Prof. Dr. Sebastian C. Peter
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Director Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) Akavathi, Survey No.7, Shivanapura, Dasanapura Hobli, Bengaluru – 562162 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deputation from New Chemistry Unit & School of Advanced Materials https://www.sebastiancpeter.com This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Co-Founder and Director Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt Ltd Bengaluru Jakkur, Bangalore-560064 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Convenor National Centre for Carbon Capture and Utilization (NCCCU) Bengaluru Jakkur, Bangalore-560064 |
Dr. Sebastian C. Peter received his MSc (2000) from St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Calicut University and MTech (2002) from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph. D. in chemistry from the University of Münster, Germany (2006). He was a post-doctoral fellow at Max Plank Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany (2006-07) and Northwestern University, USA (2007-10). Dr. Peter joined as a faculty fellow at New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore in 2010. His broad research interests include the development of solid-state inorganic materials for various applications ranging fuel cell, CO2 reduction and in condensed matter physics. He has more than 210 peer reviewed publications and five patents. He was invited and attended around 100 national and international conferences. He is the recipient of Young Investigator awards from ACS (2013), RSC (2017) and IOP (2016). He was awarded Ramanujan fellowship (2010), MRSI medal (2016), SwarnaJayanti Fellowship in the category of Chemical Science (2018) and CRSI medal (2020), SMC Medal (2022) and IAAM fellow (2022). He is a member of American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, ASM international, Chemical Research Society of India, Material Research Society of India, International Union of Crystallography, Indian National Young Academy of Science and Society for Material Chemistry of India. He is the founder and director of the start-up “Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt Ltd” and entered into the final round of the NRG-COSIA XPRIZE 20 million USD prize on waste CO2 utilization. His team is the only one team in final round of the competition earning half a million USD as milestone prize. Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt Ltd has been selected as one of the best 100 start-ups by Karnataka state Government in 2017 through ELEVATE-100. CleanEquity, Monaco (2019) selected CO2 reduction technology as the second best in the global level. His team scaled-up the technology CO2 to methanol from the lab to pilot level with a capacity of 300 kg CO2 per day. In 2021, Technology Development Board of the DST awarded National Technology Award for this development. In Dec 2021, his start-up has been selected as the winner of the KPMG ENRich21 on the theme The Global Corporation: preparing for the Low-Carbon World. He also received National Prize on CO2 reduction and green hydrogen production instituted by CNR Rao foundation and ETU of JNCASR in 2022. Dr. Peter is also featured in the “75 under 50: Scientists Shaping Today's India” by the DST and selected for J C Bose Diamond Jubilee Lecture Award by IAAM. In 2023, Dr. Peter led Breathe to win the competition MaterialsNext 4.0 hosted by Tata Steel. Dr. Peter Received Research Partnerships and Industry Translation Medal from Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha and Materials Science Annual Prize from MRSI in 2023. Dr. Peter is also part of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Science, ChemSusChem and Journal of Solid State Chemistry. He has received the scientist Medal in 2024 from IAAM. He was elected as the fellow of Indian Academy of Science in 2024 and National Academy of Sciences, India in 2026. His startup Breathe became the winner of National Startup Award in the category of “Sustainability Champion” from Government of India in 2024. He has been selected for the Rajib Goyal Prize in 2024. Dr. Peter is currently a visiting Professor at IIT Roorkee and Adjunct Professor at Shiv Nadar University. In 2026, he received the VASVIK industrial research award on his contribution to applied research in India. He is also selected for Dr. A.V. Ramarao ICS Centennial Jubilee Award for Innovation in Industrial Research for 2026 by the Indian Chemical Society. Dr. Peter won the prestigious C. N. R. Rao National Prize for the Promotion of Chemical Research for 2026. He has been appointed as the Director of the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) and assumed charge on 19 October 2026.