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Dr. Kuntal Manna

Associate Professor

 

Department of Chemistry

MS 720, 6th Floor, Multi-storey building

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India, 110016

    

kmanna@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

Tel: +91-11-26591510

 

ORCID: 0000-0002-2924-0353

Scopus Id: 57208992791

Professsional Experience

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Assistant Professor               January 2017 - March 2022

Department of Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi, India

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Postdoctoral Research Scholar    2013 -  2016

Department of Chemistry

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA   

Advisor: Prof. Wenbin Lin

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Education

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Ph.D.   Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA                                             2012

            Advisor: Prof. Aaron D. Sadow

 

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M.Sc.   Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur U.P., India                            2006

            Advisor: Prof. Vadapalli Chandrasekhar

 

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B.Sc.    Vidyasagar University (Panskura Banamali College), W.B., India  2004 

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AWARDS AND HONORS​

  • Emerging Investigators, Chemical Communications, RSC                                                                2024

  • Early Career: Mrs. Veena Arora Faculty Research Award, IIT Delhi                                                  2022

  • EurJIC Talents, Chemistry Europe                                                                                                     2022

  • Emerging Investigators, Catalysis Science & Technology, RSC                                                        2022

  • Early Career Chemist Grant, Pacifichem                                                                                           2021

  • Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship, IIT Delhi                                                                                    2017

  • The Henry Gilman Fellowship, Iowa State University                                                                        2011

  • The Frank J. Moore and Thoreen Beth Moore Fellowship, Iowa State University                              2010

  • Graduate and Professional Student Senate Peer Research Award, Iowa State University,               2012                                              

  • ACS-DIC Student Travel Award, American Chemical Society                                                            2012

  • Chevron Phillips and P&G travel award                                                                                              2012, 2010

  • Professional Advancement Grant, Iowa State University                                                                    2012, 2010

  • Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), India                  2006

  • Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) for admission to IITs: all India rank 20                                     2004

  • ‘First Class First’ in B.Sc. (Honours in Chemistry), Vidyasagar University, W.B., India                       2004

  • Pitambar Das Memorial Scholarship with silver medal, Banamalichatta High School, W.B., India    1999

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Invited oral presentations

 

15. ​7th International Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS - 2024), IIT Guwahati, 02-December, 2024

 

14. Faculty Development Program (FDP) On “Sustainable & Alternate Energy Resources”, Amity School of Applied Sciences,

      Amity University, Haryana, 18-June, 2024.

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13. International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), ARSD College, University of Delhi, 28-January, 2024.

 

12. Frontiers in Sustainable Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, 20-January, 2024.

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11. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, 08-January-2024

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10. Indo-French Seminar on “Catalysis for Sustainability”, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, 11-December, 2023

 

9. GITAM CHEMISTRY RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2023, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, 08-December, 2023

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8. Third International Conference on Carbon Chemistry and Materials, Oct-2023.

 

7. Integrative Chemical Science for Health & Environment- 2023 (ICHE-2023), Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 07-October, 2023

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6. Spectroscopy using Indus Synchrotron Radiation-2023 (SISR-2023), 24-March, 2023.

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5. Emergent Materials for Energy and Environment (EMEE-2023), IIT Roorkee, 05-March, 2023.

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4. 9th IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry, 06-September, 2022.

 

3. Supported Single-Ion Catalysts Symposium, Pacifichem 2021, 17-December, 2021

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2. Jawaharlal Nehru University, June 30, 2021 (virtual).

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​1. 1st International Symposium on Main-group Molecules to Materials (MMM) 2018, IISc Bangalore, October 30, 2018.

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