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Personal info/biography:
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Science
Southern Illinois University
1245 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901
Ph: 1-618-453-6459
E-mail: pderia@siu.edu
Education:
BSc (1999) Calcutta University, Calcutta (Kolkata), India, Chemistry (Hons)
MSc (2001) Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Chemistry
Ph.D. (2009) University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry
Experience:
- 2025-present Professor of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
- 2021-2025 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
- 2015-2021 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
- 2012-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- 2010-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC
- 2001-2002 Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Awards and Honors:
- 2020 Early Career Faculty Excellence Award; SIUC
- 2020 NSF-CAREER
- 2016 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award– ORAU
- 2016, 2021 Energy Boost Seed Grant, Advanced Coal and Research Center, SIU Carbondale
- 2001-2002 Junior Research Fellowship, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India
- 2000 Rajiv Gandhi Science Talent Award, JNCASR, India