Anirban Mukherjee
Assistant Professor, Office of Sustainability, Institute of Engineering & Management, School of University of Engineering and Management, kolkata
Academic Information
Education
PhD in Engineering (Thesis Submitted )
Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (June 2026)
Masters of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Jadavpur University (2017)
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT) (2015)
Award/Fellowships
International Travel Grant from ANRF, Govt. of India, for presenting papers at the ACS Spring 2025 conference in San Diego, California, United States of America
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-March/2015: Paper: Mechanical Engineering.
Govt. of India (AICTE) Scholarship during M.E at Jadavpur University (2 years)
Project Assistant Fellowship offered by RUSA 2.0 Departmental Support Towards Upgradation in Research: Jadavpur University
Institute Research Fellowship (IRF) during PhD: BIT Mesra (4 Years)
Catalytic Grant (Reverse funding) during PhD from Indian Science Technology and Engineering Facilities Map (I-STEM) and Center for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Conferences
Anirban Mukherjee, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra* & Bidhan Chandra Ruidas*, presented a paper (oral) at the international conference, ETCSTSI-2026, organized by the Department of Chemistry, The BES College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on January 8, 2026, ‘‘Insertion of Indium on Bismuth Sulfide Nanorod Embedded on Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Selectivity toward Formate in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction’’.
Anirban Mukherjee, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra* & Bidhan Chandra Ruidas*, presented a paper (oral) at the international conference, ETCSTSI-2025, organized by the Department of Chemistry, The BES College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on 10-11th January, 2026, ‘‘Electrochemical CO2 Reduction using 2D g-C3N4 Supported Copper-doped In2S3: Study of the role of In2S3 on the selectivity of products’’. (Best Poster Award)
Anirban Mukherjee, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra* & Bidhan Chandra Ruidas*, presented a paper (poster) at the international conference, ETCEAM-2024, organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, on 13-15th December, 2024, ‘‘Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 using 2D g-C3N4 Supported Copper-doped In2S3: Study of the role of In2S3 on the selectivity of products’’. (2nd Best Poster Award)
Anirban Mukherjee, Niwesh Ojha, Amitava Banerjee, Maryam Abdinejad, Kamal K. Pant, Susanta Sinha Mahapatra, Bidhan C. Ruidas, presented research (oral-in-person) at ACS Spring 2025, San Diego, CA. United States of America, 23rd – 27th March, 2025, title “Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 using 2D graphitic carbon nitride embedded copper doped-In2S3: Study of copper doping percentages on selectivity of products”
Research Interests
- Electrochemical CO₂ reduction and utilization
- Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization
- Electrocatalysis
- Sustainable materials and green chemistry
- Applications of advanced materials for climate action and energy‑related technologies.
Courses Taught
Positions Held
Office of Sustainability, Institute of Engineering & Management, Salt Lake, Kolkata
Affiliate Member (Jan 2025 – June 2026)
Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
Institute Research Fellow (January 2021 – January 2025)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi
Project Assistant (July 2019 – March 2020)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Publications
1. Mukherjee, A., Abdinejad, M., Mahapatra, S. S., & Ruidas, B. C. (2023). Metal sulfide‑based nanomaterials for electrochemical CO₂ reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(17), 9300–9332.
2. Singh, B. K., Mukherjee, A., Kamal, N., Roymahapatra, G., Guo, Z., … (2024). Carbon dots modified graphite as novel support material for low palladium (Pd) loading direct ethanol fuel cell catalyst. ES Materials and Manufacturing, 26, 1297.
3. Mukherjee, A., Abdinejad, M., Mahapatra, S. S., & Ruidas, B. C. (2024). Controlled synthesis of copper sulfide‑based catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to formic acid and beyond: A review. Energy Advances, 3(11), 2704–2737.
4. Mukherjee, A., Ojha, N., Pant, K. K., Deb, A., Abdinejad, M., Mahapatra, S. S., … (2025). Recent advances in engineered MoS₂‑based nanomaterials for CO₂ electro‑reduction to CO and beyond. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 12(9), 1113–1138.
5. Mukherjee, A., Mahapatra, S. S., & Ruidas, B. C. (2025). Insertion of indium on bismuth sulfide nanorod embedded on graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced selectivity toward formate in electrochemical CO₂ reduction. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(47), 22704–22721.
6. Singh, B. K., Mukherjee, A., Dey, S., Srivastava, P., Ojha, N., Kamal, N., … (2026). Insertion of palladium nanoparticles on carbon dots for enhanced ethanol oxidation performance in alkaline media. ChemNanoMat, 12(1), e202500628.
7. Mukherjee, A., Halder, S., Banerjee, A., Ojha, N., Mahapatra, S. S., & Ruidas, B. C. (2026). Optimizing Cu doping on indium sulfide supported on graphitic carbon nitride for enhanced selectivity toward C1 products in electrochemical CO₂ reduction. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2026, 9, 10, 6589–6607.
8. Mukherjee, A., Gilani, B. I., Rahut, S., Ojha, N., Mahapatra, S. S., & Ruidas, B. C. (2026). MXene-based palladium-doped bismuth sulfide nanorod for highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to formate. Energy Fuels 2026, 40, 23, 12475–12493
9. Bhattacharya, G., Sardar, P., Manna, R., Mukherjee, A., Rahut, S., Jana, A., & Samanta, A., (2026). Enhanced Selective CO₂ Electroreduction to Formic Acid Enabled by Copper Selenide Nanostructures on Reduced Graphene Oxide. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2026 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D6SE00647G)
10. Mukherjee, A., Bhattacharya, G., Ojha, N., Gilani, B. I., Kamal, N., Noori, G., Mahapatra, S. S., Abdinejad, M., Ruidas, B. C., & Samanta, A. (2026). Bismuth Sulfide‑Based Nanomaterials for Selective CO₂ Reduction to Formate and Beyond. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2026 (Just Accepted)