Dr. Atanu Kumar Metya

 
Dr. Atanu Kumar Metya
Asst. Professor (2020 – present)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D), Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2012-2018)
Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2009-2011)
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering, University College of Science & Technology, University of Calcutta (2006-2009)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry, (Hons.), University of Calcutta (2003-2006)
E-mail: atanu.metya[AT]iitp.ac.in
Group Website: https://www.iitp.ac.in/~atanu.metya/
Research Areas :
  • Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; Simulations: phase equilibria and nucleation; design of anti-icing surfaces, wetting phenomena; Structure, dynamics, and interfacial properties of solutions in bulk and confined systems; and force filed development using density functional theory.
Courses taught at IIT P :
  • CB208: Process Equipment Design - I
  • CB305: Chemical Process Technology
  • CB407: Process Plant Design & Economics
  • CB424: Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
No. of PhD Students : 2
Professional Experience :
  • Assistant Professor: July, 2020 – Present, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow: March, 2019 – June, 2020, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, USA
  • Senior Research Fellow: October, 2017 – February, 2019, Department. of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
  • Project Engineer: August, 2011 – June, 2012, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Awards & Honours :
  • International Travel Support, Government of India: 2013 and 2017
  • MHRD Fellowship for M.Tech and Ph.D
Member of Professional bodies :  
Book Chapters :  
Publications :
  1. Manish Maurya, Atanu K. Metya, Jayant K. Singh, and Shinji Saito,Effects of interfaces on structure and dynamics of water droplets on a graphene surface: A molecular dynamics study, J. Chem. Phys. 154,164704 (2021).
  2. Atanu K. Metya and Valeria Molinero, “Is Ice Nucleation by Organic Crystals Nonclassical? An Assessment of the Monolayer Hypothesis of Ice Nucleation”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 4607- 4624, (2021).
  3. Pavithra M. Naullage#, Atanu K. Metya#, and Valeria Molinero, “Computationally Efficient Approach for the Identification of Ice-Binding Surfaces and How They Bind Ice”, J. Chem. Phys. 153 174106 (2020). (Featured Article), (# equal contribution).
  4. Prerna, R. Goswami, Atanu K. Metya, S. V. Shevkunov, and Jayant K. Singh, “Study of Ice Nucleation on Silver Iodide Surface with Defects”, Mol. Phys., 117, 3651-3663 (2019).
  5. Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K Singh, “Ice Adhesion Mechanism on Lubricant-Impregnated Surfaces using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Mol. Simul., 45, 394–402 (2019).
  6. Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K Singh, “Ice Nucleation on a Graphite Surface in the Presence of Nanoparticles” J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 19056−19066, (2018).
  7. Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K Singh, “Nucleation of Aqueous Sal Solutions on Solid Surfaces” J. Phys. Chem. C, 122, 8277–8287,(2018)
  8. Atanu K. Metya, Jayant K Singh, and Florian Muller-Plathe, “Ice nucleation on nanotextured surfaces: Influence of surface fraction, pillar height and wetting states” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 26796-26806 (2016).
  9. Atanu K. Metya, Sandip Khan and Jayant K Singh, “Wetting Transition of Ethanol-Water Droplet on Smooth and Textured Surfaces” J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 4113–4121, (2014).
  10. Arnab Bose, Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K. Singh, “Surface Effect on Electromelting Behavior of Nanoconfined Water” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 17, 23147–23154, (2015).
  11. Utsav Kumar, Atanu K. Metya, N. Ramakrishnan, and Jayant K. Singh, “A Study of Transport Properties and Stress Analysis using Atomistic and Macro Simulations for Lithium Ion Batteries” J. Electrochem. Soc., 165 A1453–A1460 (2014).
  12. Atanu K. Metya, Abhiram Hens, Jayant K. Singh “Molecular dynamics study of VLE and transport properties of Sodium and Lithium-based on EAM potentials” Fluid Phase Equilibria, 313, 16–24, (2012)
Presentations :
  1. Atanu K Metya and Valeria Molinero, Mechanisms of Ice Nucleation on Organic Crystal (Poster), at the Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Liquids held August 04-09, 2019, Holderness School in Holderness, NH United States.
  2. Atanu K Metya* and Jayant K Singh, Freezing of supercooled aqueous salt solutions on surfaces (Poster), RARE, December 07-10, 2017, Jaypee Palace Hotels & Convention Centre, Agra, India.
  3. Atanu K Metya, Jayant K Singh* and Florian Müller-Plathe, Ice nucleation on nano-textured surfaces: Influence of surface fraction, pillar height and wetting states (Talk), ICMS, October 23-26, 2017, Shanghai, China.
  4. Atanu K Metya and Jayant K Singh*, Nucleation of aqueous salt solutions on solid surfaces, Thermodynamics (Talk), September 05-08, 2017, Edinburgh, UK.
  5. Atanu K Metya and Jayant K Singh*, Ice nucleation on nanotextured surfaces: influence of surface fraction, pillar height and wetting states (Talk), WaterSpain, July 06-07, 2017, Zaragoza, Spain.
  6. Atanu K. Metya*, Sandip Khan and Jayant K Singh, Transition of ethanol–water droplet on smooth and pillared surfaces: A molecular dynamic study (Talk), AIChE Annual Meeting, November 3, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA.
  7. Utsav Kumar*, Atanu K. Metya and Jayant K. Singh, Study of transport properties and stress analysis using macro and atomistic simulations for lithium based rechargeable batteries (Talk), AIChE, October 31, 2012, Pittsburg, USA.