Dr. Parama Chakraborty Banerjee

Dr. Parama Chakraborty Banerjee

Senior Lecturer & Director EDI
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Parama is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Monash University. Parama’s research focus includes recovery of critical metals and minerals from wastes, recycling of ewastes, electrocatalysis, energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors), multifunctional electrocatalytic material development and corrosion. Parama has supervised a number postdocs and PhD students, who are now employed in academia and industry. Parama has received several awards including a TechConnect innovation award and an Early career researcher award from CRC Australia.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Monash University, 2013

Expertise

Recovery of critical minerals and metals from wastes, Electrocatalysis, Energy storage (supercapacitors and batteries), Ewaste recycling, Multifuctional electromaterial development, Corrosion

Awards

Dr Banerjee has received several prestigious awards, the most significant being the Early Career Researchers Award from Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Association of Australia.

Other awards include:

  • TechConnect 2019 Innovation Award, TechConnect World Conference, Boston, MA, USA
  • Monash Engineering Women’s Leadership Award, 2017, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria-3800, Australia.
  • Monash Engineering Women’s Leadership Award, 2015, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria-3800, Australia.
  • Showcasing Early Career Researchers Award, Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Association of Australia
  • The Brian Cherry Forum Award for the best thesis presentation in corrosion science and technology from Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA)

Research Interests

  • Critical metals and minerals recovery from wastes
  • Electrocatalysis
  • Energy storage (batteries and supercapacitors)
  • Ewaste recycling
  • Multifunctional electrocatalytic material development
  • Corrosion
Last modified: 06/10/2025