Dr. Prashant Kumar Gupta received his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from BIET Jhansi, India, in 2009. Then, completed M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2011, followed by a Ph.D at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, in the year 2019. After his Ph.D., Dr. Gupta joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad as a Visiting Assistant Professor for approximately one year. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur, in November 2020. Dr. Gupta leads the research lab, Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (E2CS) lab. His lab conducts experimental research on the material design for electrocatalysis, like HER, OER, ORR, CER, CO 2 reduction, etc. Currently, the major focus is on the Direct Seawater Electrolysis for hydrogen production. The group also focuses on the electrode material design for the electrochemical energy storage devices based on Lithium, Zinc, and Sodium-based chemistry.

Key Publications:

• S. Solanki, S. Jha, P. Sappidi, P. K. Gupta*, Anion-driven interfacial engineering and solvation structure modulation of imidazolium-based ionic liquid electrolyte additives for enhanced Zn anode reversibility, Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 656, 238019.
• S. Bishwanathan, S. K. Oberoi, M. Gyanprakash, P. K. Gupta*, Enhancing activity and stability of RuO2 as a bifunctional catalyst using a thermally tuned MnO2 interlayer for hydrogen production, RSC Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2025, 9, 765-777.
• S. Bishwanathan, S. Oberoi, P. K. Gupta*, Breaking Activity-Durability Inverse Relationship via Electrode Engineering by Utilizing MnO2/RuO2 Heterostructures for Efficient Seawater Electrolysis, ChemCatChem, 2025, 17 (3), e202401591 .
• S. Bishwanathan, P. K. Gupta*, Polymorphic Engineering of MnO2 Structure as a Diffusion Blocking Layer for Selective Seawater Electrolysis, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024, 7, 546754785470
• P. Garg, S. Bishwanathan, P. K. Gupta*, A. Tyagi, Multifaceted review of TiO2 modifications for photoelectrochemical water splitting: Bandgap tuning to charge transport, Solar Energy, 2025, 300, 113890.