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Welcome to
Darbha's research group
Environmental Nanoscience Laboratory
"Sustainable environment is essential for sustainable life"
Group leader
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Teaching and Research Complex 119
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Mohanpur 741 246, West Bengal, India
Email: gkdarbha@iiserkol.ac.in
Gopala Krishna Darbha
Postdocs
Dr. Shouvik Mahanty
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(Joining year: 04/2024)
Research interest
Eco-toxicity in Sundarbans
Email: shouvik.pdf@iiserkol.ac.in
Dr. Arpan Sarkar
IISERK postdoctoral fellow
(Joining year: 12/2021)
Research interest
Water and wastewater treatment
Email: arsbdc@gmail.com
Dr. Abhinandan Ghosh
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(Joining year: 04/2024)
Research interest
Persistent organic pollutants, Air pollution
Email: abhinandan1011@iiserkol.ac.in
Ph.D. Scholars
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Zahid Ahmad Ganie (SRF)
(Joining year: 01/2020)
Research interest
Removal of nanoplastics from water and wastewater using eco-friendly methods
Email- zahid.fzs@gmail.com
Aniket Choudhary (PMRF) (SRF)
(Joining year: 07/2019)
Research interest
Interaction of microplastics with rock and mineral surfaces
Email- aniketchoudhary9814@gmail.com
Abhishek Biswas (SRF)
(Joining year: 08/2021)
Research interest
Accumulation, impact and fate of contaminants in water and soil environments
Email: ab21rs029@iiserkol.ac.in
Abhishek Mandal (SRF)
(Joining year: 08/2021)
Research interest
Fate of emerging contamiants in the environment
Email: am21rs036@iiserkol.ac.in
Jayant Karwadiya (PMRF) (SRF)
(Joining year: 08/2021)
Research interest
Effect of emerging contaminants on the soil fertility
Email- jk21rs069@iiserkol.ac.in
Versha Pathak (JRF)
(Joining year: 01/2022)
Research interest
Impact of biomodified plastics in the soil and water environments
Email: vp21rs092@iiserkol.ac.in
Mohmmed Talib (SRF)
(Joining year: 01/2022)
Research interest
Artificial Interlligence for health and environmental problems
Email: mt21rs095@iiserkol.ac.in
Soumadip Guchhait (JRF)
(Joining year: 08/2021) (IPh.D)
Research interest
Fate of bioplastics in the environment
Email: sg21ip011@iiserkol.ac.in
Sangeetha T (JRF)
(Joining year: 08/2021) (IPh.D.)
Research interest
Eco-friendly methods for the remediation of fluoride from contaminated groundwaters
Email: st21ip010@iiserkol.ac.in
BS-MS students (2023-2024)
Alok Ranjan Kerketta
Research Interest
Distribution of Microplastics in Agricultural soils of India
Email: ark19ms173@iiserkol.ac.in
Shashwat Tripathi
Research interest
Transport of emerging contaminants in porous media
Email: st19ms043@iiserkol.ac.in
Ph.D. Graduates
Nisha Singh (07/2017 - 09/09/2021)
Current: JAMSTEC postdoctoral fellow, Japan
Postdoctoral awards received:
JSPS post doctoral fellow - University of Tsukuba, Japan
Research interest
Fate of nano to microplastics in the environment
Email- ns17rs048@iiserkol.ac.in
Ekta (01/2018 - 08-03-2022)
Current: Post doctoral fellow - California Politechnic State University, U.S.A.
Research interest
Fate and transport of (nano)pesticides
Email- ektatiwari178@gmail.com
Nitin Kumar Khandelwal (Integrated Ph.D.) (07/2017-07/2022)
Current: Postdoc at McGill University, Canada
Postdoctoral awards/fellowships received:
1) The University of Tokyo, Japan(JSPS)
2) Imperial College London, UK (Newton international fellowship)
3) Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
4) McGill University, Canada.
Research interest
Nanocomposites for environmental applications, Aqueous geochemical modeling
Email- nkk17ip016@iiserkol.ac.in
BS-MS Students (2017-2018)
Shobhana Khatun
Research interest
Estimation of metal concentrations in vegetables, fruits and lentils in Nadia district, West Bengal
BS-MS Students (2018-2019)
Mithu Mondal
Research interest
Interaction of metal nanoparticles with inorganic colloids
Email- mm14ms071@iiserkol.ac.in
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Kanha Gupta
Research interest
Application of iron nanoparticles for the remediation of toxic nanoparticles
Email- kg14ms127@iiserkol.ac.in
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Amarjeet Bagri
Research interest
Distribution of plastics across lower Ganga river basin
Email- jeet10595@gmail.com
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BS-MS Students (2019-2020)
Jai Kishan Rajak
Research interest
Engineered HAPs for the remediation of Cr(VI) and other metal ions
Email- jkr15ms062@iiserkol.ac.in
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Mahima Prasad Behera
Research interest
Carbon based engineered nanocomposites for remediation of toxic metal ions
Email- mpb15ms040@iiserkol.ac.in
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Sovan Biswas
Research interest
Generation and characterization of microplastics
Email- sb15ms029@iiserkol.ac.in
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BS-MS Students (2021-2022)
Narayan Jangid
Research interest
Quantitative analysis of metal distribution along the Ganga estuary: toward establishing the inter-relation between surface water, groundwater and estuarine water
Email: nj17ms144@iiserkol.ac.in
BS-MS Students (2022-2023)
Lavish Arya
Research interest
Interaction of toxic metals with nanoplastics
Shivkant Meena
Research interest
Colloid-aided-metal transport across lower Ganga river stretch
Email- sm13ms139@iiserkol.ac.in
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Sannay Biswas
Research interest
Stability and sorption of metal oxide pesticides in agricultural environment
Email- sb15ms063@iiserkol.ac.in
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Arijit Mondal
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Research interest
Estimation of microplastics in soils and water samples
Email- am15ms047@iiserkol.ac.in
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Shivani Verma
Research interest
Impact of pharmaceutical and personal care products on the fate of nanoplastics in riverine systems
Email: sv17ms110@iiserkol.ac.in
Alok Kumar Sahoo
Research interest
Fate of arsenic in soils: impact of organic content
Project Assistant (2017):
1. Ritaban Mitra
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Summer interns:
(2019)
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Harsha Vardhan Dutchari
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Ankit Raj
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Barnali Das
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Jai Kishan
(2018)
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Jai Kishan
(2017)
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Shubham Sharma
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Jai Kishan
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Ankurita Mondal
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