Dr. Bhaskar Jyoti Deka joined the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) as an Assistant Professor in September 2020 and was promoted to Associate Professor in June 2026. He also serves as Joint Faculty at the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee, India.

Dr. Deka received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the City University of Hong Kong in 2019, followed by postdoctoral research training at the same university. He was also a Visiting Research Scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, from November 2016 to April 2017. His doctoral research focused on emerging membrane-based desalination technologies and the development of nanocomposite membranes for water and wastewater treatment, including the removal of algal-derived organic matter, natural organic matter, pharmaceuticals, and dyes. He received the Outstanding Academic Performance Award from the City University of Hong Kong and was a recipient of the YUKTI Innovation Challenge 2023 (YUKTI 2.0), Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and AICTE, Government of India.

Dr. Deka serves as an Early Career Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Membrane Science and is the sole Indian representative on the board. He has also contributed actively to the desalination and water research community through research leadership, academic initiatives, and professional engagements.

Prior to joining academia, Dr. Deka gained extensive experience in environmental and water infrastructure consulting, contributing to industrial water and wastewater management projects in India and internationally. His professional experience includes hydraulic design and optimization of water and wastewater treatment systems, evaluation of emerging water-treatment technologies, design and execution of laboratory and pilot-scale studies, and water-quality modelling and simulation.

Dr. Deka’s research focuses on advanced membrane-based technologies for addressing challenges at the water–energy nexus, sustainable water/wastewater management, contaminants of emerging concern, water-quality modelling, separation & purification, ion-exchange membranes for energy application, resource-recovery, membranes for healthcare applications and synthesis of MOF/COF/nanofillers.

His teaching interests include interactive and experiential learning, problem-based learning, development of critical-thinking skills, and the integration of emerging technologies and digital tools into engineering education.