Dr. Bishnu P. Biswal

CONTACT INFORMATION

Reader-F | School of Chemical Sciences

                         

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

07/2023-Present: Reader-F, School of Chemical Sciences, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

12/2020-06/2023: Assistant Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

12/2017-08/2020: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
                             Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
                             (Advisor: Prof. Bettina V. Lotsch)
09/2016-09/2017: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
                             Technische Universität Dresden (TU-Dresden), Dresden-01069, Germany
                             (Advisor: Prof. Xinliang Feng)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

07/2011-04/2017: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), AcSIR, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
                             (Advisors: Prof. Rahul Banerjee and Prof. Ulhas K. Kharul)
07/2008-06/2010: Master of Chemistry (MSc.), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
07/2005-06/2008: Bachelor of Chemistry (BSc.), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

AWARDS AND HONORS
  1. Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2024)
  2. Head of Max Planck Partner Group at NISER Bhubaneswar appointed by Max Planck Society, Germany (2024)
  3. Prof. RC Tripathy Memorial Award 2023, Odisha Chemical Society (OCS) (2024)
  4. Odisha Young Scientist Award 2021, Odisha Bigyan Academy, DST, Govt. of Odisha (2024)
  5. Vishnu Ji Ram Memorial Award, ISCBC-22, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, India (2022)
  6. Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry (2022)
  7. DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Govt. of India (2019)
  8. Thermax-ASSET Award (Medal and Cash) for Best Ph.D. Thesis (2017)
  9. Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2016)
  10. Best Research Scholar Award (Cash and Citation), NCL-Research Foundation (2015)
  11. International Travel Grant Award, SERB-DST, Govt. of India (2015)
  12. All India CSIR-UGC-NET-JRF and SRF, (2011-2016)
  13. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering [GATE], (2011)
  14. HariHara Mishra Scholarship (Rank in M.Sc.), Utkal University, Odisha (2009-2010)
  15. Susilabati Khosla Award (2003)
MEMBERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
  1. Life member of Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC - 2161)
  2. Life member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) (LMB3907)
  3. Member of the American Chemical Society (MACS ID: 30713471)
  4. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC ID: 676920)
  5. Patron Member of the Odisha Chemical Society (PM/168/19)
  6. Life member of Indian Crystallographic Association (LM429)
  7. Member of the central library committee, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  8. Member of the Crèche committee, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  9. Member of the UGCS-SCS, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND INTEREST
  1. Chemical Rate Processes (C402)
  2. Introductory Chemistry (C101)
  3. Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry (C307)
  4. Physical Chemistry Laboratory (C243 and C343)
  5. Physical Methods in Chemistry (C306, CH606 and C804)
  6. Symmetry and Group Theory
INVITED TALKS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
  1. Invited talk at Dept. of Chemistry, VSSUT-Feb. 2025, Burla, Odisha.
  2. Invited talk at MEEHCON. Dec. 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala.
  3. Invited talk at NTCS-OCS-Nov. 2024, Bhadrak (Auto.) College, Bhadrak, Odisha.
  4. Invited talk at Oct. 2024, Angul (Govt. Auto.) College, Angul, Odisha.
  5. Oral talk at MOF24-July 2024 at Suntech city, Singapore.
  6. Invited talk at SESTEC-July 2024 at HSNC University, Mumbai.
  7. Invited talk at TU Dresden-June 2024 at Dresden, Germany.
  8. Invited talk at MPI-FKF-June 2024 at Stuttgart, Germany.
  9. Invited talk at Chemistry MEET-2024-Mar. 2024 at IISER Berhampur, Odisha.
  10. Invited talk at ICFMPT-2024-Mar. 2024 at IOP Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  11. Invited talk at FMCS-Jan. 2024 at ICT Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  12. Invited talk at MRSI-AGM-Dec. 2023 at IIT BHU, Vanarasi.
  13. Invited talk at RCSRT-OCS-Nov. 2023, Dhenkanal (Auto.) College, Dhenkanal, Odisha.
  14. Invited Lecture (Resource Person) for FDP-May 2023, MSCB University, Baripada, Odisha.
  15. Invited talk at Kashmir University (May 2023), Kashmir.
  16. Invited talk at NBL-May 2023, NIT Srinagar, Kashmir.
  17. Plenary talk in NCCE-Mar. 2023 at Sardar Patel University, V. V. Nagar, Gujarat.
  18. Invited talk at EMEE-Mar. 2023, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
  19. Invited talk at ISCBC-Dec. 2022, BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
  20. Chief guest lecture (Apr. 2022) at Dhenkanal (Auto.) College, Dhenkanal, Odisha.
  21. Invited talk at ITER (Oct. 2021), SoA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  22. Guest speaker (Sept. 2021) at Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore, Karnataka.
  23. Organized 1st International conference “ePorMat - July 2021”.
  24. Invited speaker in “EFCS-Feb. 2021” at Hindol Degree College, DKL, Odisha.
  25. Invited speaker in “RAEM-Dec. 2020” at Centurion University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  26. Invited speaker in “RAMC- Sept. 2020” at OCS-DKL (Auto.) College, Odisha.
  27. Invited speaker in “ESMAC-Aug. 2020” at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  28. Oral in “1st Chemical Science Symposium” 2019, London, UK.
  29. Oral in “14th Int. conf. on materials chemistry (MC14)” 2019, Birmingham, UK.
  30. Keynote speaker “National Science Day-2019” KIIT University, Odisha, India.