Principal Investigator

Prof. Manoj B. Gawande, PhD, Docent(habil.), FICS, FMASc, FRSC (UK)

Associate Professor,

Department of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry,
Institute of Chemical Technology,

Mumbai – Marathwada Campus, Jalna-431203.
Email: mbgawande@gmail.com
Office: mb.gawande@marj.ictmumbai.edu.in 

Career

• Associate Professor: 4^th Sept. 2019 – till date

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai-Marathwada Campus, Jalna-431203, MH, India.

• Associate Professor and Head (Nanocatalysis Laboratory): 1^st November 2017- 31^st August 2019
  Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
• Docent (Habilitation): July 2016 – Oct. 2017

Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

• Senior Researcher and Head (Nanocatalysis Laboratory): 11^th July 2013 – 31^st Oct. 2017
  Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Chemistry, Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
• Visiting Professor : May – June 2013
  Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, SPMS Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
• Research Associate (Independent Researcher): from Feb. 2010 – June 2013
  Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Quinta da Torre,2829-516 Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Post Doc (Chemistry): Feb. 2009 – January 2010.
  Kyungpook National University School of Medicine 101 Dongin-dong 2-ga, Joong-gu Daegu 700-422, South Korea.
• Scientist: Aug. 2008 – Feb. 2009
  ENEM Nostrum Remedies Limited, (US-based Multinational Company), Gayitri Commercial Complex Andheri, Mumbai, India.
• Ph.D. (Chemistry): Oct. 2003 – March 2008

Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Research topic- “Heterogeneously catalyzed organic reactions on mixed metal oxides and other well-defined solid surfaces”
Research Supervisor: Prof. R.V. Jayaram

• Lecturer: July 2002 – June 2003
  Worked as a Lecturer at Shivaji Senior College Chikhali, Amravati, University Amravati, MH, India.
• MSc (Chemistry) : 1999-2001

Amravati University, Amravati (MS) India.

Con-Current Positions

• Visiting Professor in Chemistry: 19^th June 2023 till date                                                                                                                              CEET, Nanotechnology centre, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Visiting Professor in Chemistry: 1^st March 2021 – 30^th June 2023
  RCPTM, Czearch Institute (CATRIN), Palacky University, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
• Visiting Scientist: May-June 2015

Athanasios B. Bourlinos at Physics Department University of Ioannina, Ioannina  45110, Greece. 

• Visiting Scientist: April 2015

Rajender S. Varma, Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Cincinnati, USA.

• Visiting Professor: March-April 2015

Dunwei Wang, Merkert Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Boston, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. 

• Visiting Scientist Position:  Feb. 2015

Steve Ley Laboratories: http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/person/svl1000  Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Fellowships, Awards, and Memberships

• Awareded MRSI Medal -2024, by Materials Research Society of India                                                                                                      At 35 th AGM of MRSI and 6th Indian Materials Conclave at Indore, India (3rd to 6th Dec. 2024)
• Best Professor Award (Rural)-2024                                                                                                                                                                  By Modern Plastics award (Indian second Edition) on 11th June 2024 at Taj End, Bandra, Mumbai. 
• STE Green Excellence Award- 2022 

Awarded be Environment (STE), Kolkata, recognition of distinguished work in the fields of Nano-Chemistry and Organic Synthesis.

• Life Member of Society for Materials Chemistry

Obtained the “life Membership” of Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC), 2022.

• Top 2% scientists for the year 2021

Featured in Stanford University’s global list of top 2% scientists in career and single year ranking for the year 2021 in the Chemistry field. (October 10, 2022)

• Top 2% scientists for the year 2020

Featured in Stanford University’s global list of top 2% scientists for the year 2020 in the Chemistry field.

• Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences

Elected as ”Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (FMASc)” by the council meeting held on November 12, 2021

• Life Member of Chemical Research Society of India

Obtained the “life Membership” of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).

• Life Fellow of Indian Chemical Society

Elected as “Life Fellow” of the Indian Chemical Society by the Council meeting held on  July 30, 2021

• RSC Research Fund Grant 2021

Awarded the prestigious “RSC Research Fund” Grant 2021 by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Cambridge, UK.

• Top 2% scientists for the year 2019

Featured in Stanford University’s global list of top 2% scientists for the year 2019 in the Chemistry field.

• Docent/” Associate Professor”

Nominated by rector of Palacky University, Olomouc Czech Republic w.e.f. from 1^st November 2017.

• FRSC 2017

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom.

• Deans Award-2016

By Dean of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic for the best publications output in eminent journals.

• Deans Award-2015

By Dean of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic for the best publications output in eminent journals.

• Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman-2014

By the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the NRI Welfare Society of India, for his outstanding contribution, service, and achievements in Chemistry Research.

• Visiting Professor grant

Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Lisbon, Portugal.

• FCT Research Associate fellowship

Awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), Lisbon. 

• BK-21 (Brain Korea) Research Fellowship Award 

Awarded BK-21 Scholarship, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Joong-gu, Daegu 700-422, and South Korea.

• Best Oral presentation award- Jan. 2008

National Conference on Green Chemistry and its perspective, Amravati, University Amravati, India,11^th and 12^th January, 2008.

• Best Hostellite award

Hostel day celebration, Ecstacy 2007, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga Mumbai, India.

• Senior Research Fellowship

Awarded by Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) New Delhi, India.

• DST Travel award

For 1^st International IUPAC Conference on Green-Sustainable Chemistry, September 10- 15, 2006, Dresden, Germany.

• Messel Memorial Bursary Award, Society of Chemistry and Industry (SOCI, UK)

For 1st International IUPAC Conference on Green-Sustainable Chemistry, Sept. 10-15, 2006, Dresden, Germany.

• Sir Ratan Tata Scholarship

For the year 2003-2005 by Shri Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai India.

• Member of Indian Science Congress

Indian Science congress, Kolkata, India.

• Member of Society of Chemistry and Industry

Society of Chemistry and Industry (SOCI) London, UK.

Reviewer for National/International Research Project Grant

• UGC, DST, SERB, and CSIR
• European Research grants (e.g. H20H20)
• GACR-Czech
• ACS-Petroleum Research Fund

Reviewer of Journals

• Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (Wiley Publications)
• Account of Chemical Research (ACS Publication)
• Co-ordination Chemistry Review (Elsevier Publication)
• Advanced Materials (Wiley Publications)
• Advanced Functional Materials (Wiley Publications)
• Chemistry Materials (ACS Publications)
• ChemSusChem (Wiley Publications)
• Green Chemistry (RSC Publication)
• Nanoscale (RSC Publication)
• New Journal of Chemistry (RSC Publication)
• ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS Publication)
• Catalysis Communication (Elsevier Publication)
• Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (RSC Publication)
• Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (Elsevier Publication)
• Catalysis Science and Technology (RSC Publication)
• Journal of Molecular Catalysis A. (Elsevier Publication)
• NANO Brief Reports and Reviews
• European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (Elsevier Publication)
• Applied Sciences Journal
• Reviewer Board Member of Chem M. Journal
• Chemical Society Reviews (RSC Publication)
• ChemCatChem (Wiley Publications)
• Chemistry – A European Journal (Wiley Publications)
• ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (ACS Publications)
• Dalton Transactions (RSC Publication)
• Chemical Communications (RSC Publication)
• Scientific Reports (Nature Publications)
• Chemical Reviews
• Advanced Functional Materials
• Advanced Energy Materials
• ACS Catalysis
• Journal of American Chemical Society
• Small
• Nature Communication
• Journal of Organic Chemistry
• Materials Today
• Nano Today
• Chemical Science