
Soumen Giri
Assistant Professor II
Dr. Soumen Giri is an Assistant Professor (Grade II) at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He obtained his Ph.D. from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2014. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Giri conducted postdoctoral research at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Giri has a strong publication record, with over 32 peer-reviewed journal articles and a book chapter to his credit. He has published several high impact factor journals such as Advanced Functional Materials (IF:19.2), Journal of Materials Chemistry A (10.7), ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (IF: 7.1), Nanoscale (IF: 5.8) etc. He also secured starting research grant (SRG) of 29.3 Lakhs from SERB, Govt. of India. His research spans several cutting-edge areas in energy storage and synthesis technologies, including:
Micro-Batteries: Development of micro-batteries for portable electronic applications. Supercapacitors: Fabrication of supercapacitors and their applications in high-altitude regions. Electrode Materials: Discovery of novel electrode materials for advanced energy storage technologies. Electro-Organic Synthesis: Innovations in electro-organic synthesis for applications in pharmaceuticals and energy storage. Dr. Giri's contributions to science and technology have been recognized internationally, with his recent selection as a Brain-Pool Fellow by the Government of Korea for 2024, an honor that underscores his impact in the field of advanced materials and energy technologies.
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Email :
[email protected]
Scopus Id :
0000-0002-1405-1496
Google Scholar :
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&tzom=-330&user=xMXDH2gAAAAJ
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Ph.D from IIT Kharagpur, Postdoctoral Fellow: OIST Japan
Projects
Next generation high energy dense, durable dual-ion micro-supercapattery…..”, sponsored by SERB-SRG (Govt. of India), amounting to 29.3 lakhs, 2023
Administrative Responsibility
Interdisciplinary Taskforce on EV Tech
Awards & Honours
Brain-Pool Fellow, offered by South Korean Government
Memberships
Americal Chemical Society (ACS)
1. Anita Parida, Soumen Giri*, Recent progress in non-lithium rechargeable batteries with micro to macro 3D engineered electrode architecture, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, 2024, 21553-21582. IF: 14.5
2. S. Giri, D. Ghosh and C.K. Das, Growth of Vertically Aligned Tunable Polyaniline on Graphene/ZrO2 Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Energy Storage Application, Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 1312–1324, 2014. IF: 19.92.
3. Soumen Giri*, Ipsa Dash, Ferrocene to Functionalized Ferrocene: A Versatile Redox-Active Electrolyte for High-Performance Aqueous and Non-aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023,11, 16458-16493. I.F.: 14.5
4. Soumen Giri*, Naveen S Reddy, Anita Parida, Ipsa Dash, Dipti Sovamayee Nayak, Rupali Bindhani, Debiprasad Khadanga, Gyanamayee Pradhan, Subhashree Kalyani Nanda, Exploring V10O24⋅12H2O@Reduced graphene oxide composite as cathode material for aqueous Zn-ion batteries, Materials Letters,364, 2024,136337. IF.: 3
5. Debosmit Ghosh, Aroop Kumar Samal, Anita Parida, Mohammed Ikbal, Akash Jana, Rathin Jana, Pradeepta Kumar Sahu, Soumen Giri*, Shubhankar Samanta* Progress in electrochemically empowered CO bond formation: Unveiling the pathway of efficient green synthesis, Chemistry- an Asian Journal 19,2024, e202400116-e202400116
6. Nilabrata Dey, Arabinda Mandal, Rathin Jana, Anirban Bera, SK Abulkalam Azad, Soumen Giri*, Mohammed Ikbal*, Shubhankar Samanta*, Recent development of solvent-free synthesis of heterocycles, New J. Chem., 2023,47, 13035-13079. I.F.: 3.92
7. C. Pramanik, P. Barik, Sk A. Ali, D. S. Nayak, M. Ikbal, A. Mandal, R. Jana, S. Giri* and S. Samanta*, Recent synthetic journey on pyrrole-fused compounds Check for updates, New Journal of Chemistry., 2023, 47, 6476-6527. I.F: 3.92.
8. A Detailed Review on C-Fused Furan/3,4-Fused Furan Analog and its Potential Application, S.K. Manna, S. Giri*, S. Mondal, R.N. Sana, A. K. Samal, A. Mandal, Chemistry Select, 2022, 8, e202203150. IF: 2.3.
9. Transition Metal-free Advance Synthetic Approaches to Isoindolinones and its Fused Analogues, S. Samanta, S.A. Ali, A. Bera, S. Giri, K. Samanta, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022,46, 7780-7830. IF: 3.92.
10. Chemical Education: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching Chemistry Online in India amid COVID-19, S. Giri* and P. Dutta, J. Chem. Educ. 2021, 98, 2, 694–699. IF: 3.20.
Books :
Flexible and Stretchable Electronic Composites; Electronic Applications of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate and Its Composites, Springer Publication Series, S Giri, C Wan, 2016, Chapter- 3, 61-85. (ISBN 978-3-319-23663-6).

