Kingshuk Dutta

Dr. Kingshuk Dutta, FICS, is currently employed as a Scientist in the Advanced Polymer Design and Development Research Laboratory of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology, India. Prior to this appointment, he had worked as an Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell University, U.S.A. (2018-19) and as a National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur, India (2016-17), both funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt....See more

Dr. Kingshuk Dutta, FICS, is currently employed as a Scientist in the Advanced Polymer Design and Development Research Laboratory of the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology, India. Prior to this appointment, he had worked as an Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell University, U.S.A. (2018-19) and as a National Postdoctoral Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur, India (2016-17), both funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India. Earlier, as a Senior Research Fellow funded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India., he had carried out his doctoral study at the University of Calcutta, India (2013-16). He possesses degrees in both technology (B. Tech. and M. Tech.) and science (B. Sc.), all from University of Calcutta. He was also a recipient of the prestigious Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and National Scholarship, both from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. His research interest lies in the fields of electrochemical, photoelectrochemical and bioelectrochemical devices, wastewater treatment, as well as polymer blends/composites and biodegradable polymers. Until date, he has contributed to 62 experimental and review papers in reputed international platforms, 35 book chapters, 1 patent application, and many national and international presentations. In addition, he has edited/co-edited four books published by Elsevier, two books published by the American Chemical Society, and one book published by Wiley. He is currently serving as a Review Editor for Frontiers in Nanotechnology and Frontiers in Fuels, and has also served as a guest associate handling editor for Frontiers in Chemistry and a peer-reviewer for over 190 journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and research project proposals. He is a life member and an elected fellow of the Indian Chemical Society, a life member of the International Exchange Alumni Network (U.S. Department of State) and a member of the Science Advisory Board (U.S.A.). Earlier, he had held memberships of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (U.S.A.), the International Association of Advanced Materials (Sweden), the Institute for Engineering Research and Publication (India) and the Wiley Advisors Group (U.S.A.). See less