Mitu Sharma

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 322
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(662) 497-6768
msharma2@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Research Activities

Electrocatalysis, nanostructure and functional material synthesis, organometallics, electrochemical oxidation, and reduction reactions, direct energy conversion, surface modifications by electrochemical methods, fuel cell development, characterization techniques including diffraction, microscopy, spectroscopic, and synchrotron-based techniques.

Education

• Ph.D.(Chemistry) Tezpur University, Assam, India (2021)
• M.S.(Inorganic Chemistry) Gauhati University, Assam, India (2015)
• B.S.(Chemistry) Cotton College, Gauhati University, Assam, India (2013)

Professional Appointments

• Research Associate, Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA (2024 - Present)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, New York, USA (2023 - 2024)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA (2021 - 2023)

Selected Publications

• Sharma M, Sasaki K, Halada G, et al (2024) Ketjenblack-Supported and Unsupported ZrO2–ZrN Nanoparticle Systems for Enabling Efficient Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c17137
• Sharma M, Perkins AM, Awoyemi RF, et al (2024) Three water-soluble copper(ii) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: toward copper-catalyzed ketone reduction under sustainable conditions. Dalton Transactions 53:3180–3190. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt03406b
• Sharma M, Ganeshpandian M, Majumder M, et al (2020) Octahedral copper(ii)-diimine complexes of triethylenetetramine: effect of stereochemical fluxionality and ligand hydrophobicity on CuII/CuIredox, DNA binding and cleavage, cytotoxicity and apoptosis-inducing ability. Dalton Transactions 49:8282–8297. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt00928h
• Sharma M, Saikia G, Ahmed K, et al (2018) Vanadium-based polyoxometalate complex as a new and efficient catalyst for phenol hydroxylation under mild conditions. New Journal of Chemistry 42:5142–5152. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj04433j
• Sharma M, Das B, Sharma M, et al (2017) Pd/Cu-Oxide Nanoconjugate at Zeolite-Y Crystallite Crafting the Mesoporous Channels for Selective Oxidation of Benzyl-Alcohols. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9:35453–35462. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b11086

Awards & Recognition

•  CSIR Senior Research Fellowship award (2019) from The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• Best poster award (ICMST-2018), organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology and Materials Research Society of India.