Plaban J. Sarma is working as a Ph.D. fellow in the Catalysis and Molecular Modelling Lab, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University under the guidance of Prof. Ramesh Ch. Deka. He is currently working in the field of global optimization of metal oxides such as SnO2, MnO, CeO2 and their application in the catalysis; mitigation of CO2, chemical hydrogen storage etc. He has experience in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry.