Dr. Amitava Choudhury is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T). He began his academic journey at A.C. College (Science and Arts) in Jalpaiguri, India, and continued his studies at the University of North Bengal, where he earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry. He pursued his doctoral studies at the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, receiving his Ph.D. in Solid-State and Materials Chemistry. Following this, Dr. Choudhury moved to the United States to undertake postdoctoral research at Colorado State University. In 2008, he joined Missouri S&T as an Assistant Research Professor in Chemistry and was appointed to a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in 2011. His research spans a wide range of topics, including energy generation, storage, and conversion, semiconductor and magnetic materials, porous materials, sustainable catalysis, and critical elements.