Welcome To
U.K.G. RESEARCH GROUP
Molecule - Material - Product (M.M.P.) Lab
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Achievements:
#Patent # Magneto- Electrocatalyst
Congratulations to our MMP Lab for filing Indian patent on our new finding "A Process for the Magneto-Electrochemical synthesis of Ammonia and Ammonia Produced Thereby"
#Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2024
Congratulations to our Prof. Dr. Uttam Kumar Ghorai for winning prestigious "Thieme Chemistry Journals Award".
#Small methods #New Review Article
Congratulations to Mr. Koushik Mitra for his first Review Article titled "Enhancing Electrochemical Reactivity with Magnetic Fields: Unraveling the Role of Magneto-Electrochemistry".
#JMCA #New Article
Congratulations to Mr. Nilmadhab Mukherjee for his first Research Article titled "Fe(TCNQ)2 nanorod arrays: An efficient electrocatalyst for electrochemical Ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction reaction".
#Applied Catalysis B: Environmental #New Article
Congratulations to Mr. Sougata Sarkar for his first Research Article titled "Iron phthalocyanine hollow architecture enabled ammonia production via nitrate reduction to achieve 100 % Faradaic efficiency".
# DST INSPIRE Fellowship
Congratulations to Mr. Nilmadhab Mukherjee for being selected as "DST INSPIRE Fellow".
# MRSI YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2023
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder for winning prestigious "MRSI Young Scientist Award 2023".
# Merck YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 2023
Congratulations to our Prof. Dr. Uttam Kumar Ghorai for winning prestigious "Merck Young Scientist Award 2023".
# Keynote speaker at World Hydrogen Energy Sunnit
Congratulations to our Prof. Dr. Uttam Kumar Ghorai for delivering keynote speech at World Hydrogen Energy summit, 2023.
Thank you Prof. Marc Robert for Visiting Our Institution
Congratulations to all MMP LAB members whose work was chosen as one of the top 10% most cited in the Royal Society of Chemistry.
#Front Cover Art Selection #ACS Catalysis
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder and Team for selection of their cover art as a front cover for future issue of ACS Catalysis.
#New Research Article#NO3RR #ACS Catalysis
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder and Team for Research Article "Controlling the Metal−Ligand Coordination Environment of Manganese Phthalocyanine in 1D−2D Heterostructures for Enhancing Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia".
#OVDF # Canada
Congratulations to Mr. Sourav Paul for the one Year OVDF Fellowship to Canada Funded By SERB.
Research Article #ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces #Ntric acid at RT
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder and Team for Research Article "Selective Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Nitrogen to Nitric Acid Using Manganese Phthalocyanine".
New Review Article # Mater. Chem. Front. # Urea
Congratulations to Mr. Sourav Paul and team for new Review Article "Progress of electrocatalytic urea synthesis: Strategic design, reactor engineering, mechanistic details, and techno-commercial study"
Research Article #Engineering Reports #NRR
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder, Mr. Santosh R. Waghela and Team for Research Article "Carbon black supported manganese phthalocyanine: Efficient electrocatalyst for nitrogen reduction to ammonia".
New Research Article # JMCA # Urea
Congratulations to Mr. Sourav Paul and team for new Research Article "Dual Metal Site–Mediated Efficient C–N Coupling toward Electrochemical Urea Synthesis"
Review Article #JMCA #Ntric acid at RT
Congratulations to Mr. Ashadul Adalder and Team for Review Article "Progress of electrochemical synthesis of nitric acid: catalyst design, mechanistic insights, protocol and challenges".
Emerging Scholar
Congratulations to Mr. Sourav Paul and team for receiving the "Emerging Scholar" recognition from ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
New Paper #ACS Sus #NO3RR #NRR
Congratulations to Mr. Sourav Paul and team for New Paper titled "Strengthening the Metal Center of Co–N4 Active Sites in a 1D–2D Heterostructure for Nitrate and Nitrogen Reduction Reaction to Ammonia"
Best paper awards
Mr. Asahdul Adalder was awarded the Best paper awards at Certificate of Excellence 37th National Science Day Celebration & National Seminar on Global Science for Global Well-being – Lab to the Land (GSGWLL - 2023) 3rd – 05th March, 2023. Organized By INDIAN PHOTOBIOLOGY SOCIETY KOLKATA, INDIA.
Best Poster Award
Mr. Sourav Paul was awarded the Best Poster Award at the conference on "Sustainable Functional Materials and Processes" (SFMP 2023) held at IIT Kharagpur.
Most Interesting Question Asked
Mr. Sourav Paul attended the Conference on Advances in Catalysis for Energy and Environment (CACEE-2022) & CO2 India Network 1st Annual Meet, held at TIFR Mumbai, India, and he received the award for the "Most Interesting Question Asked"
New publication #Catalysis Today
Mr. Nilmadhab Mukherjee was a M.Sc. project student published an article
titled, "Solvothermal synthesis of α–CuPc nanostructures for electrochemical nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions." in Catalysis Today (I.F. - 6.766)
S S Bhatnagar Young Scientist Award
Mr. Asahdul Adalder was awarded S S Bhatnagar Young Scientist Award by the Indian Chemical Society at the Young Scientist Conclave (2022).
Best poster presentation prize
Br. Jit Maharaj won the best poster presentation prize on the platform of Advanced Materials for Green Energy & Sustainable Environment (National Seminar) on 31st March 2022
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Award of Excellence
Mr. Sourav Paul was awarded with Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Award of Excellence by the Indian Chemical Society at the Young Scientist Conclave (2021)
Chemical Science Outstanding Poster Presentation Prize
Mr. Sourav Paul was awarded with Chemical Science Outstanding Poster Presentation Prize at the Chemical Symposium 2021 by Royal Society of Chemistry.
Cash Award - 2017 by Indian Refractory Maker Association (IRMA)
Mr. Angshuman Santra won the Cash Award - 2017 by Indian Refractory Maker Association (IRMA)
CSIR SRF (Inorganic Chemistry) fellowship
Mr. Angshuman Santra received the prestigious CSIR SRF (Inorganic Chemistry) fellowship on 2019.