Welcome to Energy Materials Research Group
Principal Investigator
Dr. Simantini Nayak
Senior Scientist
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Doctoral Students
Gyanaprakash Mishra
DST - INSPIRE, Joint student
Email: gyanprakash.22@immt.res.in
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August 2022 onwards
MSc: Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya U.P (Physics)
Research: Development of two-dimensional MXene heterostructured materials for hydrogen evolution reaction
Hobbies: cooking and eating sweets
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Saswati Mishra
DST-WISE-PhD Fellow
Email: mishra.saswati95@gmail.com
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July 2024 onwards
MSc: B.P.U.T. Odisha (Applied Chemistry)
Research: Development of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructured catalysts for energy generation. She has also worked as a JRF in the group with a SERB funding (Jan 2023 - June 2024).
Hobbies: listening music, spending time with pets and nature
Satyabrata Sahoo
UGC - JRF
Email: satyabrata.immt23a@acsir.res.in
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August 2023 onwards
MSc: NIT Rourkela (Chemistry)
Research: Covalent Organic Framework based functional materials for catalytic carbon dioxide utilization to value added products
Hobbies: Cooking, reading story books
Dibyasa Jyoti Pati
DST-INSPIRE
Email: patidibyasajyoti@gmail.com
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August 2025 onwards
MSc: FM University (Chemistry)
Research: Transition metal based tandem catalysts for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion and utilization
Hobbies: listening to music, hiking
Alumini
2025
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KirtiKrishna Ray Jagdev; B.J.B. (A) College, Bhubaneswar (Summer intern student, May-June 2025)
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Alok Jena; FM University, Balasore (MSc Dissertation student, Jan-May 2025)
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Sribalamurugan S B; Institute of Chemical Technology- Indian Oil Campus (ICT-IOCL), Bhubaneswar (Winter project student, Nov-2024 to Feb-2025)
2024
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Debashish Ratha; Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore (M.Sc. Dissertation student, Jan-April 2024)
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Amit Mahapatra; Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (Summer intern student, May-July 2024)
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Sanghamitra Dalabehera; Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla (Summer intern student, May-July 2024)
2023​
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Radharaman Samanta; NISER, Bubaneswar (Summer intern student, May-July, 2023)
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Bhagabat Prashad Das; Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore (M.Sc. Dissertation student, Jan-April 2023)
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Mukul Arora; Institute of Chemical Technology- Indian Oil Campus (ICT-IOCL), Bhubaneswar (Winter project student, Dec-2022 to Feb-2023)
2022
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Saikat Pal; Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Kolkata (Summer project student, 2022)
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Piyush Das; Parala Maharaja Engineering College (PMEC), Berhampur (Summer project student, 2022)
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Someet Sahoo; Institute of Chemical Technology- Indian Oil Campus (ICT-IOCL), Bhubaneswar (Summer project student, 2022)
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Seema Devi; Institute of Chemical Technology- Indian Oil Campus (ICT-IOCL), Bhubaneswar (Summer project student, 2022)