Parcours de recherche
2026–present: Postdoctoral Researcher, IPCMS, CNRS–University of Strasbourg, France
Working with Prof. Bernard Doudin on the REMMIA project, which explores magneto-electrochemical approaches for the selective precipitation and recovery of rare-earth elements.
2025–2026: Research Scientist, MIMYK Medical Simulations Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
Developed and optimised electrochemical biosensors and wearable sensing systems.
May–June 2025: Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Contributed to the development of electrolyser systems.
2019–2025: Doctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (Best PhD thesis in Physical Chemistry)
My doctoral research focused on copper-based mixed-metal oxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media. I investigated how the incorporation of first-row transition metals influences catalytic activity, selectivity, stability and interfacial reaction mechanisms. I designed a custom in situ/operando Raman spectroelectrochemical cell and combined Raman spectroscopy with RRDE measurements, XPS, isotopic labelling, kinetic analysis and temperature-dependent studies to identify active catalyst states under operating conditions.
Parcours universitaire
2019–2025: PhD in Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Thesis: Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Copper Oxide Electrodes Doped with First-Row Transition Metals
2017–2018: MPhil in Chemistry
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
Research topic: Ni-doped MnO₂ materials for the oxidative decolourisation of methylene blue.
2015–2017: MSc in Chemistry
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
Recherches actuelles
My current research at IPCMS focuses on magneto-electrochemical processes for the selective precipitation, separation and recovery of rare-earth elements from end-of-life permanent magnets.
Publications
- Biswal, S. K.; Ranjan, C. Suppressing H₂O₂ Formation in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Using Co-Doped Copper Oxide Electrodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 22042–22057. DOI : 10.1039/D2TA04349A.
- Biswal, S. K.; Ranjan, C. Ni-Doped Cu Oxide Catalysts for ORR: Suppressing H₂O₂ Formation by Engineering Chemical Strain. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024, 7, 7974–7981. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.4c01535.
- Biswal, S. K.; Ranjan, C. H₂O₂ Suppression During Oxygen Reduction Using Mixed Metal Oxides. ChemCatChem 2025, 17, e00886. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.202500886.
- Biswal, S. K.; Ranjan, C. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Mn-Doped Cu Oxide Electrodes. ChemRxiv 2025. DOI : 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-j4d6s.
- Biswal, S. K.; Ranjan, C. Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe-Doped Cu Oxide Electrodes. ChemRxiv 2025. DOI : 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-tdfs3.