Dr. Aniruddha Molla
Faculties: Centre For Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies Faculty
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Position Available: Highly motivated candidates, either self-funded or qualified through NET/GATE, with backgrounds in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science or related branch of engineering, motivated in active research in the field of Renewable Energy are invited to contact Dr. Aniruddha Molla. Opportunities are available for pursuing a Ph.D. on a full-time or part-time basis.
Professional Experiences:
- July 2025-Present: Assistant Professor, Centre for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies, JISIASR Kolkata, West Bengal.
- July 2024- April 2025: Senior Post-doctoral Position, School of Chemical Engineering at Chonnam national University under Prof. Donghun Kim. Worked on regeneration of RFCC-E cat and Graphene oxide over Zeolite for membrane preparation towards gas separation.
- August 2020 – December 2021, April 2023 – June 2024: Senior Post-doctoral Position, Department of Chemical Engineering at Inha University under Prof. Ji Ho Youk: Worked on Mechanochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials for ROS Activity, Dyes, and Antibiotic Degradation, hydrogen evolution, and subsequent reduction reactions.
- April 2018 – February 2020: Post-doctoral Position, Department of Chemistry at Kyung Hee University under Prof. Joohoon Kim: Worked on Carbon Dots for ROS sensing activity and Carbon Nanostructures for Efficient Catalysts for Dehydrogenation of Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC).
- October 2016 – March 2018: Post-doctoral Position, Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Ulsan under Prof. Jin Suk Chung: Worked on graphene oxide composites for multifunctional applications in Dye and NOx removal.
- March 2016 – September 2016: Project Officer, Indian Institute of Technology Madras under Prof T. Pradeep: Worked on Water Purification using Nanotechnology.
Academic Backgrounds:
Ph.D.: Catalysis Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar.
Advisors: Professor Sahid Hussain.
Thesis Title: Newer Catalytic Methodologies for Domino Synthesis of Pyran,Spirooxindole, Pyridine and Rapid Decomposition of Organic Dyes.
M.Sc.: Chemistry (Inorganic chemistry Spl)Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.)Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Howrah.
Advisors: Professor Sahid Hussain.
Thesis Title: Newer Catalytic Methodologies for Domino Synthesis of Pyran,Spirooxindole, Pyridine and Rapid Decomposition of Organic Dyes.
M.Sc.: Chemistry (Inorganic chemistry Spl)Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.)Department of Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Howrah.
Research Interests:
- Photocatalyst for water remediation
- Liquid organic hydrogen carries (LOHC)
- Carbon dots for sensing
- Hydrogen evolution reaction and subsequent reduction of dyes
- Porous carbon and graphene for various applications
Publications
- Molla, A.; Youk, J. H. FeCo Alloy Nanoparticles Supported on N-doped Mesoporous Carbon Spheres for Hydrogen Evolution and Subsequent Reduction of 4-nitrophenol and Organic Dyes. Fiber and Polymer, 2024, 25, 3661-3671.
- Shrikhande, R.; Rana, D. K.; Molla, A.; Lau, G.-K.; Banerjee, S. S. Functional and ultrastretchable thermoplastic elastomeric materials: Influence of carbon dots on fluorescence, dielectric and mechanical properties. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2024, e55608
- Molla, A.; Youk, J. H. FeCo Alloy Nanoparticles Supported on N-doped Mesoporous Carbon Spheres for Effective Degradation of Antibiotics and Industrial Dyes. J. Alloys Compd. Comm., 2024, 100003.
- Molla, A.; Youk, J. H. Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Graphitic Carbon Nitride/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites: A Study on Dye Adsorption Performance. Dyes Pigm. 2022, 220, 111725.
- Molla, A.*; Youk, J. H. Recent progress on electroanalytical sensing of small molecules and biomolecules using carbon dots: A review. J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 2023, 127, 62-81.
- Molla, A.*; Youk, J. H. Chemical Clock Reaction with Organic Dyes: Perspective, Progress, and Applications. Dyes Pigm. 2022, 202, 110237.
- Shim, H. S.; Kim, J. M.; Jeong, S.; Ju, Y.; Won, S. J.; Choi, J.; Nam, S.; Molla, A.; Kim, J.; Song, J. K. Distinctive Optical Transitions of Tunable Multicolor Carbon Dots. Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 1351-1358.
- Molla, A.; Kim, Y. A.; Woo, J. C.; Cho, H. S.; Youk, J. H. Study on Preparation Methodology of Zero-Valent Iron Decorated on Graphene Oxide for Highly Efficient Sonocatalytic Dye Degradation. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2022, 10, 107214.
- Molla, A.; Choi, H.; Youk, J. H. Mechanochemical activation of zero-valent iron on carbonized boron-doped graphene dots for enhanced sonochemical dyes removal. Colloid Interface Sci. Commun., 2021, 45, 100548.
- Molla, A.; Choi, H.; Sakong, H.; Youk, J. H. Wet Mechanochemical Synthesis of Pyrrhotite Nanoparticles Using Various Sulfur Sources for Cavity-induced Instantaneous Degradation of Dyes. Mater. Res. Bull., 2022, 145, 111519.
- Khan, A. A.; Molla, A.; Chowdhury A.; Kumari, S. Hussain, S. Surface Charge Controlled (SCC) Synthesis of Ternary Metal Chalcogenide (ZnIn 2 S 4 ) Nanomaterials and their Ultrahigh Selective/Excellent Adsorption performance. ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2021, 4, 4114–4128.
- Molla, A.; Lee, H.; Ju, Y.; Choi, J.; Kim, J. Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe Based on Monochromatic Dual-Emission Carbon Nanodots with Fluorescence Spectral Change. Dyes Pigm. 2022, 197, 109883.
- Molla, A.; Li, Y.; Mandal, B.; Kang, S. G.; Hur, S. H.; Chung J. S. Selective adsorption of organic dyes on graphene oxide: Theoretical and experimental analysis. Appl. Surf. Sci., 2019, 464, 170-177.
- Molla, A.; Ranjan, S.; Rao M. S.; Dar, A. H.; Shyam, M.; Jayaprakash, V.; Hussain S. Borax Catalysed Domino Synthesis of Highly Functionalised Spirooxindole and Chromenopyridine Derivatives: X-Ray Structure, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis and Molecular Docking Studies. Chemistry Select., 2018, 3, 8669-8677.
- Molla, A.; Li, Y.; Khandelwal, M.; Hur, S. H.; Chung J. S. Anion Controlled Sulfidation for the Decoration of Graphene Oxide with Iron-cobalt Sulphide: Rapid Sonochemical Dyes Removal in Absence of Light. Appl. Catal. A., 2018, 561, 49- 58.
- Molla, A.; Li, Y.; Khandelwal, M.; Mandal, B.; Kang, S. G.; Hur, S. H.; Chung J. S. Facile Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Graphene Oxide decorated with Iron- cerium Carbonate for Visible-Light Driven Rapid Degradation of Organic Dyes. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6, 2616-2626.
- Khandelwal, M.; Li, Y.; Molla, A.; Hur, S. H.; Chung J. S. Single precursor mediated one-step synthesis of ternary-doped and functionalized reduced graphene oxide by pH tuning for energy storage applications. Chem. Eng. J., 2017, 330, 965–978.
- Khan, A. A.; Kumar, M.; Khan, K.; Molla A.*; Hussain S. Photoinduced Oxygen Prompted Iron-Iron Oxide Catalysed Clock Reaction: a Mimic of Blue Bottle Experiment. New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6420-6426.
- Molla, A.; Sahu, M.; Hussain, S. Synthesis of Tunable Band Gap Nickel Sulphide Nanoparticles: Rapid and Round the Clock Degradation of Organic Dyes. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 26034.
- Molla, A.; Hussain, S. Base free synthesis of iron oxide supported on boron nitride for the construction of highly functionalized pyrans and spirooxindoles. RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 5491-5502.
- Molla, A.; Sahu, M.; Hussain, S. Under dark and visible light: fast degradation of methylene blue in presence of Ag-In-Ni-S nanocomposites. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 15616-15625.
- Molla, A.; Sahu, M.; Kumar, Y.; Hussain, S. Soft template mediated synthesis of Bi- In-Zn-S and its efficient visible-light-driven decomposition of methylene blue. RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 41941-41948.
- Singh, S.; Chakraborty, A.; Singh, V.; Molla, A.; Hussain, S; Singh, M. K.; Das, P. DNA mediated assembly of quantum dot–protoporphyrin IX FRET probes and the effect of FRET efficiency on ROS generation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 5973-5981.
- Molla, A.; Hussain, S. Borax catalyzed domino reactions: synthesis of highly functionalised pyridines, dienes, anilines and dihydropyrano[3,2-c]chromenes. RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 29750-29758.
- Molla, A.; Hussain, S. An Expedient Synthesis of β-Acetamido- and β- Benzamidocarbonyl Compounds via KAl(SO 4 ) 2 ·12H 2 O-catalyzed Three-component Coupling Reaction. Org. Prep. Proc. Int., 2013, 45, 494-503.
- Molla, A.; Hussain, S. Boron Nitride: An Efficient Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Hetero- Michael Reactions Under Solvent-Free Condition. Curr. Catal., 2013, 2, 88-95.
- Molla, A.; Hossain, E.; Hussain, S. Multicomponent domino reactions: borax catalyzed synthesis of highly functionalised pyran-annulated heterocycles. RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 21517-21523.
Awards & Achievements:
- Qualified in IIT-JAM Chemistry, 2008 (Not joined)
- Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2010.
- Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: BK21 (South Korea)- University of Ulsan
- Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: NRF (South Korea)- Kyung Hee University
- Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: BK21 (South Korea)- Inha University
- Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: FCT 2016-Portuguese state, Portugal (Not Joined)
Synergistic Activities
- Applied Surface Science
- Chemical Engineering Journal
- Desalination and Water Treatment
- Environmental Nanotechnology
- Monitoring and Management
- Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
- Journal of Water Process Engineering