Dr Astam Kumar Patra, a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of renewable energy, Academician/Research Scholar University of Kalyani, India. His academic journey has been marked by a profound dedication to Social Media into Social Media and Digital Marketing applications.
🎓Education:
He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2006 from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, affiliated with the University of Calcutta, India. Subsequently, he pursued his M.Sc. in Chemistry, completing the program in 2008 at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His academic journey continued as he achieved a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2013 from the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, in collaboration with the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Employment:
He commenced his academic journey as a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at Osaka University, Japan, from April 2013 to March 2014. Following this, he undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Republic of Korea, contributing to research and knowledge development from July 2014 to June 2017. His academic pursuits led him to the position of Assistant Professor at Uluberia College, West Bengal, India, from July 2017 to July 2018. Currently, he serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India, bringing his expertise and dedication to the academic landscape since July 2018.
🏆 Other Achievements And Fellowships:
- 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
- Recipient of BK21 Postdoctoral Fellowship from BK21 Plus Project, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
- Recipient of Start-up Research Grand (SRG) in 2019 from DST-SERB, Government of India
- Recipient of EEQ Research Grand (EEQ) in 2022 from DST-SERB, Government of India
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📚 Publication:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. (Times Cited: 1)
- 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. (Times Cited: 2).
- 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.
- Synthesis of hollow doughnut shape mesoporous silica nanoparticle: a case of selfassembly composite templates, N. T. Vo, A. K. Patra, and D. Kim*, Langmuir, 2018, 34, 3901−3908. (Times Cited: 5)
- Chemically modified poly(arylene ether ketone)s with pendant imidazolium groups: Anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells, C. M. Tuan, A. K. Patra, and D. Kim*, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2018, 43, 4517 -4527. (Times Cited: 11)