Profile | Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh

Academics and Research Journey

Feb., 2022-Present, Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, (M.P.), India.

Feb., 2017-Feb. 2022, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, (M.P.), India.

May, 2012-Feb. 2017, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, (M.P.), India.

2011-2012, Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany. (Host Researcher: Prof. Peter W. Roesky)

2010-2011, AIST Postdoctoral Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda, Osaka, Japan.

2008-2010, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. (Host Researcher: Prof. Qiang Xu)

2007, CSIR-SRF, Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P., India (Supervisor: Prof. D.S. Pandey)

2007, Ph.D. (Chemistry), A.P.S. University, Rewa, M.P., India (Supervisor: Prof. D.S. Pandey)

2002, M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), A.P.S. University, Rewa, M.P., India

Recognition

Editorial Advisory Board member, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS, (2023)

Editorial Advisory Board member, ChemCatChem, Wiley-VCH, (2022)

International Advisory Board member, ChemCatChem, Wiley-VCH, (2020)

Award of Excellence in Teaching, IIT Indore (2017)

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship, Germany (2011)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan (2008)

Administration

Associate Dean, International Relations, IIT Indore, (2022-till date)

Convener, Departmental Postgraduate Committee (DPGC), Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, (2017-2020)

Convenor, Safety and Security Committee of the Institute, IIT Indore, (2012-2015)

Convenor, Outreach Committee, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, (2020-2023)

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh

Professor

Chemistry

sksingh[at]iiti.ac.in

Organometallics and Nanotech

Catalysis Group

Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, Indore 453 552, India

Sanjay Kumar Singh, born (1979) in Singrauli, M.P., India, received his BSc in 2000 and MSc (Chemistry) in 2002 from A.P.S. University, Rewa, India and his doctoral degree (Chemistry) from the same university (with Prof. D.S. Pandey) in 2007. During his doctoral research, he also worked as a CSIR SRF with Prof. D.S. Pandey at Banaras Hindu University. He was a JSPS postdoctoral fellow and AIST postdoctoral scientist with Prof. Q. Xu at AIST, Osaka, Japan (2008-2011) and Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. P.W. Roesky at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany (2011-2012). In May 2012, he joined as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India, and since Feb. 2022, he is Professor at IIT Indore. He has gained extensive expertise in the area of hydrogen production and storage, and currently his research focuses on the design and development of new and efficient catalysts and materials for hydrogen production and storage, carbon capture and utilization, and biomass transformation to fuels.