Faculty Details
Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya
Dr. Sayan Bhattacharya
Designation
Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest/Specialisation
Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, study of emerging contaminants and groundwater pollutants, Socio-environmental studies in the Himalayas.
Year of Joining at NU
2015
Total Years of Teaching Experience:
12 years
Name and details of Ph.D. Degree awarded Institution
Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Awards/Honours
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS) in March 2023.- Guest editor for the special issue on “Remediation of Heavy Metals: A Path towards Environmental Security and Sustainable Development” to be published by Discover Environment Journal, Springer-Nature, Germany, July, 2024.
- Guest Editor for the Frontiers in Analytical Chemistry (Special section: Environmental analysis), 2021.
Best Peer-reviewed Publications (Best 05)
- Kaushik Gupta, Sayan Bhattacharya, Harishankar Biswas, Jagannath Dutta, Uday Chand Ghosha, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Nihar Ranjan Roy (2011). Ceria supported manganese oxide crystalline nanoparticles agglomerate as adsorbent: synthesis, characterization and As(V)-sorption behavior. Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 172: 219-229. (Impact factor 13.4).
- Kaushik Gupta, Sayan Bhattacharya, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, Arjun Maity and Uday Chand Ghosh (2012). Arsenic(III) Sorption Behavior of Ceria Associated Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 377: 269-276. (Impact factor 9.4).
- Avishek Talukdar, Pritha Kundu, Shrayan Bhattacharya, Satarupa Dey, Abhijit Dey, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Punarbasu Chaudhuri and Sayan Bhattacharya (2023). Microplastics in mangroves with special reference to Asia: Occurrence, distribution, bioaccumulation and remediation options. Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 904: 166165. (Impact factor: 8.2).
- Abir Ghosh, Tina Basu, Biswaranjan Manna, Sayan Bhattacharya, Uday Chand Ghosh, Krishna Biswas (2015). Synthesis of a nanocomposite adsorbent with high adsorptive potential and its application for abatement of chromium (VI) from aqueous stream. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3: 565–573. (Impact factor: 7.7).
- Sayan Bhattacharya, Avishek Talukdar, Shubhalakshmi Sengupta, Tuyelee Das, Abhijit Dey, Kaushik Gupta, Nalok Dutta (2023). Arsenic contaminated water remediation: a state-of-the-art review in synchrony with sustainable development goals. Groundwater for sustainable Development, Vol. 23: 101000. (Impact factor: 4.9).