Ramendra Sundar Dey (Orcid.org/ 0000-0003-3297-1437) is a Scientist at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India. Prior, he was a Hans C. Ørsted postdoc fellow at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark. He received B. Sc. Degree in Chemistry from Burdwan Raj College (Burdwan University) at 2005, M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from University of Burdwan, India at 2007 and Ph.D. in Chemistry at 2013 from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. Over past 10 years he is involved in research in the field of electroanalytical chemistry in nanotechnology. His current research is focused on the architecture and engineering of carbonaceous materials and their applications in advanced energy storage and conversion technology and sensing/biosensing devices. Dr. Dey has published more than 15 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, two book chapter and one patent filed. He has been honored with number of prestigious National and International awards, like PhD fellowship from UGC, India (2008-2013), several national awards from India, INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship from DST, India and the prestigious Hans Christian Ørsted postdoctoral fellowship (2013) from DTU, Denmark. Dr. Dey is also serving as a guest editor and Editorial advisory board member for few journals of international repute.Taniya Purkait is currently doing her PhD in nanoscience and nanotechnology from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali and CNSNT, Panjab University under the guidance of Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey. She has completed her B.Sc. degree from Thakurpukur Vivekananda College (University of Calcutta) in 2012 and M.Sc. degree from Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad in 2014. For the past four years she has been involved in active research in the field of electroanalytical chemistry. Her current research interest includes synthesis and fabrication of various carbonaceous materials for different energy storage and conversion applications. She has published around 7 research papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals.Navpreet Kamboj is currently doing her PhD in nanoscience and nanotechnology from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali and IISER, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali under the guidance of Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey. She has completed her B.Sc. degree from Govt. P. G. College (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra) in 2010 and M.Sc. degree in physics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2012. She has worked as teaching assistant in Govt. P. G College, Hisar from 2013-2015. She has received her M.Tech degree in Material Science from IIT Delhi, in 2017. She has been involved in active research in the broad field of energy devices. Her current research interest includes synthesis and fabrication of various carbonaceous-based hybrid storage and conversion devices in energy application.Manisha Das is currently pursuing her PhD in nanoscience and nanotechnology from Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, India and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India. She has completed her B. Tech degree from Electronics and Communication Engineering in the year 2013 from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, India and M.Tech in Material Science and Nanotechnology from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra, India in the year 2017. She has published three research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Her areas of interest are nanomaterials synthesis and electrocatalysis for energy generation and conversion.
