Dr. Soumen Dey was born in Kolkata, the city of joy in the year 1977. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. (Chemistry), and B.Ed. from VisvaBharati University, Santiniketan (a university established by the great Rabindranath Tagore, the first Asian Nobel laureate). Thereafter he moved to Presidency University Kolkata in 2001 and joined as JRF in a UGC sponsored project on Arsenic poisoning. He then qualified CSIR-UGC-NET JRF in 2002 and joined the group of Prof. Sabyasachi Sarkar (AvH and Ramanna fellow)at I.I.T. Kanpur, India. He received a Ph.D. in the year 2009.  The area of research was the eco-friendly synthesis and host-guest sensing by calixpyrrole based macromolecules. Reactivity with higher valent transition metals has been well demonstrated. He is experienced in spectroscopic, surface and crystallographic techniques.

            He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, S.K.M. University Dumka, Jharkhand in 2008. In April 2011 he moved to the Central University of Jharkhand where he is working as a Senior Assistant Professor.

            So far he has published 29 research papers in reputed journals and 3 book chapters. He has successfully guided 3 students for their Ph.D. and 31 students for their Master's dissertations. Currently 3 more students are working for their Ph.D. His current research area is to develop environmentally benign techniques for wastewater treatment towards safer health. Various plant-derived materials have been demonstrated as phytosorbents. Magnetic metal oxide nanoparticles have been recently synthesized and used as potential materials for water treatment. Some representative publications are as follows:

            Dr. Dey is the twice recipient of ‘Young Scientist Award' conferred by the Indian Chemical Society in the year 2002 and 2008. He received major research grant from SERB-DST, India under Young Scientist Scheme (INR 24.50 Lakh). He has delivered 10 invited lectures at various scientific meetings.

            He is currently a reviewer of many prestigious journals such as Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (ACS), Environmental Progress (Wiley), Journal of Chemical & Environmental Engineering (Elsevier), and International Journal of Phytoremediation (Taylor and Francis). Dr. Dey is a member of various coveted societies such as the American Chemical Society, Chemical Research Society of India, Indian Council of Chemists, and I.I.T. Kanpur Alumni Association.

            Apart from academics he also actively takes part in Institutional Management committees; the Academic Council (2015-2020), Board of Studies, Research Advisory Council, and Board of Research. He held the position of ‘Coordinator’ of the Department of Education (2014-17). Besides, he actively contributed as hostel Warden and mentor for the good living of the students. As a part of outreach activity and social responsibility, Dr. Dey has trained many school teachers (Delhi Public School) various innovative techniques to teach Chemical Sciences.


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