Biography

Dr. Amit Chattree graduated from the University of Allahabad in 1994 and completed his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Allahabad in 1996 with specialization in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. He obtained first position in his Post Graduation and then he completed his Ph.D. in 2002 in Environmental Chemistry. His area of research includes Environmental Chemistry, Corrosion Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry. At present he is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Chemistry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad. He has been in the teaching and research profession for more than 18 years. He has supervised about 28 M.Sc. thesis, 6 Ph.D. thesis and at present 8 Ph.D. students are registered under him for their doctoral program. He has more than 70 research publications in various peer reviewed National and International Journals. In addition to his responsibilities as the Head of the Department, he is also the member of the Editorial board of a Journal The Allahabad Farmer, published by the University. He is also a referee in the Arabian Journal of Chemistry and the Turkish Journal of Chemistry. He is the fellow of the Indian Chemical Society and a member of the National Environmental Science Academy. He is also the Research Coordinator of the Faculty of Science, School Coordinator of the Directorate of Innovations, Patenting and Consultancy, Joint Secretary of the SHUATS Natural History Society and also a member of the Special Events Committee of the University. At present he is working as a co-principal investigator in a joint ISRO Project on Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Variation of Water Quality in river Ganga using Remote Sensing Techniques.

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Research Interest

Environmental Chemistry, Corrosion Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Chemistry