2021 Annual Meeting
(659f) Ionic Liquid-Mediated Catalytic Conversion of Lignocelluloses to Biofuel Precursors: Experimental and Modeling Analyses
Author
Research Interests: Renewable Energy, Biofuels, Lignocellulose, Biorefinery, Ionic Liquids
Teaching Interests: I am passionate about teaching undergraduate and graduate students in addition to performing research. In our research group, I have been actively involved in mentoring undergraduate and master's students. Biochemical and reaction engineering courses for undergraduate and graduate students are among my favourites, as they readily fit my research background. As a graduate student, I was a Teaching Assistant (2018-2020) for the Undergraduate Biochemical Engineering course (~90 students per batch) and a Bioenergy elective (~30 students per batch). In addition to teaching assistance, I have assisted Fluid Mechanics lab classes at IIT Kharagpur.
PhD expected in July 2022
Publications:
(1) Roy, S., Chakraborty, S. (2020). A Kinetic Framework for Microwave-Irradiated Catalytic Conversion of Lignocelluloses to Biofuel Precursors by Employing Protic and Aprotic Ionic Liquids. In: Verma P. (eds) Biorefineries: A Step Towards Renewable and Clean Energy. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-9593-6_8
(2) Roy, S., Chakraborty, S. (2019). Comparative study of the effectiveness of protic and aprotic ionic liquids in microwave-irradiated catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic June grass to biofuel precursors. Bioresour. Technol. Rep. 8, 100338. doi: 10.1016/j.biteb.2019.100338
Awards:
(1) Research Scholar Institute Fellowship (2017-2022)
(2) Best Poster Award at Chemference 2018 - the 8th National Conference of Chemical Engineering Research Scholars - held in IIT Bombay in May 2018.
(3) Best Poster Award (2nd) at DBT National Workshop on Bioenergy 2019 - the 2nd National Workshop on Bioenergy organized by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - held in Kolkata during October 2019.
(4) Best Paper Award at CHEMCON 2020 â jointly organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) Headquarters & IIChE - Hyderabad Regional Centre â held in online mode during December 2020.