Oisik Das

About me

I am a passionate researcher/teacher and believe that science is all around us, wherein every effect has a cause (maybe except for the Big Bang). I try to understand a few of these effects and causes.

I have a strong background in fire, composites, and biochar through a master’s degree from Washington State University (USA), a PhD from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), and a postdoc from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden). I was one of the first people in the world to add biochar to composites in 2014 during my PhD, and I extensively investigated the fire behaviour of composites having sustainable fire-retardants. I have published ca. 200 peer-reviewed articles in reputed journals, like Nature Reviews, garnering ca. 10000 citations. I have also authored many book chapters and an entire academic book. I have over 12 years of teaching experience in Sweden, New Zealand, India, and Singapore. I have received numerous academic awards throughout my career, the most recent being the Ludovika Fellowship (2025 and 2023) and the Swedish Royal Skyttean Society's prize for young researchers in 2022. I am leading (or have led) many projects from FORMAS; ÅForsk, Brandforsk, Kempe, STINT, etc. I am the Associate Editor in Energy Exploration & Exploitation (Sage Publications) as well as an Editorial board member for Composites Part C (Elsevier), Polymer Testing (Elsevier), Macromolecular Materials and Engineering (Wiley), Material Circular Economy (Springer), and Polymers (MDPI).

Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2huRKFMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

I am also the international coordinator at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering. I am responsible for university outreach activities, student recruitment, developing Erasmus cooperations, etc.

Research

My research interests are as follows:

• Fire behaviour of polymeric composites and wood (and 'very' limited knowledge on concrete).
• Biochar: production, characterisation, and applications.
• Biochar: self-ignition and dust explosions.
  
• Composite design, polymer processing, and testing.
• Sustainable and novel fire-retardants.
• Fire testing methods.

Teaching

I am the examiner and teacher for the following courses:

• Fire Dynamics I (S0003B), 7.5 credits
• Fire Dynamics II (S7002B), 7.5 credits
• Risk & Safety (K0007B), 7.5 credits
• Research and innovation methodology (W0027T), 7.5 credits
• The Basics of Biochar (U7001B), 1.5 credits,

Current Supervision

• Postdoc: Elif Kaynak Uraz.
• PhD main supervisor: Dong Wang and Sepideh Keyvani.
• PhD co-supervisor: Lucas Anderson, Andrea Correa, Anuskha Jantwal, Artur Ström.