Dr. Aniruddha Molla

Current Designation: Assistant Professor
Centre for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies (CReSES), JISIASR (Since July,
2025)          
E-mail ID: molla.iitp@gmail.com                
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=417Q5IsAAAAJ&hl=en
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

Research Interests:

1. Photocatalyst for water remediation
2. Liquid organic hydrogen carries (LOHC)
3. Carbon dots for sensing
4. Hydrogen evolution reaction and subsequent reduction of dyes
5. Porous carbon and graphene for various applications

Publications

1. 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.
2. 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
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Molla, A.*; Youk, J. H. Chemical Clock Reaction with Organic Dyes: Perspective,
   Progress, and Applications. Dyes Pigm. 2022, 202, 110237.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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:

1. Qualified in IIT-JAM Chemistry, 2008 (Not joined).
2. Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2010.
3. Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: BK21 (South Korea)- University of Ulsan
4. Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: NRF (South Korea)- Kyung Hee University
5. Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: BK21 (South Korea)- Inha University
6. Post-Doc fellowship Awarded: FCT 2016-Portuguese state, Portugal (Not Joined)
   

Synergistic Activities

Reviewer:

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

Materials Today Communications