Debabrata ChatterjeeDebabrata Chatterjee received his Ph.D from Burdwan University, West Bengal in 1988. He joined CSIRCentral
Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute at Bhavnagar, Gujarat in 1991 as scientist, and then
shifted to CSIR-Central Mechanical Engieering Research Institute at Durgapur, West Bengal in 1997, and
retired as the Head of the Chemistry and Biomimetics Group 2016. He is now engaged in Burdwan University
as Research Advisor. His research interests have mainly centered on the kinetic and mechanistic studies of
catalytic and bio-inorganic reactions, in particular small molecules activation. He is the author of 185 research
papers and reviews. He is elected fellow of National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), West Bengal
Academy of Science & Technology (FWAST), and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC).
Childhood polio has left him physically challenged with a considerable mobility problem. Read More Read Less