Pooja Devi

Institution

CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation

Materials Science and Sensor Application

Sector 30C, Chandigarh

Research Interests

Nanomaterials, 2D Materials, Catalysis, Green Hydrogen, VOCs, Wastewater, Electrochemistry, MXenes

Topics to speak on:

Materials Engineering, 2D Materials, Green Hydrogen, Women in Science, Science Communication, Career in Science

Words of Wisdom

Don’t go through life, grow through it

Biography

Dr Pooja is working as a principal scientist at CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation. Her major research contributions are in Applied materials design for green hydrogen production, water/air pollutants degradation, and water pollutants monitoring, wherein she is developing the synthesis of catalytic materials as well as addressing their scalability challenges for commercial applications. Her research expertise spans a range of functional materials, including carbon nanostructure, 2D materials (MXenes, TMDs), metallic nanostructures and semiconductor oxides.

She has published around 84 research papers in high-impact journals, 6 peer reviewed conference proceedings, edited 07 books as lead editor, and published 25 book chapters. She has also filed 03 patents, 02 design registration, 02 copyright/trademarks and developed 04 technologies, 02 of which are transferred to the industries. She is also a recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships including CSIR-Raman Research Fellowship to Visit Prof. Yury Gogotsi, USA; Nano Alumni Award, IIT Roorkee, NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2021), IEI Young Engineer Award, INAE Young Engineer Award (2020), SERB Women Excellence Award (2020), Young Associateship of Indian Academy of Science (2019-22), Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratan Award (2019), Young Scientist Award (2019) from Indian Science Congress Association, IUSSTF Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) fellowship (2017), Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship (2010), etc. She is also a young associate/member of major national academies of the country including INAE, IASc, and NASI. She is currently serving as a core committee member of the Indian Young National Academy of Science (INYAS), INSA, New Delhi. She has also represented India in BRICS Young Scientist Conclave and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Young Scientist Conclave. She has been recently listed under Eminent 125 women in Science by CII Compendium released by PSA (2022) and has been listed consecutively for three years in the list of Top 2% Researchers globally database, compiled by Stanford University in Association with Elsevier based on research publications, 2022.