Biography
Dr. Arghya Banerjee completed his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from the
National University of Singapore in 2016. His Ph.D focussed on understanding the structure
of the cobalt catalyst under reaction conditions
during the Fischer-Tropsch reaction using first principle quantum chemical tools like
Density Functional Theory (DFT). After his Ph.D, he joined the Department of Chemical and
Bio-medical Engineering at Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore as a post-doctoral fellow where his work focussed on the design of
suitable catalysts for the upgradation of bio-oil obtained from biomass pyrolysis. He
returned to India in November, 2017 and joined the
Gasification and Liquefaction Research Division at CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad as Scientist. He was
associated with BITS, Pilani as an Assistant Professor from April 2019 to July 2020. He
joined IIT Ropar in July 2020. His research
expertise is in the field of molecular modelling based catalyst design. His current research
interests include catalyst design for catalytic conversion of CO2/syngas and biomass
derivatives to chemicals and fuels.
Education
- PhD - National University of Singapore, Singapore
- M.Tech - Chemical Engineering IIT Kanpur
- BTech - Chemical Engineering, University College of Science and Technology,
University of Calcutta
- B. Sc in Chemistry (Hons.) from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi
Teaching
- Numerical Simulation Lab (CH230)
- Process Control Lab (CH331)
- Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (CH611)
- Process Equipment Design (CH304)
- Process Equipment Design (CH304)
- Introduction to Engineering products (GE109)
Selected Publications
- Kanchan, D. R., & Banerjee, A. (2023). Linear scaling relationships for furan hydrodeoxygenation over transition metal and bimetallic surfaces. ChemSusChem, 16(18), e202300491.
- Kanchan, D. R., & Banerjee, A. (2024). Microkinetic Modeling of Furan Hydrodeoxygenation over Transition-Metal Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 128(7), 2909-2916.
- Chauhan, A., Kanchan, D. R., Banerjee, A., & Srivastava, R. Oxidative Cleavage of α‐O‐4, β‐O‐4, and 4‐O‐5 Linkages in Lignin Model Compounds over P, N Co‐doped Carbon Catalyst: A Metal‐free Approach. ChemSusChem, e202401049.
- Ansari, K. B., Gaikar, V. G., Trinh, Q. T., Khan, M. S., Banerjee, A., Kanchan, D. R., ... & Danish, M. (2022). Carbon dioxide capture over amine functionalized styrene divinylbenzene copolymer: An experimental batch and continuous studies. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(1), 106910.
- More, G. S., Kanchan, D. R., Banerjee, A., & Srivastava, R. (2023). Selective catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin to 2-Methoxy-4-methyl phenol and 4-Methyl cyclohexanol over Pd/CuFe2O4 and PdNi/CuFe2O4 catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 462, 142110.
- Banerjee, A., Mushrif, S. H. Investigating Reaction Mechanisms for Furfural
Hydrodeoxygenation on Ni and the effect of Boron Doping on the Activity and
Selectivity of the Catalyst. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018,
122, 18383.
- Banerjee, A., Mushrif, S. H. Reaction Pathways for the deoxygenation of biomass
pyrolysis derived bio-oil: A DFT study using furfural as a model compound.
ChemCatChem, 2017, 9, 2828.
- Banerjee, A., van Bavel, A. P., Kuipers, H. P. C. E., Saeys, M. CO Activation on
Realistic Cobalt Surfaces: Kinetic Role of Hydrogen. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 5289.
- Banerjee, A., Navarro, V., van Bavel, A. P., Kuipers, H. P. C. E., Saeys, M. Shape
and Size of Cobalt Nano-islands formed Spontaneously on Cobalt terraces during
Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Journal of Physical Chemistry
Letters, 2016, 7, 1996.
- Banerjee, A., van Bavel, A. P., Kuipers, H. P. C. E., Saeys, M. Origin of the
formation of nanoislands on cobalt catalysts during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. ACS
Catalysis, 2015, 5, 4756.
Projects
- Selective Hydrogenation of furfural to Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA) over supported Pd-Co catalysts: Experimental and Theoretical Study (ANRF Grant ~ 45 lakhs)
- ISRD Phase -1 Grant “Molecular Modelling guided catalyst design: Development of
Novel catalystsfor upgradation of pyrolysis derived bio-oil
