highly robust magnetically recoverable Ag/Fe2O3nanocatalyst for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes in water, A. K. Patra, N. T. Vo and D. Kim*, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 2017, 538, 148-156.
Total SCI Research Article: 50
Scopus Citation: 1924, Google Scholar Citation: 2174, h-index: 28, i10-index: 42
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Invited Lecture / Session Chaired

1) Shape Matters for Light-Activated Nanocatalysts, National Conference on “Chemistry for Sustainability” organized by the Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, August 13-14, 2024.
2) Role of SURFACES in Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst, National Conference on Emerging Dimensions In Chemical Sciences (EDCS-23)” jointly organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani and Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Kolkata Chapter, March 28-29, 2023.
3) Role of SURFACES in Modern Technology, at SSR program organized by Dr. Avik Kumar Bagdi, Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, February 21, 2022.
4) Role of Surfaces in Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst, Summer Training on Nanoscience, University of Kalyani, 22nd July, 2019.
5) Role of Surfaces in Heterogeneous Catalysis, National Conference on Trends in Surface Science and Related Areas, jointly organized by Department of Chemistry, Sarojini Naidu College for Women & Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, October 06, 2018.
6) Metal oxide nanostructure for environmental cleaning and energy production, International Conference on Back to Basics (Reinventing Chemical Engineering Basics), organized by Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers at Jeju, Daejeon, Republic of Korea, April 26-28, 2017.
7) Cu Nanorods and Nanospheres and Their Excellent Catalytic Activity of Nitroaromatics, National Conference on Recent Developments and Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Basic Science and Humanities Department, organized Techno India University, September 14–15, 2012

Membership of Learned Societies

Life Membar (LM4366), The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) since 2024.

ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6071-8653
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Google Scholar ID https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=cgAhZMUAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Supervision

M.Sc. Project Thesis Supervision
2024: Maitreyee Ghosh, Shilpa Khatun, Rohan Sarkar, Shibam Halder
2023: Apurba Chhatait, Shymal Mondal, Deblina Paul, Dipali Karmakar, Sourav Bagdi
2022: Barnali Ghosh, Nandini Maitra, Bikram Das, Debasis Sadhukhan, Sanjoy Sen
2021: Soumen Datta, Rajdip Khan, Arpita Chhanda, Dibya Roy, Nikita Sarkar, Sohini Das
2020: Chandrika Das, Papiya Das, Sucharita Roy Chowdhuri, Sourav Daw
2019: Madhai Kumar Saha, Sourav Mondal, Parvej Jaman, Pradip Kumar Saha