Dr. Sampa Chakrabarti is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Calcutta, India, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, India, (IEI) and Life Member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). She teaches separation processes, project engineering and environmental science and engineering. Her research interest includes pollution control by advanced oxidation, nanoparticles and smart surfaces. She worked as Visiting Researcher in the State University of New York at Buffalo and Washington University in St. Louis, USA. She holds two Indian patents on ceramic pigment and on solar reactor. She published two books--one reference book on solar photocatalysis (jointly published by TERI, India, and CRC press) and another text book for postgraduate level on solid waste (with TERI, India). She had published more than 85 papers and chapters in reputed international journals, edited books and conferences. In addition, she has published books and popular science articles in Bengali for spreading scientific awareness among common people.

She has 10 years of professional experience in project engineering with reputed engineering organizations of India like Development Consultants Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, and Batliboi and Company, Mumbai, in addition to her teaching and research experience in the University of Calcutta.