Dr. Amitava Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IITJ). He joined IITJ in December 2021 after completing his postdoc as a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Materials Science and Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA. Dr. Banerjee earned his Ph.D. in materials modeling for energy conversion and storage from Uppsala University, Sweden, in 2019. For his Ph.D. thesis, he received the Graduate Student Silver Award from the Materials Research Society (MRS), USA and the "Bjurzons Premium" prize from Uppsala University for the best Ph.D. thesis in the natural sciences. He completed his M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur, with CGPA of 10 out of 10, and was honored with both the Academic Excellence Award and the Gold Medal from IIT Kanpur, as well as recognition from the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) with Gold Medal. Dr. Banerjee also holds an M.Sc. in Materials Science, graduating with first position with distinction from Sardar Patel University in Gujarat. Additionally, he earned a B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry, finishing in first class—first position from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira in Belur Math, under Calcutta University.

Dr. Banerjee specializes in density functional theory, molecular dynamics, and materials informatics for designing catalysts for solar fuel production and storage. He employs genetic algorithms to screen organic structures for battery electrodes and studies defect thermodynamics and kinetics to understand oxide growth. He has developed several computational methodologies for designing energy materials. In a board, Dr. Banerjee's research focuses on materials modelling for oxide growth (material degradation), energy conversion, and storage using the avant-grade computational method.

More specifically on:

• Random structure search 
• Solar fuel production, photocatalyst- Water Splitting
• Catalytic reaction mechanism (HER, OER, ORR, NRR, CO2 reduction)
• Hybrid perovskites solar cell-structural modification and stability
• Organic crystal structure search for organic green battery
• Thermodynamics and kinetics of battery/supercapacitor material
• Oxide growth: Formation and transport of cationic and anionic defects in the oxide
• Diffusion through metal-oxide interface and grain-boundary
• 2D Materials, 3D porous structures for various application
• Nano-grinding/surface finishing of ceramic materials