Sujit K. Ghosh has obtained his Ph.D. (Supervisor: Prof. Parimal K. Bharadwaj) from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2006. He then spent three years at Kyoto University (Japan) as a JSPS and CREST postdoctoral fellow (Host: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa) before joining at IISER Pune in 2009. His research group is mainly working on development and functional studies of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and related advanced porous materials for chemical industry ( e.g. hydrocarbons separation),  clean energy and environmental (safe drinking water) applications.

Academic and Professional Background:

08-2025 and 06-2026 HHU, Düsseldorf, Germany ("AvH Basel Awardee Visiting Professorship") 

07-08/2023 Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (AvH visiting fellow)

2020- Professor, IISER Pune

05-07/2019 TUM, Germany (AvH Visiting Fellow)

2009-2020  Assistant  and Associate Professor, IISER Pune

2007-2009  JSPS and CREST PD Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan. (Host: Prof. Susumu Kitagawa)

2006 - PhD in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (Supervisor: Prof. Parimal K. Bharadwaj)

2001 - M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India

1999 - B.Sc. (Chemistry(H) with Mathematics & Physics), Burdwan University (Ramananda College, Bishnupur, West Bengal, India)

Awards/Recognition/Fellowships:

• 2026: Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA), New Delhi.

• 2026: National Prize for Research in MOF and Porous Materials, by the C. N. R. Rao Education Foundation

• 2025: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Prize by the Humboldt Foundation, Germany

• 2025: ‘MRSI Materials Science Annual Prize’ for the year 2025.

• 2025:  Advisory Board Member of the Journal Dalton Transactions (RSC).

• 2024: Silver Medal by the Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC), India

• 2024: Dr. P.N. Pathak Memorial Award by the Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET), India. 

• 2023: "The Distinguished Lectureship Award 2023" by the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) 

• 2023- Editor: Chemical Engineering Journal (IF: 12.5). 

• 2023: Chemistry in India Leader Award by Research.com. 2023-.

• 2023: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (Invited: ‘Leaders in the Field’ scheme.)

• 2023: Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)  Bronze Medal.

• 2022: Appeared in the list of World Top 2% scientists  2022-.

• 2020 - Advisory Board of the Journal ChemCommun (RSC).

• 2020 Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal.

• 2020- International Advisory Board of the Journal ChemPlusChem (Wiley).

• 2019: India Research Excellence - Citation (Young Researcher) Award  by Clarivate Analytics. 

• 2018: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Germany.

• 2018: Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Fellowship of AvH foundation, Germany

• 2017:  Avra Young Scientist Award.

• 2015 -19 Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports. 

• 2015 IUPAC Travel Award, Busan, Korea for IUPAC-2015.

• 2013 Alkyl Amines-ICT Foundation Day Young Scientist Award.

• 2013 INSA Young Scientist Award.

• 2012 NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award.

• 2012-15 Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences.

• 2011 DAE Research Award for Young Scientists.

• 2009:  Newton International Fellowship, UK. (Offer declined).

• 2007-09 JSPS Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, Japan.

• 2001-06: Junior and Senior Research Fellowships by CSIR, India