Bharati Debnath
Assistant Professor, RISE, TCG CREST
Bharati Debnath is an Assistant Professor at the Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE), TCG Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology (TCG CREST), Kolkata. She received her PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Sayan Bhattacharyya, after securing Rank 1st in her M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Kalyani. She has undertaken postdoctoral and research appointments at LMU Munich, IISER Pune, IIT Ropar. Her work has resulted in many publications, including papers in ACS Nano, Energy & Environmental Science, Small, J. Mater. Chem. A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Langmuir, and other international journals. Her recent research includes the development of metal phosphides, sulfides, heterostructures and defect-engineered materials for sustainable fuels production.
She has received the Emerging Women in Materials Science Award (2026), Empowering Women Award (2025), JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023), the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship, and funding for Green Ammonia Synthesis under the ANRF Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant.
Research interests: At RISE, Dr. Debnath leads a research programme focused on sustainable energy materials and advanced nanostructures, with emphasis on rational materials design, catalytic interfaces, defect engineering and charge-transfer processes. A central objective of her group is to develop innovative materials and mechanistic insights for green ammonia synthesis, CO2 conversion, and water splitting, enabling efficient and sustainable pathways for clean-energy production.
Contact: bharati.debnath@tcgcrest.org
Personal Website: https://www.scemlabs.com/