Faculty Profile

Dr. Krishna Chattopadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Xavier School of Engineering and Technology, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata. She joined the University in July 2026. She completed her M.Sc. degree in Chemistry with a specialisation in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Burdwan in 2012, and qualified the NET, GATE, and SET examinations in the same year. She was awarded PhD in Chemistry from IIT Kharagpur in 2017. Following her doctoral studies, she joined IACS, Kolkata, as a Postdoctoral Fellow under the SERB-NPDF scheme. Subsequently, she worked as a Women Scientist (DST WOS-A) at the University of Calcutta. Her research interests primarily focus on inorganic materials chemistry. She has more than six years of teaching experience and over fourteen years of research experience.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry – IIT Kharagpur (July, 2017)
• M.Sc. in Chemistry – The University of Burdwan (2012)
• B.Sc. (Hons.) in Chemistry – Bankura Christian College (2010)

• Assistant Professor – Chemistry, Xavier School of Engineering and Technology, St. Xavier's University, Kolkata from 20th July, 2026.
• Guest Faculty – Department of Chemistry, The Heritage College, Kolkata, India from November, 2023 to 17th July, 2026.
• Guest Teacher – Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata, India from February, 2020 to June, 2026.
• Guest Faculty – Department of Chemistry, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, India from July, 2021 to July, 2022.
• Visiting Faculty – Department of Chemistry, Women’s College, Calcutta, Kolkata, India from November, 2021 to May, 2022.

• Organizing Committee Member for the in International Conference on Chemistry for Human Development (ICCHD-2025 & ICCHD-2026).
• General Secretary (Socio-Cultural), Hall Council, Rani Laxmibai Hall of Residence, IIT Kharagpur (2014–2015)

• K. Chattopadhyay, M. Mandal, Analytical Chemistry - Skill Enhancement Course, CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 2021, ISBN: 9789390709908.
• K. Chattopadhyay, D. K. Maiti, “Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation using Magnetic Mixed Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Derived from Industrial Waste
• K. Chattopadhyay, A. Basak, G.-B. Lee, M. Mandal, C. Nah, D. K. Maiti, Highly Efficient Aqueous Symmetric Redox Electrochemical Capacitor Based on UiO-66-NH2-Polyaniline Composite Powering Yellow LEDs. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2024, 7, 8683-8693.
• K. Chattopadhyay, M. Mandal, D. K. Maiti, A Review on Zirconium-based Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthetic Approaches and Biomedical Applications. Materials Advances 2024, 5, 51-67.
• K. Chattopadhyay, M. J. Heras Ojea, A. Sarkar, M. Murrie, G. Rajaraman, D. Ray, Trapping of Pseudotetrahedral CoIIO4 Core in Mixed-valence Mixed-geometry [Co5] Coordination Aggregates: Synthetic Marvel, Structures, and Magnetism. Inorganic Chemistry 2018, 57, 13176-13187.

• Best oral presentation award (Wiley) at the International Conference on Chemistry for Human Development (ICCHD-2025), Jointly Organized by Professor Asima Chatterjee Foundation Kolkata, University of Calcutta, Biswa Bangla Biswabidyalay & Luminescent Organic Consortium of India at Kolkata, 4-6th January, 2025.
• Principal Investigator (DST WOS-A Project): Design, Synthesis, and fabrication of Luminescent Smart Nano-MOFs: development of innovative pollution control, biocidal, nanoelectronic device and negative capacitor application, Fund: Rs. 38,77,479/-; Duration: 2nd June, 2023 – 1st June, 2026 (Completed).
• Principal Investigator (SERB NPDF Project): Synthesis and Applications of Pincer Complexes Based on 3d Metal Ions, Fund: Rs. 1926380/-; Duration: 10th August, 2017 – 9th August, 2019 (Completed).
• Selected as Scientific Officer through OCES-2012, BARC.
• CSIR 68 & CSIR 69 rank in joint CSIR-UGC test for Junior Research Fellowship, National Eligibility Test (NET) December, 2011 & June, 2012, respectively.
• Qualified GATE - 2011 conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
• Qualified SET - 2011 conducted by West Bengal College Service Commission (WBCSC).
• Qualified JAM - 2010 conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
• INSPIRE scholarship (2008-2012), Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.
• Reviewer for international peer-reviewed journals: Journal of American Chemical society, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Omega, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Small, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Materials Today Communications, Acta Tropica, & others.
• Life Member of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).