Dr Santanu Majumder
- Lecturer in Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Christchurch House C106, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Dr. Santanu Majumder joined Bournemouth University in January 2023 and is now a Lecturer in Environmental Analytical Chemistry. His research focuses on developing novel analytical methods for environmental challenges. He completed his PhD from University of Girona, Spain (2010-2013) with the Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarship from the European Commission. He was also a recipient (offered) of the DAAD Doctoral Scholarship (Germany, 2010).
He has been a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow working at the University of Birmingham (2021-2023) and a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Texas A&M University, USA (2017-2019). He was a Faculty Member at the Department of Ecological Engineering and Environmental Management, University of Kalyani, India from 2014-2016.
Dr. Majumder has been developing analytical methods for the chemical characterization of toxic pollutants such as heavy metals or emerging pollutants like engineered nanomaterials and micro/nano-plastics in different environmental matrices...
He is also acting as a referee and guest editor for several reputed international journals.
moreResearch
As an environmental analytical chemist, I have a broad interdisciplinary interest. I enjoy developing novel analytical methods and green pathways/materials to tackle various environmental challenges. My overall research interest is principally focused on developing analytical methods for the chemical characterization, from toxic pollutants such as heavy metals to emerging pollutants like engineered nanomaterials or nanoplastics in different environmental matrices – their speciation, toxicity, bioavailability and mobilization in the environment. Some selected domains are:
1) Investigation of the role of metal based engineered nanoparticles used in agricultural industries (Phytonanotechnology).
2) I am particularly interested in understanding how potentially emerging toxic substances, like micro/nano-plastics, could get into our food or drinking water, and impact environmental and public health.
3) Exploring the toxic trace metal(loid)s, such as arsenic, lead, selenium, cadmium - their speciation, mobilization and how they could contaminate natural water resources.
4) I am interested to study the exact chemical species involved in the colloidal vs. dissolved phase fractionation, their co-ordination environment and the role of locally operating biogeochemical factors at microniches to study its mobilization and potential biomagnification.
5) Exploration of possibilities for using different ionic liquids for greater chemoselective extraction and also to functionalize nanomaterials with superconductive materials like polyaniline... Another important factor is to apply these techniques for the speciation of toxic contaminants.
6) Developing Graphine based (GQD) nanosensors (eco-friendly) to be used as metal sensors and synthesizing these nanomaterials in form of paper based nanofluidics (Lab-On-a-Chip). Apart from GQD’s, I am also interested CdS, TiO2 and Mercapto-modified Graphines for environmental and forensic investigations.
I actively work in collaboration with many reputed research groups from India, Spain, Germany, Sweden, France, USA, Mexico, Australia and of course within the UK.
moreFavourites
- Mahanty, S., Pillay, K., Hardouin, E.A., Andreou, D., Cvitanović, M., Darbha, G.K., Mandal, S., Chaudhuri, P. and Majumder, S., 2024. Whispers in the mangroves: Unveiling the silent impact of potential toxic metals (PTMs) on Indian Sundarbans fungi. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 209.
- Mahanty, S., Majumder, S., Paul, R., Boroujerdi, R., Valsami-Jones, E. and Laforsch, C., 2024. A review on nanomaterial-based SERS substrates for sustainable agriculture. Science of the Total Environment, 950.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Mandal, J., Kanrar, B., Chatterjee, D., Bhattacharyya, A. and Majumder, S., 2024. Degradation and residue dynamics of fluazinam in diverse indian soil types and water pH conditions: a comprehensive study using kinetic models. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12.
- Dasgupta, D., Majumder, S., Adhikari, J., Ghosh, P., Purchase, D., Garelick, H., Debsarkar, A. and Chatterjee, D., 2023. Environmental impact of e-waste management in Indian microscale informal sectors. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (11), 29581-29597.
- Nath, B., Majumder, S., Sen, J. and Rahman, M.M., 2021. Risk Analysis of COVID-19 Infections in Kolkata Metropolitan City: A GIS-Based Study and Policy Implications. GeoHealth, 5 (4).
- Knappett, P.S.K., Majumder, S. et al., 2020. Rising arsenic concentrations from dewatering a geothermally influenced aquifer in central Mexico. Water Research, 185.
- Majumder, S., Marguí, E., Roman-Ross, G., Chatterjee, D. and Hidalgo, M., 2020. Hollow fiber liquid phase microextraction combined with total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for the determination of trace level inorganic arsenic species in waters. Talanta, 217.
- Biswas, J.K., Banerjee, A., Majumder, S., Bolan, N., Seshadri, B. and Dash, M.C., 2019. New Extracellular Polymeric Substance Producing Enteric Bacterium from Earthworm, Metaphire posthuma: Modulation Through Culture Conditions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 72 (2), 160-170.
- Neidhardt, H., Majumder, S. et al., 2018. Biogeochemical phosphorus cycling in groundwater ecosystems – Insights from South and Southeast Asian floodplain and delta aquifers. Science of the Total Environment, 644, 1357-1370.
- Kundu, A.K., Majumder, S., Biswas, A., Bhowmick, S., Pal, C., Mukherjee, A., Majumder, M. and Chatterjee, D., 2018. Optimisation of laboratory arsenic analysis for groundwaters of West Bengal, India and possible water testing strategy. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 98 (5), 440-452.
- Majumder, S., Datta, S., Nath, B., Neidhardt, H., Sarkar, S., Roman-Ross, G., Berner, Z., Hidalgo, M. and Chatterjee, D., 2016. Monsoonal influence on variation of hydrochemistry and isotopic signatures: Implications for associated arsenic release in groundwater. Journal of Hydrology, 535, 407-417.
- Majumder, S., Nath, B., Sarkar, S., Chatterjee, D., Roman-Ross, G. and Hidalgo, M., 2014. Size-fractionation of groundwater arsenic in alluvial aquifers of West Bengal, India: The role of organic and inorganic colloids. Science of the Total Environment, 468-469, 804-812.
- Majumder, S., Nath, B., Sarkar, S., Islam, S.M., Bundschuh, J., Chatterjee, D. and Hidalgo, M., 2013. Application of natural citric acid sources and their role on arsenic removal from drinking water: A green chemistry approach. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 262, 1167-1175.
