Ms. Priyanka Priyadarsini Samal have joined Dr. Dey's Enivornmental protection group as a new Research scholar.

Priyanka was born in Dhenkanal, Odisha. She received her Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry in 2019 from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (formerly known as the University College of Engineering and is named after Veer Surendra Sai, the great Indian freedom fighter). During Integrated M.Sc, she pursued two month summer research internship at Central University Jharkhand under the guidance of Dr. Soumen Dey in the year 2017. There she explored the possible utilization of several biosorbents for dye removal from water. Besides, she has also undertaken internship in industrial training programme at NALCO, Angul (Odisha) in the year of 2018 where she gained the knowledge of aluminium extraction and purification. Thereafter she moved to Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha and received her M.Phil.in 2020. She then qualified the Central University Common Entrance test (CUCET) in 2020 and joined the group of Dr. Soumen Dey in January 2021. Her current research area is synthesis of nano-composites for eco-friendly water treatment.




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