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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Strong experimental skill background in chemistry of lignocellulose, heterogeneous and nanocatalysis, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, chemistry of biorenewables, and bioenergy
Expertise in biomass-bioenergy research and working experience in US DOE research projects on energy and biofuels and also industry funded project.
Experience in design and developing porous materials for electrosorption and energy storage applications
International Fulbright award winner for research in the USA and worked as PI in Ministry of Science and Technology, India Government funded project
Significant contributor in the field of catalysis, biofuels, and porous materials research as author of several research articles, reviews, and book chapter and regular expert reviewer of several leading international journals.

EDUCATION

2002-2008

Doctor of Natural Sciences (Ph. D.) Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Thesis titled "Mapping the Reaction Coordinate for the Oxidative Addition of Molecular Hydrogen to a Metal Center"

Constructed reaction coordinate for H2 cleavage for wide-range of electron rich homogeneous molecules.

2000-2002

M. Sc. Chemistry- University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Specialization - Inorganic Chemistry (Merit list - 61.0%)

1997-2000

B. Sc. Chemistry- University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Honors - Chemistry (Merit list – 68.0%), Physics, Mathematics

CURRENT POSITION

2015 to 2018

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (US DOE EFRC), University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
Position: Research Associate, Projects: 1) Catalysis research for biomass processing and upgrading to biofuels. (Funding source: US DOE and ExxonMobil Research & Engineering), 2) Catalysis research for combining shale gas-derived hydrogen and renewable carbon to access fuels and chemicals (Funding source: US DOE)

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

2015

Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA

Position: PostDoc Researcher

Projects: 1) Understanding the Chemistry and Applications of AL-2100 Systems as Lewis Acid Catalysts (Industrial funding), 2) Ionic Liquid Treatment of Biopolymers Processing: Fiber Morphology modulation

2014-2015

Functional Mesoporous Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan and National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

Position: PostDoc Research Scientist

Projects: 1) Chemo-enzymatic catalytic biomass conversions to fuels and chemicals, 2) Design of porous materials from MOF and polymers for capacitive deionization based water-softening, 3) Porous carbon materials for Li-battery, charge storage, and electrosorption applications.

2012-2013

University of Florida, Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Gainesville, USA

Position: Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow

Project: Pincer complexes and its application for scission of polymers

2008-2010

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow

Project: Metal complex catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters for biodegradable polymers

HONOR
2) Fulbright Fellowship (2012-2013), United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). (Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA).
1) Best Seminar award “Vasudevamurthy Soundararajan Prize” of the academic year 2003-2004 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

AFFILIATION

1) Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London

2) Member of Chemical Research Society of India

3) American Chemical Society (ACS) membership

4) American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) membership

5) Fulbright fellow alumni association, USA membership