Sukumar Roy, Ph.D.

Current area of Research:
Nano-structured materials, Wet chemical methods of synthesis
andprocessing, Precursor design, Sol-gel/solution Combustion, Spray pyrolysis, Nano-porous materials Application development of nano materials
Fabrication of multi-channeled tubular & disk ceramic membranes (micro-porous/nano-porous), Nano-porous polymer-ceramic composite/hybrid membranes, Membrane filtration for potable water, waste water, industrial effluents, biological products, enzyme immobilization
Nano-additives, Polymer-nanoceramic composites for superior FRLS and electrical properties. 

Research Collaborations:
Max Planck Institute, Germany (1995 – 2004),  Jadavpur University (1997 – 2000), NMRL, Ambernath (1999 - 2002)National Chemical Laboratory (2003 – Till date), Center of Excellence for Polymer Science, Dharwar (2005 – Till date), R V College, Bangalore (2005 – Till date) 

Research stay in overseas labs:
2004, 2002, 2001, 1997 & 1995-96 at Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Powder metallurgical Laboratory, Stuttgart, Germany (Area of research: Synthesis, Characterization and processing of nano-structured materials, Low temperature sol-gel combustion synthesis, In-situ processing of nano-additives, Nano-modified sintering of silicon nitride ceramics, In-situ coating, Nano-porous materials and composites)
1993 - Alfred University, USA (Area of Research: Sol-gel synthesis of barium titanate ceramics, PTCR thermistors)

Additional information:
§       Academic Awards:
Max Planck Institute Fellowship 2004, 2002, 2001, 1997; DAAD Fellowship 1995 (German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany); UNIDO Fellowship 1993; CSIR Research Fellowship 1991; IACS Scholarship 1989, Merit Scholarship 1984 (Govt of West Bengal)
§       Publications:
About 60 papers and 7 patents
§       Research guidance:
Guided several students towards Ph.D., M.Tech and B.E. degrees