Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni

Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni
Alma mater	Institute of Chemical Technology
Awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Chemical Engineering
Institutions	National Chemical Laboratory

Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni (born 1976) ^[1] is an Indian research scientist at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. ^[2] He earned his PhD from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in chemical engineering. ^[3] His research expertise includes design and development of microreactors. ^[2]

He helped with the establishment of the first-of-its-kind microreactor laboratory in India. He has also successfully developed the first-ever scalable continuous process for silver nanowires. ^[4]

He has been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2020. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He has also been a research fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA in 2010. ^[3] He is also been young associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2011–14). ^[8]

Awards and honors

• Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist (2021)
• VASVIK award for ‘Chemical Sciences & Technology’ (2016) ^[1]
• CSIR Young Scientist Award (2011) ^[1]
• AV Rama Rao Chair Professor ^[4]
• INSA Young Scientist Award (2009) ^[1]
• Humboldt Fellow (2004) ^[3]

Selected bibliography

Articles

• Sharma, Brijesh M.; Atapalkar, Ranjit S.; Kulkarni, Amol A. (2019). "Continuous flow solvent free organic synthesis involving solids (reactants/products) using a screw reactor". Green Chemistry. 21 (20): 5639–5646. doi:10.1039/C9GC02447F. S2CID   202871091.
• Sharma, Mrityunjay K.; Potdar, Shital B.; Kulkarni, Amol A. (January 2017). "Pinched tube flow reactor: Hydrodynamics and suitability for exothermic multiphase reactions". AIChE Journal. 63 (1): 358–365. doi:10.1002/aic.15498.
• Sebastian Cabeza, Victor; Kuhn, Simon; Kulkarni, Amol A.; Jensen, Klavs F. (May 2012). "Size-Controlled Flow Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using a Segmented Flow Microfluidic Platform". Langmuir. 28 (17): 7007–7013. doi:10.1021/la205131e. hdl: 10261/369816 . PMID   22475028.

Patents

• Continuous Flow Process For The Preparation Of Sulphoxide Compounds (2012) ^[9]

External links

• Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni publications indexed by Google Scholar

References

1. Noël, Timothy (1 September 2020). "Meet The Flow Chemist – Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni". Journal of Flow Chemistry. 10 (3). Springer Nature: 471–474. doi: 10.1007/s41981-020-00110-9 . S2CID   221510973.
2. "CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Faculty". academic.ncl.res.in. National Chemical Laboratory . Retrieved 22 October 2020.
3. "Amol A. Kulkarni". www.aiche.org. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
4. "Pune: NCL's Dr Amol Kulkarni Selected For Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences and AV Rama Rao Chair Professor". Punekar News. 26 September 2020.
5. "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". www.ssbprize.gov.in.
6. "NCL scientist gets twin recognitions | Pune News - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 September 2020.
7. "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020: 12 researchers receive India's highest science award". Hindustan Times. 26 September 2020.
8. Shinde, Swati. "Two National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) scientists, Amol Arvindrao Kulkarni and Dattatraya H Dethe, have been selected as young associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for 2011-14. - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
9. "Continuous Flow Process For The Preparation Of Sulphoxide Compounds". patents.google.com. US Patent office. 6 January 2012.