Sourojeet Chakraborty is a lecturer in the department of chemical and molecular biology.
He is interested and actively publishes in engineering education and pedagogy, with research interests spanning from Education 5.0 – Industry 5.0 – Society 5.0, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role in pedagogical innovation, curricular revamp in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), student learning modalities (active, experiential, flipped-classroom, etc.), and doctoral attrition. Chakraborty holds strong experience advising senior year students for the undergraduate capstone (design project) having worked directly with several leading chemical engineering firms such as BASF, GlaxoSmithKline, Dupont, Shell, Dow, BASF, Atkins-Réalis, Jacobs, Ecomaterials, HATCH, etc.
He received the Student Life Catalyst Award (2023, Toronto), Doctoral Completion Awards (2020-2022, Toronto), several awards from Massey College (Frederick Hudd Bursary, Catherall Travel Bursary, Lockheed Bursary, Evelyn Catherall Scholarship, etc.), the H.L. Roy Memorial Silver Medal (2015, Jadavpur), and was named as a 2023-2024 Top Reviewer for Education for Chemical Engineers, Elsevier. He is also trained and holds degrees in Indian Classical Music (Bachelors), Painting (Bachelors), and enjoys debating.
In 2025, Chakraborty was the recipient of the Adrienne Clarkson Laureateship for outstanding public service from The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, the 26th Governor General of Canada at Massey College, University of Toronto, where he was a Junior Fellow from 2019 to 2024, and continues to serve on the Finance & Audit Committee.
Sourojeet Chakraborty holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, an MSc. and DIC from Imperial College London, and a Bchelor’s from Jadavpur University in chemical engineering. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow (Toronto) with Prof. Barbara Sherwood Lollar CC, FRS, NAE, NAS, FRSC, FRCGS. He also holds a Diploma in Inclusive & Social Business from HEC Paris and trained at the Imperial College Business School (Finance & Entrepreneurship) and at the London Business School’s Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship.