ABSTRACT
BIOGRAPHY
Present Position: Senior Principal Scientist
Chair, Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
PhD from IIT Bombay (1996) in Organometallic Chemistry
Postdoctoral research as DAAD fellow in Karlsruhe Germany (1998)
Research areas
- Environmental catalysis
- Oxidative desulfurisation
- Valorisation of bio-derived materials like glycerol, lactic acid, lactates, edible & non-edible oils
- Development of mesoporous solid acid catalysts
- In situ FTIR spectroscopic characterisation
- Organometallic complexes for catalytic oxidations
80 Publications, 15 patents
Scientific and Industrial Projects: 20+
Cooperational stay at other Universities abroad: >10
Awards & recognitions: Featured in the 2nd edition of ‘She Is: 75 women in STEAM in India’ announced by Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India and the British High Commission New Delhi in 2022.
Students Guided:
Ph.D. 10 + 5 ongoing M.Tech. 5
Phil. 3 M.Sc. 7