DR SUBHASH BANERJEE

Assistant Professor

Work Experience

Present Employment: Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, C. G., India August, 2011 – Present Post Doctoral Experience: June, 2009 – June, 2011: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, USD, South Dakota, USA July, 2007 – May, 2009: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, NanoScience Technology Center, UCF, Florida, USA

Area of Specialization

Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Naocatalysis

Projects & Patents

• Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist from Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi on “Novel Mesoporous Ru-MCM-48 materials for the Development of Green Synthetic Methodologies” (SB/FT/CS 023/2012): 25 lacs • UGC-BSR Research Start-Up-Grant for Newly Recruited faculty from UGC, New Delhi on “Design and Synthesis of Novel Amino Acids Modified Imidazolium Based Chiral Ionic Liquids for Asymmetric Synthesis” F. No. 20-1/2012(BSR)/20-8(3)/2012(BSR): 6 lacs • CCOST Mini Research Project on “Development of Rice-husk Feedstock Supported Nanomaterials for the Synthesis of Privileged Medicinal Scaffolds” (ENDT No 2096/CCOST/MRP/2017) dated 19.09.2017 Grant Amount 4,85,000/-

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D.) Supervisor: Prof. Brindaban C. Ranu Place: Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India Degree Awarded: March, 2008. M.Sc. (1st Class) The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 2002. B. Sc. (1st Class) Suri Vidyasagar College, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 2000.

Achievments/Awards/Honors

• Guest Editor of theme issue of Current Organic Chemistry, Bentham Publisher 2022 • Guest Editor of theme issue of Current Organic Chemistry, Bentham Publisher 2020 • Guest Editor of theme issue of Current Nanoscience, Bentham Publisher • Member of Editorial board of “Modern Research in Catalysts” (ISSN Online: 2168-4499; ISSN Print: 2168-4480), Scientific Research Publishing Inc. USA. • Member of American Chemical Society (ACS) 2009-2011 • Member of Indian Chemical Society, 2017 • Appointed as Bentham Brand Ambassador 2018 • Published more than 104 papers • h-Index 32 • Citation 3700

Publications

Best Peer Reviewed Publication (up-to 10) 1. Ionic Liquid as Catalyst and Reaction Medium. The Dramatic Influence of a Task Specific Ionic Liquid [bmIm]OH in Michael Addition of Active Methylene Compounds to Conjugated Ketones, Carboxylic Esters and Nitriles B. C. Ranu, and S. Banerjee Organic Letters, 2005, 7, 3049-3052. (Citation: 623, Impact Factor: 6.005) 2. Hierarchical Mesoporous RuO2/Cu2O Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Oxidative Homo/Hetero Azo-Coupling of Anilines A. Saha, S. Payra, B. Selvaratnam, S. Bhattacharya, S. Pal, R.T. Koodali, and S. Banerjee* ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 11345. (Citation: 30, Impact Factor: 8.198) 3. One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Bio-Active Pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazole and Benzylpyrazolyl Coumarin Derivatives Using ZrO2 Nanoparticles as Reusable Catalyst A. Saha, S. Payra and S. Banerjee* Green Chemistry, 2015, 17, 2859. (Citation: 135, Impact Factor: 10.18) 4. A Simple Strategy for Qdot Assisted Selective Detection of Cd2+ S. Banerjee, S. Kar and S. Santra Chemical Communications, 2008, 3037-3039. (Citation: 80, Impact Factor: 6.222) 5. Ionic Liquid as Reagent. A Green Procedure for the Regioselective Conversion of Epoxides to vicinal-Halohydrins using [AcMIm]X under Catalyst- and Solvent-Free Conditions B. C. Ranu and S. Banerjee, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005, 70, 4517- 4520. (Citation: 131, Impact Factor: 4.354) 6. Indium (I) Iodide-Promoted Cleavage of Diphenyl Diselenide and Disulfide and Subsequent Palladium (0)-Catalyzed Condensation with Vinylic Bromides. A Simple One-Pot Synthesis of Vinylic Selenides and Sulfides B. C. Ranu, K. C. Chattopadhaya and S. Banerjee Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71, 423-425. (Citation: 103, Impact Factor: 4.354) 7. On Water Cu@gC3N4 Catalyzed Synthesis of NH-1,2,3-Triazoles Via [2+3] Cycloadditions of Nitroolefins/Alkynes and Sodium Azide S. Payra, A. Saha, and S. Banerjee* ChemCatChem. 2018, 10, 5468–5474. (Citation: 35, Impact Factor: 5.686) 8. TiO2SiO2 Mixed Oxides: Organic Ligand Templated Controlled Deposition of Titania and Their Photocatalytic Activities for Hydrogen Production R. Peng, S. Banerjee*, G. Sereda, R. Koodali International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37, 17009-17018. (Citation: 25, Impact Factor: 5.816) 9. Pd-MCM-48: A Novel and Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenations and Coupling Reactions S. Banerjee,* V. Balasanthiran, R. Koodali and G. Sereda Organic Biomolecular Chemistry 2010, 8, 4316-4321. (Citation: 64, Impact Factor: 3.876) 10. Quantum Dots Based ON/OFF Probe for Detection of Glutathione S. Banerjee, S. Kar, M. J. Pereze and S. Santra Journal Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 113, 9659–9663. (Citation: 109, Impact Factor: 4.126)