Asst. Prof. Dr. Suraj Gupta

2016: Doctorate in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India

2011: Master of Science (MSc) in Physics with specialization in Materials Science, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India

2009: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India

06/2024 - present: Assistant Professor, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Slovenia

06/2021 - present: Research Associate, Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

07/2020 - 01/2021: Honorary Associate, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

04/2020 - 06/2020: Research Associate, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

03/2018 - 02/2020: Commonwealth Rutherford Fellow, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

02/2017 - 03/2018: National Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

10/2011 - 04/2016: Research Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India

2024: Member of the Slovenian Chemical Society

2023: Member of the Slovenian Microscopy Society

2023: Best Poster Award, Materials Today Conference, Singapore

2020: Awarded membership from the American Chemical Society

2018: Life Member of the Materials Research Society of India, Mumbai Chapter

2018: Awarded Life Membership of the Indian Association of Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials

2017: Young Scientist Award from the Indian Association of Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials

2016: Gold Medal and Best Thesis Award from the Indian Physics Association

2014: Best Research Paper Award, Int. Conference on Energy Materials, Chennai, India

Electrocatalysis

Conventional water electrolysis, Seawater electrolysis

Photocatalysis

Water-splitting, Hydrogen generation, Solar fuels, Waste-water remediation

Low-cost nanocatalysts

Transition-metal borides, transition-metal titanates, graphitic carbon nitride, mixed metal oxides, 2D materials