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Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, FRSC, FMASc, FNAScProfessor (H), Nanocatalysis Laboratories, Division of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400005, India. Email: [email protected] Google Scholar- http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mNJfGlQAAAAJ&hl=en ORCID - http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1375-9668 ResearcherID: D-3159-2012 Scopus Author ID: 16834885300 |
Short Biodata
Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, after his Ph.D. in 2005, worked as a postdoc in France and USA for a few years before starting his own independent group at KAUST in 2009. In 2013, he moved to TIFR, and his group is working on the development of novel nanomaterials as catalysts to combat “climate change”. Nanocatalysis can help design catalysts with excellent activity, greater selectivity, and high stability. Their properties can easily be tuned by tailoring the size, shape, and morphology as well as defects and interfaces of the particular nanomaterial. He has published many articles in reputed journals like PNAS, Nature Communications, AngewChem, JACS, Chem. Sci., ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis, ACS Materials Lett. etc. He also filed national and international patent/patent applications.
He is the recipient of the prestigious ORISE Research Fellowship at US-EPA. He was awarded Young Scientist Award at DSL-2012. He also received an Asian Rising Star lectureship at 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), Singapore (2013), from Nobel Laureate Professor Ei-ichi Negishi. In 2015, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom. He was awarded a Bronze medal by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), India. He was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society of India - MRSI Medal 2019. He was elected a Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in 2019. In 2020, he received Young Research Awards in Nano Science & Technology from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Gov. of India. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). In 2022, Vivek received the 2022 IUPAC-CHEMRAWN VII prize for green chemistry by IUPAC and National Prize for Research on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. CNR Rao foundation and JNCASR, Banglore. In 2023, have been bestowed with the prestigious Falling Walls Award in the field of Physical Sciences. In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc). Prof. Polshettiwar received the Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award from the President of India on 22nd August 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Dr. Polshettiwar's research interests are in the area of of advanced nano-materials, nanocatalysis and climate change. He believes that next generation catalysts can be developed by shape and morphological control of nano-materials which will allow preferential exposure of active site. His nano-catalysis group is working in the area of nano-materials (metals, metal oxides, silica, titania, plasmonic metals) synthesis with controlled shape and morphology and their application as nano-catalysts to tackle “climate change”. Polshettiwar's final goal is to push the boundaries of catalysis research to develop nanocatalysts based on non-precious metals.
His group aims to develop of novel nanomaterials as catalysts to tackle “climate change”.
Professional Profile
Honors and Awards
Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar, after his Ph.D. in 2005, worked as a postdoc in France and USA for a few years before starting his own independent group at KAUST in 2009. In 2013, he moved to TIFR, and his group is working on the development of novel nanomaterials as catalysts to combat “climate change”. Nanocatalysis can help design catalysts with excellent activity, greater selectivity, and high stability. Their properties can easily be tuned by tailoring the size, shape, and morphology as well as defects and interfaces of the particular nanomaterial. He has published many articles in reputed journals like PNAS, Nature Communications, AngewChem, JACS, Chem. Sci., ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis, ACS Materials Lett. etc. He also filed national and international patent/patent applications.
He is the recipient of the prestigious ORISE Research Fellowship at US-EPA. He was awarded Young Scientist Award at DSL-2012. He also received an Asian Rising Star lectureship at 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), Singapore (2013), from Nobel Laureate Professor Ei-ichi Negishi. In 2015, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom. He was awarded a Bronze medal by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), India. He was awarded the prestigious Materials Research Society of India - MRSI Medal 2019. He was elected a Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in 2019. In 2020, he received Young Research Awards in Nano Science & Technology from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Gov. of India. In 2021, he was elected as a Fellow National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). In 2022, Vivek received the 2022 IUPAC-CHEMRAWN VII prize for green chemistry by IUPAC and National Prize for Research on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. CNR Rao foundation and JNCASR, Banglore. In 2023, have been bestowed with the prestigious Falling Walls Award in the field of Physical Sciences. In 2024, he was elected as a Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc). Prof. Polshettiwar received the Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award from the President of India on 22nd August 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Dr. Polshettiwar's research interests are in the area of of advanced nano-materials, nanocatalysis and climate change. He believes that next generation catalysts can be developed by shape and morphological control of nano-materials which will allow preferential exposure of active site. His nano-catalysis group is working in the area of nano-materials (metals, metal oxides, silica, titania, plasmonic metals) synthesis with controlled shape and morphology and their application as nano-catalysts to tackle “climate change”. Polshettiwar's final goal is to push the boundaries of catalysis research to develop nanocatalysts based on non-precious metals.
His group aims to develop of novel nanomaterials as catalysts to tackle “climate change”.
Professional Profile
- Jan. 2023 - current : Professor (H), Division of Chemical Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai.
- July 2017 - Dec. 2022 : Associate Professor (G), Division of Chemical Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai.
- June 2013 - July 2017 : Reader (F), Division of Chemical Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai.
- 2009 - 2013 : Ass. Professor/Sr. Scientist, Catalysis Center, KAUST, Thuwal, KSA.
- 2009 - 2010 : Visiting Research Scientist, LCOMS, Institut de Chimie de Lyon; CPE, Lyon, France.
- 2007 - 2009 : ORISE Research Associate, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, USA.
- 2006 - 2007 : Research Scientist, Jubilant Chemsys, Noida, India.
- 2005 - 2006 : Postdoctoral Fellow, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM) France.
- 2001 - 2005 : PhD (Chemistry), DRDE, Gwalior (MP) India.
- 1999 - 2001 : MSc (Chemistry), Amravati Univresity, Amravati (MS) India.
Honors and Awards
- 2024- Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award from the President of India
- 2024- Elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (FASc)
- 2023- Falling Walls Award in the field of Physical Sciences.
- 2022- THE 2022 IUPAC-CHEMRAWN VII PRIZE FOR GREEN CHEMISTRY
- 2022- National Prize for Research on Environmental Chemistry, including CO2 reduction and Green Hydrogen by CNR Rao Foundation, JNCASR, Bangalore.
- 2021- Advisory Board Member, Wiley Chemistry Select
- 2021- Advisory Board Member, RSC Materials Horizons
- 2021- Silver Medal by Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC), BARC, Mumbai
- 2021- Selected as a Fellow for "The (Late) Shri. G. D. Gokhale Lectureship Endowment” by ICT, Mumbai
- 2020- Elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India.
- 2020- Young Career Award in Nano Science & Technology by Nano Mission, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
- 2020- Prof. S. S. Sandhu Award, by Indian Chemical Society.
- 2020- Member of International Advisory Board, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society
- 2019- Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
- 2019- Fellow, Chemical Society of India
- 2019- Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal
- 2017- Prof. B. D. Tilak Distinguished Lectureship
- 2017- Prof. A. V. Karnik Endowment Lecture
- 2017- Associate Fellow of Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM)
- 2017- Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal
- 2017- Selected as a fully funded participant in Royal Society’s Commonwealth Science Conference 2017, Singapore, under “Established Scientists” category.
- 2016- Emerging Investigator by RSC J. Mat. Chem. A
- 2015- Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom
- 2015- Selected as one of the 175 Faces of Chemistry Worldwide by Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2015- Award Membership by the American Chemical Society (ACS)
- 2014- Young Associate of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (MASc)
- 2013- Member of Global Young Academy (GYA)
- 2013- “Asian Rising Stars” lectureship at 15th Asian Chemical Congress (ACC), Singapore, from Nobel Laureate Prof. Ei-ichi Negish
- 2012- Top 25 Cited Authors in Tetrahedron in 2010-2011.
- 2012- Young Scientist Award (at DSL 2012, in Special Session of Nanomaterials sponsored by Springer Verlag GmbH, Germany)
- 2009- Scientific and Technology Achievement Award (Special Mention for exceptional technical achievement in green chem., US-EPA)
- 2007-2009- ORISE Research Fellowship (for the development of independent scientist by ORISE & USEPA)
- 2005-2006- Postdoc Research Fellowship (at ENSCM by Science & Education Ministry, France)
- 2002-2005- DRDO Research Fellowship (during PhD by Government of India)
- 1999-2001- Eklavya Scholarship (for meritorious performance during BSc by Gov. of Maharashtra)