Dr. Dojalisa Sahu completed her M.Sc. and M. Phil. degrees from Sambalpur University and joined CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar thereafter as a research assistant to peruse a career in research. She got her Ph.D. Degree awarded from Sambalpur University in 2014 and joined Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) as an Assistant Professor in the School of Applied Sciences (SoAs) in the same year. Presently, she is working as an Associate Professor in Chemistry department, SoAs, CUTM, BBSR. . Her present research focus is on the synthesis of novel functional nanomaterials with significance in optical properties like photo-luminescence, photo-catalytic and anti-bacterial properties. She is also doing some collaborative work on renewable energy generation. She has published more than 25 journal publications and one book authored by her. She has 8 years of teaching and research experiences. Presently, three students are working for Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Sahu and already guided 30 M. Phil. /M. Sc. students.