Saikat Talapatra
Carbondale, IL| Grant Category: | Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Award (Research) |
| Project Title: | Development of Porous Carbon Materials Derived from Biowaste for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage |
| Field of Study: | Materials Science |
| Home Institution: | Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL |
| Host Institution: | Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal |
| Grant Start Month: | October 2025 |
| Duration of Grant: | Six months |
Brief Bio:
Dr. Saikat Talapatra is a professor and director of the School of Physics and Applied Physics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He obtained his BSc degree in physics and BEd from RIE Bhubaneswar, India, and MSc in physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Thereafter, he graduated from the Department of Physics at Southern Illinois University with an MS in physics and a PhD in engineering science. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, before returning to Southern Illinois University as a faculty. He is a condensed matter physicist/materials scientist, with research interests in the synthesis and characterization of a variety of nanoscale materials and structures materials for multiple applications related to electronics, energy, and environment.
Dr. Talapatra’s Fulbright-Nehru project is investigating the adsorptive surface properties of the porous carbon materials obtained from biowaste products in order to develop them for carbon dioxide capture and storage. The success of the project could lead to applications that are needed for a carbon neutral (net-zero) society.