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Dr. Karunamay Majee

Assistant Professor

Dr. Karunamay Majee is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. After completion of his PhD, he has worked as postdoctoral researcher in two different institutes, one from Technion, Israel and another from CEMCA UMR 6521 CNRS, France. He has attended several conferences and workshops. Dr. Majee has published several research papers in reputed peer-reviewed international journals. He has expertise in several spectroscopic techniques like UV-Vis, IR, Fluorescence, NMR, Mass, EPR, single crystal XRD, FESEM, EDX, and electrochemical techniques like CV, DPV, LSV, Controlled Potential Electrolysis for characterization and catalysis purpose. Being a passionate teacher, he believes that teaching is not merely restricted to making the students understand the underlying concepts of a course but also to develop critical thinking and evaluating alternate approaches for problem-solving. He always puts his efforts towards the overall development of students. 

Experience

  • Total Research Experience (3 years and 5 months)

(1) Postdoc at CEMCA UMR 6521 CNRS, France 

(2) Postdoc at Technion- Israel 

Education Qualification

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India (2018).
    Ph.D. Thesis title:“An Approach towards Proton Reduction by First Row Transition Metal Complexes”.
    Supervisor: Prof. Sumanta Kumar Padhi (Associate Professor).
  • Post Graduation (M.Sc.) in Chemistry from IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, India (2013). 
  • Graduation (B.Sc.) in Chemistry from The University of Burdwan, India (2011)

Award & Recognition

  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry in 2014.
  • CNRS Postdoctoral Fellowship from CEMCA UMR 6521 CNRS, France

Research Papers Published

  1. Pahar, S#.; Majee, K.#and Maayan G.*, A Cobalt Complex from Terpyridine-based Peptoid as an Efficient Catalyst for Visible Light Driven Water Oxidation. (# Authors contribute equally) Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2024, 27, e202300501 (I.F. 2.55)
  1. Majee, K.; Rai, S.; Panda B and Padhi, S. K.*, A flexible homoleptic pentadentate Cu(II) molecular catalyst for effective proton and water reduction, Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 354, 136614. (I.F. 5.5)
  1. Majee, K. and Padhi, S. K.*, Ligand dechelation effect on a [Co(tpy)2]2+ scaffold towards electro-catalytic proton and water reduction, New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 3856-3865. (I.F. 2.7)
  1. Rai, S; Majee, K; Raj, M; Pahari, A; Patel, J; Padhi, S. K.*, Electrocatalytic Proton and Water Reduction by a Co(III) Polypyridyl Complex, Polyhedron, 2019, 159, 127-134. (I.F. 2.4)
  1. Chandra, S.; Majee, K.; Mahto, T. K.; Padhi, S. K.; Sahu. S. K.*, Fabrication of a Hierarchical TiO2 microsphere/Carbon dots photocatalyst for oxygen evolution and dye degradation under Visible Light, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2018, 18(2), 1057-1065. (I.F. 1.35)
  1. Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, μ-Pyridine bridged Copper Complex with Robust Proton Reducing Ability, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 14869-14879. (I.F. 3.5)
  1. Ahmad, E.; Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Competent Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Dechelated [Co(tpy)2]2+ Scaffold, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 3409-3418. (I.F. 2.55)
  1. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Effect of Pyridyl substitution on Chemical and Photochemical Water Oxidation by [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(OH2)]2+ Scaffolds, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 160-171. (I.F. 2.55)
  1. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Vatsa, A.; Das, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Electronic Effect on Catalytic Water Oxidation by Single Site [Ru(QCl-tpy)(bpy)(OH2)]2+ Catalyst, ChemistrySelect., 2017, 2, 123-129. (I.F. 2.1)
  1. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Raj, M.; Vatsa, A.; Rai, S.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Effect of Quinoline Substitution on Water Oxidation by [Ru(Ql-tpy)(bpy)(OH2)](PF6)2 Catalyst, ChemistrySelect., 2017, 2, 3053-3059. (I.F. 2.1)
  1. Majee, K.; Patel, J.; Rai, S.; Das, B.; Panda, B.; and Padhi, S. K.*, Proton Reduction by a Nickel Complex with Internal Quinoline Moiety for Proton Relay, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 21640 - 21650. (I.F. 2.9)
  1. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; and Padhi, S. K.*, [RuV(NCN-Me)(bpy)(=O)]3+ Mediated Efficient Photo-driven Water Oxidation, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 61959 – 61965. (I.F. 3.9)
  1. Patel, J.; Majee, K.; Ahmad, E.; Tanaka, K.;* and Padhi, S. K.*, [RuV(NCN-Me)(bpy)(=O)]3+ Mediates Efficient C-H bond Oxidation from NADH Analogs in Aqueous Media rather than Water Oxidation, Dalton Trans., 2015, 44 (3), 920 – 923. (I.F. 3.5)

Conferences/Workshops/Webinars

    1. K. Majee, N. Le Poul and N. Lalaoui,“Selective CO2 Electroreduction to CO in Aqueous Medium by Cobalt Quaterpyridine type Complex upon Immobilization on Carbon Nanotubes” FrenchBIC 2023, Brest, France.
  • K. Majee and S. K. Padhi, “Role of Ligand Dechelation in [Co(tpy)2]2+ Scaffold towards Electro-catalytic Hydrogen Evolution” CSTT 2019, Jadavpur University.
  1. K. Majee and S. K. Padhi, “Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Nickel complex with an Internal Quinoline Moiety for Proton Relay” AMEEA 2018, NIT Rourkela.
  2. K. Majee and S. K. Padhi, “A μ - pyridine bridged Copper Complex towards Electrocatalytic and photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution” RAMSE 2018, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
  3. K. Majee and S. K. Padhi, “Electro and Photocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Nickel complex with an Internal Quinoline Moiety for Proton Relay” WOC 2017, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

Area of Interest

  • Development of first row transition metal-based hydrogen evolving catalysts for the study of reduction of proton either electrochemical or photochemical pathway to generate hydrogen as an alternative source of energy. 
  • Reduction of CO2 into its different reduced product by transition metal complexes through electrochemical or photochemical pathway.
  • Water oxidation by using homogeneous catalysts through chemical, photochemical and electrochemical pathway for the mimicking of natural photosynthesis.
  • Electrochemical reduction of O2 by first row transition metal complexes.