Dr. Dojalisa Sahu completed her M.Sc. and M. Phil. degrees from Sambalpur University and joined CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar thereafter as a research assistant to pursue a career in research. In this institute, she worked under different mega projects and has a number of publications in international journals of high repute. For her Ph.D,She worked on functional metal oxide nanomaterial with suitable doping to study the structural-optical properties for possible application and got the degree from Sambalpur University . Dr. Sahu joined as an Assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar and presently continues as an associate professor. She was also serving as the head of the department of Chemistry and academic co-coordinator of School of Applied Sciences. Her present research focus is on the synthesis of novel functional nanostructure materials with significance in optical properties like photoluminescence, photo-catalytic and antibacterial activity. She has more than 26 publications in international journals,15 publications in national journal, 1 book publication, 2 book chapters and more than 15 conference proceedings. She is also a reviewer of a number of international journals and members of professional bodies.She had guided more than 30 M.Sc., 10 M. Phil. students and three Ph. D candidates are registered under her.