Navneet K. Gupta, Dr. rer. nat
BIO
Navneet Kumar Gupta obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Delhi, India, and then received his Master’s degrees from the University of Delhi, India (M.Tech. in Chemical Synthesis & Process Technologies) and from JAIST, Japan (M.S. in Materials Science). He received a PhD in chemistry (catalysis) from the Technical University of Munich under the supervision of Prof Johannes A Lercher on an industrial collaboration project with Bayer (now Covestro).
His experience includes postdoctoral research at Hokkaido University, KU Leuven, and the Technical University of Darmstadt. He also served as a scientist with the CSIR-CIMFR.
Currently, he is Assistant Professor at the Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore. His field of study is heterogeneous catalysis, emphasizing materials development for biomass/waste valorization.
He has received several prestigious awards and scholarships, including an outstanding M.S. Thesis award at JAIST, Japan, and a prestigious Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship.
EDUCATION
2011-2015
Ph.D. in Catalysis (Technical Chemistry) from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Thesis: Innovative Pathways for Sustainable DPC Production. (https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1281022/1281022.pdf)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher (https://www.ch.nat.tum.de/tc2/home/)
2012-2013
Certificate in "Fundamental Aspects of Common Principles of Catalysis" from South German Catalysis Institute, Germany. (As a part of PhD degree)
2008-2011
M. S. in Materials Science and Catalysis from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan.
Thesis: Design and Development of Metal Supported Hydrotalcite Catalysts for Green Oxidation of 5- Hydroxymethyl Furfural
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Kohki Ebitani (http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~ebitani/cone.htm)
M. Tech. in Chemical Synthesis and Process Technologies (CSPT) from University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022-
2020-2022
2018-2019
2017-2018
Assistant Professor at Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc Bangalore, India.
Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow at Technical Chemistry II, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
Host: Prof. Dr. Markus Rose (http://www.rosegroup.de/)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Bert Sels (https://sels-group.eu/group)
Scientist at CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR), Dhanbad, India.
2016-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Japan. Industrial partner: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan.
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Atsushi Fukuoka / Prof. Dr. Kiyotaka Nakajima (https://www.cat.hokudai.ac.jp/nakajima/en/)